Team Bath Netball set for Grand Final re-run against Dragons after hanging on for one-point win at Mavericks

Reigning ZEO Netball Superleague champions Team Bath will take on Celtic Dragons in a re-run of last year’s final on Friday week (28 February) at the University of Bath in a televised clash. The home match will come a week after Team Bath take on Yorkshire Jets away. Spectators at the Sports Training Village could be in for an exciting ride as Team Bath have come through a recent flurry of nail-biting encounters. Coach Jess...

19 February 2014

University of Bath student Dom Parson earns top-10 finish on Olympic skeleton debut in Sochi

After yesterday’s success for British Skeleton in the women’s competition, this afternoon saw the conclusion of the men’s contest at the Sochi Winter Olympics. University of Bath PhD student Dominic Parsons put in a solid performance to finish in 10th place on his Olympic debut. British interest centred on Parsons and Kristan Bromley, who started the day in the middle of the pack in tenth and eighth place respectively. Heat three saw the University of...

15 February 2014

Lizzy Yarnold becomes second University of Bath-based British Skeleton athlete to win Olympic gold with stunning Sochi success

British Skeleton’s Lizzy Yarnold stormed to victory this evening in Sochi as she scooped up the gold medal in the women's Skeleton. A crowd that included fellow Olympians from other sports gathered around the big screen at the University of Bath's Sports Training Village to cheer her on in her two runs today. The 25 year old, who is a close friend and tenant of Vancouver Games gold medallist Amy Williams, went in to the...

14 February 2014

John Baines called up to propel Team GB two-man bob at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games

John Baines will step into the GBR 1 two-man bobsleigh seat vacated by the injured Craig Pickering at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Baines, who does some of his training at the University of Bath, will be Lamin Deen’s brakeman for the two-man bob. The duo raced together at the Americas Cup this season, achieving a number of top-10 results. Baines was already in the Team GB bobsleigh team for Sochi as a member...

12 February 2014

Terrific comeback at Surrey Storm secures point for Team Bath Netball as Superleague season continues

A last-gasp Pamela Cookey goal completed a remarkable comeback for Team Bath as they drew 48-48 at Surrey Storm in the ZEO Superleague last night (Monday). The England captain converted on the final whistle following a turnover by Team Bath skipper Serena Guthrie. That effort completed an impressive comeback after Team Bath had trailed by 12 goals earlier in the game and had gone into the final quarter seven down at 41-34. The two teams...

11 February 2014

British Skeleton star Lizzy Yarnold can’t wait to “show the world what I can do” at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

Bath-based skeleton athlete Lizzy Yarnold can’t wait to show the world what she can do when she competes at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Yarnold arrived in Sochi as world number one after winning the 2013/4 World Cup series with an impressive series of performances that included four gold medals among seven podium finishes from eight competitions. The 25-year-old, who trains at the University of Bath, looks to follow in the runner tracks of...

10 February 2014

Team Bath Netball struck down by Thunder in first Superleague setback of 2014

Reigning ZEO Superleague champions Team Bath suffered their first defeat of the 2014 season as they went down 54-41 to Manchester Thunder at the University of Bath Sports Training Village tonight (Friday). Team Bath went behind early in quarter one and despite battling back, they could never quite turn the tables on Thunder in the round two encounter, which was televised live on Sky Sports. Team Bath head coach Jess Thirlby said: “We made a...

07 February 2014

Team Bath Netball get 2014 Superleague season off to a winning start against Northumbria

Team Bath’s netballers got their defence of their ZEO Superleague title off to a winning start with a 59-45 victory over Team Northumbria at the University of Bath Sports Training Village tonight (31 January). Team Bath’s line-up included England players Serena Guthrie, Pamela Cookey, Mia Rtichie and Stacey Francis. Aussie Georgia Beaton, from the ANZ, made her debut for the visitors at goal-defence, in a team with a strong Northern Ireland flavour. Northumrbria opened at...

31 January 2014

University of Bath graduate Kelly Gallagher selected for second Paralympic Games in Sochi

University of Bath graduate Kelly Gallagher has been named in the British team to compete at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. The visually-impaired Alpine skier will be competing at her second Paralympic Games after finishing fourth in the giant slalom in Vancouver four years ago, the best finish by a British visually-impaired skier since 1994. Gallagher, from Bangor in Northern Ireland, graduated from the University with a Mathematics degree in 2006. She said she...

27 January 2014

Student Dom Parsons among four University of Bath-based British Skeleton athletes selected for Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

University of Bath student Dom Parsons was today named in a four-strong GB skeleton team to compete at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Parsons is studying for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University and took up the sport of skeleton as an undergraduate at the University. “Sochi has been my goal for so long that I'm very relieved to have been selected, and excited about the opportunity to represent Team GB at...

22 January 2014