Silver linings for University of Bath netball and tennis teams at BUCS Big Wednesday 2025
Five University of Bath student sports teams – three tennis and two netball – contested the 2025 BUCS Big Wednesday national finals.
The netball club’s 1sts and 2nds, coached by Anya Le Monnier, capped a historic season – where they won a BUCS Premier South title double for the first time – by winning silver in their respective cup competitions.
Bath’s 1sts were beaten 65-43 by Loughborough in the National Championship final, the second time the old rivals had met in the trophy decider in three years, while the 2nds lost 69-34 to Nottingham 1sts in the National Trophy.
The tennis club also had to settle for silver in their three finals – the women’s 1sts lost 4-0 to Loughborough in the Championship decider, while there were 4-2 Trophy defeats for both the men’s and women’s 2nds against Stirling and Nottingham respectively.
Both the student netball and student tennis programmes are sponsored by Bath Building Society.
Earlier in the month, the University of Bath had hosted the BUCS Western Conference Cup Finals, a busy day of 30 trophy deciders across 14 sports contested by 20 different institutions.
Bath teams celebrating success at their home venue were the lacrosse men’s 2nds, rugby men’s 4ths, table tennis men’s 2nds and volleyball men’s 1sts.
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Pictured top: (Clockwise from bottom) The University of Bath netball 1sts, netball 2nds and women’s tennis 1sts with the silver medals they won at BUCS Big Wednesday 2025. CREDIT: Morgan Harlow.
