It was an exciting – and successful – weekend of FIBT World Championship action for the winter sports athletes who train with British Skeleton and British Bobsleigh at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village. No more so than for Lizzy Yarnold, who was overjoyed after completing a grand slam of skeleton titles with a stunning victory in Winterberg, Germany. “I am so pleased I can say I’m World Champion as well as Olympic Champion...
University of Bath student Kirsten McAslan and Team Bath AC runner Laura Maddox won women’s 4x400m relay silver medals for Great Britain at the European Indoor Athletics Championships on Sunday. The young duo teamed up with Kelly Massey and Seren Bundy-Davies to claim the ninth and final medal in Prague for a GB & Northern Ireland team captained by hurdler Lawrence Clarke, a Bath graduate who also trains at the University. Maddox – coached by...
A home success added to the party atmosphere when a sun-drenched University of Bath played host to the first National University Mixed Touch Tournament on Saturday. A large crowd watched Bath Hawks claim the overall title after an exciting final against Loughborough Unicorns, who twice pegged the home team back before losing 4-2 after a late breakaway try. Hawks had earlier overcome Loughborough in the group stages along with Exeter University 2nds and the University...
Team Bath Judo Club’s Adam Conroy continued his return to full fitness by being crowned as English Open Champion on Sunday. The 22-year-old, coached by Juergen Klinger, beat Peter Miles of Bradley Stoke – who had won the junior title the previous day – in the senior men’s U60kg final at iceSheffield. It was only Great Britain international Conroy’s second competition in six months after a back injury brought his 2014 campaign to a premature...
University of Bath students Alex Walker and Natasha Starling teamed up to win the women’s doubles at the BUCS Individual Tennis Championships at Loughborough. Walker (Msc Management) and Natasha Starling (BSc Business Administration) lived up to their billing as top seeds by not dropping a set in their four matches over the weekend. And they saved their best performance for the final, where they defeated the home pair of Olivia Nicholls and Louise Holtum...
GB and Northern Ireland Captain Lawrence Clarke, coached at the University of Bath Sports Training Village by Malcolm Arnold, was fifth in last night’s 60m hurdles final at the European Indoor Championships in Prague. After a 2013 and 2014 that were plagued with injury, the Management graduate Clarke, 25, was pleased with the improvement. He said: “I am actually quite pleased as I made a complete hash of the first two rounds and I have...
University of Bath postgraduate student Dominic Parsons produced an impressive performance on the final day of the men’s skeleton World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, to finish in seventh place overall, following up his tenth-place finish at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi last year. Parsons was in fine form today as he improved on his start and run times from yesterday’s racing, posting times of 56.23 & 56.25 today to steal a march on Korea’s...
Team Bath played a performance of true grit and determination at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village to keep their hopes of a Superleague play-off place alive. In a pulsating fixture they defeated Loughborough Lightning by 45-43. The home side was five goals adrift early in the match and in the final quarter had the crowd off their seats as they held their nerve to close out the win. Coach Jess Thirlby, who stuck...
Team Bath, backed by Carter Jonas, will draw confidence from their close encounter - resulting in a win - against Celtic Dragons in North Wales at the weekend as they prepare for their next match against Loughborough Lightning this Friday (March 6th) at the Sports Training Village. Playing at Deeside Leisure Centre, Team Bath recovered from an early 5-9 deficit to get ahead in the second quarter and emerge ultimate 42-36 winners via a 21-16...
Bobsleigh and skeleton have their World Championships, starting today in Winterberg, Germany, in an event which will see University of Bath postgraduate student and Sochi Olympian Dominic Parsons go in search of a first "major" Championships medal in the men's skeleton. Bobsleigh named a 14-person squad last week which includes the World no.1 junior female pilot Mica McNeill and twice summer Olympian Simeon Williamson. Williamson, one of seven push athletes selected, has emerged from the sport's...
