London calling – Bath trio in GB squad for IPC World Para Athletics Championships

University of Bath-based athletes Paul Blake, Sophie Kamlish and Polly Maton have been named in the 49-strong British squad for the IPC World Para Athletics Championships London 2017. The trio, who train at the Sports Training Village, are no strangers to the international stage having all competed at the Rio 2016 Paralylmpic Games, where Blake struck gold in the T36 400m and silver in the 800m. He also won two medals at the London 2012...

07 June 2017

New addition to coaching team at British Swimming National Centre Bath

Mike Taylor has joined the world-class coaching staff at the British Swimming National Centre based at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Taylor, who began his coaching career with the City of Sheffield, will work alongside David McNulty and Jol Finck with a training group that includes Olympic medallists Jazz Carlin, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Chris Walker-Hebborn and James Guy. “When I saw there was an opportunity to work with British Swimming, I was very excited...

06 June 2017

Murray and Cooke crowned as British Champs as Laser-Run City Tour makes successful UK debut

Olympians Samantha Murray and Jamie Cooke took the titles when the University of Bath played host to the 2017 British Modern Pentathlon Championships on Sunday. An action-packed day at the Sports Training Village also saw members of the public take part in the first-ever Laser-Run City Tour event to be staged in the UK. The University is the long-term home to Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre, so it was against a familiar backdrop that London...

05 June 2017

Team Bath Netball through to Superleague finals weekend despite last-day defeat at Wasps

Team Bath Netball have booked their place in the Vitality Superleague Final Four, despite seeing their winning run come to an end at Wasps Netball on Saturday. Surrey Storm’s 71-63 defeat at table-topping Loughborough Lightning meant they were unable to take advantage of the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold’s 49-35 loss earlier in the evening. The results on the final day of the regular season meant that Team Bath finished fourth overall, three points clear of...

03 June 2017

World number one among pentathlon stars competing in British Champs at University of Bath

Kate French will go into this weekend’s British Open Modern Pentathlon Championships at the University of Bath with confidence high after finishing the 2017 UIPM World Cup series ranked as the women’s number one. The Rio 2016 Olympian competed in three of the competitions this year, winning gold in Cairo and silver in Los Angeles as well as placing sixth in Kecskemet, Hungary. She is among the country’s top modern pentathletes competing in the British...

01 June 2017

Student swimmers selected in British squad for 2017 World University Games

University of Bath students Anna Hopkin and Jay Lelliott have been named in a 16-strong British swimming squad for the 2017 World University Games in Chinese Taipei. It will be Lelliott’s second experience of the world’s second-biggest multi-sport competition after the Olympic Games – he also competed in 2015, winning 400m freestyle gold and 800m freestyle silver. Sports Performance student Lelliott is supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship and is also a sporting ambassador for...

31 May 2017

Wheelchair fencers Piers Gilliver and Dimitri Coutya are best of British

University of Bath-based wheelchair fencers Piers Gilliver and Dimitri Coutya continued their excellent form as they won seven titles between them at the 2017 British Disabled Fencing Association National Championships. Rio 2016 silver-medallist Gilliver, a sporting ambassador for Team Bath partners MJ Church, took gold in the men’s Category A epee, foil and sabre before being awarded the Wilkinson Sword Master at Arms Trophy. He also shared the Vera Burge Trophy for best personal performance...

31 May 2017

Seventh successive win gives Team Bath Netball the edge as thrilling Final Four race reaches last hurdle

Team Bath Netball’s Final Four fate is in their own hands after they recorded a crucial Vitality Superleague victory at Manchester Thunder on Monday night. A defensive masterclass from the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold, coupled with some slick and vibrant attacking play, secured a 57-45 success for the visitors. It was a seventh successive win for Team Bath and moves them up to fourth in the table, three points clear of Surrey Storm who suffered...

30 May 2017

A title and a final as Team Bath MCTA Tennis pros excel on international circuit

Team Bath MCTA Tennis enjoyed one of its most successful weeks ever on the professional tour as Anna Smith won a title in Germany and Marcus Daniell reached the final in France. Smith, coached by Ian MacDonald, and new partner Nicole Melichar of the United States claimed the women’s doubles crown at the Nuremberg International WTA clay-court event after a thrilling final. They lost the first set 6-3 to Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson...

29 May 2017

Vicky Thornley strikes European gold as Bath Start rowers make international debuts in Racice

Vicky Thornley won her first European Championships title as she claimed the GB Rowing Team’s only gold medal at the 2017 event in Racice, Czech Republic. Thornley, a graduate of the GB Rowing Team Start programme at the University of Bath, continued her excellent start to the season by moving through the field to take the women’s single scull title. It rekindled fond memories for Rio 2016 Olympic silver-medallist Thornley, who won her first international...

28 May 2017