Bath to pay tribute to its Olympic and Paralympic heroes

Bath will pay tribute to its London 2012 heroes as Olympic and Paralympic athletes take an open-top bus parade through the city tomorrow (Wednesday 12 September). Athletes who train at the University of Bath won medals at both the London 2012 Olympic and the Paralympic Games. Residents will get the opportunity to celebrate their achievements tomorrow as the parade winds its way through the city’s historic streets. Among the athletes on the bus will be...

11 September 2012

Katie Synge Crowned English National Triathlon Champion

Athlete, Katie Synge, who studies Coach Education and Sport Development (now known as Sport and Social Sciences) at the University of Bath, was crowned English National Champion at Triathlon England – National Triathlon Championships event (19 August) at Emberton Country Park. Katie raced the fastest time (02:15:12) on the Olympic distance course in her age-group (20-24). The sport of triathlon has shown a significant increase in people wanting to take part following the London 2012...

10 September 2012

A brace of bronzes for Rushgrove and Blake at London 2012

It was another sparkling night in the Olympic Stadium for University of Bath based athletes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, with Ben Rushgrove and Paul Blake both winning bronzes. Rushgrove, a University of Bath Sports Performance graduate, ran a fantastic bend to take bronze in the T36 200m final, in a personal best of 24.83 seconds.  He adds today's bronze to the silver he won over 100m four years ago in Beijing. “Now I've...

06 September 2012

Spreading the Message of the Games, Caroline Searle

University of Bath alumni, Caroline Searle, has had her fair share of Olympic and Paralympic participation. The European Studies graduate has had a very close relationship with the Olympics, having been involved in communicating the most famous sporting event in the world for over 24 years. Caroline has played a part in every Commonwealth Games since 1986, every Olympic Games since 1988 and every Paralympic Games since 1992; that is not to mention three Olympic...

06 September 2012

Bronze for sailor Rickham

University of Bath graduate Alexandra Rickham has won sailing bronze at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Rickham, who graduated with a Natural Sciences degree in 2004, won the medal for ParalympicsGB today partnering Niki Birrell in the SKUD 18 class. It was a good sailing campaign for Great Britain, with Helena Lucas also winning gold in the one-person 2.4mR class. They became the first British sailors to win Paralympic Games medals since the sport joined...

06 September 2012

London 2012 bronze for Liz Johnson

Britain’s Liz Johnson won bronze in the SB6 100m breaststroke final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games tonight (Wednesday). The University of Bath based swimmer clocked a time of 1:40.90 to come home in third place behind Ukraine’s Viktoriia Savtsova, who set a Paralympic record, with Britain’s Charlotte Henshaw taking silver. Johnson’s bronze means she now has a full set of medals, after winning silver in Athens eight years ago and gold in Beijing in...

05 September 2012

Silver for Blake and bronze for Hart at London 2012 Paralympic Games

University of Bath based athlete Paul Blake tonight (Tuesday) sprinted to silver in the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The 22 year old, who is coached at the Sports Training Village by Rob Ellchuk, produced a classic 400m run in front of a capacity 80,000 crowd in the stadium Running in lane five in the T36 400m final against a strong and experienced field, he refused to let Russia’s Evgenii Shvetcov in...

04 September 2012

London 2012 Olympic Games round-up as University of Bath athletes enjoy home success

Medals, records and some history in the making – that was the University of Bath’s story in the sporting arenas at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where athletes with Bath links had a hand in Great Britain’s first and last medals of the Games. Past and present students and athletes from the University were in impressive form at the Olympics. Some 25 athletes who train at the University were selected to compete across seven sports...

03 September 2012

Teenager Kamlish fifth on Paralympic Games debut

Sixteen-year-old Sophie Kamlish produced a terrific performance to finish fifth in her first Paralympic Games final at the London 2012 Games tonight (Sunday). Kamlish, who is coached at the University of Bath by Rob Ellchuk, is representing ParalympicsGB at her first Games. She clocked a time of 13.98 seconds in the T44 100m final in front of 80000 spectators at the Olympic Stadium. Two of her training partners, Ben Rushgrove and Katrina Hart, were also...

02 September 2012

Scott and Beth win under-18 national tennis championships

Team Bath-MCTA tennis players scored a double success on Saturday with Scott Clayton and Beth Askew winning their respective singles titles at the Under-18 Junior National Championships. Clayton’s fighting spirit was very much in evidence as he came from a set down to beat Josh Sapwell 2-6 6-4 6-3 in a high quality final. His success gives Team Bath-MCTA players a hat-trick of successive singles victories at the championships following Rich Gabb’s victory in 2010...

26 August 2012