Glasgow 2014: Superb silvers for Bath track and field stars Eilidh Child and Jazmin Sawyers at Commonwealth Games

University of Bath-based athletes Eilidh Child and Jazmin Sawyers collected a brace of silver medals on day eight of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games tonight (Thursday). Child was roared on to silver in the 400m hurdles final by a passionate Hampden Park crowd in an emotional night in the stadium. The Scot, who is coached by Malcolm Arnold, came home in second in 55.02 seconds behind Jamaica’s Kaliese Spencer in 54.10. “My first emotion was...

31 July 2014

Glasgow 2014: Bath-based athletes take step closer to medals across a host of sports on Day 7 of Commonwealth Games

Athletes with University of Bath links took a step closer to the medals in hockey, netball and athletics on day seven of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. For the first time in Glasgow, there were no University of Bath connected athletes in action in finals today (Wednesday), day seven of the Games. But University of Bath Sports Performance graduate Zoe Shipperley took a step closer to a medal in the women’s hockey. Her England team...

30 July 2014

Glasgow 2014: University of Bath-based swimmers sign off from memorable Commonwealth Games with more medals

University of Bath-based swimmers Chris Walker-Hebborn and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor both added to their already impressive haul of medals on the final day of swimming at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games today (Tuesday). Walker-Hebborn won his second gold of the Games after helping the England 4x100m medley relay quartet to gold and a Commonwealth record in the final swimming event of Glasgow 2014, beating the much fancied Australian team. It meant he added a relay medal...

29 July 2014

Glasgow 2014: University of Bath graduate Heather Olver serves up silver for Team England at Commonwealth Games

University of Bath graduate Heather Olver collected a silver medal for helping England to second place in the team badminton competition at the Glasgow 204 Commonwealth Games today (Monday). Olver, who has a Coach Education and Sports Development degree from the University, featured in the earlier rounds of the competition but did not play in today’s final against Malaysia, where England went down 3-1. Her silver medal joins the bronze she won for England in...

28 July 2014

Glasgow 2014: It’s gold and a Commonwealth Games record for Bath teenage swimming star Siobhan-Marie O’Connor

Teenager Siobhan-Marie O’Connor produced a stunning performance to strike gold in the women’s 200m individual medley on day four of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games tonight (Sunday). O’Connor, who trains at British Swimming’s National Training Centre at the University of Bath, led from the start and her time of 2:08.21 was both a British record and a Commonwealth Games record. It means the 18-year-old has now won a gold, three silvers and a bronze at...

27 July 2014

Glasgow 2014: Weightlifter Zoe Smith snatches gold on day three as Bath athletes continue Commonwealth Games medal rush

Weightlifter Zoe Smith led the way with a gold medal as University of Bath-based athletes collected five medals on day three of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. It means athletes linked to the University have now won medals on each of the first three days of the Games. Smith, the bronze medallist for England in Delhi four years ago, made it gold this time around in the women’s under-58kg class. She lifted 92kg in the...

27 July 2014

Glasgow 2014: University of Bath duo Megan Fletcher and Chris Walker-Hebborn strike gold on Day 2 of Commonwealth Games

It was a golden day for University of Bath-based athletes at Glasgow 2014 today, with both Megan Fletcher and Chris Walker-Hebborn topping the podium on day two of the Commonwealth Games. Team Bath judo player Fletcher led the way, becoming the first athlete training at the University to strike gold at the Games when she beat New Zealand’s Moira De Villiers in the final of the women’s under-70kg class. The England judo player had earlier...

25 July 2014

Glasgow 2014: Swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor wins brace of silvers on Day 1 of Commonwealth Games

Eighteen-year-old Siobhan-Marie O’Connor became the first University of Bath based athlete to win a medal at the Glasgow 2014 Games when she struck silver in the 200m freestyle tonight. O’Connor, who trains at British Swimming’s National Training Centre at the University of Bath, came home second with a time of 1:55.82, just behind Australia’s Emma McKeon, who took gold in 1:55.57. O’Connor then wrapped up the evening in the pool by helping the England's 4x100m...

24 July 2014

New Zealand netballers fine-tune Commonwealth Games preparations at University of Bath

Reigning Commonwealth netball champions New Zealand have been fine-tuning their preparations for the Glasgow 20014 Games at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. The New Zealand team won gold at both the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006 and again at Delhi in 2010 and will arrive in Glasgow as one of the pre-competition favourites. They spent their final pre-Games preparation camp training at the University of Bath before transferring to the Athletes’ Village for...

21 July 2014

Team Bath Tennis ace Samantha Murray draws positives from Maria Sharapova defeat at Wimbledon 2014

Team Bath MCTA Tennis Academy player Samantha Murray said she could draw plenty of positives from the biggest match of her career to date, after going down to Maria Sharapova on Court 1 at Wimbledon this afternoon (Tuesday). Murray, ranked 247 in the world, started positively against Sharapova, world number five, the 2004 Wimbledon champion and recent winner of the French Open. The opening two games went with serve, and Murray had the chance to...

24 June 2014