Freestyle skier Lloyd Wallace soars to Great Britain’s first-ever Europa Cup Aerials gold

University of Bath student Lloyd Wallace made history on Sunday as the freestyle skier soared to Great Britain’s first-ever Europa Cup Aerials gold medal. It was also a first podium finish for the 20-year-old Sports Performance student from Shaftesbury, who saw off a world-class field to triumph in Airolo, Switzerland. Wallace nailed two triple twisting double somersaults, scoring a lifetime best of 96.58 for full double-full and 93.41 for double-full full. “It’s the best feeling...

16 March 2015

University of Bath-based swimmers lead world rankings after winning weekend at Edinburgh International Meet

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor claimed the top FINA points prize and Lizzie Simmonds produced the fastest 200m backstroke time in the world this year during an encouraging weekend for University of Bath-based swimmers at the Edinburgh International Swim Meet. Eighteen-year-old O’Connor’s winning time of 2:10.12 in Saturday’s 200m individual medley final took her above World Champion Katinka Hosszu to the top of the 2015 rankings. She finished four seconds clear of the field in that race but...

16 March 2015

Jamie Cooke targets second World Cup title during busy week of international modern pentathlon action

Jamie Cooke will bid for a second World Cup gold of the season during a busy week of international competition for the Pentathlon GB athletes who train at the University of Bath. Cooke – who was victorious in the opening World Cup in Sarasota, USA last month – is named in a six-strong squad for World Cup 2 in Cairo, Egypt from March 19-23. The former World Junior Champion is joined by Joe Evans, Sam...

16 March 2015

Gary Hall finishes fifth as Team Bath Judo Club quartet compete at African Open in Casablanca

Team Bath Judo Club had four fighters at the African Open in Casablanca, Morocco over the weekend. Gary Hall produced the best result, placing fifth in the under-90kg category after losing out to Slovenia’s Mihael Zgank in the bronze-medal contest. The 24-year-old from Bristol, coached by Juergen Klinger, had beaten Jordan’s Ibraheem Khalaf and Murat Gasiev of Russia in the preliminary rounds but was edged out by home judoka Imad Abdellaoui in the semi-finals. Gregg...

16 March 2015

Team Bath Netball record biggest win of their Superleague season against Team Northumbria

Team Bath Netball stretched their winning run to three Superleague matches with a comprehensive 63-24 victory over Team Northumbria at the Sports Training Village on Friday. The home side took time to get going during the first quarter but, inspired by player of the match Asha Francis, really stepped up a gear in the second period to extend their lead from 12-9 to 29-11. With victory all but secured, Team Bath played with freedom and...

13 March 2015

Culture Secretary Sajid Javid visits Sports Training Village at University of Bath

Sajid Javid MP, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has praised the University of Bath for providing “an excellent combination of study and training”. Javid, the Conservative MP for Bromsgrove, was speaking to athletes during a visit to the Sports Training Village on Thursday. He was given a tour of the facilities by Stephen Baddeley, Director of Sport at the University of Bath, and Helen Nicholls, Performance Advisor for UK Sport. The...

13 March 2015

“Team Bath Netball getting better all the time,” says Stacey Francis ahead of Team Northumbria Superleague game

England defender Stacey Francis believes that new-look Team Bath Netball are making encouraging progress as the second half of the Superleague season gets under way. The five-time champions endured a difficult start to the campaign, losing four of their first five matches, but go into Friday’s game against Team Northumbria at the Sports Training Village on the back of wins against Celtic Dragons and Loughborough Lightning. And Francis is pleased the results are starting to...

12 March 2015

World U23 medal the goal for Frazier Christie after GB Rowing Trials and BUCS success

Frazier Christie has set his sights on winning a medal at this summer’s World Rowing U23 Championships in Bulgaria after helping the University of Bath to an emphatic victory at the BUCS [British Universities & Colleges Sport] Head Championships. The economics student teamed up with Nick Bell, Alex Wilding and Ben Jackson to finish 13 seconds clear of the field in the men’s quad at Boston Rowing Club and secure Bath’s first gold at the...

11 March 2015

Lizzy Yarnold’s gold medal caps successful FIBT World Championships for British Skeleton and British Bobsleigh

It was an exciting – and successful – weekend of FIBT World Championship action for the winter sports athletes who train with British Skeleton and British Bobsleigh at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village. No more so than for Lizzy Yarnold, who was overjoyed after completing a grand slam of skeleton titles with a stunning victory in Winterberg, Germany. “I am so pleased I can say I’m World Champion as well as Olympic Champion...

09 March 2015

Kirsten McAslan and Laura Maddox win relay silver at European Indoor Championships

University of Bath student Kirsten McAslan and Team Bath AC runner Laura Maddox won women’s 4x400m relay silver medals for Great Britain at the European Indoor Athletics Championships on Sunday. The young duo teamed up with Kelly Massey and Seren Bundy-Davies to claim the ninth and final medal in Prague for a GB & Northern Ireland team captained by hurdler Lawrence Clarke, a Bath graduate who also trains at the University. Maddox – coached by...

09 March 2015