University of Bath-based swimmer Jemma Lowe aims to add to the bronze medal she won for Wales four years ago when she competes at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The double Olympian transferred to train at British Swimming's National Centre for Swimming at the University of Bath last year and says it's the perfect place for her to prepare for Glasgow and then the Rio Olympics in 2016. "I've got everything I need to be...
Five Team Bath netballers have been selected for next month’s England tour to Australia. Serena Guthrie and Stacey Francis will be joint vice-captains of the England team for the tour – they are captain and vice-captain respectively of Team Bath’s ZEO Superleague team this season. They are joined in the England squad by fellow Team Bath players Rosie Allison, Sam Cook and Mia Ritchie. The 14-strong England squad is captained by former Team Bath player...
Olympic and Commonwealth silver medallist Michael Jamieson hopes to take a step closer to sealing a place at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games when he competes at this week’s Scottish Gas National Open Swimming Championships. The championships, which run from Thursday to Sunday (3 to 6 April), is the first selection event for swimmers aiming to represent Scotland at this summer’s Commonwealths. The first batch of Team Scotland swimmers will be selected after the Scottish...
Team Bath's Zeo Superleague Head Coach Jess Thirlby is determined that her players should take "every piece of learning possible" from a topsy-turvy 49-49 home draw against Hertfordshire Mavericks. The home side turned round a seven-goal deficit at half-time to lead 48-46 with under three minutes to go at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. A couple of unforced errors and a missed final-second attempt on goal allowed Mavericks to sneak back and snatch...
The University of Bath women’s tennis team completed a hat-trick of British Universities titles with a 5-1 victory over Durham in yesterday’s final. The Bath team had to battle back from a slow start to claim their third title in a row in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) final in Sheffield. All square at one match each after the two women’s doubles contests, they were then a set down in three of the...
Shooter Rosie Allison discusses playing netball for Team Bath and England and combining training with studying for a Biology degree at the University of Bath in our latest movie on Team Bath TV. "We're lucky to have so many talented players in Bath," she said. "It's intense, but we have a really good work ethic." And Rosie also discusses her goal of representing England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. To find out more,...
Team Bath closed the gap at the top of the ZEO Netball Superleague with an impressive 55-51 win at second placed Manchester Thunder last night (Monday). The result keeps alive hopes that Team Bath could secure a top-two finish at the end of the regular season, and with it home advantage in the semi-finals. Last night’s win puts Team Bath just two points behind Thunder in third with four Superleague fixtures remaining, starting with the...
University of Bath-based judo players produced more terrific results in South America with Gary Hall and Megan Fletcher both winning medals at the Pan American Open in Argentina. Hall’s silver medal in the under-90kg class at Buenos Aires was particularly impressive as it was his first time competing at World Cup level. He won all three of his preliminary round fights to set up a semi-final against fellow Brit Matthew Pursey. Hall, who trains in...
University of Bath-based triathlete Matt Sharp was the highest placed British male at the New Plymouth World Cup in New Zealand yesterday (Sunday). The 25-year-old, who moved his training base to the University last year, came home in 12th place among the 75 starters at his opening triathlon of the season. Sunday’s World Cup featured a 750m swim, 20k bike and a 5k run. Sharp, who came fourth in this year’s Bath Half, won the...
Team Bath judo player Megan Fletcher is celebrating striking gold at the Pan American Open competition in Uruguay. Fletcher beat Brazil’s Kelly Mesquita with a contest-ending Ippon score in the final of the under-70kg class in Montevideo. That followed an opening round win over Mexico’s Andrea Poo and a semi-final victory over Canada’s Alix Renaud-Roy. Fellow Team Bath judo player Gregg Varey won his opening under-66kg class contest over Brazil’s Afonso Baldigen before losing to...
