National champions and international athletes among exciting new cohort of University of Bath sporting scholars

Sixteen student-athletes who have already made their mark on the national and international stage are the latest intake of scholars to receive support on both their sporting and academic journeys from the University of Bath. This year’s cohort includes an England Rugby Sevens player, an international heptathlete from the United States, three Team Bath Netball stars, a British swimming champion and emerging talents in hockey, modern pentathlon, rowing, tennis and windsurfing. The talented group, who...

18 December 2017

Golden double for Anna Hopkin as University of Bath-based swimmers impress at Swim England National Winter Champs

Student Anna Hopkin claimed two national titles as University of Bath-based swimmers won 11 medals at the Swim England National Winter Championships in Sheffield. MJ Church ambassador Hopkin, who is also supported by a Thompson Education Trust sporting scholarship, was the first English swimmer home in both the 50m and 100m freestyle, clocking rapid times of 25.33 and 54.76 – a personal best – respectively. Hopkin, who represented GB at the World University Games this...

18 December 2017

Team Bath Buccaneers top the table after perfect start to Jaffa Super 6s indoor season

The Team Bath Buccaneers men's 1st team are top of the tree this Christmas after a flawless first weekend of the Jaffa Super 6s indoor tournament, coming home from Bromsgrove with four wins fron four games. After successfully retaining their place in the top tier of English indoor hockey for the first time last season, Buccs got the new campaign off to a flying start as they beat Loughborough 5-2 thanks to some lethal finishing...

17 December 2017

Alumna Fran Wilson and England cricket colleagues win BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year award

University of Bath graduate Fran Wilson was part of the England women’s cricket team that was named as Team of the Year at the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Wilson, who studied Sports Performance, helped England to victory in the Women’s World Cup Final during the summer. A multi-talented sportswoman, Wilson also captained the women’s football 1st XI during her time at the University of Bath and was voted as Sports Personality of...

17 December 2017

Sports Performance student Levi Davis signs Bath Rugby Academy contract

Levi Davis has become the latest University of Bath student to sign an Academy contract with Bath Rugby. The England U19 winger, who is studying Sports Performance, scored on his senior debut for the Blue, Black and White against London Irish last month and has been a regular in the Premiership club’s United XV this season. He has also impressed for the Team Bath men’s 1st XV in BUCS Super Rugby in recent weeks, scoring...

15 December 2017

University of Bath’s three-match unbeaten run comes to an end in a tough bout against Loughborough

The University of Bath men’s 1st XV saw their three-match unbeaten run in BUCS Super Rugby come to an end as they were beaten 35-24 at Loughborough on Wednesday. A strong first half from Loughborough saw them run in four tries through fly-half Tom Ffitch, centre Quinten Koster, scrum-half Alex Glashan and number eight Charlie Kingham, three of which were converted. This was countered by touchdowns from Bath winger Levi Davis and hooker George Frampton in...

14 December 2017

Multitude of medals for University of Bath rowers at 2017 British Rowing Indoor Championships

Rowers at the University of Bath won a host of medals, four of them gold, when they competed at the 2017 British Rowing Indoor Championships at the Lee Valley VeloPark on London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It was a great day for members of Bath’s GB Rowing Team Start programme, coached by Dan Harris at the University and Minerva Bath RC, with Chemistry student Luke Gwenter taking the men’s U23 2k title, Santander Sporting Scholar...

13 December 2017

Team Bath head to old rivals Loughborough for last BUCS Super Rugby match of 2017

The University of Bath men’s 1st XV will be looking to go into the Christmas break on a positive note when they visit old rivals Loughborough in the last BUCS Super Rugby match of 2017 tonight. The Blue and Gold, sponsored by IKON Construction and supported by Investigo, have lost just one of their last five games and are now only two points behind fifth-placed Loughborough in the league table. They have made just one...

13 December 2017

Eilidh Doyle aiming for Commonwealth Games medal hat-trick after Gold Coast 2018 selection

University of Bath-based athlete Eilidh Doyle will have chance to add to her record-breaking international medal collection after being selected in the Team Scotland squad for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Doyle claimed the first of her 13 major championship medals – the most ever won by a Scottish track and field athlete – when she secured 400m hurdles silver at the Delhi 2010 Games, a result she matched four years later on an...

12 December 2017

Ben Fletcher is Hong Kong king and Adam Hall wins first British title as Team Bath judoka excel

Team Bath judoka won three gold, two silver and five bronze medals during a successful weekend on both the national and international stage. Rio 2016 Olympian Ben Fletcher marked his first appearance since switching his nationality to Ireland in style as he took the men’s -100kg title at the Hong Kong Asian Open. The MJ Church ambassador was in fantastic form as he beat South Korea’s Kim Nohyeon and Kim Min Sung in the quarter-final...

12 December 2017