Adele Nicoll and Leon Greenwood both made their Olympic debuts as the bobsleigh competition got under way in Cortina. Nicoll, who went to Beijing as a travelling reserve in 2022 but did not compete, made history as the first British woman to contest the monobob. She was 11th after the first three runs but while a disappointing final heat saw her slip to 18th, Nicoll is ready to push on with Ashleigh Nelson in the...
University of Bath student-athletes won 27 medals, six of them gold, across four different sports when they represented The SU Bath at BUCS Nationals 2026 in Sheffield. The top-performing individual athlete was swimmer Jack Skerry who won both the 50m and 100m backstroke titles at Ponds Forge. The US Foundation Scholar also struck gold for Bath in the 4x100m medley relay with Christian Ryan, Matt Ward and Cam Brooker. The latter, an Ivor Powell Scholar,...
Tabby Stoecker and Matt Weston have become the first-ever Olympic mixed team skeleton champions after a thrilling victory in the brand-new event. Freya Tarbit and Marcus Wyatt went mighty close to joining them on the podium, finishing just 11-hundredths outside the medal places in fourth. The result means Weston, an emphatic winner of the men’s title on Friday, is only the second British slider to win two Olympic titles – emulating double women’s champion Lizzy...
Tabby Stoecker, Freya Tarbit and Amelia Coltman all recorded top-10 finishes in the women’s skeleton on their Olympic debuts. Stoecker was the leading Brit as she completed her four runs in 3:50.48 to secure fifth place overall, with Tarbit three-tenths of a second behind her team-mate in seventh. The trio all recorded top-four placings across the individual heats, Coltman doing so during a strong final run to finish ninth overall. Stoecker said: "I just feel...
Team Bath Netball’s frustrating start to the 2026 NXT Gen League season continued as they slipped to a 62-47 home defeat against Manchester Thunder. The hosts, looking to get their first win on the board, looked the stronger team in the opening exchanges but three successful Super Shots helped Thunder turn things around to lead 15-11 at the end of the first quarter. [caption id="attachment_72685" align="alignright" width="292"] Daisy Harrison was Team Bath's MVP. PICTURES: Josh...
Matt Weston has written his name into the history books once again after becoming the first British male skeleton athlete to win Olympic gold. Weston set two new track records on the first day of competition and carried that magnificent form into the decisive third and fourth runs, his combined time of 3:43.33 putting him nearly a second clear of silver-medallist Axel Jungk of Germany. Success at the Cortina Sliding Centre means Weston is now...
Eight tries, all converted by James Beverley, secured an eighth straight success for the University of Bath men’s 1st XV as they maintained their BUCS Super Rugby title push with a 56-26 home win over Cardiff. The hosts, sponsored by Bath Building Society, started their current winning run with a 77-14 victory in November’s reverse fixture and produced another clinical performance on the 3G Pitch at the Team Bath Sports Training Village to stay within...
Team USA para fencers stepped up their preparations for a home Paralympic Games at LA 2028 by spending a week with the world-renowned British Fencing team at their University of Bath training base. It is the first time the British team, featuring Paralympic gold-medallists Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver, has opened its dedicated Wheelchair Fencing National Training Centre - based in the Team Bath Sports Training Village - up to other international squads. The camp...
Team Bath Netball are determined to get that elusive first win of the 2026 NXT Gen League season on the board when they host Manchester Thunder this week. The match on Friday 13th February (7pm centre-pass) will be a return to their home arena following Saturday’s first away trip of the season to Leeds Rhinos. The Blue & Gold were missing several players but once again produced some great passages of play during a well-contested...
James Beverley’s nerveless penalty from the last kick of the game (pictured) sealed a first BUCS Super Rugby victory at Sandy Park for the University of Bath men’s 1st XV against South West rivals Exeter. As in the reverse fixture, the memorable Anniversary Game at The Rec, Bath were trailing in the 80th minute and putting the Exeter defence under fierce pressure. However, while they couldn’t quite force a winning score back in October, the...
