Betsy Creak loving life with Team Bath Netball Superleague family as she looks to push on with club and country during big 2022 season

After being named as Most Improved Player during the 2021 season, Welsh shooter Betsy Creak is determined to keep progressing both individually and as a team during 2022 after being confirmed in the Team Bath Netball Vitality Superleague squad for a third year. Creak produced a series of impactful performances for the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold last season, using her strength and range to provide a different focal point to the team at shooter...

08 October 2021

Student Hannah Passmore looking to build on breakthrough year after being named in 2022 Team Bath Netball Superleague squad

After a year in which she made both her Vitality Superleague and England U21 debuts, shooting star Hannah Passmore says she is ready to push on after being named in the Team Bath Netball squad for a fourth successive season. She may only be 20 but Passmore has been part of the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold squad since 2018, gaining plenty of experience during high-intensity training sessions and two British Fast5 All-Stars appearances. In...

08 October 2021

Tash Pavelin says consistency is the key as talented defender aims for Superleague success with Team Bath Netball in 2022

Tash Pavelin believes Team Bath Netball are ready to produce “something special” during the 2022 Vitality Superleague season after the talented defender recommitted to the club for another year. Pavelin, who plays goal-defence and wing-defence, built on her breakthrough 2020 campaign with some fantastic performances during a 2021 season that saw the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold reach a first Superleague final in eight years. They won 18 of their 22 matches across the course...

07 October 2021

Jess Shaw can’t wait to get back on court with Team Bath Netball in 2022 Superleague season after recovering from injury setback

After an injury-curtailed 2021 season, Jess Shaw says she is raring to go and eyeing a happier ending to the 2022 Vitality Superleague campaign after recommitting to Team Bath Netball. The England Futures player was in fantastic form for the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold during the early stages of the 2021 season, producing a series of dynamic displays at wing-attack and centre. Sadly she suffered an injury in training in April, resulting in a...

07 October 2021

Big turnout for first BUCS Super Rugby home match of season as Team Bath slip to frustrating derby defeat against Hartpury

It was a frustrating first home game of the new BUCS Super Rugby season for the Team Bath men’s 1st XV as they lost 32-8 to West Country rivals Hartpury in front of a big crowd at the University of Bath. The Rengen-sponsored hosts went 13-0 down early on but fought back well and had plenty of ball and territory. However, they were only able to convert that into one try and a penalty, then...

06 October 2021

Shooting star Lily Jones aiming for the top after progressing from Academy to Team Bath Netball’s 2022 Superleague squad

Exciting young shooter Lily Jones says she can’t wait to learn from her role models after becoming the latest player to progress through the Team Bath Netball talent development network into the Superleague squad. The 18-year-old from Jersey has been named in the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold squad for the 2022 Vitality Superleague campaign after excelling as captain of Team Bath’s U19s last season. She also caught the eye in a number of training...

06 October 2021

Lily-May Catling completes journey from Academy to Superleague via Australia as versatile defender joins Team Bath Netball for 2022

When Lily-May Catling first took to the Team Bath Arena court for a junior tournament at the age of 12, she looked around and thought ‘I want to play Superleague netball here’. Fourteen years on and the defender will get to fulfil that dream in the famous Blue & Gold after joining Haines Watts-sponsored Team Bath Netball for the 2022 Vitality Superleague season. It’s been quite a journey for Catling, who grew up in Wimborne...

06 October 2021

England U21 captain Molly Hole completes rise through Team Bath Netball ranks after being named in 2022 Superleague squad

She is one of the most exciting prospects in English netball, can play at both ends of the court, is U21 captain for club and country – and now Molly Hole is also part of the Team Bath Netball Vitality Superleague squad for the 2022 season. It continues an incredible rise through the ranks for the hugely-talented 18-year-old, who first started with the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold at their regional hub in Dorset five...

05 October 2021

Paralympic Games multiple medallist Stephanie Millward announces retirement from competitive swimming after glittering career

Ten-time Paralympic Games medallist and University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport inductee Stephanie Millward has announced her retirement from competitive swimming. The Team Bath AS swimmer has a long association with the University of Bath, having trained there a teenager before a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis put her swimming career on hold for ten years. Upon her return to the pool she quickly became one of the world's leading Paralympic swimmers, representing GB at...

05 October 2021

Player-coach Rachel Shaw targeting Superleague and BUCS netball trophy double as she returns to Blue & Gold for ninth season

Rachel Shaw is eyeing a trophy double as she goes into her ninth Vitality Superleague season with Team Bath Netball. As well as targeting the Superleague crown with the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold, the influential wing-attack is also coach of the University of Bath’s talented student squad who are returning to BUCS [British Universities & Colleges Sport] competition this week after a year out. “This is my ninth season with Team Bath and I’m...

05 October 2021