Winners double up as familiar faces lead way at Pentathlon GB National Ranking Competition

There was a sense of déjà vu at the University of Bath over the weekend as Kate French, Sam Curry, Olivia Green and Oliver Murray all won their second Pentathlon GB National Ranking Competitions of the year. The senior event on Sunday saw Rio 2016 Olympian and Sports Performance graduate French (pictured) finish 45 points clear of Natural Sciences student Jess Varley, who is supported by the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS). Jo Muir, another...

12 February 2017

Britain’s best head to University of Bath for second Pentathlon GB National Ranking Competition

The country’s top modern pentathletes will once again be in action at the University of Bath over the weekend as they contest the second Pentathlon GB National Ranking Competition of 2017. The U19s are up first in the Youth category on Saturday, featuring athletes from clubs across the country as well as a small contingent of German pentathletes to add an international flavour to the competition. It is then the turn of the seniors on...

10 February 2017

REPLAY: Watch the University of Bath’s 36-10 defeat to Loughborough in full

The University of Bath men's 1st XV suffered a 36-10 BUCS Super Rugby defeat to high-flying Loughborough University on Wednesday night. A converted try from winger Dan Rowland and a penalty from Will Flinn weren't enough to overcome an impressive Loughborough team who are pushing Hartpury for top spot in the table. The result leaves IKON Construction-sponsored Bath mid-table on 28 points as the season draws towards the post-season playoffs.   A full-match replay can...

09 February 2017

Great Britain Skeleton name squad for World Championships with one year to PyeongChang Winter Olympics

Olympic Champion Lizzy Yarnold and University of Bath student Dom Parsons are both in the six-strong Great Britain Skeleton squad for this month’s World Championships in Konigssee, Germany. Laura Deas and Donna Creighton complete the women’s line-up, while Jerry Rice and Jack Thomas will make their Championships debuts in the men’s competition. The announcement comes with exactly one year to go before the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. Yarnold won gold on...

09 February 2017

Change of name and new coach for Aquae Sulis

Local performance swimming club Aquae Sulis (ASPSC) has a new Head Coach and will, from today, adopt a different name as part of a series of changes brought about by its new management committee. The club, which draws its swimmers from 11 local swimming clubs and which has seen a number of swimmers achieve notable regional and national successes, will be called Team Bath AS. Chris Alderton, former international swimmer and current University assistant coach,...

08 February 2017

‘At times I thought ‘what’s the point?” – How the support of a sport scholarship helped turn the fortunes of one of the University of Bath’s brightest athlete prospects

Champions aren't made in the gym. When promising young modern pentathlete Sarah Collin suffered a stress fracture in her hip, the real test of her character began. Collin, who moved to the University of Bath to join the Pentathlon GB setup, had won an international medal after being in the sport for as little as a year and her talent was identified by coaches keen for her to fulfill her potential. She made her move...

08 February 2017

Rising Team Bath Buccaneers stars all set for first senior England Hockey caps

University of Bath sporting scholar Peter Scott (right) and fellow Team Bath Buccaneers player Liam Sanford (left) will gain their first experience of senior international hockey after being named in the England Men’s squad for a four-Test series in South Africa. Sanford was added to England’s central training programme last month after impressing in trials and is in line to win his first senior cap. Sport Performance student Scott, supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship,...

08 February 2017

Swimmers Jemma Lowe and Sascha Kindred call time on outstanding careers

University of Bath-based swimmer Jemma Lowe has called time on a distinguished career that saw her race at two Olympic Games and win medals on the World, European and Commonwealth stages. Her announcement comes just a day after former Team Bath swimmer Sascha Kindred announced his retirement following a stellar career that saw him win 62 major medals, including seven Paralympic golds. Lowe moved her training base to the Bath National Training Centre in September...

08 February 2017

Can you dig it? Sporting ambassadors get to experience life at MJ Church on site visit

Four University of Bath-based international athletes got to try their hand at driving diggers and dump trucks as they paid a special visit to the headquarters of Team Bath partners MJ Church. Rio 2016 wheelchair fencing silver-medallist Piers Gilliver and judoka Ben Fletcher were joined by England Women’s rugby player Sydney Gregson and skeleton athlete Jor’dan McIntosh on the informative and interactive tour of the Civil Engineering, Plant, Transport and Waste Management Contractors’ Marshfield base....

06 February 2017

Amelia Bissett helps Britain serve up place in Tennis Europe Winter Cup finals

Rising Team Bath MCTA Tennis Academy star Amelia Bissett has helped Great Britain reach the finals of this year’s U14 Tennis Europe Winter Cup – the sport’s premier indoor junior team competition. The 13-year-old, who is coached by Eve Hughes and Craig Procter at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, won five of her six matches as Britain made impressive progress through the weekend’s qualifying group stages in Pecs, Hungary. Bissett and her team-mates will now...

05 February 2017