Swimmer Charlie Attwood going to new heights as build-up to Tokyo 2020 begins

University of Bath-based Charlie Attwood is one of 16 potential Tokyo 2020 Olympians selected by British Swimming to attend an altitude training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona later this month. It is the first of ten altitude camps that will take place between now and the Tokyo Games and each swimmer chosen is considered to be of the optimal age and performance profile to excel at the next Olympics. Attwood is starting his second season of...

05 October 2016

Levi Davis looking to make his mark with University and Bath Rugby

Fresher Levi Davis has arrived at the University of Bath determined to continue his education both in the lecture hall and on the rugby pitch. The Sports Performance student, an England U18 international, is part of the University squad for the new BUCS Super Rugby league and has also made two appearances for Bath Rugby’s 2nd XV so far this season, scoring a second-half try against Saracens Storm at The Rec on Monday. In an...

05 October 2016

Team Bath Netball coach Emily Perry takes lead role with England U21s ahead of World Youth Cup

Team Bath Netball’s Emily Perry will stage her first training camp as the new England U21 Head Coach at the University of Bath this week. The next generation of Roses players will be at the Sports Training Village on Wednesday and Thursday (October 5&6) as they continue building towards the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup in Botswana. Perry was previously assistant to former Team Bath player Tamsin Greenway, who has stepped down from the England...

03 October 2016

Top-five finish at Kremlin Cup for Jamie Cooke and Samantha Murray in Moscow

Pentathlon GB’s Jamie Cooke and Samantha Murray narrowly missed out on a podium place after strong performance in the mixed relay at Sunday’s Kremlin Cup in Moscow. In their first appearances since the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the University of Bath-based duo – renowned as two of the best swimmers on the international pentathlon circuit – got off to a storming start by finishing three seconds clear of the field in the pool. Twenty wins...

03 October 2016

From Rio to Russia as pentathletes Murray and Cooke head to Kremlin Cup

Rio 2016 Olympians Jamie Cooke and Samantha Murray will head to Moscow this weekend to represent Pentathlon GB in the Kremlin Cup. The University of Bath-based athletes will both be making their debuts in the invitational event, which will see 12 nations competing in a mixed relay on Sunday. Murray, who won Olympic silver at the London 2012 Games, was the highest-placed former medallist in Rio as she finished ninth overall after a strong second...

30 September 2016

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