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

Team Bath announce young and exciting 2012 Superleague squad

Team Bath has announced a young and exciting squad to contest the 2012 Fiat Netball Superleague. Half of the 16-strong squad are current University of Bath students and they are joined by three of the University’s graduates. The squad includes Sports Performance student Kadeen Corbin. The shooter made her England debut in the tour of New Zealand and Australia in October and was a member of the England squad that won the World Netball Series...

28 November 2011

Pentaton GB take third gold of 2011 World Junior Championships

Freyja Prentice and Lydia Rosling ended the Modern Pentathlon World Junior Championships on a high note by winning Great Britain’s third gold and fourth medal of the campaign. The pair collected gold in the women’s relay on the final day of the championships in Argentina today (Monday). It means the Great Britain team – which trains at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath - won golds on each of the...

21 November 2011

Pentathlon GB’s Jamie Cooke crowned as Modern Pentathlon World Junior Champion 2011

Jamie Cooke is the new Modern Pentathlon World Junior Champion after wining individual gold in Argentina yesterday (Sunday). The 20-year-old, who trains at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath, had to recover from a disappointing fence that saw him start the day in joint 29th place. He recovered with another outstanding swim, clocking a 200m freestyle time of 1:53.56 to climb to seventh, then dropped just eight time penalties in...

21 November 2011

Staff, students and athletes welcome World Athletics Champion Dai Greene back to University of Bath training base

Staff, students and athletes at the University of Bath have paid tribute to Bath’s newest World Champion at a reception for Dai Greene. Greene produced an outstanding performance to strike gold in the 400m hurdles at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea on 1st September. It means Greene has added the World title to the European and Commonwealth crowns he won last year. He was officially welcomed back to his Sports Training Village training...

13 September 2011

University of Bath graduate Heather Stanning rows to success with Helen Glover at 2011 World Championships

University of Bath graduate Heather Stanning won a silver medal at the World Rowing Championships alongside former Bath PE teacher Helen Glover. The duo took silver for Great Britain in the women’s pair after being edged out in the final by New Zealand by just 0.08 seconds. “I knew the Kiwis would come back on us but I didn't know how close it was at the end,” said Stanning, who graduated with a degree in...

06 September 2011

University of Bath-based Dai Greene wins 400m hurdles gold at IAAF World Championships

University of Bath-based Dai Greene produced an outstanding performance to strike 400m hurdles gold at the World Championships in South Korea today (Thursday). It means Greene, who is coached by Malcolm Arnold – UK Athletics National Events Coach – Hurdles, adds the World crown to the European and Commonwealth titles he won last year. Greene becomes only the seventh British man to win gold in individual event at an athletics World Championships. His medal is...

01 September 2011

University of Bath’s role in hosting ParalympicsGB’s London 2012 simulation camps praised by Secretary of State

Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, has praised the University of Bath’s role in hosting ParalympicsGB’s Paralympic simulation camps. Around 100 British athletes from 11 sports have been attending the pre-London simulation camp, designed to familiarise them with the environment and systems they might experience at London. The Secretary of State visited the camp at the University of Bath Sports Training Village today (Friday) – three days before the one...

26 August 2011