Rio 2016 medallist Piers Gilliver back with a bronze as wheelchair fencer returns to action

University of Bath-based wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver made a medal-winning return to action in his first competition since claiming epee silver at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Gilliver, a sporting ambassador for Team Bath partners MJ Church, took bronze at the IWASF World Cup in Eger, Hungary, as the 2017 international season got under way. There will be further competitions in Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the United States during the coming months, as well...

19 February 2017

When in Rome – Olympic judoka Ben Fletcher on European Open podium

Rio 2016 Olympian Ben Fletcher and University of Bath graduate Gemma Howell both won bronze medals when they competed at European Judo Open events in Italy and Austria. MJ Church sporting ambassador Fletcher, coached by Juergen Klinger at the Sports Training Village, overcame home favourite Maximilian Hageneder and Italy’s Vincenzo D’Arco to reach the semi-finals of the men’s -100kg division in Rome. A narrow defeat by a single wazari to Germany’s Johannes Frey meant Fletcher...

19 February 2017

Another top-ten finish for GB Bobsleigh stars as World Championships begin

University of Bath-based Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon claimed a second successive top-ten World Championship finish as they placed ninth in the two-man bobsleigh in Konigssee, Germany. Tasker and Fearon produced another solid performance in the showpiece event of the year, 12 months after they recorded Britain’s best World Championship two-man result for 50 years with a fourth-place finish in Igls. Only four nations finished above the British number one pair in Germany, with sleds from the...

19 February 2017

Another indoor PB puts hurdler Dave King in good stead ahead of European Indoors

University of Bath-based athlete Dave King warmed up for next month’s European Indoor Championships in style by setting a new 60m hurdles personal best at the Muller Grand Prix in Birmingham. The Sport Performance graduate, an ambassador for Team Bath partners MJ Church, clocked 7.63 as he finished runner-up to former University-based hurdler Andy Pozzi. Former Olympic and World Indoor champion Aries Merritt was third in 7.70. It was the second week running that Pozzi...

18 February 2017

Sporty students and Olympians head to Sheffield for BUCS Nationals

More than 200 student-athletes – and several Olympians – will represent the University of Bath across eight different sports when the BUCS Nationals take place in Sheffield this weekend. Rio 2016 swimming medallists Jazz Carlin, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and James Guy, who all train at the University with the British Swimming National Centre Bath, are among those taking part in the major three-day competition. They, along with fellow Olympian and Chemical Engineering graduate Andrew Willis, will...

17 February 2017

REPLAY: Watch the University of Bath’s 42-17 defeat to the University of Exeter in full

The University of Bath's penultimate game of the BUCS Super Rugby regular season ended in a 42-17 defeat to South West rivals Exeter. Despite three tries from Bath forwards - George Frampton, captain Will Britton and Scott Russell - the Blue and Gold couldn't contain the home team who scored five second-half tries. The result means Bath will finish the season fifth in the table heading into the post-season playoffs during which they'll face a team...

16 February 2017

World Junior Champions set to lead GB Bobsleigh push at senior event

World Junior Champions Mica McNeill and Mica Moore will get GB Bobsleigh’s World Senior Championships campaign under way in Konigssee, Germany this weekend. They will race in the women’s two-man bob competition on Friday and Saturday. GB will have two crews in the men’s event on Saturday and Sunday, with Joel Fearon pushing Bruce Tasker and debutant Sam Blanchet teaming up with Brad Hall. Tasker and Fearon will be looking to go one better than...

15 February 2017

Next generation of upcoming judo talent spend day with leading Team Bath judoka

The University of Bath welcomed the return of some of the South West's most promising talent on Tuesday as youngsters gained the opportunity to train with some of the country's finest judoka. Sessions, overseen by Team Bath Head Judo Coach Juergen Klinger, included Thompson Education scholar Chloe Robyns-Landricombe and world cup medallist Adam Hall who offered guidance and advice to the young athletes. 28-year old Hall, who won bronze at the European Open in October, said he...

14 February 2017

Gold, silvers and bronze for University of Bath-based athletes at British Indoor Team Trials

Olympic medallist Eilidh Doyle won gold and there were silvers for Dave King and Cameron Chalmers as University of Bath-based athletes impressed at the British Indoor Team Trials in Sheffield. Sport & Social Sciences student Pippa Rogan also finished in the bronze-medal position in the women's high jump with a new personal best. Doyle (pictured), coached by Malcolm Arnold at the Sports Training Village, secured her place at next month’s European Indoor Championships in Belgrade,...

13 February 2017

Paralympic champ among world table tennis stars at big Bath Grand Prix event

Paralympic champion Will Bayley was among players from around the world who contested the latest stage of the 2017 Table Tennis England Grand Prix series at the University of Bath Sports Training Village over the weekend. Chris Doran took the men’s singles title with an 11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7 victory over Helshan Weerasinghe, while the women’s crown went to Hannah Hicks following her hard-fought 11-13, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10, 11-5 success against China’s Haoyu Liu. Callum...

13 February 2017