Polly Maton hails community and London 2017 support after top-five finish at World Para-Athletics Champs

Polly Maton has thanked the University of Bath and the local community for their support after contesting the first of her two finals at the London 2017 IPC World Para-Athletics Championships. The 17-year-old, coached by Colin Baross at the Sports Training Village, ran a season’s best of 13.04 as she finished fifth in the T47 100m final at the London Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. While she was slightly disappointed with her time, Maton was thrilled...

19 July 2017

Modern Pentathlon European Championships to return to University of Bath in 2019

The University of Bath will once again stage the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in 2019 - a qualifying competition for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Pentathlon GB, whose National Training Centre has been based at the University since 1998, has been awarded the event by the European Confederation of Modern Pentathlon (ECMP) following a competitive bidding process. It will be the second time in four years that the European Championships have been staged at the £30million Sports Training Village...

18 July 2017

Sophie Kamlish joins ranks of University of Bath-based World Champions after London 2017 triumph

World record in the afternoon, World Champion in the evening – it was a magical Monday at London 2017 for Sophie Kamlish as she became the latest University of Bath-based athlete to win global gold. The 20-year-old, who has been coached by Rob Ellchuk at the Sports Training Village since 2011, finally got the international title she has been striving for after two stunning performances in the T44 100m at the World Para-Athletics Championships. Kamlish...

18 July 2017

Defensive duo and star shooter commit to Team Bath Netball for 2018 Superleague season

Captain Eboni Beckford-Chambers, defensive partner Layla Guscoth and goal-shooter Chelsea Lewis are the first Team Bath Netball players to officially sign up for the 2018 Superleague season. Beckford-Chambers and Guscoth forged an outstanding partnership during the 2017 campaign, which saw the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold concede the fewest goals of any franchise in the competition. Both were shortlisted for the Vitality Superleague Player of the Year award. “I am delighted to have signed to Team...

18 July 2017

Team Bath Netball quartet help England U21 to World Youth Cup bronze in Botswana

Team Bath Netball players and coaches helped England’s U21s record their best Netball World Youth Cup result since 2005 as they won bronze in Botswana. University of Bath student Imogen Allison, supported by a King Sporting Scholarship, and Jess Shaw both started Sunday’s convincing 70-35 victory over Fiji in the third-placed play-off. It was the perfect response to Friday’s hard-fought 59-39 semi-final defeat to Australia, the only reverse suffered by England during an encouraging week...

17 July 2017

Service please – Team Bath CoMpete Tennis Festival returns for 15th year

Wimbledon may be over for another year but there will still be plenty of tennis to enjoy when the University of Bath hosts the 2017 Team Bath CoMpete Tennis Festival next week. The annual LTA Grade 2 tournament, which has been staged at the Sports Training Village for the past 15 years, features all age groups from U10s through to men’s and women’s open singles. It makes full use of the Team Bath tennis facilities,...

17 July 2017

Cameron Chalmers provides golden finish to great week for student athletes at European U23 Champs

University of Bath sporting scholar Cameron Chalmers enjoyed his “best moment in sport so far” when he anchored the Great Britain men’s 4x400m relay team to gold at the European U23 Athletics Championships in Poland. The Sport Performance student, supported by a Thompson Education Trust Scholarship, held off a challenge from the host nation’s quartet to secure victory in the last event of the championships in Bydgoszcz. Chalmers, who captained the British team, said: “We’re...

16 July 2017

Who to watch and when as London 2017 World Para-Athletics Champs begin

The IPC World Para-Athletics Championships get under way at London’s Olympic Stadium today with three University of Bath-based athletes ready to roared on by the home crowd. More than 1,000 athletes will compete at the championships in total, making it the biggest sporting event in England since the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Paul Blake, coached at the Sports Training Village by Rob Ellchuk, won two medals at those Games and memorably added T36 400m gold...

14 July 2017

Oldham Athletic and Aldershot Town stage pre-season training camps at “first-class” STV

Oldham Athletic and Aldershot Town have been preparing for the 2017-18 football season by staging pre-season training camps at the University of Bath this week. Both clubs have been making full use of the facilities at the £30million Sports Training Village, as well as staying in accommodation and eating meals on campus. The Latics, who play in League 1, trained on the St John’s pitches as well as in the London 2012 Legacy Pool and the...

13 July 2017

Ben Fletcher bound for Budapest after World Judo Champs place is confirmed

Team Bath Judo’s Ben Fletcher has had his place confirmed in the British Judo squad for the 2017 World Championships, taking place in Budapest, Hungary. Fletcher, coached by Juergen Klinger in the University of Bath Sports Training Village dojo, will compete in the men’s -100kg weight division after setting the qualifying standard by winning silver at the Cancun Grand Prix in Mexico last month. That medal success, his best-ever Grand Prix performance, moved the Rio...

12 July 2017