Team Bath judoka continue Baku 2015 European Games countdown in Mongolia

Team Bath Judo Club’s Ben Fletcher, Megan Fletcher and Gemma Howell are finalising their preparations for this month’s European Games at a training camp in Mongolia. University of Bath graduate Gemma Gibbons – the London 2012 Olympic silver-medalist – is also part of the touring group. It is the first time the British Judo Association has gone to the Central Asian country, whose judoka are considered to be among the best in the world. “They...

04 June 2015

Defending champ Samantha Murray named in eight-strong Pentathlon GB squad for World Championships

Samantha Murray has the chance to defend her Modern Pentathlon World Championship title after being named in an eight-strong Pentathlon GB squad for this year’s event. She will be joined in Berlin, Germany by fellow University of Bath graduates Kate French and Freyja Prentice, while Francesca Summers will make her debut at the Senior World Championships. In the men’s event, Britain will be represented by current University of Bath students Tom Toolis, Joseph Choong and...

03 June 2015

“Life-changing experience” awaits University of Bath students past and present in Zambia

University of Bath students past and present have flown out to Zambia to take part in this year’s “life-changing” UK Sport IDEALS programme. It is the tenth anniversary of the scheme, which sees aspiring coaches spend six weeks delivering PE lessons in schools and villages, as well as set up sporting competitions between neighbouring communities. Footballer Alice Evans, a Wales international goalkeeper, and netballer Jade Traynor – second-year students in Sports Performance and Sports Science...

02 June 2015

University of Bath-based athletes get European Team Championships call

There is a strong University of Bath representation in the 47-strong British Athletics squad announced for this month’s European Team Championships in Cheboksary, Russia. Eilidh Child, coached by Malcolm Arnold at the Sports Training Village, will compete in both the 400m hurdles – the event in which she is European champion – and the 4x400m relay. She is joined in the relay squad by Laura Maddox, the European indoor silver-medalist who trains with University of...

02 June 2015

European triumph completes title collection for rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning

Former University of Bath rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning completed their collection of major international titles as a women’s pair as they eased to victory at the European Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland. The Olympic and World champions were clear-water winners in all three of their races over the weekend, with their final victory time of 6:58.28 slicing five seconds off the previous championship record. Minerva Bath patron Glover, who had won the title...

01 June 2015

Passing of Roy Inman OBE

The University of Bath is saddened to learn of the passing of Roy Inman OBE. He was a highly respected member of the judo community worldwide, first as an athlete and then as a coach and official. Roy was the high performance coach of the British judo team, with his players winning six Olympic medals and 13 World Championships medals including eight world champions - an incomparable record of success. Roy was the driving force...

01 June 2015

Helen Glover, Heather Stanning and Vicky Thornley progress to European Rowing Championships finals

It may have been blustery in Poznan, Poland but Helen Glover and Heather Stanning made smooth progress to the women's pair final at the European Rowing Championships on Saturday. Vicky Thornley - who, like Glover, started her career on the GB Rowing Team Start programme at the University of Bath - will also be in finals action on Sunday alongside Katherine Grainger in the double scull. Glover is the defending European champion, having won the...

30 May 2015

Tribe Coach Given Award for ‘Outstanding’ Contribution

Team Bath student-employee Takumi Nishida (pictured) picked up the Above and Beyond award at the NASES Student Employee of the Year Awards on Tuesday (May 26), recognising his "outstanding" contribution to the Tribe programme. Takumi, who studies Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Bath, coaches across a range of sports for Tribe, whilst also helping the Talent Development Centre on a voluntary basis. His Above and Beyond Award is described by the NASES as befitting...

28 May 2015

Golden start to life at University of Bath for wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver

Wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver has seen his new training programme at the University of Bath pay immediate dividends as he won another epee gold medal at the World Cup in Pisa, Italy. It was a fourth success in five tournaments for the 20-year-old, who is ranked number one in the world in the qualifying standings for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. “I am really thrilled – there is nothing like the feeling of winning gold,”...

27 May 2015

Silver start to Junior European Championships for Pentathlon GB athletes

University of Bath student Joanna Muir helped Pentathlon GB make a medal-winning start to the Junior European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Muir, who has just completed a Sports Performance degree, teamed up with Francesca Summers to secure a silver medal in the women’s relay competition on Tuesday, finishing behind Hungarian duo Rebeka Ormandi and Karolina Palkovics. The British men’s team of Thomas Lees and Luke Tasker, the latter also a Sports Performance student, narrowly missed out...

27 May 2015