Jamieson named in Scotland team for Glasgow 2014

University of Bath-based swimmer and graduate Michael Jamieson was today (Wednesday) named in the Scotland team to compete at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The 25-year-old, who trains at the British Gas National Centre for Swimming at the University, will contest the 100m and 200m breaststroke at the Games. He won silver for Scotland in the 200m breaststroke at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealths and followed that up with silver for Great Britain at the London...

16 April 2014

Second title & an English record for O’Connor

University of Bath-based swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor set a 200m individual medley English record last night (Sunday) to win her second gold medal of the 2014 British Gas Swimming Championships in Glasgow. The 18-year-old, who trains at British Swimming's National Centre for Swimming at the University, added the medley title to the 200m freestyle gold and 100m butterfly silver she won earlier in the championships. O'Connor (right) set a new 200m IM record of 2:09.71, well...

14 April 2014

Muir wins gold and Choong silver at junior international

Two University of Bath students and promising pentathletes produced strong performances to secure podium places at the Milan Kadlec Memorial junior international competition in Prague at the weekend. Nineteen-year-old Jo Muir won gold in the women’s event, while Joe Choong, aged 18, took silver in the men’s competition. Muir, who is originally from Dumfries and studies Sports Performance at the University of Bath, achieved personal bests in the swimming and fencing, and won the ride...

14 April 2014

Watch Bath swimmers battle for Commonwealth berths

Bath-based swimmers including Andrew Willis, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Chris Walker-Hebborn will this week battle for places at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The competition for places on the Scottish team got underway at last week’s Scottish Gas National Open Swimming Championships. Attention now turns to the British Gas Swimming Championships, which begin today (Thursday 10 April) and run to 15 April and are part of the selection processes for both the England and Scotland teams...

10 April 2014

Bath swimmers to battle for Commonwealth berths

University of Bath-based swimmers will be out in force this week as the battle for places on England’s team for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games gets underway. The University is home to British Swimming’s National Centre for Swimming, where some of the country’s top swimmers train. The competition for places on the Scottish team got underway at last week’s Scottish Gas National Open Swimming Championships. Attention now turns to the British Gas Swimming Championships, which...

09 April 2014

Jamieson clocks Scotland qualifying times

University of Bath graduate Michael Jamieson set qualification times for the Scotland Commonwealth Games team for both the 100m and 200m breaststroke at the Scottish National Open Swimming Championships. Jamieson, silver medallist for Scotland in the 200m breaststroke at the Commonwealths in Delhi four years ago, posted a qualification time of 2:08.01 to win the 200m breaststroke final. The Sports Performance graduate, who trains at British Swimming’s National Centre for Swimming at the University of...

08 April 2014

Team Bath to face Thunder in Superleague semis

Team Bath will travel to Manchester Thunder in the ZEO Netball Superleague semi-final after beating Loughborough Lightning 63-41 in tonight’s last home fixture of the season. That result, and the results from tonight’s other Superleague games, means Team Bath will end the regular season in third place, giving them an away semi against Thunder, who were confirmed in second place tonight. First Team Bath play one more game in the regular season, a trip to...

08 April 2014

Team Bath’s netballers back to winning ways to book semi slot

Team Bath's Zeo Superleague side got back to winning ways tonight with a ten-goal 59-49 win over Yorkshire Jets at the University's Sports Training Village. The win secured a semi-final berth with one match still to play in the league phase of this year's event.  Team Bath did the main damage in the second quarter of tonight's affair, flying into a 27-19 lead from 18-16. Team Bath had come into today's fixture after a dramatic...

03 April 2014

Team Bath Buccaneers’ Ed Horler named in England U21 squad

Team Bath Buccaneers striker Ed Horler has been named in the England Under 21 squad by head coach John Bleby. Horler recently scored two crucial goals in Team Bath Buccaneer's England Hockey Under 18's Cup Final triumph, one a penalty flick (pictured below). Ed, who attends Millfield School in Somerset, has been playing for Team Bath Buccaneers since he was 7-years-old. He has represented all the junior age group teams, culminating in his appearance at this...

03 April 2014

Megan selected for European Championships

Team Bath judo player Megan Fletcher has been selected for the European Championships in France later this month. Fletcher will compete in the individual under-70kg event and is also a member of the British squad for the team championships. Her selection follows some impressive performances  at Pan American Open events in South America recently, where she won gold in Montevideo, Uruguay and followed that up with silver at Buenos Aires in Argentina. The European Championships,...

03 April 2014