History made as Samantha Murray and Jamie Cooke win double World Cup gold for Pentathlon GB in Sarasota

University of Bath-based Modern Pentathlon Performance Director Jan Bartu could not keep the smile out of his normally-controlled voice. “We are over the moon.  These are fantastic results”, he said as his squad began the journey back from Sarasota, USA, where they had just made history by winning the individual men’s and women’s golds at senior World Cup level for the first time as well as bronze in the women’s event. “These results far exceeded...

26 February 2015

Team Bath Netball lose out to Yorkshire Jets in close Superleague home clash

Team Bath battled hard but lost in a closely fought match to Yorkshire Jets, going down 51-54 in their third successive Superleague home defeat. It was always going to be an uphill struggle for the home side after going down by ten goals in the opening six minutes of the match but they showed great character as they fought back to go ahead briefly in the third quarter even if they could not bring the...

21 February 2015

Team Bath Netball focusing on the positives as Mavericks inflict third successive Superleague defeat

Team Bath’s netball squad would seem to have all the bits to make a model side but have not yet found the glue to fix them together during the 2015 Superleague campaign. Tonight they went down to their third successive league defeat in four starts in 2015 by 34-51 to Hertfordshire Mavericks. But coach Jess Thirlby still took time out to see the positives.  She said:  “We need to keep perspective and respect the fact...

13 February 2015

Team Bath Netball succumb to Superleague Storm in front of record Sports Training Village crowd

Team Bath's Superleague side went down to one of its heavier home defeats in recent years at the hands of Surrey Storm 42-56 at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village tonight. Coach Jess Thirlby made continual and multiple changes as she strove to settle her new squad against a well-oiled opposition attack which included Rachel Dunn, Pamela Cookey and Tamsin Greenway, all formerly of Team Bath, who piled on the pressure in the first...

09 February 2015

In-form Manchester Thunder inflict first defeat of 2015 Superleague season on Team Bath Netball

After the previous weekend’s win against Northumbria, Team Bath Netball struggled to find their feet against an in-form Manchester Thunder on Saturday in their second Superleague match of the 2015 season.  The opening quarter was fiercely contested with Team Bath going down by just one goal 10-11 to the reigning champions. “We started well and stuck to the game plan, making them work hard in on their attack whilst we were patient and clinical”,, said...

09 February 2015

Team Bath Netball kick off 2015 Superleague season with away win at Team Northumbria

Team Bath’s superleague netballers started their 2015 campaign with a 49-33 away win against Team Northumbria. Coach Jess Thirlby described it as a “solid start” during which several of the new line-up made their debuts in the blue and gold of Team Bath. Team Bath, sponsored by Carter Jonas, led by 13-8 after the first quarter with England stalwart, Stacey Francis, newcomer Kiwi, Bessie Manu, and Sam Cook all helping with defensive turn-over. Rosie Allison,...

02 February 2015

Team Bath Judo’s Ben Fletcher wins World Cup gold at African Open in Tunis

Great Britain international Ben Fletcher struck gold during a successful weekend for Team Bath Judo Club at the African Open in Tunis, Tunisia. Fletcher, who had to withdraw from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games after suffering a knee injury in training, showed he is back to full fitness by beating Russia’s Khaybula Magomedov in the -100kg final. Older sister Megan Fletcher - a gold-medalist at Glasgow 2014 - took bronze in the women’s -70kg weight...

22 January 2015

Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold wins second gold of 2014-15 Skeleton World Cup season in Konigssee

Lizzy Yarnold claimed her second FIBT World Cup gold medal of the season and fellow Sochi 2014 Olympian Dominic Parsons finished just outside the medals on another impressive weekend for British Skeleton. Yarnold became the first slider to win two World Cup races this season as she completed her two runs at Königssee in an overall time of 1min 44.24secs, putting her a comfortable 0.71 ahead of Germany’s Anja Huber Selbach. Russia’s Maria Orlova took...

20 January 2015

Olympic, Paralympic, World and Commonwealth golds add up to an unforgettable 2014 at University of Bath

Olympic and Paralympic titles, World Championship success and 27 Commonwealth Games medals are just some of the reasons that 2014 has been another unforgettable year of sport at the University of Bath. And the year ahead promises to be equally memorable, with the Modern Pentathlon European Championships and Australia’s Rugby World Cup squad both being hosted at the Sports Training Village. The undoubted highlight of 2014 came on Valentine’s Day when British Skeleton star Lizzy...

21 December 2014

Bath swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor caps outstanding 2014 with silver hat-trick at World Short-Course Champs

University of Bath-based swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor completed an outstanding 2014 in fitting style as she won a hat-trick of silver medals at the FINA World Short-Course Championships in Doha. The 19-year-old was only denied gold in the 100m and 200m individual medley finals by Hungarian Katinka Hosszu, who set world records in both events in the process. O’Connor, who is coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at the British Gas National Centre at the...

08 December 2014