Rhythmic gymnasts win appeal and take big step closer to London 2012 Olympic Games

A group of University of Bath-based rhythmic gymnasts are celebrating taking a big step closer to competing at the London 2012 Olympics after their appeal was upheld by an independent appeal panel today. A Sport Resolutions’ arbitrator agreed that the group did achieve the Olympic qualifying standard when they competed at the test event in January. British Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body, will now nominate group to the British Olympic Association, who are expected...

05 March 2012

Team Bath Netball stage electrifying comeback to beat Jets and reach last four of 2012 Superleague season

Team Bath’s largely rookie 2012 FIAT Superleague side staged an electrifying comeback from seven goals down in the final quarter to beat Yorkshire Jets 53-49 and book their place in the top four for the league’s next phase. “For some of these players it was their first big match at this level and I think the nerves showed in the first three quarters.  They just needed to have confidence and not see issues that weren’t...

02 March 2012

Team Bath edged out in Superleague thriller against champions Hertfordshire Mavericks

Team Bath were edged out of a titanic battle by just two goals tonight (Thursday) by reigning Fiat Netball Superleague champions Hertfordshire Mavericks. The contest brought together the only two teams to have won the Superleague title – and they treated fans at the Sports Training Village and many more watching the game live on Sky Sports, to a thrilling encounter. But it was Mavericks, who went into the game in third in the Superleague,...

23 February 2012

Team Bath host Superleague champions on back of victory over Team Northumbria

Team Bath take-on Hertfordshire Mavericks in a crucial third versus fourth clash in the Fiat Netball Superleague at the University of Bath on Thursday (23 February). The contest, being televised live on Sky Sports, features the only two teams to have won the Superleague trophy in the six years of the competition. Team Bath go into the game  in fourth place in the Superleague hoping to make it three wins in a row following back-to-back...

21 February 2012

Team Bath Netball beat Loughborough to record first victory of 2012 Superleague campaign

Team Bath recorded the first victory of their 2012 Fiat Netball Superleague campaign with an emphatic 56-31 win at Loughborough Lightning last night (Monday). The result sees Team Bath leap up to fifth place in the Superleague table and means they are still in a strong position to be in the top-four at the completion of the first phase of this year’s Superleague campaign, when the table splits into two tiers. Head coach Jess Garland...

14 February 2012

Team Bath produce spirited fight back, but Storm take the points

Team Bath’s young guns produced a spirited fight back against top of the table Surrey Storm before going down 65-52 in tonight’s Fiat Netball Superleague fixture at the University of Bath. The visitors did the damage in the opening quarter, which they took 21-8. But Team Bath battled back to take the second quarter by two goals and Storm edged both the third and fourth quarters by a single goal to secure the points. Jess...

03 February 2012

Team Bath Netball outgunned but not outclassed in home defeat to Northern Thunder

Team Bath’s exciting new Fiat Superleague side were outgunned but not outclassed as they went down 45-55 to Northern Thunder in front of a big home crowd at the University of Bath tonight. Coach Jess Garland experimented with a number of combinations as her side showed flashes of brilliance but also inexperience in their second defeat of the season. “This early in the season we need to know what options there are. Some of the...

30 January 2012

British Skeleton’s Lizzy Yarnold crowned as Junior World Champion 2012

University of Bath-based skeleton athlete Lizzy Yarnold is the new Junior World Champion, taking gold at the Igls track in Austria. Yarnold won the junior title yesterday (Thursday), a week after winning gold at the World Cup at St Moritz in Switzerland. The 23-year-old from West Kingsdown in Kent took silver at last year's juniors.  She said: "It was a tough race with a very good field but I am delighted and really, really happy...

27 January 2012

Team Bath prepare to tackle Thunder and Storm after Celtic Dragons defeat in opening 2012 Superleague fixture

Team Bath will aim to record their first win of the 2012 Fiat Netball Superleague season when they host Northern Thunder at the Team Bath Arena on Monday (30 January). A young Team Bath side went down 61-49 to Celtic Dragons in Cardiff in their season opener on Friday night in a game that saw four Team Bath players making their Superleague debuts. The quartet of Sam Cook, Kat Hayes, Yasmin Parsons and Becky Watkins...

24 January 2012

Torvill and Dean serve up a masterclass for Bath-based rhythmic gymnastics group

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean dropped into the University of Bath's Sports Training Village to provide a significant boost for The University of Bath-based senior rhythmic gymnastics group who are seeking London Games qualification. The ice dance stars, winners of Olympic gold in 1984 and bronze in 1994, came to Bath courtesy of a TeamGB scheme designed to inspire potential Olympians. Torvill and Dean's "Bolero" routine at the Sarajevo Games of 1984 attracted 12 perfect...

07 December 2011