Rugby players, footballers and judo players feature in the latest batch of University of Bath-based athletes selected to represent Great Britain at this summer’s World University Games in Russia. University of Bath students Amy Wilson-Hardy and graduates Katie Mason and Deb Fleming are named in the GB women’s rugby sevens team for the Games, which take place in the city of Kazan. Mason, a Sport and Exercise Science graduate, is one of four members of...
The countdown to the country’s biggest multi-sport disability event of the year continued with the formal signing of contracts for the University of Bath to host the Special Olympics GB 2013 National Summer Games. The Games run from 28 August through to 1 September and will see more than 1700 athletes with intellectual disabilities from across Great Britain taking part in a programme featuring 12 different sports. The majority of sports will be held at...
University of Bath staff and alumni joined friends and family in celebrating the life of Ivor Powell MBE at a tribute event at the Sports Training Village this afternoon (Tuesday). Ivor, whose illustrious footballing career saw him play for Wales, Queens Park Rangers, Blackpool and Aston Villa, passed away at the age of 96 after a short illness on 5 November. A funeral service was held at Haycombe Crematorium in Bath today and was followed...
The funeral service of Ivor Powell MBE, long-serving football coach at the University of Bath, takes place at the Top Chapel at Haycombe Crematorium in Bath at midday on Tuesday 20 November. The funeral cortege will come on to the University campus en route to the crematorium. It is due to pass the Sports Training Village between 11.15am and 11.30am Ivor’s family have requested family flowers only, but donations may be made to the Ivor...
Hi everyone, Lots to report this week. Last weekend saw swimming compete in the short course event. It was a successful event that saw Bath finish second. Special mention goes to Michael Jamieson who was awarded male swimmer of the meet, by winning the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke and coming third in the 200m individual medley. Anne Bochmann had similar success, winning the 200, 400 and 800m freestyle and coming third in the 400m...
Ivor Powell MBE, a former Welsh international footballer and long-serving coach at the University of Bath, passed away last night at the age of 96 after a short illness. After a playing, managerial and coaching career that took him to Aston Villa, Blackpool, Queens Park Rangers, Leeds United, Carlisle and PAOK of Greece, Ivor coached at the University for 37 years before retiring in 2010. He inspired generations of young sportspeople and will be sadly...
The University of Bath Futsal Club has been functioning for almost five years providing opportunities for men and women studying at the University to play Futsal at an elite or recreational level. The club ran by students under the Football Club section also provides community Youth Futsal sessions as well as support the local Adult Somerset FA Futsal Fives league at Ralph Allen School every week. The hard work that has gone into developing the...
Medals, records and some history in the making – that was the University of Bath’s story in the sporting arenas at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where athletes with Bath links had a hand in Great Britain’s first and last medals of the Games. Past and present students and athletes from the University were in impressive form at the Olympics. Some 25 athletes who train at the University were selected to compete across seven sports...
Over 40 athletes from three sports have settled into the Preparation Camp at the University of Bath in the past 48 hours with more sports soon to join them. Footballers, archers and shooters rubbed shoulders in Bath yesterday. Performance Director Penny Briscoe, paid tribute to the lottery funding which has made such a state-of-the-art camp possible. "We have raised the bar in our preparations in this four year cycle", she said. "But so, too, have...
The University of Bath men’s first XI are celebrating winning the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Mars Football Championship title for the first time for 11 years. The team beat Stirling University 2-0 in the championship final at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park Ground courtesy of goals from Craig Mullen and Robin Nicholls. Sports Performance student Mullen broke the deadline on the 19th minute with a sublime lob over the Stirling keeper. On 76 minutes...
