More than 60 individuals and 14 groups from ten clubs took part when City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club hosted a Zone B grading competition at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Sunday. There was plenty of success for the host club to celebrate as they won medals in all groups, including two gold and two silver. The Espoir Level 3 Pink Group, for gymnasts aged seven and eight, saw Emily, Ayana, Nicole,...
City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club came away from this weekend's Welsh Group Invitational competition in Cardiff with gold and silver medals after impressive displays against six other leading national clubs. The Junior group of Amelia, Evie, Jasmine, Molly, Vanessa, and Kristina produced a fantastic performance to win the overall title in their competition. City of Bath's Espoir group - consisting of Elena, Elisabeth, Elle, Kashvi, Pelagia and Rosie - competed in the free routine...
City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club are celebrating after wowing the crowds at this weekend’s Gymfusion Midlands at the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent. The event had a ‘dream’ theme and featured an array of gymnastics routines performed by squads from all over the country. In the only rhythmic gymnastics discipline at the show, the Bath club enthralled the audience with a complex and delightful routine using ribbons, balls, clubs and hoops based on the dream of...
The University of Bath has been named as the UK’s top sports university in the influential The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018. The award is based on the quality of its world-class sporting facilities, the performance of its student sports teams and the ranking of its sports-related subjects, with Sports Science also topping the Guide’s ranking table for the subject. Vice-Chancellor & President of the University of Bath, Professor Dame Glynis...
Team England’s rhythmic gymnastics squad have been continuing their build-up to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games with a productive training week at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Squad members Mimi-Isabella Cesar (pictured) and Stephani Sherlock also took the opportunity to finalise their preparations for the 2017 World University Games, taking place in Taipei next week. Overseeing the camp once again was City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club coach Sarah Moon, who guided Team...
Hundreds of youngsters from across the South West demonstrated their sporting skills in the inspirational surroundings of the University of Bath Sports Training Village (STV) on Wednesday as they competed in the Summer School Games. Pupils from Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucester who had qualified through previous competitions took part in the annual event, which was organised by the West of England Sports Trust (Wesport). They made full use...
More than 8,000 people enjoyed an action-packed day of family fun when the University of Bath celebrated its 50th anniversary by staging its first-ever community Festival. There were activities across the Claverton Down campus, including the Active Zone at the £30million Sports Training Village where visitors got to try out 15 different sports and take on a Mini Olympics challenge. Team Bath Netball Superleague stars Shantal Slater and Vangelee Williams staged a shooting challenge and...
England hockey international Peter Scott was named as the University of Bath’s Sports Personality of the Year at a Blues Awards ceremony attended by HRH The Earl of Wessex. Sports Performance student Scott, a Trendell Sports Scholar who made his senior England debut in March, topped a poll of Students’ Union Sport members from a shortlist that also included tennis player Emma Hurst and judoka Jan Gosiewski and Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz. Scott was presented with his...
The University of Bath has become the latest university to complete UK Anti-Doping (UKAD)’s Accreditation Programme. The University has shown its firm commitment and dedication to clean sport by completing the programme and achieving the highest level of ‘elite status’. The Accreditation Programme was launched in 2012 to recognise and enhance the work being conducted by universities, colleges and schools in the UK, in support of UKAD’s prevention strategy and vision of clean sport. The...
The University of Bath won 37 medals – 11 of them gold – as student-athletes enjoyed a successful weekend at the BUCS Nationals in Sheffield, one of Britain’s biggest annual multi-sport competitions. There were plenty of memorable moments on the athletics track, with Sport Performance student Cameron Chalmers – supported by a Thompson Education Trust Scholarship – equaling the championship record of 46.91 as he retained the men’s 400m title. A sensational last leg saw...
