Inspirational Elsley wins Chronicle Award

Inspirational former Team Bath netballer Clare Elsley has won the Bath Chronicle Sports Personality of the Year Award. Elsley won Superleague titles with Team Bath and played at international level, making a successful comeback to the sport despite a heart condition which meant she had to be fitted with a pacemaker. GB U23 rowing medallist Sam Courty who trains as part of the GB Rowing Team’s Start programme at the University was amongst the runners-up. ...

14 November 2014

UPDATED: International cast of winners at Aegon GB Pro-Series

The Aegon GB Pro Series men’s singles title went to Belgium’s Maxime Authom whilst Stephanie Vogt took her third title of the Series in the equivalent women's event. The 24 year old Vogt, from Liechtenstein, followed up on her $15,000 singles win in 2013 and doubles title in 2012 with an excellent win over Italy’s Alberta Brianti 6-3; 7-6. In the Sunday final, Vogt closed out the first set comfortably and then raced to a...

10 November 2014

Gabb and O’Mara to contest men’s doubles final today

Day four of the Aegon GB Pro-Series Bath tournament yesterday, was a pivotal day for the players hoping to challenge for the title as the men’s singles reached the Quarter Finals stage, the Women’s singles second round matches also commenced. With no home-grown Bath interest left in the singles tournament all eyes were on the men’s doubles as Bath’s Scott Clayton and Toby Martin took on their Bath counterpart Richard Gabb and his partner Jonny...

07 November 2014

Singles quarter-finals and doubles semis on court today

Play is about to start for the day in the Aegon GB Pro-Series at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village. An all-British quarter-final in the men’s singles will open the action on court one when fourth-seed David Rice takes on Marshall Tutu in the first of the day's scheduled quarter-finals. Poland’s Adam Chadaj, winner in three sets over Team Bath’s Scott Clayton yesterday, will open on court five against Britain’s Joshua Milton.  Clayton had...

06 November 2014

Entertainment is watchword of Day 2 of the Aegon Pro-Series tennis

Day 2 of the Aegon GB Pro-Series Tennis championships at the University of Bath saw the concluding rounds of the women’s singles qualification take place. Team Bath MCTA Academy player Jessica Simpson faced Natalia Vajdova from Slovakia. The Slovakian started the stronger of the two, breaking Simpson’s serve in the sixth game before going on to win the set 6-4. In the second set Simpson began to play her own game and tried to come...

05 November 2014

GB Luge’s national development squad adopts Bath as training base

The Great Britain luge team has become the latest Olympic Winter sport team to officially adopt the University of Bath as a training base. The University is today (Monday) announced as the training base for the GB Luge’s national development squad. A number of British luge athletes have already been training at the Sports Training Village and today’s announcement strengthens the bonds between the University and the GB Luge Association. Under the agreement Britain’s luge...

03 November 2014

Simpson wins battle of Bath at Aegon Pro-Series Bath tournament

Team Bath MCTA Academy player Jess Simpson came out on top in the battle of Bath at the Aegon GB Pro-Series tennis tournament at the University of Bath today (Monday). Simpson beat University of Bath Business Administration student Tash Starling in the opening round of women’s singles qualifying, but she had to do it the hard way, battling back after Starling won the first set before going on to take the contest 1-6 6-3 6-0....

03 November 2014

Siobhan features on British Swimming’s Athlete of the Year shortlist

Talented teenager Siobhan Marie O’Connor has been named on the shortlist for British Swimming’s Athlete of the Year Award. O’Connor, who trains at the University of Bath at British Swimming’s National Training Centre Bath, features on a shortlist of five for the award. The 18-year-old has had a tremendous 2014, culminating in winning six medals, including a gold, swimming for England at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The London 2012 Olympian also won two gold...

03 November 2014

Gabb relishes home court challenge

Bath-based players will aim to make the most of home court advantage when the LTA’s Aegon Pro-Series tennis tournament gets underway at the University of Bath. The competition starts on Sunday (2 November) concluding a week later and is free for spectators. Team Bath MCTA Tennis Academy player Richard Gabb is among the players to feature in the men’s main draw. He had to progress through qualifying to reach the main draw of the 2013...

31 October 2014

Murray focussed on Rio

University of Bath graduate and reigning modern pentathlon world champion Samantha Murray told Sky Sports how she’s driven by the challenge of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Murray, who already has a silver medal from the London 2012 Olympic Games under her belt, trains at the Pentathlon GB National Training Centre at the University of Bath. The University hosts the 2015 European Championships from 17 to 23 August – where the top eight...

29 October 2014