Bobsleigh squad for on-ice training camps named

British Bobsleigh, which has its base at the University of Bath, has selected the athletes for the 2013/4 Olympic qualification season. The chosen athletes will go forward for a period of on-ice assessment and pre-season training ahead of individual crews being selected. Great Britain have qualified three quota slots for women’s crews and two spots for both the two-man and four-man crews for the 2013/14 FIBT World Cup Series. Performance Director Gary Anderson said: “This...

09 September 2013

Nartey wins Asian Open bronze

Team Bath judo player Emmanuel Nartey added a bronze medal at the Asian Open in Chinese Taipei at the weekend to his medal haul for 2013. The Ghanaian Judoka outscored Australia’s Oceania champion Jake Bensted in the battle for bronze in the under-73kg class. He had earlier beaten South Korea’s Min Jegal with a contest winning Ippon score in his preliminary round contest before losing to Huang Chun-Ta of Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals. The...

09 September 2013

Juergen to speak at prestigious conference

Juergen Klinger, the University of Bath’s head judo coach, has been asked to speak at a prestigious judo symposium in Japan. Klinger will speak at the 2013 International Budo Conference entitled the Integrated Science of Budo at the Japanese Academy of Budo at Tsukuba. “It’s a big honour to be invited to speak at this conference,” said Klinger. There are two distinct elements to judo – the high performance competitive side and also the traditional...

06 September 2013

Team Bath players past and present dominate England squad

Past and present Team Bath players again dominate the England netball squad announced today (Thursday) to contest an Autumn International Series in South Africa next month. Five members of Team Bath’s 2013 Superleague winning squad feature in the 12 – England captain Pamela Cookey, Kadeen Corbin, Stacey Francis, Serena Guthrie and Mia Ritchie. A further four players who have previously been based at Team Bath also feature in the squad, which will take on South...

05 September 2013

Athletes went home with amazing memories, says Special Olympics GB Chief Executive

Special Olympics GB Chief Executive Karen Wallin said athletes went home from the Bath 2013 Games ‘smiling and with amazing memories’. Karen praised the facilities at the University of Bath’s Claverton Down campus, which hosted athlete accommodation and most of the sports. She said she couldn’t have wished for a more successful Games. "In my wildest dreams I could not have wished for a more successful event,” she said. “The athletes, who all have intellectual...

05 September 2013

Greg relishing new role

University of Bath graduate Greg Sharp has taken up the role of Deputy Director of the University’s Department of Sports Development and Recreation. Greg has stepped up from his previous role as the Department’s Sports Development Manager. His new role sees him lead on the Department's contribution to the student experience, widening participation and developing sporting pathways.  He will line manage five of the department¹s head coaches, focus on staff development and on building on...

04 September 2013

Allison and Parsons miss out as England finish fourth

Team Bath netballers Rosie Allison and Yasmin Parsons missed out on the medals as England finished fourth at the World Youth Netball Championships in Glasgow. The pair, who both played in Team Bath’s 2013 Superleague winning campaign, featured prominently for England during the championships. England comfortably won all of their pool games to top Group D, starting with a 108-9 victory over Republic of Ireland, followed by an 82-26 win over Singapore, a 65-16 win...

03 September 2013

Remarkable fifth successive world title for Rickham

University of Bath graduate Alexandra Rickham is celebrating a fifth successive SKUD title at the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships. Rickham, who graduated from the University with a Natural Sciences degree in 2004, and sailing partner NIki Birrell, continued their domination of the SKUD class at the World Championships by adding the 2013 title to their haul at Kinsale in Ireland. The pair have sailed together since the start of 2008 and won their first...

02 September 2013

Glover adds World title to Olympic crown

University of Bath sporting alumni Helen Glover added a World Championship gold to the Olympic rowing title she won at London 2012 last year. Glover won gold in the women’s pair partnering Polly Swann at the World Championships on Lake Tangeum in Korea on Saturday. It was Glover’s first World Championship gold following a pair of silvers in 2010 and 2011 with University of Bath Sports Technology graduate Heather Stanning, with whom also struck gold...

01 September 2013

One more day of sport at fantastic Games

Tomorrow (Saturday) marks the final day of sporting action at what has been a fantastic Bath 2013 Special Olympics National Summer Games. The Games are organised by Special Olympics GB, a charity providing year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities (also known as learning disabilities) in England, Scotland and Wales. As well as 1700 athletes, 500 volunteers, 600 coaches and 120 sports officials, the Games also attracted many family members...

30 August 2013