Watch BEN – an inspiring documentary film about one of Britain’s top Paralympic medal hopes. ‘BEN’ will be aired on Channel 4 Tuesday 28 August. The film follows the life story of sprinter Ben Rushgrove who won a Silver medal at the Beijing Paralympics just three weeks after breaking his foot. It goes behind the scenes from Beijing to the 2011 World Championships in New Zealand. It traces Ben’s remarkable story. Born with cerebral palsy,...
Team Bath is delighted to be hosting the final preparations for over 100 Paralympians as they get ready to compete at London 2012 from 20-28 August. We hope that everyone in Bath, and particularly at the University, can feel a sense of pride in the role that our city is playing in this inspirational event and will be able to help us in being good hosts at such a critical time for the athletes involved....
University of Bath-based Great Britain rhythmic gymnastics group make a piece of history today (Thursday) when they become the first GB team to compete in the group competition at an Olympics Games. The group of Georgina Casssar, Jade Faulkner, Frankie Fox, Lynne Hutchison, Louisa Pouli and Rachel Smith have been training full-time at the University of Bath for over a year under the guidance of coach Sarah Moon. They compete in the group ball routine...
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate athletes who train at the University of Bath on their selection to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Olympic Games are the highlight of any athlete's career and it's a particularly momentous occasion to have the opportunity to compete at a home Olympics. I'm very proud to say 25 athletes who train at the University have been selected to compete at the Olympics across seven...
A University of Bath graduate has played a major role in helping Ireland achieve a sporting landmark by qualifying its first modern pentathlete to compete an Olympic Games. Lindsey Weedon is a former British pentathlete and combined training at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath with studying for a degree in Sport and Exercise Science and then an MA in Coach Education and Sports Performance at the University. She had...
Stephen Baddeley, Director of Sport at Team Bath and former British Badminton Team Manager at the 1992 Olympics, says athletes preparing for London 2012 will currently be experiencing a huge amount of pressure. “Qualifying for, and then competing in the Olympics is the pinnacle of an athlete’s career and the high stakes involved can lead to a tense and stressful environment for all concerned,” said Stephen “There are glamorous sides to competing at this level,...
Paralympic athlete Paul Blake, coached by Rob Ellchuk, made history at the London 2012 Paralympic athletics test event on Tuesday 8 May 2012 when he clocked a new World Record in the T36 1500m of 4:34.42. Read the full story at: UKA Paralympic World Record test event - Whitehead, Cockroft and Blake celebrate new world records Paul is an outstanding Paralympic middle-distance runner who is currently a world champion and a world record holder. At...
There aren't that many athletes who can claim four back-to-back World Championship titles to their name but University of Bath graduate Alexandra Rickham is one of them. Alexandra and her sailing partner Niki Birrell, have dominated the SKUD 18 keelboat sailing class in the last four years, wining International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) World Championships titles in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Alexandra, who graduated from the University with a degree in Natural...
We are pleased to announce that RELAYS has been shortlisted as one of six Olympic inspired projects for the Podium 'Coubertin's Olympic Vision' Award 2012. The University of Bath is a RELAYS partner. We need to get as many people to vote for RELAYS to win and showcase our unique collaboration to a national audience at the Podium Awards today. VOTE HERE - VOTE NOW! Poll closes at 20:12 on Thursday 3 May. Since its...
Bath are officially Best in the South West! Varsity Winners 2012 The inaugural “Varsity – Best of the South West” on Saturday 24 March saw Bath winning local bragging rights in front of over 3000 spectators over the six sports on show. With a number of close matches Bath came out 5-1 winners overall. The stand out result of the day came in the morning with Bath defeating Exeter’s Rugby League side, previously unbeaten in...
