McCatty in line for second World University Games medal

University of Bath graduate Grace McCatty is guaranteed a second World University Games medal when Great Britain play in the women’s football final in Russia tonight (Monday). The Coach Education and Sports Development graduate won bronze in Belgrade last time around and is now certain of at least a silver in Kazan. Great Britain secured a place in the final against Mexico by beating Brazil 1-0 in Saturday’s semis. Tonight’s final is at 8pm local...

15 July 2013

Greene steps up the pace ahead of World Championships

Reigning world champion Dai Greene ran a season’s best to take 400m hurdles gold at the Sainsbury’s British Championships in Birmingham at the weekend. Greene, who is coached by Malcolm Arnold – British Athletics Lead Hurdles Coach - clocked a season’s best 48.66 seconds to beat former training partner Rhys Williams into second place at the championships, which doubled as the trials for the World Championships in Moscow. Greene said: “It was nice to come...

15 July 2013

Gold and silver for Talbot at European Under-23 Champs

University of Bath-based sprinter Danny Talbot is celebrating a brace of medals at the European Under-23 Championships in Finland. The 22-year-old, who is coached by Dan Cossins, won silver in the 200m and followed that up with gold in the 4x100m on yesterday’s (Sunday) final day of action in Tampere. Talbot ran the second leg in the relay final partnering Adam Gemili, Deji Tobais and Dannish Walker-Khan as the quartet set a new European under-23...

15 July 2013

Young GB trio make it two medals in two days at European Championships

The young trio of Jamie Cooke, Sam Curry and Joe Evans made it two medals in two days for Great Britain at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships when they won the men’s team relay bronze in Poland today (Friday). Their success followed the gold won by Katy Burke, Kate French and Samantha Murray in the women’s team relay on yesterday’s (Thursday) opening day of the championships in Drzonkow. The men’s trio featured two teenagers –...

12 July 2013

Jamieson is British universities sportsman of the year

University of Bath graduate and swimmer Michael Jamieson has been named British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Sportsman of the Year. The 24-year-old Sports Performance graduate was named winner of the prize at last night’s (Thursday) BUCS Awards Dinner. He said: “I’m delighted to have been named BUCS sportsman of the year. I owe a lot of thanks to the University for their support in the past few years, without whom I would not have...

12 July 2013

Bath trio make perfect start to European Champs

The British trio of Katy Burke, Kate French and Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray made the perfect start to the Modern Pentathlon European Championships by winning team relay gold in Poland today (Thursday). The British team, who train at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre at the Unviersity of Bath, led from the fencing at the start of the day and followed that with consistent performances in the swim, ride and run/shoot to take the...

11 July 2013

Judo players miss out in medals in Kazan

Team Bath judo players missed out on the medals at the World University Games in Russia. In the women’s under-70kg class, Megan Fletcher just missed out on a quarter-final berth in Kazan when she lost her round of 16 contest to Cuba’s Onix Cortes Aldama. The bout went the full five minutes before the Cuban edged it with a late Yuko score. Cortes Aldama went on to take bronze overall. Fletcher had earlier beaten Russia’s...

10 July 2013

Jamieson on universities sportsman of the year shortlist

University of Bath graduate Michael Jamieson features on the shortlist for the British Universities sportsman of the year award. Jamieson, who has just graduated in Sports Performance, won silver in the 200m breaststroke at the London 2012 Olympics. He features on a three-strong shortlist for the award, along with table tennis player Chris Doran of Nottingham Trent University and hockey player Harry Martin of the University of Nottingham. The winner will be announced at the...

09 July 2013

Jamieson one of five from Bath for World Championships

Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson has been named as one of five University of Bath-based swimmers selected by British Swimming for the World Championships from July 28 – August 4 in Barcelona. Jamieson trains, a Sports Performance student, trains at the British Gas ITC on campus and for the Scot the prospect of the World Championships, after a difficult preparation for the national championships, is an exciting one. “I was surprised by my swims at...

04 July 2013

Samantha Murray crosses academic finishing line

[caption id="attachment_30120" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Samantha Murray (right) pictured with team-mate Mhairi Spence"][/caption]London 2012 Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray graduates from the University of Bath on Thursday 4 July – but she plans to be a familiar face around campus for some time to come. Samanatha receives her BA (Hons) in French and Politics at a ceremony in the majestic surroundings of Bath Abbey. But she won’t be moving too far away from Bath just yet...

01 July 2013