Sporting powerhouses unite as Team Bath and Bath Rugby sign partnership agreement

Team Bath and Bath Rugby have agreed a partnership that will connect their delivery of performance rugby and player development. The new arrangement will focus on shared coaches and a cohesive training programme for the Bath Academy and University of Bath, with a specific emphasis on the BUCS Super Rugby programme and developing the coaching and analysis provision for players within the University. Both organisations will aim to provide a coordinated training and competition environment...

05 September 2017

VIDEO: BUCS Super Rugby captain Will Britton on pre-season and a big year ahead

The University of Bath men's rugby team will get their first run-out ahead of the 2017-18 BUCS Super Rugby season when they visit Nottingham University in a friendly on Wednesday afternoon. The Blue & Gold have been back in training for a week now, with 13 members of the squad having already taken to the field for Bath Rugby's United XV in Friday's Premiership A League match against Saracens Storm. Among them was University of...

04 September 2017

Alex Lane becomes first University student to win English Badminton men’s singles crown

University of Bath sporting scholar Alex Lane has taken his place in the history books after claiming his debut senior men’s singles title at the 2017 English National Badminton Championships. Lane, who studies Sports Performance and is supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship, became the first University student to win the coveted prize after producing a dominant display to beat top seed Toby Penty 21-11 21-15 in Sunday’s final. It completed a memorable day for...

04 September 2017

Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner make defending champs work for US Open progress

Team Bath MCTA Tennis player Marcus Daniell saw his 2017 US Open campaign ended by the defending men’s doubles champions after an entertaining and high-quality contest at Flushing Meadows on Sunday. Daniell, competing in his 11th successive Grand Slam tournament, and partner Marcelo Demoliner recorded an impressive 6-3 6-7 6-4 victory over Spain’s Pablo Carreño and Fernando Verdasco on Friday to set up a second-round showdown with Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Murray and Soares...

04 September 2017

Kate French and Jamie Cooke medal in Moscow as Kremlin Cup concludes modern pentathlon season

Pentathlon GB’s Kate French and Jamie Cooke ended their 2017 seasons on a high note as they teamed up to win silver at the Kremlin Cup, an invitational mixed relay event in Moscow. The Rio 2016 Olympians were in medal contention throughout the day after being one of only five teams to break the two-minute barrier in the opening 200m freestyle swim. They then surged to the top of the leaderboard with 28 victories and...

03 September 2017

Team Bath judoka Ben Fletcher edged out in golden score at Senior World Championships

Team Bath judoka Ben Fletcher suffered a golden-score defeat to double Olympian Ramadan Darwish during a hard-fought contest at the 2017 Senior World Championships. MJ Church ambassador Fletcher, coached by Juergen Klinger at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, went into the event in Budapest on the back of some excellent results and performances during 2017. He demonstrated that form in the opening round of the men’s -100kg competition, a tactical battle against Brazil’s...

03 September 2017

Blue and Gold stars past and present play key roles in another Quad Series cracker

A whole host of Team Bath Netball players past and present produced star performances for both teams as England were edged out 54-51 by South Africa in another thrilling Quad Series match in New Zealand on Sunday. Kadeen Corbin was once again in the starting seven for England and Eboni Beckford-Chambers was on the bench as coach Tracey Neville stuck with the team that began Wednesday’s stunning win over the Silver Ferns. Corbin scored with...

03 September 2017

Bath Rugby call up 13 University of Bath students for Premiership A League opener at The Rec

A fantastic 13 University of Bath students have been named in the Bath Rugby United 22 for tonight’s opening match of the 2017-18 Premiership Rugby A League season against Saracens Storm. Eight of them are in the starting XV for the game at The Recreation Ground (5.30pm), including full-back Darren Atkins at full-back, wing and Trendell Sporting Scholar Levi Davis, centre Craig Duncan and scrum-half Will Flinn. Will Britton, captain of the University’s IKON Construction-sponsored...

01 September 2017

First-round frustration but more Grand Slam experience for Team Bath’s Anna Smith at US Open

Team Bath MCTA Tennis player Anna Smith suffered a narrow first-round defeat at the US Open on Thursday as she contested her fourth Grand Slam tournament of 2017. Smith and partner Nicole Melichar made a great start to their women’s doubles match against Raquel Atawo and Sabine Lisicki, breaking serve twice to take the first set 6-3 on Court 14. However, their opponents fought back to win the second set 7-5 before edging the decider...

01 September 2017

Hard work paying off as Ben Fletcher heads to Judo World Championships on career high

Team Bath judoka Ben Fletcher is aiming to finish his “best season so far” on a high note when he represents Great Britain at the World Senior Championships in Budapest, Hungary this weekend. The Rio 2016 Olympian, an ambassador for Team Bath partners MJ Church, goes into the -100kg competition with a career-high world ranking of 18 after winning three international medals during 2017. His silver at the Cancun Grand Prix in Mexico was Fletcher’s...

31 August 2017