Mentoring role for Jazz Carlin as University of Bath-based swimmers head to United States

Double Olympic medallist Jazz Carlin is taking on a mentoring role as she and several other University of Bath-based swimmers head out to the United States this week for training and competition. Carlin, coached by Dave McNulty at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, is working with a group of 17 promising female swimmers – all aged between 16 and 18 – as part of the new Performance Foundations Pilot Programme. It is a partnership...

28 February 2017

Kate French stars in LA as Pentathlon GB make encouraging start to 2017 World Cup season

University of Bath graduate Kate French made a superb start to the 2017 Modern Pentathlon World Cup season as she won silver at the opening competition in Los Angeles. The Rio 2016 Olympian was seventh going into the decisive laser run-shoot but surged through the field to finish runner-up to Germany’s Lena Schoneborn, pulling away from third-placed Ekaterina Khuraskina of Russia in the final 50m. “I’m really happy to start my season with a medal,”...

27 February 2017

‘Emotional’ Lizzy Yarnold bags bronze at Skeleton World Championships

Olympic skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold returned to the World Championships podium as she won bronze in Konigssee, Germany on Saturday. The University of Bath-based slider, who took a year out after winning World gold in 2015, was the only non-German to finish in the top four during a competition that was reduced to three runs due to heavy snow. “It’s very emotional, I really feel like this is the beginning and this is where the...

26 February 2017

Team Bath Netball outmuscle Mavericks during epic conclusion to Super Ten

Team Bath Netball provided a thrilling climax to the Vitality Netball Superleague Super Ten for a second successive year as they battled past Hertfordshire Mavericks in an epic encounter on Saturday. Roared on by a large army of travelling supporters at the Genting Arena in Birmingham, the Blue and Gold – sponsored by Sitec – went blow for blow with Mavericks during three evenly-matched and physical quarters before finally edging clear in the fourth to...

25 February 2017

Give Heather Stanning your support on Marathon fundraiser as Olympic champ swaps rowing for running

Heather Stanning, double Olympic rowing champion and University of Bath graduate, is swapping her oars for running shoes as she trains for this year’s London Marathon in aid of a good cause. Heather, a regular visitor back to Bath and a strong supporter of the University, is hoping that students, staff and the local community will get behind her efforts as she seeks to raise money for the Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI), not to...

24 February 2017

Second-half turnaround secures victory for Bath in final match of BUCS Super Rugby regular season

The University of Bath Rugby Men's 1st XV ended the BUCS Super Rugby regular season with an impressive 25-19 away win over Durham University on Wednesday. Trailing 14-10 at half-time, Bath battled to victory thanks to tries from Jake Allen, Conor McGrath and Jack Davies, and two penalties and two conversions from Hugo Stiles. The result sets up a fascinating showdown between the same two teams in the quarter-finals of the BUCS Rugby Championship - the...

23 February 2017

Top-five finish in BUCS Super Rugby provides positive platform for Blue and Gold

Director of Rugby Aaron James believes the University of Bath have laid strong foundations for future success in BUCS Super Rugby after an encouraging first season in the new national competition. The Blue and Gold men’s 1st XV – sponsored by IKON Construction – play their final match of the regular league campaign at Durham University tonight (6.30pm) knowing they will finish fifth overall having won six of their 13 games so far. They will...

22 February 2017

Multitude of medals as University of Bath student-athletes impress at BUCS Nationals

The University of Bath won 37 medals – 11 of them gold – as student-athletes enjoyed a successful weekend at the BUCS Nationals in Sheffield, one of Britain’s biggest annual multi-sport competitions. There were plenty of memorable moments on the athletics track, with Sport Performance student Cameron Chalmers – supported by a Thompson Education Trust Scholarship – equaling the championship record of 46.91 as he retained the men’s 400m title. A sensational last leg saw...

21 February 2017

Amelia Bissett helps GB to top-four finish during busy week of international tennis for Team Bath

Team Bath MCTA Tennis player Amelia Bissett helped Great Britain U14 Girls to a fourth-placed finish at the Winter Cup Finals in the Czech Republic. The 13-year-old from Devizes, a pupil at Ralph Allen School in Bath, won three of her six matches during the weekend, including both the singles and doubles during a 3-0 victory over Turkey in the first round. GB were beaten by a strong Russia side in the semi-finals and went...

21 February 2017

Team Bath Netball looking to step up at Super Ten after winning start to Superleague season

Head Coach Anna Stembridge is looking for more consistency from the Team Bath Netball squad as they look to build on an opening-day victory at Celtic Dragons during this weekend’s showpiece Super Ten event in Birmingham. The Blue and Gold – sponsored by Sitec – started their 2017 Vitality Netball Superleague campaign with a hard-fought 51-41 win in Cardiff on Saturday against a determined Dragons side. Team Bath trailed 11-10 at the end of a...

20 February 2017