More than 50 Team Bath athletes and staff joined Strength and Conditioning Coach Bob Smith run his 50th half-marathon in just 50 weeks in aid of raising money for Bristol Children's Hospital. The outstanding achievement, which will be complete when Bob runs half-marathons 51 and 52 before the New Year, took his Grand Appeal total closer to the target of £12,000 he has set for the end of the year. Runners included Olympian Ben Fletcher...
Team Bath enjoyed a fine start to their pre-season campaign when they reached the final of the Mike Greenwood Trophy on Saturday (Dec. 10). It was the second final in two years for the Blue and Gold who won the Manchester-based competition last year, and the event allowed new players Shantal Slater, Vangelee Williams, Paige Reed and Layla Guscoth to make their first Team Bath appearances. En route to the final Team Bath defeated Celtic...
The latest winners of the Team Bath Athlete of the Month awards made quite the spectacle at Ellis & Killpartrick Opticians. Rio 2016 Olympians Piers Gilliver and Sonny Webster collected their certificates and prizes at the store in Bath City Centre. Tennis player Lisa Whybourn and runner Jenny Nesbitt have also been recognised for their impressive sporting achievements, with all four winners receiving a piece of REVO Eyewear. Wheelchair fencer Gilliver – a sporting ambassador for Team Bath partners...
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...
Three rowers from the University of Bath's renowned rowing Start programme picked up four medals - including three golds - at the British Rowing Indoor Championships on Saturday (Dec. 10). 16-year old Jens Hullah, who rows with the junior GB Rowing Team, won gold in the junior men's 2,000m event. The medal was Hullah's second in two years at the event after he set a new British Y11 junior boy’s record at last year's competition and...
Rio Olympic Games swimmer Andrew Willis returned to the pool in style on Thursday (Dec. 8), winning Great Britain's second medal of the World Championships (25m) with silver in the 200m breaststroke. University of Bath-based Willis, a Chemical Engineering graduate, showed his consistency to improve from heat to final and set a new personal best time of 2:02.71. He was beaten to the touch by Marco Koch (Germany) who won the gold. Mikhail Dorinov (Russia)...
Rio Olympic Games medallists Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Heather Stanning and Helen Glover each picked up honours at the Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Awards 2016 on Thursday evening. University of Bath-based swimmer O'Connor, a long-standing member of the hugely-successful British Swimming National Centre at the Sports Training Village, won Young Sportswoman of the Year after her outstanding silver medal in the 200m individual medley in Brazil. In doing so, Bath-born O'Connor broke her own British...
Sunshine Girls Vangelee Williams and Shantal Slater are set to make their first appearances for Team Bath Netball this weekend, fresh from helping Jamaica record a series victory over England. Fellow new recruit Layla Guscoth has also been named in a 12-strong squad for the Mike Greenwood Trophy, a pre-season tournament featuring fellow Superleague franchises Celtic Dragons, Hertfordshire Mavericks, Wasps Netball and hosts Manchester Thunder. Team Bath, sponsored by Sitec, won the round-robin competition last...
A thrilling West Country derby saw BUCS Super Rugby league leaders Hartpury College overturn a half-time deficit to beat the University of Bath 24-14 – after a spirited display from the home side. Two tries from Hartpury’s Harry Cochrane proved crucial in the visitors’ fight back after Bath scored within the opening minute to kick-start a fast-paced contest and went to the break 8-7 ahead. The result extends Hartpury’s lead at the top of the...
The depth of talent among student athletes at the University of Bath has been demonstrated once again after 22 potential stars of the future were awarded sporting scholarships for the 2016-17 academic year. Competing in sports as diverse as alpine skiing, clay pigeon shooting, modern pentathlon and rowing, all have demonstrated their potential to succeed both academically and on the national and international sporting stage. Among those selected are Team Bath Netball and England U21...
