Young Western Area judoka were treated to a masterclass at the STV dojo on Tuesday (April 4) when they enjoyed a combined training session with Team Bath's high performance athletes. Children as young as 10 had the opportunity to learn from and train with Team Bath's top judoka as well as athletes from the region's Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) programme. The University of Bath is home to one of eight AASE programmes which are performance...
Team Bath judoka Megan Fletcher enjoyed a dream debut for Ireland when she won gold at the Senior European Cup in Dubrovnik, Croatia. In her first international competition for a year, Fletcher overcame Serbia’s Sara Tintor, Alina Lengweiler of Switzerland and France’s Gwenaelle Viard to claim the title in the women’s -70kg weight division. It was also Ireland’s first international judo success since 2014 and an excellent return to action for Fletcher, whose hopes of...
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...
Rio 2016 Olympian Ben Fletcher and University of Bath graduate Gemma Howell both won bronze medals when they competed at European Judo Open events in Italy and Austria. MJ Church sporting ambassador Fletcher, coached by Juergen Klinger at the Sports Training Village, overcame home favourite Maximilian Hageneder and Italy’s Vincenzo D’Arco to reach the semi-finals of the men’s -100kg division in Rome. A narrow defeat by a single wazari to Germany’s Johannes Frey meant Fletcher...
More than 200 student-athletes – and several Olympians – will represent the University of Bath across eight different sports when the BUCS Nationals take place in Sheffield this weekend. Rio 2016 swimming medallists Jazz Carlin, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and James Guy, who all train at the University with the British Swimming National Centre Bath, are among those taking part in the major three-day competition. They, along with fellow Olympian and Chemical Engineering graduate Andrew Willis, will...
The University of Bath welcomed the return of some of the South West's most promising talent on Tuesday as youngsters gained the opportunity to train with some of the country's finest judoka. Sessions, overseen by Team Bath Head Judo Coach Juergen Klinger, included Thompson Education scholar Chloe Robyns-Landricombe and world cup medallist Adam Hall who offered guidance and advice to the young athletes. 28-year old Hall, who won bronze at the European Open in October, said he...
Four University of Bath-based international athletes got to try their hand at driving diggers and dump trucks as they paid a special visit to the headquarters of Team Bath partners MJ Church. Rio 2016 wheelchair fencing silver-medallist Piers Gilliver and judoka Ben Fletcher were joined by England Women’s rugby player Sydney Gregson and skeleton athlete Jor’dan McIntosh on the informative and interactive tour of the Civil Engineering, Plant, Transport and Waste Management Contractors’ Marshfield base....
Outstanding success at the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games plus the visit of sporting and actual royalty ensured that the University of Bath’s 50th anniversary was celebrated in fitting style during 2016. When the University received Royal Charter status on October 25, 1966, there were no sporting facilities on the Claverton Down campus. Five decades later, it has developed into what Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley believes is “the most vibrant, exciting and dynamic sporting...
As many as nine Team Bath judoka brought home medals during an "outstanding" display at the British Judo Championships over the weekend (Dec. 10 and 11). Olympian Ben Fletcher, who represented Great Britain at Rio in the summer, became senior British champion for the third time when he won the -100kg men's competition in style, claiming victory in all seven of his bouts. Bronze in the same event went to University of Bath placement student...
