University of Bath-based athletes dominate Bath Chronicle Sports Awards shortlists

Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic medallists are among the University of Bath-based athletes and alumni shortlisted for this year’s Bath Chronicle Sports Awards. Paul Blake, who won gold and silver at the Paralympic Games, is in the running for Disability Sports Performer of the Year along with training partner Sophie Kamlish, who set a new world record in Rio – both are coached by Rob Ellchuk at the Sports Training Village. Also shortlisted are badminton player...

29 September 2016

Captain Will Britton excited by “very special” BUCS Super Rugby challenge

His long-term objective is to forge a successful career with Bath Rugby in the Premiership but for the time being Will Britton has his eyes firmly focused on dominating a new-look competition called BUCS Super Rugby. The 20-year-old Sport & Social Sciences student, who plays second row, has been handed the honour of leading the University of Bath in the new national league which will see the eight strongest higher-education teams go head-to-head. It is launching in...

28 September 2016

500 days to go – milestone moment for University’s winter-sport athletes on path to Pyeongchang 2018

Rio 2016 may have just finished but the countdown to the next Olympic and Paralympic action is already well under way, with only 500 days to go until the 2018 Winter Games begin in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association, based at the University of Bath, will be looking to build on the success they have enjoyed at the Winter Olympics during the past 14 years. They have won medals in the...

26 September 2016

Head coach receives Award of Excellence after guiding swimmers to Rio 2016 Olympic success

University of Bath-based swimming coach Dave McNulty has been honoured for his work at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with silver-medallists Jazz Carlin, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Chris Walker-Hebborn. McNulty, Head Coach of the British Swimming National Centre Bath, received the Coaching Award of Excellence during the British Swimming Coaches Association (BCSA) annual conference in Leeds. Athletes from the National Centre Bath, who train in the London 2012 Legacy Pool, were involved in four of the...

26 September 2016

Amy Wilson Hardy leads GB Lions to third-placed finish at Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens

University of Bath graduate Amy Wilson Hardy captained England Women to a third-placed finish at the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series in Malemort, France on Sunday. The side, playing as GB Lions, won two of their three Pool C matches and then overcame a Wales side – playing as GB Royals – 14-5 in the quarter-finals. England then led France 19-17 with three seconds left on the clock in the semi-final, only for the...

26 September 2016

Hat-trick of Red Bull 7s titles completed as rugby men reign at The Rec once again

The University of Bath men’s rugby team were crowned as Red Bull 7s champions for a third year running after recording another dramatic last-gasp win in front of a 13,500-strong crowd at The Rec on Saturday. Levi Davis, who had touched down earlier in the game, set up a try for James Catlin in the dying seconds that was converted as the University came from behind to beat Cardiff Met 21-19. The entertaining match –...

21 September 2016

Rio 2016 Olympians staging Team Bath judo masterclass to help fund knee surgery for Jemima

Rio 2016 Olympians Ben Fletcher and Natalie Powell are among the international judoka putting on a Team Bath Masterclass this week to help fund surgery for University of Bath student Jemima Duxberry. Fletcher (pictured) - a sporting ambassador for MJ Church - will return to his home dojo at the Sports Training Village to provide a fun judo session for under-16s alongside fellow GB international Powell from 6.45pm to 8.15pm on Thursday [September 22]. They...

20 September 2016

New era for student rugby as University of Bath join inaugural BUCS Super Rugby league

An exciting new era of university rugby is kicking off this season – and the University of Bath will be playing a leading role. The men’s 1st XV has today been named in the inaugural BUCS Super Rugby league, featuring the top eight rugby-playing higher-education institutions in England and Wales. The competition – organised by BUCS [British Universities and Colleges Sport] and supported by the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union – has...

19 September 2016

Student Lloyd Wallace makes a splash at World Water-Ramp Aerial Series Final

University of Bath student Lloyd Wallace finished his summer season in style by soaring to a top-ten finish at the World Water-Ramp Aerial Series Final. The competition – staged at the spectacular £30million training centre in Minsk, Belarus, featuring the world’s only indoor water-ramp – featured the world’s best aerial skiers. Wallace, pictured with coach Mich Roth, needed to finish in the top 12 to reach the main final and produced a score of 109.38 for...

19 September 2016

Rio 2016: Silver for Blake, bronze for Rickham and world record for Kamlish as Games draw to a close

Paul Blake will be bringing two Rio 2016 Paralympic Games medals back to his University of Bath training base after adding T36 800m silver to his 400m gold on Saturday. Training partner Sophie Kamlish was just six-hundredths of a second away from also getting on the podium on a day that saw her smash the T44 100m world record. And University of Bath graduate Alexandra Rickham emulated her achievements from London 2012 as she and...

18 September 2016