Sporting scholar Vicki McCabe makes step up from junior to senior ranks with England Hockey Women following World Cup medal

University of Bath sporting scholar Vicki McCabe has been rewarded for her role in helping England Hockey win bronze at the Women’s Junior World Cup by being called up to the senior squad for the first time. The Sports Performance student, who is supported by an Ivor Powell Scholarship, is in contention to make her senior debut when England take on the United States in a FIH Hockey Pro League double-header in North Carolina on...

21 April 2022

Swiss success as biggest tournament win to date sees Team Bath Tennis star Alicia Barnett close in on world top 100 rankings

Team Bath Tennis ace Alicia Barnett and doubles partner Olivia Nicholls claimed the biggest tournament success of their careers to date as they won the W60 Bellinzona title on clay in Switzerland. The result sees Barnett, coached by Ian MacDonald, move up to a career-high doubles ranking of 119 in the world and number three in Great Britain. The British duo, who reached the Lyon Open final on their WTA Tour debut last month, were...

18 April 2022

Team Bath Netball determined to regroup after wounded Rhinos inflict Spring Showdown setback during Superleague top-four race

Anna Stembridge said she felt Easter Sunday’s Spring Showdown defeat to Leeds Rhinos was “a missed opportunity” to keep building momentum in the race for the Vitality Superleague play-off places. A 64-54 reverse to Rhinos at Resorts World Birmingham ended a three-game winning run for the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold and saw them drop back to fifth in the table, three points behind Saracens Mavericks who they still have to face twice this season....

17 April 2022

Olympic champions among Bath-based swimmers named in British squad for 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest

Seven University of Bath-based swimmers, including four Olympic gold-medallists, have been named in the British Swimming squad for this summer's FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.  Double Olympic champions Tom Dean and James Guy are joined in the 23-strong team by fellow Tokyo 2020 gold-medallists Freya Anderson and Matt Richards, plus Olympians Jacob Peters and Brodie Williams. All are part of the hugely-successful British Swimming National Centre Bath squad, based at the Team Bath...

15 April 2022

Anna Stembridge to step down as Team Bath Netball Superleague Head Coach at end of 2022 season after two decades with Blue & Gold

Team Bath Netball Head Coach Anna Stembridge has today announced that she is stepping away from Superleague coaching at the end of the 2022 season for personal reasons. The former England Roses coach, one of the most respected coaches in the game, is in her second spell with the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold having also been a player in the pre-Superleague Super Cup-winning squad. Her two-decade association with Team Bath meant it was not...

14 April 2022

Sporting scholar Vicki McCabe helps England Hockey make history with bronze at the Women’s Junior World Cup in South Africa

University of Bath sporting scholar Vicki McCabe helped England win their first-ever medal at a FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup as they secured bronze in dramatic style in South Africa. The Sports Performance student (left in picture), who is supported by an Ivor Powell Scholarship, featured in all five on England’s games in Potchefstroom and started three of them, including Tuesday’s third-place play-off with India. A thrilling contest saw England take the lead, then...

13 April 2022

VIDEO: Enjoy highlights and post-match reaction as Team Bath Netball beat London Pulse in 2022 Vitality Superleague

The Sky Sports cameras were in the Team Bath Arena on Monday to capture highlights of Team Bath Netball's impressive 62-41 victory over Superleague play-off rivals London Pulse. Wing-attack Kirsty Harris was named as player of the match after a standout performance in a fantastic all-round team display which built on Friday's big win at Surrey Storm and moved the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold into the top three on goal difference. Watch the highlights...

12 April 2022

Jamie Main joins hugely-successful British Swimming National Centre squad at University of Bath as National Coach for Olympic Swimming

Jamie Main says it is “a privilege” to be joining the hugely-successful British Swimming squad based at the University of Bath after being appointed as the centre’s new National Coach for Olympic Swimming. Main, a mainstay of elite coaching in the East Midlands for the past two decades, is relocating to the South West to work with Bath National Centre Lead Coach David McNulty and an elite performance squad that produced eight medals at the...

12 April 2022

World-best times, big PBs, title milestones and 26 medals among haul for Bath-based swimmers at 2022 British Swimming Champs

There were five golds, including a 20th national title for James Guy and a world-leading time for Ben Proud, among an impressive haul of 26 medals for University of Bath-based swimmers during the 2022 British Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. Guy achieved his milestone in a men’s 100m butterfly final that featured four Bath-based swimmers in the top six, the double Olympic champion holding off British Swimming National Centre Bath team-mate Jacob Peters (51.93)...

10 April 2022

University of Bath claims Varsity spoils for fantastic fifth year as thousands of spectators enjoy action-packed day of student sport

More than 4,000 spectators enjoyed an action-packed day of student sport at the Team Bath Sports Training Village when the University of Bath took on Cardiff Met University in the long-awaited return of Varsity. And the hosts made it five wins in a row as they beat their opposition from Wales 63-27 overall after 17 matches were played across 10 sports in the first Varsity fixture since 2019. Sport Bath Cardiff Met Bath Varsity Points...

08 April 2022