Fantastic first half sets Team Bath Netball on their way to impressive victory over Wasps as winning start to Superleague season continues

A dominant first-half performance set the platform for a 44-39 victory over Wasps on Monday night as Team Bath Netball made it three wins from three at the start of the 2021 Vitality Superleague season. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold, buoyed by their opening weekend successes against Celtic Dragons and Loughborough Lightning, were outstanding against very strong opposition during the opening two quarters as they took a ten-goal lead into the interval. Wasps, champions...

23 February 2021

Team Bath Netball ready for another tough, physical encounter with Wasps as 2021 Vitality Superleague continues on Monday

Team Bath Netball continue their 2021 Vitality Superleague season tonight (Monday) when they take on Wasps in a match being shown live on Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports YouTube (centre-pass 7.15pm). The two clubs have enjoyed some epic battles since Wasps first joined the Superleague in 2017, with last year’s game at the same stage of the season – round three – being a thriller as the Blue & Gold rallied from 32-27 down...

22 February 2021

Flying visit proves worthwhile as Sports Performance alumnus David King records victory at European Indoor Athletics Selection Trials

University of Bath alumnus David King’s flying visit to the European Indoor Athletics Selection Trials proved to be worthwhile as he recorded two victories in the men’s 60m hurdles. King, who studied Sports Performance and is now training in the United States, only arrived back in the UK on Saturday morning but went straight to Lee Valley and recorded winning times of 7.79 in the first round and 7.73 in the final. To run that...

21 February 2021

Family is the focus as University of Bath-based Olympian Jerry Rice retires from skeleton after successful eight-year career

Olympian Jerry Rice has announced his retirement from skeleton after more than eight years with the University of Bath-based British team. Rice, who was the second longest serving member of the squad behind Olympic bronze medalist Laura Deas, finished 10th at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games as he saved arguably his best top-tier performance for the biggest stage of all. The 30-year-old raced 79 times for his country and competed at two World Championships,...

18 February 2021

GB narrowly miss out on team medals as British Bobsleigh & Skeleton athletes conclude 2020-21 season at IBSF World Championships

Laura Deas and Matt Weston narrowly missed out on a medal when University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association athletes finished their season at the 2021 IBSF World Championships in Altenberg, Germany. The GB duo repeated their fourth-placed finish from the previous year in the team event, with Deas coming down fifth fastest of the women of 58.99 seconds and Weston recording the third quickest time of the men in 56.99 for a combined...

16 February 2021

Hard work in training reaps rewards as University of Bath-based swimmers return to racing at Manchester International Meet

James Guy recorded a hat-trick of wins and there were victories for Holly Hibbott, Jono Adam, Jacob Peters and sporting scholars Leah Crisp and Tom Dean as University of Bath-based swimmers returned to competitive action at the Manchester International Meet. It was the first domestic competition since last March and Guy, who is coached by Dave McNulty at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, was pleased to see his hard work in training rewarded with...

15 February 2021

Team Bath Netball come through tough battle with Loughborough Lightning to complete winning weekend in Wakefield

Team Bath Netball completed a winning weekend in the 2021 Vitality Superleague as they came through a hard-fought encounter against Loughborough Lightning with a 48-44 victory on Sunday. After leading throughout their opening match against Celtic Dragons on Saturday, the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold had to show tremendous fight and resilience to take the points from their second game in 24 hours at the central venue in Wakefield. There was nothing to choose between...

14 February 2021

Team Bath Netball get 2021 Vitality Superleague season up and running with impressive victory over Celtic Dragons

Team Bath Netball got their 2021 Vitality Superleague season off to an impressive start as they eased to a 61-29 victory over Celtic Dragons on Saturday. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold, playing their first Superleague match for 11 months, held a narrow 13-9 lead after the first quarter but stepped it up another level during a dominant second quarter, looking sharp right across the court as they extended the lead to 16 goals, before...

13 February 2021

Inspirational trio Eboni Usoro-Brown, Kim Borger and Serena Guthrie named as Team Bath Netball leadership group for 2021 Superleague

Eboni Usoro-Brown, Kim Borger and Serena Guthrie have today been named as Team Bath Netball’s leadership group for the 2021 Vitality Superleague season, which starts this weekend. The inspirational trio, who have a vast amount of top-flight experience between them, have all previously captained the Blue & Gold and will share the responsibility during the forthcoming campaign which begins with back-to-back matches against Celtic Dragons on Saturday (4pm) and Loughborough Lightning on Sunday (2pm). Anna...

12 February 2021

Clean Sport Week: University of Bath student-athletes share the attributes that make them ‘100% Me’

Hard work, passion, determination and commitment plus chocolate, coffee and orange juice - but no cheating. Those are the attributes that University of Bath student-athletes say makes them '100% Me'.  UK Anti-Doping's 100% Me campaign is a values-based education and information programme helping athletes throughout their sporting journey. It supports the principle of strict liability which means that athletes are solely responsible for what is found in their system, regardless of how it got there....

11 February 2021