Adam Pengilly, two-time Winter Olympian and IOC Athlete Representative, retires from skeleton

Twice GB Bob Skeleton Winter Olympian Adam Pengilly, 34, today announced his retirement from competition. During his career Pengilly, originally from Taunton, did much of his training at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. In a 10-year career, Pengilly, who joined the sport from bobsleigh, was 2009 World Championships silver medallist in Lake Placid, USA, and 8th in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Since 2003, he has been representing athletes in various ways,...

20 March 2012

We missed a massive opportunity, says Team Bath Netball coach Jess Garland after Surrey Storm Superleague setback

Team Bath’s young netballers have been urged to show more self-belief after going down 66-45 to Surrey Storm in the Fiat Netball Superleague at the Sports Training Village. Tonight’s (Friday) opening phase two game was strangely reminiscent of when the two teams met in phase one last month, with Storm racing away to an early advantage, but Team Bath steadying the ship and clawing their way into the game. On this occasion the experienced Storm...

16 March 2012

University of Bath trio selected to swim for Team GB at London 2012 Olympic Games

Swimmers Michael Jamieson, Stacey Tadd and Andrew Willis are the first University of Bath-based athletes to be named in the Great Britain team to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The trio will all make their Olympic debuts at London 2012 and won their places on the team with their performances at the British Championships, held at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre last week. University of Bath students Michael Jamieson and Andrew Willis (pictured...

12 March 2012

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