VIDEO: Magnificent seven celebrate success with students and staff after winning medals at London 2012

University of Bath students and staff took the opportunity to pay tribute to athletes linked to the University who won medals at London 2012. Hundreds of students and staff attended the London 2012 medallists celebration event held at the Founders Hall. Seven athletes with University links who won medals at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games attended the celebration. They included Sports Technology graduate Heather Stanning, who learned to row at the University and...

11 October 2012

Staff and students invited to celebrate Games’ successes together

With the students now back on campus, staff and students will get the opportunity to celebrate together the achievements of current and recent University of Bath students who won medals at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Heather Stanning, a Bath graduate and winner of Team GB’s first gold of the Games in the sport of rowing with Helen Glover, will headline a list of athletes from both Games who will be at the University’s...

08 October 2012

Guthrie, Allison and Francis look set for return as 2013 Superleague tickets go on sale

Team Bath netball fans can start to snap up tickets to watch their favourite team in action in the new Superleague campaign. Tickets have now gone on sale today for Team Bath’s first home fixtures in the 2013 Superleague The 2013 Superleague team is due to be announced at the beginning of December, but the team have already received a boost with news that England international Pamela Cookey is returning to play for the team...

08 October 2012

Top tips for Team Bath MCTA players from Murray’s mentor

Team Bath MCTA Academy Players are being served up some top tips on court this week from Andy Murray’s one-time coach, Miles Maclagan. He is visiting the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village to practise with the players based on site and to attend a players’ meeting. Maclagan, born in Zambia to Scottish parents, appeared at Wimbledon five times – taking Boris Becker to five sets in 1999 - won two ATP career titles and...

01 October 2012

Talented young athletes are among 2012 Freshers

An array of talented young athletes who compete across a range of sports are among the Freshers who have just arrived to study at the University of Bath. The new arrivals include two athletes who have already competed on the world’s greatest sporting stage, at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Judo player Gemma Howell is studying for a degree in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Bath and will combine that with training...

27 September 2012

Graduate Carl returns to Bath for one final training session

University of Bath graduate and former English number one badminton player Carl Baxter returned to the Sports Training Village to thank his former coach. Baxter spent four years training and studying at the University of Bath and graduated with a first class degree in Coach Education and Sports Development in 2007. He announced his retirement from the international game earlier this year to concentrate on his career working in the Sport and Entertainment Department of...

27 September 2012

Special Olympics National Summer Games heading to Bath

Bath will host the Special Olympics GB National Summer Games for the first time next year, with most of the 12-sport event taking place at the University of Bath, it was announced today (Tuesday). Special Olympics GB is the largest registered charity providing year round sports training and competition opportunities for people with intellectual (learning) disabilities. The 2013 National Summer Games will be held in Bath from Wednesday 28 August to Sunday 1 September. More...

25 September 2012

Gregg wins European Cup silver

Team Bath judo player Gregg Varey is celebrating winning silver at the European Cup in Finland at the weekend. The 24-year-old scored preliminary round wins over Bas Koffijberg of the Netherlands, Alexander Lundqvist of Sweden and Finland’s Eetu Laaksonen in the under-60kg class in Tampere. That earned him a place in the semi-final against another Dutch player, Wessel van de Ploeg. Varey, a University of Bath Sports Performance graduate, won that one with an Ippon...

25 September 2012

Cookey comes home to Team Bath

Pamela Cookey, one of England’s top netballers, is returning to play for Team Bath in the Netball Superleague next season, Team Bath can announce today (Tuesday). Cookey is widely recognised as one of the world’s best attacking players and captains England in the forthcoming series against Jamaica and in next month’s Quad Series with Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. She has 70 senior international caps to her name. The 28-year-old University of Bath Business...

18 September 2012

Bath celebrates its London 2012 heroes

Bath residents turned out in force to pay tribute to the city’s London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic heroes as they toured the city in a celebratory open top bus parade this morning (Wednesday). Twenty athletes took part in the parade – 13 Olympians across seven different sports and seven Paralympians who competed in  four sports at London 2012. Bath city centre came to a standstill as residents turned out to cheer on the athletes, who...

12 September 2012