Earn, learn and become an award-winning Team Bath coach – meet the undergraduate who won Student Employee of the Year 2015

Team Bath offers a plethora of opportunities for students; they can train, compete and socialise as athletes – but they can also gain valuable experience as a coach. Opportunities include working with Tribe – Team Bath’s dedicated youth sport programme – to help young athletes not only develop their talent, but also use sport as a tool for learning key social skills that will serve them for the rest of their lives. One such student...

03 November 2015

Free chance to spot future aces as top-class tennis returns to University of Bath

Tennis fans can watch some of the world’s top up-and-coming stars in action for free this week when the Aegon GB Pro-Series Event returns to the University of Bath for a tenth successive year. Former Australian Open finalist Jo Wilfried-Tsonga and fellow Frenchman Nicolas Mahut are among past winners of the week-long ITF Pro Circuit event, which is run by the LTA and starts on Sunday, November 8. Big-serving Australian Sam Groth and Spain’s Roberto Bautista-Agut...

03 November 2015

Bath swimmer Jazz Carlin starts season with World Cup silvers in Doha

Jazz Carlin won two of nine medals for British swimmers at the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2015 in Doha. The National Performance Centre Bath swimmer, coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at the Sports Training Village, took 800m freestyle silver on Monday in 8:27.25. Gold went to New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle and Germany’s Sarah Kohler took bronze. Carlin then returned to the Hamad Aquatic Centre podium on the second evening to accept her 400m freestyle silver. She clocked 4:07.42, with...

03 November 2015

“Great honour” as Eboni Beckford-Chambers is named as Team Bath Netball Superleague captain

England star Eboni Beckford-Chambers says she is “proud and honoured” to be named as captain of Team Bath Netball for the 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague season. The 27-year-old defender, who has spent the past four years playing professionally in the ANZ Championship in Australia, confirmed her return to the famous Blue and Gold last month. She can boast a wealth of experience having won four Superleague titles during her previous spell at Team Bath. She...

02 November 2015

World medallists and international athletes among sporting scholars for 2015-16

Talented student athletes from an array of different sports have been awarded University of Bath sporting scholarships. Among the 2015 scholars are medallists at British and World Championships, an England Hockey Cup winner and a rugby player who competed in this year’s Six Nations. University of Bath students with the potential to succeed both academically and in their chosen sport can apply for the scholarships, which are awarded each year. They are supported by alumni and...

02 November 2015

Top-five finish for Sophie Kamlish at IPC World Championships in Doha

Sprinter Sophie Kamlish finished just outside the medal places when she contested the T44 100m final at the IPC World Athletics Championships in Doha on Thursday. The 19-year-old, coached by Rob Ellchuk at the University of Bath, ran the second-fastest time of 13.53 in the morning’s semi-finals as she finished runner-up to defending champion Marlou van Rhijn. The Dutch runner went on to beat her own world record as she won the final in 12.80 and...

29 October 2015

University of Bath goalkeeper Alice Evans signs professional contract with Italian Serie A club

University of Bath footballer Alice Evans has become Great Britain’s first-ever professional futsal goalkeeper after signing for Italian Serie A Elite League club Sinnai. It continues a landmark year for the Sport Performance student, which saw her make her senior international football debut for Wales and win the FA Women’s Futsal Cup with Bristol City Ladies. Evans was also one of four University of Bath student volunteers who took part in the UK Sport Zambia...

29 October 2015

Swimmers get Rio 2016 Olympic year under way with international competitions

Elite swimmers who train in the University of Bath's London 2012 Legacy Pool will start their countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at a series of international competitions in the next few weeks. Jazz Carlin (pictured), Calum Jarvis, Andrew Willis and Jemma Lowe – all coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at British Swimming’s National Centre Bath – are among 22 athletes selected for the FINA World Cups in Doha on November 2-3 and Dubai...

29 October 2015

Wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver ends 2015 on top of the world

Piers Gilliver will end 2015 ranked as the number one epee wheelchair fencer in the world after a fifth-placed finish at the IWAS World Cup in Paris. Gilliver, who trains at the University of Bath, finished 22 ranking points clear of his nearest rival, Poland’s Dariusz Pender, after a calendar year that saw him win World Cup gold in Eger, Hungary and Pisa, Italy plus the Grand Prix titles in Warsaw and Hong Kong. He...

27 October 2015

Captain marvel Paul Blake leads from front to retain 800m gold at IPC World Championships

Paul Blake produced a captain’s performance to successfully defend his IPC Athletic World Championships T36 800m title in thrilling style in Doha on Monday. The British men’s team captain, coached by Rob Ellchuk at the University of Bath, took the race by the scruff of the neck and opened up a 15m lead after completing the first 400m in 62 seconds. He dug deep to maintain that advantage coming down the back straight and then...

26 October 2015