Rousing return to international action for Pentathlon GB’s Joe Choong in Germany

University of Bath student Joe Choong recorded a top-five finish at the German Open Championships in Berlin during his first international modern pentathlon appearance of 2017. The Rio 2016 Olympian and ambassador for Team Bath partners MJ Church sat in the top six throughout the day and was the highest-placed overseas athlete, with the top four spots going to German competitors. Choong took a break after the Olympics to focus on his Mathematics studies but...

10 April 2017

Prince Harry returns to University of Bath to support 2017 Invictus Games UK Trials

HRH Prince Harry returned to the University of Bath Sports Training Village today (Friday) to watch and support hundreds of athletes competing in trials for the 2017 Invictus Games. The Invictus Games Foundation Patron joined the crowds cheering on track and field athletes and rowers as they looked to earn their place in the UK team for this year’s Games in Toronto, Canada. Prince Harry also met with the serving and veteran servicemen and women...

07 April 2017

Another home setback for Team Bath Netball as Manchester Thunder take the spoils

Team Bath Netball lost ground on the Vitality Superleague’s top four after slipping to a frustrating 48-41 home defeat to in-form Manchester Thunder at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Friday. The Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold were the better team in the first period and opened up a 12-8 lead but Thunder fought back in the second quarter to go 23-20 up, despite having shooter Joyce Mvula sent off for two minutes. The...

07 April 2017

Meet the multiple national champion hoping to make Team Bath a leading centre for synchronised swimming

Italian-born Ilaria Brandimarte was just nine years old when she first became a synchronised swimming national champion. Since then, she has gone on to win an outstanding haul of senior national championships medals, including seven at the 2015 ASA National Championships, and is in the process of gaining a British passport in order to be involved with GB Synchro. But for now, her attention is turned to establishing Team Bath Synchro Club - the first...

06 April 2017

Young judoka from across South West enjoy guidance from Team Bath’s high performance athletes

Young Western Area judoka were treated to a masterclass at the STV dojo on Tuesday (April 4) when they enjoyed a combined training session with Team Bath's high performance athletes. Children as young as 10 had the opportunity to learn from and train with Team Bath's top judoka as well as athletes from the region's Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) programme. The University of Bath is home to one of eight AASE programmes which are performance...

05 April 2017

Golden debut for new country as Team Bath judoka Megan Fletcher makes winning return from injury

Team Bath judoka Megan Fletcher enjoyed a dream debut for Ireland when she won gold at the Senior European Cup in Dubrovnik, Croatia. In her first international competition for a year, Fletcher overcame Serbia’s Sara Tintor, Alina Lengweiler of Switzerland and France’s Gwenaelle Viard to claim the title in the women’s -70kg weight division. It was also Ireland’s first international judo success since 2014 and an excellent return to action for Fletcher, whose hopes of...

05 April 2017

University of Bath set to host Invictus Games selection event as wounded warriors head to the Sports Training Village

The University of Bath is looking forward to hosting an Invictus Games selection trials on Friday for the second consecutive year. The Sports Training Village will welcome 3,000 athletes and 150 staff from across the country for the three-day event. Competitors, who are serving and veteran servicemen and women using sport as part of their recovery, will contest events in athletics, archery, wheelchair basketball, road cycling, powerlifting, indoor rowing, wheelchair rugby, swimming, sitting volleyball and wheelchair...

04 April 2017

The one and only Eddie the Eagle makes use of University of Bath facilities

Iconic British ski jumper Michael 'Eddie the Eagle' Edwards paid tribute to the "beautiful" facilities at the Sports Training Village after using the bobsleigh push-start track in an advert shoot. The 52-year old, best known for being Great Britain's first Olympic ski jumper for 59 years when he appeared at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, took to the sled for the first time since a short stint during which he trained as a bobsleigh...

04 April 2017

Team Bath Netball ready to “right the wrongs” as Thunder visit for first of four home Superleague games in April

Head Coach Anna Stembridge says Team Bath Netball are looking forward to “righting the wrongs” of their first Vitality Superleague away defeat of 2017 when they play host to Manchester Thunder this week. The Blue and Gold – sponsored by Sitec – were beaten 51-45 in Glasgow by new Scottish franchise Sirens on Friday but they have responded positively to their two previous losses this season, going on to win their following matches. They will...

03 April 2017

University of Bath rugby aces start for England in Student and U19 internationals

University of Bath duo Will Britton and Charlie Dunbar both started for England Rugby Students during Sunday’s entertaining 36-36 draw with Ireland. Second-row forward Britton, who studies Sport & Social Sciences, and centre Dunbar, a Sport & Exercise Science student, were both called up for their country after impressing for the Blue and Gold 1st XV – sponsored by IKON Construction – during the inaugural BUCS Super Rugby season. Sunday’s closely-contested match in Oxford saw the lead exchange hands...

03 April 2017