“Massively proud” day for University of Bath rowing as alumna Becky Wilde secures Paris 2024 place at Final Olympic Qualification Regatta

University of Bath Rowing Club’s Becky Wilde is set to compete at Paris 2024 after successfully securing a women’s double scull space for Team GB at the Final Olympic Qualifying Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. Wilde, in her first full season with the senior GB Rowing Team, and partner Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne needed a top-two finish in today’s final and achieved that in fine style as they comfortably finished runners-up to Czechia. It is an outstanding...

21 May 2024

Swimmer Suzanna Hext is first athlete who trains at University of Bath to be selected for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

With exactly 100 days to go until this summer’s Paralympic Games begin, swimmer Suzanna Hext has today become the first athlete who trains at the University of Bath to be selected by ParalympicsGB for Paris 2024. The reigning World Champion, who will be competing at her second Games after making her debut in Tokyo, does her strength and conditioning training at the Team Bath Sports Training Village (STV) with the UK Sports Institute (UKSI). A...

20 May 2024

Team Bath Netball “keep reinforcing the positives” ahead of last 2024 Super League home games against Thunder and Sirens

Team Bath Netball go into their last two home matches of the 2024 Super League campaign determined to “keep reinforcing the positives” as they look to gain some reward for their improving performances. Wins have proved elusive for the youthful Blue & Gold squad since the opening weekend but they have been much improved collectively and individually, particularly during the second half of the season when they have been right in contention for long periods...

19 May 2024

Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman officially selected in Team GB artistic swimming squad for Paris 2024 Olympic Games

University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman has today been officially selected to represent Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer. It will be a second Games for artistic swimmer Shortman and duet partner Izzy Thorpe, following their debuts at Tokyo 2020, and they will head to Paris this August after winning multiple breakthrough medals during the past 12 months. The duo, who train in Bristol, achieved the Paris qualification standard in...

14 May 2024

Pentathlon GB’s Jess Varley delighted to back on the podium after a tough year with superb silver at UIPM World Cup in Sofia

University of Bath alumna Jess Varley was delighted to put a difficult 12 months behind her and keep her Olympic dreams alive by winning a superb silver at the UIPM Pentathlon World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pentathlon GB team-mate Emma Whitaker finished just outside the medals and Kate French placed 13th in a fiercely-fought women’s final, while Myles Pillage was 12th in the men’s final. All the athletes needed strong performances as they sought to...

12 May 2024

University of Bath men’s rugby club are winners at The Rec after brilliant Bath Combination Cup Final clash with Chippenham

The University of Bath men’s rugby club finished their season with a trophy after beating Chippenham RFC 31-25 in a top-quality Bath Combination Cup Final at The Rec. Ed Shepherdson scored two first-half tries, both converted by James Beverley who also kicked a penalty as Bath – who led 7-0 and then trailed 15-10 – went into the break with a narrow 17-15 lead. Beverley converted two further tries from Elliott Powell and Jon Taylor-Anton...

11 May 2024

Team Bath Netball continue to show progress and potential in defeat to defending Super League champs Loughborough Lightning

Title-chasing Loughborough Lightning left with the predicted victory but Team Bath Netball can take huge credit and confidence from their performance against the defending Super League champions. Another 1,300-strong crowd in the Team Bath Arena saw the Blue & Gold battle throughout while also producing some wonderful passages of play which demonstrated their ability and potential right across the court. Team Bath didn’t quite hit their pre-match target of keeping to within 20 goals of...

10 May 2024

University of Bath rugby duo enjoy “absolute privilege” of representing England Students in 13-try Le Crunch classic against France

University of Bath Rugby Club duo Will Jeanes and Iwan Price-Thomas both started for England Students in their annual fixture against France Universities. Second-row forward Jeanes, who studies Sports Performance, and full-back Price-Thomas, who graduates in Sport Management & Coaching this summer, played their part in a thrilling 13-try contest at Coventry RFC that more than lived up to its Le Crunch title. France eventually came out on top 48-43 thanks to a last-gasp try...

09 May 2024

University of Bath student swimmers selected for senior Great Britain debuts at European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade

University of Bath students Joshua Gammon and Jack Skerry will both make their Great Britain senior long-course swimming debuts in June after being selected for the European Aquatics Championships. They are joined in a youthful 10-strong Aquatics GB squad by Bath Performance Centre duo Ed Mildred and Matthew Ward, both coached by David McNulty at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. Santander Sporting Scholar Leah Crisp will also be heading to Belgrade to contest the...

08 May 2024

High jumpers win silver brace and Basil Rock bags thrilling bronze as University of Bath student-athletes impress at BUCS Outdoor Champs

Student-athletes with the University of Bath Athletics Club won three medals and recorded a host of lifetime bests when they proudly represented the Blue & Gold at the 2024 BUCS Outdoor Championships in Manchester. Goldsmith Sporting Scholar Luke Ball and Biology student Evelyne Fonteyne both won silver in the high jump, clearing season’s bests of 2.06m and 1.74m respectively. A thrilling men’s 800m final saw Modern Languages (German & Italian) student Basil Rock, coached by...

07 May 2024