The players from Barnsley Football Club stopped off at the University of Bath for a training session ahead of tomorrow’s (Saturday) Sky Bet League 1 game at Yeovil Town. Barnsley is managed by former Bristol City and Swindon Town manager Danny Wilson, who praised the facilities at the Sports Training Village. “We came here because of the facilities and reputation that the University Bath has,” he said. “I’d been here with Bristol City and Swindon...
Aspiring Paralympians took another important step on their quest to represent their country at Rio 2016 this weekend as 60 Paralympic hopefuls and support staff attended the ParalympicsGB Potentials Camp at the University of Bath. The first camp of the Rio cycle, hosted at the University in January 2014, set a strong precedent for the athletes in attendance this weekend. Of 45 graduates from the January camp, 60 per cent have so far gone on...
The FIFA World Cup kicks-off today and as the three Southampton FC Academy graduates in the England squad prepare for their first World Cup, we want to know who you think will be England's biggest star in Brazil. Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all came through the youth system at Southampton and the south coast club base part of their academy here at the University of Bath. Current Real Madrid star Gareth Bale...
Special Olympics GB Chief Executive Karen Wallin said athletes went home from the Bath 2013 Games ‘smiling and with amazing memories’. Karen praised the facilities at the University of Bath’s Claverton Down campus, which hosted athlete accommodation and most of the sports. She said she couldn’t have wished for a more successful Games. "In my wildest dreams I could not have wished for a more successful event,” she said. “The athletes, who all have intellectual...
Tomorrow (Saturday) marks the final day of sporting action at what has been a fantastic Bath 2013 Special Olympics National Summer Games. The Games are organised by Special Olympics GB, a charity providing year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities (also known as learning disabilities) in England, Scotland and Wales. As well as 1700 athletes, 500 volunteers, 600 coaches and 120 sports officials, the Games also attracted many family members...
Hundreds of athletes with intellectual disabilities went into action on the opening day of the Bath 2013 Special Olympics GB National Summer Games. The University of Bath is the main host venue for the Games, hosting the athletes’ accommodation and nine of the 12 sports at the Games. Day one of the Games saw athletes from around the country taking part in a wide range of sports at the University, including athletics, boccia, football, gymnastics,...
West Bromwich Albion’s young footballers fine-tuned their preparations for the new Barclays Under-21 Premier League at a three-day team-building camp at the University of Bath. The under-21 squad stayed and ate on campus and trained in the £30 million Sports Training Village during the visit. They rounded off the camp with a friendly fixture against the Southampton Academy (Bath), which is based at the University. David Oldfield, West Brom’s Senior Professional Development Coach, who headed...
University of Bath graduate Grace McCatty has won her second World University Games medal after the British women’s football team beat Mexico in last night’s (Monday) final to strike gold. The GB team ran out 6-2 winners in the final – scoring four second half goals after the two teams were all-square at 2-2 at half time. The result means that McCatty adds a 2013 World University Games gold to the bronze she won in...
University of Bath graduate Grace McCatty is guaranteed a second World University Games medal when Great Britain play in the women’s football final in Russia tonight (Monday). The Coach Education and Sports Development graduate won bronze in Belgrade last time around and is now certain of at least a silver in Kazan. Great Britain secured a place in the final against Mexico by beating Brazil 1-0 in Saturday’s semis. Tonight’s final is at 8pm local...
Team Bath judo players missed out on the medals at the World University Games in Russia. In the women’s under-70kg class, Megan Fletcher just missed out on a quarter-final berth in Kazan when she lost her round of 16 contest to Cuba’s Onix Cortes Aldama. The bout went the full five minutes before the Cuban edged it with a late Yuko score. Cortes Aldama went on to take bronze overall. Fletcher had earlier beaten Russia’s...
