Team Bath Netball’s Sam Cook on shortlist for Superleague Player of the Season award

Team Bath Netball defender Sam Cook has been rewarded for her impressive return from a serious knee injury by being shortlisted for the Netball Superleague Player of the Season award. The 23-year-old missed the 2014 season following an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction but played every game for the Blue and Gold during 2015 and also gained her first senior England cap against Jamaica. Sky Sports netball experts Anita Navin, Stef Bello and Natalie Seaton said: “Cook...

17 April 2015

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor leads gold rush for Bath swimmers at British Championships

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Jazz Carlin and Lizzie Simmonds completed a hat-trick of gold medals for University of Bath-based swimmers at the British Championships on Thursday. They were the second titles of the week for National Performance Centre Bath duo O’Connor and Carlin, while University of Bath student Jay Lelliott was also back on the podium. O’Connor was the class act in the 200m individual medley, finishing three seconds clear of the field in a World Championship...

17 April 2015

University of Bath move paying dividends for British Swimming champion Jazz Carlin

Jazz Carlin praised her new training programme at the University of Bath after storming to 400m freestyle gold at the British Swimming Championships on Wednesday. The Commonwealth silver-medalist, who joined the National Training Centre during the autumn, was one of three Bath swimmers to stand on the podium on day two of the championships at the London Aquatics Centre. Calum Jarvis, pictured, won a surprise gold in the 100m freestyle and University of Bath student...

16 April 2015

Chris Walker-Hebborn books place at worlds as Bath swimmers win four medals at British Championships

Chris Walker-Hebborn booked his place at this summer’s FINA World Championships in Russia during an encouraging first day for University of Bath-based swimmers at the British Championships. The Commonwealth champion posted a sub-53 second performance for the first time in his career to take the 100m backstroke title for a third successive year. Siobhan-Marie O’Connor also struck gold at the London Aquatics Centre, powering past six-time champion Francesca Halsall during a stunning finish to the...

15 April 2015

French test for rugby players as Bath quartet named in Wales Students squad

Four University of Bath Rugby Club players have been named in the Wales Students squad to face France Universities this weekend. Students Mike Perks (Sports Performance, third year), Alex Humfrey (Chemical Engineering), Michael Snook (Chemistry, second year) and Derryn Jones (Sport and Exercise Science) have all been selected for Saturday’s match at Stade Paul Chandon in Epernay. University of Bath Head of Rugby Aaron James, pictured, said: “We are proud to see these players selected. “It...

15 April 2015

Hockey teams reflect on encouraging season and bright future at University of Bath

Team Bath Buccaneers’ brave bid for promotion to the EHL Men’s Premier Division may have fallen short over the weekend but Hockey Development Manager Nick Kendall says it has still been a highly-encouraging season at the University of Bath. Men’s Conference West champions Buccs finished third in the end-of-season promotion play-offs behind strong opposition from Canterbury and Holcombe. However, they showed real quality in Saturday’s 5-3 victory over Conference North winners Bowdon at the Lee...

15 April 2015

Team Bath Netball tame Celtic Dragons to end Superleague season on a high

Team Bath Netball finished their Superleague season on a high note as they beat Celtic Dragons 50-34 at the Sports Training Village on Monday. The hosts trailed by one point after a below-par first period but were the better team after that and went on to win the remaining three quarters as they secured fifth place in the table. It is the first time in Superleague history that Team Bath have not qualified for the...

13 April 2015

Double delight as Eden Richardson nets singles titles in Israel and Malta

Team Bath MCTA-Tennis ace Eden Richardson claimed her second tournament success in as many weeks when she won the Messika Open ladies singles title in Israel. The 16-year-old – fresh from her triumph at the Malta ITF U18 World Ranking Tournament – was in dominant form throughout the hard-court competition in Bat Yam. That was summed up when she dropped just five games in the latter stages of the tournament, beating Anna Kubareva of Belarus...

13 April 2015

Student Tom Toolis is top Brit on senior World Cup final debut but Pentathlon GB rue women’s bad luck

Performance Director Jan Bartu said he was in “philosophical” mood after two incident-packed finals for Pentathlon GB’s athletes at World Cup 3 in Rome. He was pleased to see University of Bath student Tom Toolis finish 17th in his first senior men’s final on Saturday, which made him the top-placed Brit ahead of Nick Woodbridge in 20th, Joe Evans in 26th and Joe Choong in 27th. But Bartu, pictured, added that a possible problem with...

11 April 2015

Swimmers head to London Aquatics Centre for British Championships ahead of Bath homecoming

The University of Bath’s elite swimmers are just days away from being able to train at the Sports Training Village’s new London 2012 Legacy Pool. But before then, they will be competing at the actual London 2012 Olympic pool, with the British Swimming Championships taking place at the London Aquatics Centre from April 14-18. As well as national titles, qualification for this summer’s FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia is also up for grabs. The...

11 April 2015