Great Britain are celebrating a second four-man bobsleigh World Championship medal in three years, having previously not won one since 1939, after Brad Hall steered his crew to a brilliant bronze in Lake Placid. It was almost a silver for the University of Bath-based quartet of Hall, Arran Gulliver, Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett, who saw their fastest of four runs chalked off after the results from Heat 2 were declared null and void. That...
Matt Weston went mighty close to winning a second IBSF Skeleton World Championship gold in 24 hours when he and Tabby Stoecker won silver for Great Britain in the team event. The GB1 team clocked a combined time of 1:54.53 to finish just one-tenth of a second behind Ro Mystique and Austin Florian of Team USA who took gold on home ice in Lake Placid. It was the second year running that Stoecker and newly-crowned...
Brad Hall steered British Bobsleigh to Overall ISBF World Cup bronze in both the two-man and four-man competitions as an excellent campaign concluded with more medal success in Lillehammer. Fifth place in Saturday’s final two-man race for University of Bath-based Hall and Taylor Lawrence was enough to secure third place overall for the British driver, who was also pushed twice by Greg Cackett during the eight-race season. [caption id="attachment_71583" align="alignright" width="292"] Taylor Lawrence and Brad...
Another stunning weekend for University of Bath-based bobsleigh athletes saw them win Great Britain’s first European Championships two-man medal for 57 years before bagging another bronze in the four-man race. [caption id="attachment_71520" align="alignright" width="292"] Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence celebrate their historic two-man bobsleigh medal. PICTURES: Viesturs Lacis | IBSF[/caption] Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence became the first non-German team to win a two-man medal in 2025 as they clocked a two-run time of 1...
Team Hall saw their stellar IBSF World Cup season reach even greater heights in St Moritz as the University of Bath-based four-man bobsleigh crew won gold at the spiritual home of sliding. Brad Hall, Taylor Lawrence, Arran Gulliver and Leon Greenwood produced two stunning starts as they finished two tenths of a second clear of back-to-back Olympic Champion Francesco Friedrich. It follows on from the same quartet’s silver medal the previous week in Igls and...
Brad Hall guided University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh to a hat-trick of medals from as many IBSF World Cup races this year as they won four-man silver in Igls. Only back-to-back Olympic Champion Francesco Friedrich finished ahead of Hall, Taylor Lawrence, Leon Greenwood and Arran Gulliver as GB followed up gold in Winterberg and bronze in St Moritz with another podium placing. It was the first time the quartet had raced together, Gulliver replacing Greg...
Brad Hall’s four-man crew followed up their historic gold in Winterberg with bronze in St Moritz as University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh continued their excellent IBSF World Cup form. Hall, Taylor Lawrence, Leon Greenwood and Greg Cackett were tied for top spot after the first run before German teams led by Francesco Friedrich and Johannes Lochner pulled clear in Run 2. It was a second medal in three World Cup races for GB, who sit...
It was a golden start to 2025 for the University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association as their athletes enjoyed double delight at the IBSF World Cup in Winterberg, Germany. Brad Hall, Taylor Lawrence, Arran Gulliver and Greg Cackett made history on Sunday, becoming the first non-German team to win four-man bobsleigh gold at Winterberg in 13 years. The Brits were fastest on both runs as they clocked a combined time of 1:48.07 to...
Olympic and Paralympic success in Paris is just one of the highlights of a truly monumental year of sport at the University of Bath. World Cup victories, European crowns, groundbreaking international debuts, emotional reunions, national accolades, innovative new partnerships and an extensive gym refurbishment are also among the many high points from an action-packed 2024. In total athletes brought 93 senior international medals back to their Team Bath training base, 17 of which were secured...
Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence bagged University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh’s first medal of the IBSF World Cup season when they won silver in Sigulda on Sunday. It was the team’s first two-man medal since January 2023 and came eight days after the duo had finished fourth in the season opener in Altenberg. Hall and Greg Cackett were also just off the podium in the first race of a double-header weekend in Sigulda. “It’s great...
