Rowing trio with University of Bath links receive New Year’s Honours following gold-medal glory at London 2012

Athletes with strong University of Bath links had their London 2012 successes recognised in the New Year’s Honours List, which was announced this morning (Saturday). Rowers Heather Stanning, Helen Glover and Dave Smith were made MBEs in the list. Stanning, a University of Bath Sports Technology graduate, and Glover, teamed up to win Britain’s first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics and became the first ever GB women’s crew to win Olympic rowing gold....

29 December 2012

University of Bath student Tom Dunn makes senior Bath Rugby debut

University of Bath student Tom Dunn made his senior debut for Bath Rugby in the Amlin Challenge cup against Italian side Calvisano. The second year Sports Performance student came on as a replacement for hooker Brett Sharman and helped his side to an impressive 67-11 victory, their biggest European home win.

15 December 2012

Team Bath Netball name blend of youth and experience in 2013 Superleague squad

A blend of youth and experience feature in an exciting Team Bath squad for the 2013 Netball Superleague campaign. Team Bath welcome back four senior England internationals to their squad for 2013 – Rosie Allison, Pamela Cookey, Stacey Francis and Serena Guthrie all return to play for the four-time Superleague champions. They return to a Team Bath squad that includes a host of talented young players who helped the team to fourth place in the...

04 December 2012

University of Bath student Tom Heathcote named in Scotland Rugby senior squad for first time

University of Bath student Tom Heathcote has been called into the senior Scotland rugby squad for the first time ahead of Saturday’s EMC Test against Tonga. Heathcote is in the third year of a Politics and Economics degree at the University and has been contracted to Bath Rugby as an Academy player since his first year. He featured for the University of Bath first XV as fresher. Now 20, he plays for Bath, but is...

21 November 2012

Team Bath Judo’s Gemma Howell wins World Cup gold in Samoa

University of Bath student and judo player Gemma Howell has won her first World Cup title since moving to study and train in Bath. The London 2012 Olympian, who is in the first year of a Sport and Exercise Science degree at the University, struck gold in the World Cup in Samoa. She did it in style with three Ippon wins in the under-63kg class, including a two minute and 20 seconds victory over USA...

21 November 2012

Tributes paid to Ivor Powell MBE

University of Bath staff and alumni joined friends and family in celebrating the life of Ivor Powell MBE at  a tribute event  at the Sports Training Village this afternoon (Tuesday). Ivor, whose illustrious footballing career saw him play for Wales, Queens Park Rangers, Blackpool and Aston Villa, passed away at the age of 96 after a short illness on 5 November. A funeral service was held at Haycombe Crematorium in Bath today and was followed...

20 November 2012

Ivor Powell MBE – an outstanding individual and a tremendous inspiration

Ivor Powell MBE, a former Welsh international footballer and long-serving coach at the University of Bath, passed away last night at the age of 96 after a short illness. After a playing, managerial and coaching career that took him to Aston Villa, Blackpool, Queens Park Rangers, Leeds United, Carlisle and PAOK of Greece, Ivor coached at the University for 37 years before retiring in 2010. He inspired generations of young sportspeople and will be sadly...

06 November 2012

Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson collects hat-trick of titles at BUCS Short Course Swimming Champs

Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson collected a hat-trick of titles to help the University of Bath team to second place at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Short Course Swimming Championships. Despite still being in heavy training at the start of the season, Jamieson set a BUCS record of 2:06.65 to comfortably win the 200m breaststroke final. The University of Bath Sports Performance student followed that up with gold in the 50m breaststroke final...

05 November 2012

Tennis ace Samantha Murray lands Team Bath MCTA’s first Challenger title

Team Bath MCTA tennis player Samantha Murray has won the Aegon GB Pro-Series Glasgow title - the first Challenger event success for a Team Bath tennis player. In the final, 25 year-old Murray defeated seventh seed Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to win her first ever title at a Futures level. On her way to the final, unseeded Murray recorded some impressive wins over second seeded Romanian Cristina-Andreea Mitu, whom she beat in...

22 October 2012

Team Bath Judo’s Andy Burns strikes World Cup gold in Belarus

Team Bath judo player Andy Burns is celebrating one of the biggest wins of his career to date after taking World Cup gold in Belarus. The 27-year-old University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Development graduate beat Russia’s Magomedrasul Gashimov in the final of the under-90kg class in Minsk, following earlier victories against opponents from Uzbekistan and Poland. “This is probably the best result of my career along with my European under-23 medal,” said a...

15 October 2012