Terrific turnaround at Surrey Storm extends Team Bath Netball’s winning run ahead of big Wasps test

Team Bath Netball will go into next week’s home match against Wasps on the back of three successive wins after coming from behind to record a hard-fought victory at Surrey Storm on Bank Holiday Monday. The 56-49 success moves the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold to within three points of defending champions Storm, who currently sit in the fourth and final play-off position with five games of the regular Vitality Superleague season remaining. Storm led 30-25...

02 May 2017

Record-breaking Cameron Chalmers helps Blue and Gold to eight medals at BUCS Athletics Champs

Cameron Chalmers smashed a 17-year-old BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championship record as University of Bath students came away from the Bedford International Stadium with eight medals. Sports Performance student Chalmers, supported by a Thompson Education Trust Scholarship, claimed his fourth successive BUCS 400m title – two indoor, two outdoor – in a rapid time of 45.71. “I’m so, so happy – I didn’t think I’d run that quick,” said Chalmers, coached by James Hillier. “I thought...

01 May 2017

Team Bath AS swimmer Laura McNab ready to make a splash for GB at European Junior Champs

Team Bath AS swimmer Laura McNab has been selected to represent Great Britain at the LEN European Junior Championships in Netanya, Israel, from June 28 to July 2. The Royal High School pupil earned her place in the 37-strong squad after producing stunning performances in the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle junior finals at the recent British Swimming Championships in Sheffield, where she and club colleagues Ben Lawton, Charlie Head and Stella Cookson rubbed shoulders...

30 April 2017

Biggest win of the season as “awesome” Team Bath Netball eclipse Severn Stars in West Country derby

Team Bath Netball produced an “absolutely awesome” performance to record their biggest win of the 2017 Vitality Superleague season to date as they defeated Severn Stars 59-33 on Friday.  The first-ever West Country derby at the University of Bath promised to be a tight affair, with Stars going into the game on the back of an excellent win against Surrey Storm. However, they came up against a home side in inspired form right across the...

28 April 2017

Rugby legend Steve Borthwick inducted into University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport

Former England, Bath Rugby and Saracens captain Steve Borthwick today became the latest inductee into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. Borthwick – who is now forwards coach with an England squad that has won back-to-back Six Nations titles – combined a top-class playing career with studying Politics & Economics at the University, graduating in 2003. “Thank you very much for inviting me to join the Hall of Fame,” he said during...

28 April 2017

Internationals and world champion among latest Team Bath athlete of the month award winners

Fencer Tom Edwards, athlete Pippa Rogan, international hockey player Liam Sanford and Junior World Bobsleigh Champion Mica McNeill are the latest winners of the Team Bath athlete of the month awards. The awards, which are supported by REVO Eyewear and city-centre opticians Ellis & Killpatrick, showcase the depth of talent across a range of sports at the University of Bath. Sport & Exercise Science Masters student Edwards, who graduates in July, took the accolade after...

26 April 2017

Fantastic five named in British Swimming squad for World Championships

Five University of Bath-based swimmers have been selected 29-stong British Swimming team for this summer’s FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Olympic medallists Jazz Carlin, James Guy, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Chris Walker-Hebborn will be joined by fellow National Centre Bath swimmer Calum Jarvis (pictured), a Sports Performance graduate. All five were medallists at the last World Championships in Russia two years ago, with Guy, Jarvis, O’Connor and Walker-Hebborn all winning gold. Coaches Dave McNulty and Jol...

25 April 2017

Four-gold Guy provides fitting finish to British Championships for University of Bath-based swimmers

James Guy brought the curtain down on a successful 2017 British Swimming Championships by winning his fourth gold and an eighth title of the week for University of Bath-based swimmers. Double Olympic medallist Guy, who moved his training base to the National Centre Bath in January, went stroke for stroke with Duncan Scott in a thrilling 200m freestyle final before touching the wall first in 1:44.55. That was the third time this week he had...

24 April 2017

Fantastic finish sees Team Bath Netball tame Dragons and get back to winning ways in Superleague

Team Bath Netball produced a storming final quarter to finally tame a determined Celtic Dragons outfit and get back to winning ways in the Vitality Netball Superleague. Just one goal separated the teams at the end of each of the first three quarters, with Dragons holding a narrow 37-36 advantage going into the last 15 minutes. However, roared on by another four-figure home crowd, the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold were finally able to pull clear...

22 April 2017

Student swimmer Anna Hopkin sprints to first British Championship title

University of Bath student Anna Hopkin celebrated her upcoming 21st birthday in style by winning 50m freestyle gold at the 2017 British Swimming Championships in Sheffield. Hopkin, who studies Sport & Exercise Science, set a new personal best of 25.07 as she beat Olympic silver-medallist and fellow Sports Training Village-based swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor to the sprint title on Thursday. “It feels amazing, it’s a really great feeling,” said Hopkin, who is part of Mark Skimming’s...

21 April 2017