Records fall as University of Bath swimmers strike gold at BUCS Short Course Champs

Two new championship records, one national record and ten medals in total, three of which were gold, added up to a successful weekend for University of Bath students at the 2016 BUCS Short Course Championships in Sheffield. Sports & Exercise Science student Anna Hopkin excelled in the freestyle events, winning a brace of golds as she set new BUCS [British Universities & Colleges Sport] records of 24.54 over 50m and 53.53 over 100m. That made...

15 November 2016

Silver for Samantha Murray on Champion of Champions debut in Doha

University of Bath graduate Samantha Murray finished the 2016 modern pentathlon season on a high note as she took women’s individual silver at the Champion of Champions event in Doha over the weekend. Pentathlon GB team-mate and fellow alumna Jo Muir also impressed as she finished eighth overall, while Rio 2016 Olympian Jamie Cooke narrowly missed out on a podium place in the men’s event. Former World Champion and London 2012 Olympic silver-medallist Murray was...

14 November 2016

Medals for Mica and Mica as bobsleigh season gets off to a flying start

Mica McNeill and Mica Moore won a brace of silver medals at the North American Cup in Calgary, Canada, as GB Bobsleigh made a fantastic start to the new season. The pairing had never raced together before the weekend, with Welsh Commonwealth Games athlete Moore only joining the bobsleigh programme at the University of Bath during the summer. However, they produced two excellent performances on Friday and two more on Saturday to claim back-to-back podium...

14 November 2016

Significant fitness investment at Sports Training Village

The University has agreed to invest up to £3.5 million in developing the Sports Training Village by adding a new gym.   This is set to be a significant boost to all our customers whether Olympic, World-level and student-athletes in training for national and global competitions or our student and community members who are passionate about their health and fitness. The existing gym, which has been recently refurbished, will remain open. The new provision will...

10 November 2016

Second setback for University of Bath as Northumbria secure first BUCS Super Rugby win

The University of Bath men’s 1st XV slipped to a second successive home defeat as Northumbria University recorded their first-ever BUCS Super Rugby victory on Wednesday. It was the second time the teams had met in the new national league in its opening month, with the Blue and Gold claiming an impressive 38-17 win in the first encounter at Newcastle’s Kingston Park ground. And they led 7-3 after a bright start to tonight’s match at...

09 November 2016

From University rowing rookie to double Olympic champ – Heather Stanning retires after stellar career

University of Bath graduate Heather Stanning has brought the curtain down on a stellar rowing career that saw her win two historic Olympic gold medals. She was also crowned as double World and European Champion after forging an outstanding women’s pair partnership with Helen Glover, with their London 2012 and Rio 2016 successes part of an incredible 39-race unbeaten run stretching back to 2011. Now Stanning – who first picked up an oar when she...

09 November 2016

Rio rowing and swimming stars in contention for Sportswomen of the Year awards

Olympic medallists Heather Stanning, Helen Glover and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor have all been shortlisted in the Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year awards for 2016. Sports Technology graduate Stanning and women’s pair partner Glover, who both learnt to row at the University of Bath with the GB Rowing Team Start programme, are in contention for both Vitality Team of the Year and Olympian of the Year. They made history once again this summer as they became...

08 November 2016

Paralympic medallists and sporting alumni head world-class entry for Bath Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

A host of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games medallists, including Britain’s Lucy Shuker and Alfie Hewett, will join reigning Grand Slam champions in a star-studded Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament being staged at the University of Bath next week. Two-time Paralympian and Sports Performance graduate Louise Hunt will also return to her former training base for the prestigious ITF-1 level competition, organised by the Tennis Foundation and taking place on the eight indoor courts at the Sports Training...

07 November 2016

Sailing students breeze to first-ever victory at BUCS Fleet Racing Championships

Students Matt Lulham-Robinson and Ellie Devereux secured the University of Bath Sailing Club’s first-ever victory at the BUCS [British Universities & Colleges Sport] Fleet Racing Championships when the event took place this weekend. Lulham-Robinson and Devereux (13721), studying Natural Sciences and Physics respectively, braved the 1-degree waters and 30mph winds to come home a fantastic first out of 27 crews contesting the Slow Handicap category at Draycote Water in Warwickshire. It was an excellent weekend...

07 November 2016

Champions complete hat-trick of titles as University hosts Strength in Depth 2016

There were some familiar winners when the University of Bath Sports Training Village played host to the Strength in Depth European Finals for a third successive year. Wigan’s Team JST once again came out on top in the ultimate fitness test, which saw 40 teams take on ten gruelling challenges over the course of two action-packed days. The invitational Team Reebok, a group of elite athletes representing the event sponsors, were runners-up and Wales-based Dragon...

07 November 2016