Graduates lead the way as University of Bath hosts Pentathlon GB ranking competitions

University of Bath graduates Kate French and Sam Curry were victorious when the Sports Training Village hosted the first Pentathlon GB National Ranking Competition of 2017. Rio 2016 Olympian French, who studied Sports Performance, finished 16 points clear of Physics & Maths student Jess Varley, a Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) scholar, while former World Champion Samantha Murray was third. Murray was fastest in the London 2012 Legacy Pool and also topped the fencing rankings...

15 January 2017

Lizzy Yarnold close to European medal during snowy World Cup in Winterberg

Lizzy Yarnold narrowly missed out on a European Championships medal during a snowy World Cup weekend in Winterberg, Germany, for athletes from the University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA). Reigning Olympic skeleton champion Yarnold was fourth in the European standings and sixth overall in the latest World Cup event, which was limited to just one run down the track instead of two due to intermittent heavy snow. Team-mate Laura Deas was eighth...

15 January 2017

Marcus Daniell through to semi-finals in New Zealand after strong start to tennis season

Team Bath Tennis player Marcus Daniell is through to the semi-finals of his first international tournament of 2017. Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner of Brazil, competing in the ASB Classic in New Zealand, were 6-3 7-6(4) winners over multiple Grand Slam champion Leander Paes and partner Andre Sa on Thursday. That followed on from their 6-4 6-4 victory over Guillermo Duran and Joao Sousa in the opening round and set up a last-four showdown with Marcin...

12 January 2017

Student-athlete Cameron Chalmers in the running for Sports Personality of the Year award

University of Bath sporting scholar Cameron Chalmers has been shortlisted for the Channel Islands Sports Personality of the Year Award. The Sports Performance student finished 2016 ranked as Europe’s top 400m runner in the U20 age group, having represented Great Britain at the IAAF World Junior Championships. Supported by a Thompson Education Trust Scholarship, Chalmers – originally from Guernsey – is up against tennis player Scott Clayton, Olympic equestrian champion Carl Hester and rugby player-coach Alex...

12 January 2017

Great Britain call up rising Team Bath Tennis star Amelia Bissett for Winter Cup

Team Bath Tennis Academy ace Amelia Bissett has been selected to represent Great Britain in this year’s U14 Tennis Europe Winter Cup. The 13-year-old from Devizes, who is coached by Eve Hughes and Craig Procter at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, will travel to Pecs, Hungary, from February 3-5 to compete in the qualifying group stages of the sport’s premier indoor junior team competition. Great Britain will join the host nation and Denmark,...

11 January 2017

Top school hockey players learn more about University of Bath programme during successful visit

Some of the most talented young hockey players in the country visited the Sports Training Village over the weekend to find out more about the hockey programme at the University of Bath. During their visit, the teenagers from London-based Kingston Grammar School – regular winners of the National Schools Championships – got to take on a University XI on the Sitec water-based pitch, winning 3-2, as well as have a tour of the campus facilities....

11 January 2017

Turnaround in fortunes helps Team Bath Buccaneers indoor hockey players retain Premier status

The Team Bath Buccaneers men’s indoor squad have successfully retained their place in the England Hockey Super Sixes Premier Division for the 2017-18 season. It is the first time Buccs have been able to consolidate their status after gaining promotion to the top flight and it could have been even better still as they came within one goal of a place in the national finals. University of Bath women’s hockey coach John Jackson, who captained...

10 January 2017

Medals galore for skeleton sliders as luge athletes make history at European Champs

It was a weekend to remember for winter-sport athletes who train at the University of Bath as they made an impressive return to the international circuit. The British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association enjoyed a medal-laden visit to Park City in Utah as rising skeleton star Madelaine Smith (pictured) won back-to-back gold medals in the first North American Cup event of 2017. Team-mate Donna Creighton was runner-up to Smith on both occasions, while the men’s races...

09 January 2017

Plenty of home cheer as Team Bath Netball win entertaining tri-tournament

Team Bath Netball provided a sell-out home crowd with plenty to cheer as they came out on top in a well-contested tri-tournament against Loughborough Lightning and Wasps Netball at the University of Bath on Saturday. After beating Lightning 39-26 in the opening match, the Blue and Gold – sponsored by Sitec – then came from behind to overcome a battling Wasps outfit 36-27 in the decisive third fixture of an action-packed afternoon. Vitality Netball Superleague...

07 January 2017

Another top-six finish for Laura Deas as skeleton and bobsleigh action returns for 2017

University of Bath-based slider Laura Deas started 2017 as she had finished 2016 – by securing a wider-podium place on the World Cup circuit.  After finishing sixth in Lake Placid in December, Deas matched that result on Friday morning in Altenberg, Germany as the international skeleton season resumed after the Christmas break. Fellow Brit Lizzy Yarnold was ninth and slipped down to second in the overall World Cup standings after three races behind Germany’s Jacqueline Loelling,...

06 January 2017