Scrappy performance but another win as Team Bath Netball finish first half of Vitality Superleague season with victory over London Pulse

Team Bath Netball made it 10 wins from 11 matches in Wakefield on Saturday as they concluded the first half of the 2021 Vitality Superleague season with a scrappy 37-27 victory over London Pulse. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold, off the back of Friday night’s hard-earned 52-46 win against league newcomers Leeds Rhinos, stormed out of the blocks with the opening seven goals of the game and led 15-3 at one stage in the...

10 April 2021

Returning Imogen Allison inspires Team Bath Netball to important Superleague success against Leeds Rhinos

A strong second quarter, inspired by Imogen Allison’s impactful return from injury, set Team Bath Netball up for a 52-46 win in their first-ever Vitality Superleague meeting against Leeds Rhinos on Friday. There was no separating the teams during a first quarter that finished locked at 10-10 but the introduction off the bench of England international Allison, who had missed the previous week’s single-goal defeat to Saracens Mavericks with an ankle knock, helped to turn...

09 April 2021

Second UIPM World Cup medal in two weeks for Kate French as Pentathlon GB women impress again in Sofia

Pentathlon GB’s Kate French continued her superb return to competition as she won a silver medal in the women’s final at the second UIPM World Cup of 2021 in Sofia, Bulgaria on Friday. Fellow University of Bath Sports Performance graduate Jo Muir also collected more valuable Olympic qualification points by finishing fourth, as did Francesca Summers in ninth, and Natural Sciences alumna Jess Varley was 11th on her first international appearance for 15 months. “I’m...

09 April 2021

Incredible ippons help Team Bath Judo captain Gregg Varey reach quarter-finals on Grand Slam debut in Turkey

Team Bath Judo’s Gregg Varey enjoyed an excellent Grand Slam debut for Great Britain as he finished seventh overall in Antalya, Turkey. It may have been his first competitive outing for 15 months but Varey was soon into his stride in the -66kg category, defeating home judoka Talha Buyukeser in the opening round before scoring an ippon to beat five-times African Championship medallist Imad Bassou of Morocco. The Team Bath High Performance Judo Squad captain...

06 April 2021

‘Lessons to be learnt’ as Team Bath Netball’s unbeaten start to 2021 Superleague season ends with single-goal defeat to Mavericks

Anna Stembridge says her squad will take plenty of lessons from Easter Sunday’s single-goal defeat to Saracens Mavericks which saw Team Bath Netball’s unbeaten start to the 2021 Vitality Superleague season come to a battling end. An outstanding contest between two old rivals saw the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold trail for the first time this season at half-time and go five goals behind an inspired Mavericks side at one stage during the third quarter...

05 April 2021

Former Bath-based swimmer Lizzie Simmonds elected by peers as new Chair of the British Olympic Association Athletes’ Commission

Former University of Bath-based Olympic swimmer Lizzie Simmonds has been selected to be the new Chair of the British Olympic Association’s (BOA) Athletes’ Commission. The double Olympian, who was part of the British Swimming National Centre Bath group based at the Team Bath Sports Training Village from 2012 to 2016, was elected to the role by Olympians sitting on the BOA’s Athletes’ Commission following a highly competitive process. She will also become a full Board...

04 April 2021

Magnificent March earns Team Bath Netball star Sophie Drakeford-Lewis the latest Rengen Player of the Month award

University of Bath sporting scholar Sophie Drakeford-Lewis has been named as Team Bath Netball's Rengen Player of the Month for March. The England goal-attack was in magnificent form during a month which started with her converting 100 per cent of her shots in the win against Manchester Thunder. Drakeford-Lewis, an Integrated Mechanical & Electrical Engineering student who is supported by a Bill Whiteley Sports Scholarship, continued that deadly accuracy throughout March and is currently second...

03 April 2021

Another epic battle expected as Team Bath Netball face old rivals Saracens Mavericks in Easter Vitality Superleague clash

One of the Vitality Superleague’s longest-standing rivalries will be renewed on Easter Sunday when Team Bath Netball’s unbeaten start to the 2021 season faces a tough test from Saracens Mavericks (6pm centre-pass). The clubs are founder members of the Superleague and met in four of the first five Grand Finals, with Team Bath coming out on top after some memorable battles. Both teams have made strong starts to the current campaign, with the Haines Watts-sponsored...

02 April 2021

University of Bath students Max Ojomoh and Orlando Bailey to make European debuts for Bath Rugby against Zebre

Fresh from becoming the sixth University of Bath student to make his Premiership Rugby debut during the past 12 months, Max Ojomoh will make his first European start for Bath Rugby on Good Friday. Business Administration student Ojomoh, who is supported by the Team Bath Dual Career programme, came off the bench for Bath during last weekend's eventful 36-33 defeat to London Irish. He has been rewarded with a place in the starting XV for...

01 April 2021

Returning Olympic Champ Helen Glover among former University of Bath-based rowers named in GB squad for European Champs

History-chasing Helen Glover will race competitively for the first time since winning gold at Rio 2016 when she represents the GB Rowing Team at the 2021 European Championships in Varese, Italy next week. The double Olympic Champion, who returned to training earlier this year, is one of three rowers who learnt their trade on the British Rowing World-Class Start Programme at the University of Bath to have been selected, along with fellow Olympic medallist Vicky...

31 March 2021