Birmingham 2022: University of Bath swimming students targeting national records with Cyprus and Gibraltar at Commonwealth Games

National records and savouring the experience of representing their country on a major stage are the main goals of two members of the University of Bath student swimming squad competing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Butterfly specialist Johnpaul Balloqui (left in picture) will be swimming for Gibraltar at the Games when the swimming competition starts on Friday 29th July, while sprinter Markos Iakovidis (right) will join older brother and Bath alumnus Filippos in the...

23 July 2022

Birmingham 2022: Economics student Abi Galpin among trio of Bath-associated athletes hitting the track for Guernsey at Commonwealth Games

A trio of University of Bath students past and present will be proudly representing Guernsey on the athletics track at the newly-refurbished Alexander Stadium during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Chalmers brothers, Alastair and Cameron, will be competing in the 400m hurdles and 400m respectively. Both studied Sports Performance at Bath and are full GB internationals, with Alastair a semi-finalist at last week’s IAAF World Championships in Oregon and Cameron competing at the Tokyo...

22 July 2022

Birmingham 2022: Forensic Psychology student Holly Munro all set for homecoming after earning Wales hockey call-up for Commonwealth Games

Having been part of the Queen’s Baton Relay, University of Bath postgraduate student Holly Munro is set to complete her personal Commonwealth Games journey by representing Wales in hockey at Birmingham 2022. Munro, who completes a two-year Masters course in Applied Forensic Psychology with Counselling this month, carried the baton when it came through the Welsh city of Newport on its way to the opening ceremony for the Games, which is taking place on Thursday...

21 July 2022

Red Roses star Natasha Hunt enjoys homecoming as England Rugby Women complete three-week training camp at University of Bath

The England Women’s Rugby squad have completed three weeks of pre-season training camps at the University of Bath as they begin to finalise their preparations for this Autumn’s rescheduled Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Among the 37 players who trained on the University’s rugby pitches and at the Team Bath Sports Training Village while staying in accommodation on campus was Natasha ‘Mo’ Hunt, who was returning to familiar ground having studied Coach Education &...

20 July 2022

Student Jono Adam among eight University of Bath-based swimmers selected by GB for European Aquatics Championships in Rome

University of Bath student Jono Adam will make his senior British Swimming debut in Rome during August after being named in a 31-strong squad for the season-ending European Aquatics Championships. He is joined in the squad by British Swimming Performance Centre Bath team-mates Freya Anderson, Kieran Bird, Tom Dean, James Guy, Ed Mildred, Jacob Peters and Brodie Williams – all of whom will head directly to Italy after competing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games....

19 July 2022

Team Bath’s Imogen Allison joins Team England netball squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Team Bath’s Imogen Allison has been added to the England Netball squad for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which start at the end of the month. Mid-courter Allison, who captained the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold to a bronze medal during the 2022 Vitality Superleague season, replaces Beth Cobden, who has had to withdraw from the 12-strong Roses squad through injury. Allison, who has represented England in all age groups, is the third member of...

17 July 2022

Netball South Africa enjoying “high-performance set-up” at University of Bath as they train towards Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Netball South Africa are training at the University of Bath as they begin to finalise their preparations for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, now just a fortnight away. As well as train on the indoor courts at the £35million Team Bath Sports Training Village, the SPAR Proteas players are using the gym facilities for strength and conditioning sessions, hydro pool for recovery and judo dojo for yoga. They and the support staff are also staying...

14 July 2022

Four golds among another big medal haul for University of Bath-based wheelchair fencing stars at Warsaw World Cup

There were eight medals, four of them gold, at the latest IWAS World Cup in Warsaw, Poland, for the Great Britain wheelchair fencing team that train at the University of Bath. World Champion Dimitri Coutya led the way with a golden hat-trick as he enjoyed individual success in both the Category B epee and foil before joining forces with Piers Gilliver, Oliver Lam-Watson and Joshua Waddell to claim the men’s foil team title with a...

11 July 2022

University of Bath student Grace Crompton and alumna Amy Wilson Hardy named in England rugby 7s squad for Birmingham 2022

Team Bath Dual Career student-athlete Grace Crompton and University of Bath alumna Amy Wilson Hardy have today been named in the Team England women’s rugby 7s squad for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. It is a second Commonwealths for Rio Olympian Wilson Hardy, who helped England win bronze on the Gold Coast in Australia four years ago, but a first major championships for Sports Management & Coaching student Crompton. Selection continues a fantastic 18 months...

06 July 2022

Betsy Creak joins Team Bath Netball stars heading to Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after being named in Wales squad

Team Bath Netball’s Betsy Creak has continued her inspirational rise through the netball ranks after being named in the Wales squad for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. It’s just three years since Creak, who plays goal-shooter and goal-attack, was playing student and club netball in Bristol before deciding to see if she could progress her career by attending open trials with the Wales national team. She impressed so much that she was selected to make...

06 July 2022