Emphasis on pastoral care and player welfare earns University of Bath’s BUCS Super Rugby programme high praise in audit

The BUCS Super Rugby programme at the University of Bath has received praise for its “pastoral care” which enables student-athletes to “excel on and off the pitch” in an annual audit by the league. Delegates visited the University during January to meet coaching and support staff, view facilities at the Team Bath Sport Training Village and have general discussions regarding the rugby programme. The report gave Bath an audit score of 98 per cent and...

08 February 2023

Vastly-experienced Malawi captain Caroline Mtukule completes Team Bath Netball squad as 2023 Super League season finally arrives

After four Netball World Cups and five Commonwealth Games, Malawi captain Caroline Mtukule is thrilled to be bringing her defensive talent to the Super League for the first time after joining Team Bath Netball for the 2023 season. Mtukule, who plays goal-defence and goal-keeper, has amassed a wealth of experience during a playing career dating back to 2004. During that time she has helped the Queens achieve their best-ever rankings of fifth place at both...

06 February 2023

Brad Hall steers British Bobsleigh to first World Championships four-man medal in 84 years as Bath-based sliders continue stellar season

Great Britain are celebrating a first four-man bobsleigh World Championship medal since the Second World War after University of Bath-based Brad Hall, Arran Gulliver, Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett won a stunning silver in St Moritz. The British quartet clocked a combined time of 4:20.3 over four consistent runs to finish tied with Latvia’s Emils Cipulis and 0.69 seconds behind Germany’s double Olympic Champion Francesco Friedrich, who claimed his fifth successive World title. “It’s an...

05 February 2023

Brilliant bronze for scholar Will Jones as University of Bath student badminton players impress at English and Welsh National Champs

Sporting scholar Will Jones won men’s doubles bronze as University of Bath students produced impressive performances at the English and Welsh Senior National Badminton Championships over the weekend. Sports Performance student Jones, who is coached by Peter Bush and supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship, and partner Ollie Baczala came through a shaky first round at the English Championships before obliterating their quarter-final opponents 21-15 21-10 to guarantee a podium place. Defending champions and full-time...

05 February 2023

Team Bath show tremendous character to shrug off Cardiff Met comeback and seal fantastic last-gasp BUCS Super Rugby win

Captain Alfie Garside kicked a last-minute penalty to clinch an important 20-17 away win for Team Bath against fellow BUCS Super Rugby high-fliers Cardiff Met. The Bath Building Society-sponsored visitors were leading 17-3 with six minutes left on the clock, only for the home side to score two converted tries and draw level. Team Bath were not to be denied, though, and showed tremendous spirit to force a penalty in front of the posts which...

02 February 2023

Team Bath BUCS Super Rugby freshers Eddie Erskine and Louie Hennessey earn U20 Six Nations call-ups with Scotland and Wales

Two more Team Bath BUCS Super Rugby players are in line to compete in this year’s U20 Men’s Six Nations after Scotland and Wales confirmed their 2023 squads. Centre Louie Hennessey (right in picture) only made his Wales U18 debut last summer but is making the step up to U20 level after impressing in his first season with Team Bath and Bath Rugby Academy. Fellow Sports Performance fresher Eddie Erskine, who plays in the second...

31 January 2023

Motion Storm blow Strength in Depth Origins Finals rivals away as Team Bath once again hosts world’s largest team fitness challenge

Nearly 1,000 competitors were pushed to their limits across two gruelling days and nine challenging events when the University of Bath once again hosted the world’s largest team fitness event. The WIT Strength in Depth Origins Finals 2023, which took place on Saturday and Sunday, saw hundreds of spectators cheer on 70 mixed teams of 12 as they tested their endurance in a transformed Team Bath Sports Training Village. The sports hall and indoor tennis...

30 January 2023

British Skeleton finish outstanding IBSF World Championships with gold, silver and bronze after claiming two mixed team medals

A superb IBSF Skeleton World Championships finished off on a suitably high note as University of Bath-based sliders won both silver and bronze in the mixed team race in St Moritz. The event is a new Olympic discipline for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games and saw Matt Weston – fresh from winning men’s skeleton gold on Friday – team up with PyeongChang 2018 bronze-medallist Laura Deas to win silver in a combined time of 2:25.04. Team-mate...

29 January 2023

Team Bath come through tough test after busy exam period to complete BUCS Super Rugby league double over Hartpury

Aaron James praised his Team Bath side’s “work and physicality” after they overcame a tough test from Hartpury to complete a BUCS Super Rugby league double over their West Country rivals. Converted tries from Duncan Hood, Ellis Horgan and Archie Griffin gave the Bath Building Society-sponsored men’s 1st XV a 21-15 victory in a stop-start match played on the artificial surface at Dings Crusaders RFC in Bristol. It was the first match of the year...

27 January 2023

Skeleton star Matt Weston joins ranks of Bath-based World Champions after magnificent gold-medal success in St Moritz

Matt Weston has today become the latest University of Bath-based athlete to be crowned World Champion after winning men’s skeleton gold in magnificent fashion in St Moritz. The in-form slider, who was crowned European Champion last week, set a new course record on his way to becoming the first British man to win the global title since Kristan Bromley 15 years ago. Team-mates Craig Thompson and Marcus Wyatt went mighty close to joining him on...

27 January 2023