Paris pride, historic international achievements, emotional reunions and big gym investment among highlights of incredible sporting 2024

Olympic and Paralympic success in Paris is just one of the highlights of a truly monumental year of sport at the University of Bath. World Cup victories, European crowns, groundbreaking international debuts, emotional reunions, national accolades, innovative new partnerships and an extensive gym refurbishment are also among the many high points from an action-packed 2024. In total athletes brought 93 senior international medals back to their Team Bath training base, 17 of which were secured...

20 December 2024

Former World and European Champion returning to Bath as Pentathlon GB appoint new Head of Performance and CEO

Double Olympian Jamie Cooke, who became World and European modern pentathlon champion while training at the University of Bath, is returning to Pentathlon GB as its new Head of Performance. Will Brown is also joining the National Governing Body as Chief Executive Officer at the start of the LA 2028 Olympic cycle and a new era for the sport as it transitions from horse riding to obstacle course racing (OCR). Cooke, who competed at Rio...

19 December 2024

Three University of Bath sporting scholars, including Team Bath NXT Gen star, named in England Netball U21 squad for Australia tour

Team Bath Netball duo Alanna Pullen and Phoebe Maslen have been named in a 16-strong England U21 squad that will tour Australia in the new year. Former Blue & Gold stars Sophie Kelly and Jayda Pechova – who, like Pullen, are University of Bath student-athletes and supported by sporting scholarships – are also in an exciting squad that will face the host nation and New Zealand during a tournament taking place in Canberra from 17-23...

18 December 2024

Fantastic three medals for Team Bath athletes at 2024 British Judo Championships

Team Bath judoka won three medals following some fantastic performances at the 2024 British Judo Championships in Coventry. Roxy Proctor fought superbly to reach the women’s -63kg final where she faced Team GB Olympian Lucy Renshall. The Team Bath judoka continued to impress as she took the former world number one to golden score before narrowly losing out by three shidos (penalties) to one. Sidney Tancock and Chemistry for Drug Discovery student Anika Rabi both...

17 December 2024

Freya Anderson anchors GB to World Championships silver as University of Bath swimmers enjoy busy month of short-course racing

Freya Anderson added to her international medal collection when the University of Bath-based swimming star anchored Aquatics GB to women’s 4x100m medley relay silver at the 2024 World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Bath Performance Centre swimmer (pictured top, right) dived in for the freestyle leg in third place after strong swims from team-mates Abbie Wood, Angharad Evans and Eva Okaro. She then clawed back China in the closing stages to touch...

16 December 2024

First bobsleigh medals on the board as Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence secure terrific two-man silver for GB at Sigulda World Cup

Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence bagged University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh’s first medal of the IBSF World Cup season when they won silver in Sigulda on Sunday. It was the team’s first two-man medal since January 2023 and came eight days after the duo had finished fourth in the season opener in Altenberg. Hall and Greg Cackett were also just off the podium in the first race of a double-header weekend in Sigulda. “It’s great...

15 December 2024

Marcus Wyatt and Matt Weston lead British Skeleton 1-2 at Sigulda World Cup as Bath-based sliders head into Christmas in style

Marcus Wyatt and Matt Weston were top of the tree in the last IBSF Skeleton World Cup before Christmas as the University of Bath-based sliders won gold and silver respectively in Sigulda, Latvia. Wyatt produced the fastest starts and best times across both runs to secure his first individual victory of the 2024-25 season in a time of 1:39.51. British Skeleton team-mate Weston was just a quarter of a second behind after two equally consistent...

13 December 2024

Second-half shutout condemns Bath to first home defeat of BUCS Super Rugby season

The University of Bath men’s 1st XV saw their unbeaten home run come to an end following a disappointing second-half display against BUCS Super Rugby league leaders Loughborough on Wednesday. An eagerly-anticipated showdown between two in-form teams was evenly-matched during a first half which saw both teams score four tries apiece, with just a couple of successful conversions separating the sides. Bath touched down twice during the first 10 minutes, through Charlie Griffin and Kit...

12 December 2024

Terrific team gold caps another impressive IBSF World Cup as British Skeleton win medal of each colour at Altenberg

University of Bath-based skeleton athletes kicked off the European leg of the 2024-25 IBSF World Cup season in fine style by winning gold, silver and bronze in Altenberg, Germany. Tabby Stoecker and Marcus Wyatt (pictured) took top spot in the team competition, finishing 0.37 seconds clear of the field in a discipline that will make its Olympic debut in 2026. That result came just a couple of hours after Wyatt had won bronze and Matt...

07 December 2024

Another Kepu Tuipulotu treble inspires Bath to nine-try home win over Cardiff ahead of big BUCS Super Rugby showdown

Kepu Tuipulotu scored a hat-trick of tries against Welsh opposition for the second time this BUCS Super Rugby season as the University of Bath men’s 1st XV eased to a 59-16 home victory over Cardiff on Wednesday. Bath made nine changes to the 15 that had started the previous week’s excellent away win in Durham and it didn’t take long for one of those new starters to make an impact, Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi scoring the opening...

05 December 2024