Team gold at European Championships takes British Skeleton’s 2024-25 World Cup medal haul to record total

European Championships team gold for Marcus Wyatt and Amelia Coltman completed a record-breaking IBSF World Cup season for University of Bath-based British Skeleton athletes. The duo, who had both won silver in their individual events the previous day, pipped Austria’s individual gold-medallists Janine Flock and Samuel Maier to top spot by two hundredths of a second. The result means the skeleton squad end the 2024-25 World Cup campaign with a record 19 medals, seven of...

08 February 2025

Lily Jones named as captain as Team Bath Netball get first-ever NXT Gen League campaign under way with Nottingham Forest sell-out

Live netball returns to a sold-out Team Bath Arena tonight (Friday) as the Blue & Gold host Nottingham Forest in the first-ever match of the new national NXT Gen League competition. A 600-strong capacity crowd will cheer on Team Bath Netball's flagship squad as they launch a new era for both the club and the sport domestically. University of Bath Sports Performance student Lily Jones, who has Super League experience and is supported by the...

07 February 2025

History is made as Matt Weston and European silver-medallist Marcus Wyatt achieve British Skeleton 1-2 in Overall World Cup rankings

Matt Weston has been crowned as Overall World Cup Champion for a second successive year, while Marcus Wyatt and Amelia Coltman both won European Championships silver as University of Bath-based skeleton athletes continued a stellar pre-Olympic season. An eighth-placed finish in Lillehammer on Friday – the only time he has missed out on a medal during the 2024-25 season – was enough to secure top spot in the overall IBSF World Cup men’s rankings for...

07 February 2025

Bath pick up another valuable bonus point after playing their part in entertaining BUCS Super Rugby derby at Exeter’s Sandy Park

A strong second half at Exeter’s Sandy Park saw the University of Bath men’s 1st XV collect another important four-try bonus point in their pursuit of a BUCS Super Rugby home quarter-final. The visitors found themselves trailing 24-7 at half-time of Wednesday’s South West derby, Freddy Rossigneux finishing off a wonderful flowing move to score Bath’s try. That, plus Raff Weston’s penalty, briefly cut the gap to 10-7 before Exeter struck twice in the closing...

06 February 2025

Team Bath Gym joins HYROX fitness family as both an official Training Club and competition venue

Team Bath Gym is now an official HYROX Performance Hub, offering members the chance to both train for and compete in one of the world’s fastest-growing and accessible fitness crazes. New HYROX classes are being added to the group exercise timetable on weekdays and Team Bath will organise exclusive member competitions at the Sports Training Village, with the first being planned for this spring. More than 90,000 athletes competed in global events during 2023, with...

04 February 2025

Team Bath Netball stars help local schoolchildren enjoy day of sporting fun in partnership with Bath Recreation

Young pupils at Twerton Infant School enjoyed an inspirational day of sporting fun at the University of Bath, thanks to Team Bath Netball and their partners at Bath Recreation Limited. Around 50 children in School Years 1 and 2 got the chance to run on the indoor sprint track, work on their racquet and ball skills, and made medals to celebrate their sporting achievements. [caption id="attachment_71501" align="alignright" width="292"] Pupils at Twerton Infant School enjoyed their...

01 February 2025

Four-try bonus point provides consolation for much-changed Bath in BUCS Super Rugby derby defeat at Hartpury

The University of Bath men’s 1st XV left Hartpury with a hard-earned bonus point following a tough derby against their BUCS Super Rugby West Country rivals. Bath were missing several players on U20 Six Nations and Premiership Rugby Cup duty but did welcome 2023-24 co-captain Ludo Kolade back to the starting XV following a long-term injury. The first 50 minutes were well contested and saw the visitors notch up four tries through Oli Sedgwick, Alfie...

30 January 2025

Quartet named in England match-day squad for tournament opener as University of Bath students selected for U20 Six Nations 2025

Six University of Bath students have been selected for the 2025 U20 Men's Six Nations, with four of them being named in England’s match-day 23 for the tournament’s opening fixture against Ireland. Tighthead prop Billy Sela (Sports Performance), who helped England win the title in 2024, lines up in the front row alongside Sports Management and Coaching student Kepu Tuipulotu. The hooker will earn his first U20 cap in Thursday’s international, as will Economics with...

28 January 2025

Mid-courter Lucy Button elevated to Team Bath Netball NXT Gen League squad ahead of sell-out season opener

Dynamic defensive mid-courter Lucy Button has been added to the Team Bath Netball squad for the 2025 NXT Gen League season, which starts in early February with a sell-out home fixture against Nottingham Forest. Button, who plays wing-defence and centre, has been elevated into the U23s following her excellent performances in training with Team Bath’s U21 Player Development Programme and in BUCS competition for the title-winning University of Bath’s performance squads. The Sports Performance student,...

27 January 2025

British Bobsleigh “absolutely buzzing” after storming to second World Cup four-man gold of 2025 in St Moritz

Team Hall saw their stellar IBSF World Cup season reach even greater heights in St Moritz as the University of Bath-based four-man bobsleigh crew won gold at the spiritual home of sliding. Brad Hall, Taylor Lawrence, Arran Gulliver and Leon Greenwood produced two stunning starts as they finished two tenths of a second clear of back-to-back Olympic Champion Francesco Friedrich. It follows on from the same quartet’s silver medal the previous week in Igls and...

26 January 2025