Team Bath Netball’s players, coaches and sponsors celebrate 2022 Superleague medal success at end-of-season awards and dinner

Team Bath Netball’s players, coaches, support staff and sponsors gathered at the Apex Hotel in Bath on Tuesday to celebrate the 2022 Vitality Superleague campaign with an end-of-season dinner and awards night. As well as reflect on an eventful league season, which finished on a high with Sunday’s win in the bronze-medal match against London Pulse, it was also a chance to mark some standout achievements by Blue & Gold stars during the year. England...

07 June 2022

Alumnus Freddie Clarke joins University of Bath students Orlando Bailey and Max Ojomoh in England Rugby squad ahead of summer internationals

University of Bath students Orlando Bailey and Max Ojomoh have been named in the England Rugby squad for a three-day training camp ahead of this summer’s tour of Australia. Sports Performance graduate Freddie Clarke has also received his first senior call-up and is in a 35-strong squad attending this week’s camp, being held in Teddington from Tuesday to Thursday. All three players will be looking to impress and earn a place in the match-day 23...

06 June 2022

Trampolinist Kirsty Way wins double gold for British Gymnastics at 2022 Trampoline, Tumbling & DMT European Championships

University of Bath graduate Kirsty Way won double gold when she represented British Gymnastics at the 2022 Trampoline, Tumbling & DMT European Championships in Rimini, Italy. Way, who still receives physio and sport science support at the University through the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS), topped the qualification rankings and then scored 27.200 in the women’s double-mini trampoline (DMT) final to secure the second individual European title of her career. “I can’t believe it,” said...

06 June 2022

Team Bath Netball come out on top in bronze-medal battle with London Pulse to finish 2022 Vitality Superleague season on a high

Team Bath Netball finished a rollercoaster 2022 Vitality Superleague season on a high note as they beat London Pulse 36-32 in a gripping bronze-medal match on Sunday. Both teams demonstrated why they had the best defensive records in the league this season with some outstanding play at the back but the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold had the edge for much of an absorbing contest and held off a spirited fightback from a fearless young...

05 June 2022

Team Bath Netball’s Vitality Superleague title dream dashed as Manchester Thunder hit back from early deficit to reach Grand Final

Team Bath Netball missed out on a place in the 2022 Vitality Superleague Grand Final but they made unbeaten Manchester Thunder work mighty hard for their spot in Sunday’s title decider. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold were the underdogs heading into Friday’s semi-final at Belle Vue but made a confident start with a strong first-quarter performance and deservedly led 16-12 heading into the closing stages. Thunder, who had won all 20 matches during the...

03 June 2022

Layla Guscoth named as Vitality Player of the Season and joined in Superleague All-Star VII by fellow Team Bath Netball defender Phumza Maweni

Team Bath Netball star defender Layla Guscoth has been named as Vitality Player of the Season in the 2022 Vitality Superleague Awards. The England Roses player was also shortlisted for the Players’ Player of the Season award and named in the Superleague’s All-Star VII alongside Blue & Gold defensive partner Phumza Maweni, the duo being selected as goal-defence and goal-keeper respectively. It is the second time that Guscoth has won the prestigious Vitality Player of...

02 June 2022

Team Bath announce major new three-year partnership with Bath Building Society, supporting sport at all levels

Team Bath, the sports department for the University of Bath, is delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with Bath Building Society. The link-up between two of the city’s most recognised brands, both within the local community and nationally, will see Bath Building Society support sport and fitness at all levels within Team Bath – student, recreational and high-performance. It will also provide additional backing to the Team Bath Netball Superleague team, the University of...

30 May 2022

Team Bath Netball build confidence ahead of Superleague Finals Weekend with impressive win at Saracens Mavericks

Team Bath Netball finished the regular 2022 Vitality Superleague season on a high note on Saturday as they recorded an excellent 59-46 victory at Saracens Mavericks. It wasn’t the final-day fourth-placed showdown that the fixture looked like being for much of the past few weeks, with the Blue & Gold’s semi-final spot having been secured last weekend, but it was still an important match for building momentum and confidence. Haines Watts-sponsored Team Bath flew out...

28 May 2022

Asha Francis excited to write new chapter in Team Bath Netball history after being appointed as Head Coach of Superleague club

She has played a prominent role in the past and present of Team Bath Netball and now Asha Francis is excited to be shaping the club’s future after being appointed as Head Coach. Francis – who won three Superleague titles with Team Bath as a player, including one as captain, and returned to the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold as Technical Coach this season – will take over the reins from the departing Anna Stembridge...

25 May 2022

Former World and European Champ Jamie Cooke retires after history-making modern pentathlon career to take Greece Head Coach role

Former World and European Modern Pentathlon Champion Jamie Cooke, who has trained at the University of Bath with Pentathlon GB for the past 14 years, has announced his retirement from competition. The history-making pentathlete has taken up a new role as Head Coach of the Greece national pentathlon squad, which is based at the Olympic Stadium which hosted the Athens 2004 Games. Cooke became the first male Pentathlon GB athlete to win a World title...

24 May 2022