University of Bath graduate Adam Freeman-Pask represents Great Britain at the first rowing World Cup of the year, which gets underway in Banyoles, Spain tomorrow (Friday). Freeman-Pask trained under Paul Stannard while studying at the University, from which he graduated with a degree in Natural Sciences in 2006. The 23-year-old will race in the lightweight single scull in Banyoles. The GB Rowing Squad is supported by the National Lottery Sports Fund as part of UK...
Team Bath badminton player Mariana Agathangelou scored one of the biggest successes of her career to date by winning the Spanish Open mixed doubles title partnering Robin Middleton. The University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Development student and her partner collected the title by comfortably beating India’s Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan 21-16, 21-15 in the final. The unseeded pair went through the tournament in Madrid without losing a single game. They had already...
Sports scientists at the University of Bath have been helping Bath and England rugby player Lee Mears ensure he arrives in South Africa in top shape for the forthcoming British Lions tour. Mears has been preparing for the challenge with training sessions in a hypoxic chamber at the University ahead of the Lions’ battles against the world champions. The chamber simulates training at altitude, where air contains lower levels of oxygen. The air in the...
In a thrilling end-to-end match described as a 'tough learning curve' by Team Bath captain, Loughborough beat TeamBath 51-17 in the fifth annual 'Real Varsity' rugby match. "The team are absolutely gutted", admitted captain Dyfrig Rees. "Every now and then you have to take your hat off and say you were beaten by the better team. They [Loughborough] are a quick bunch of guys. Today's been a tough learning curve for our guys. "The only...
Team Bath badminton player Chris Coles collected a bronze medal with the England team at the European Junior Team Championships in Milan. Sixteen-year-old Coles was a member of the England team that won all of their pool games at the under-19 championships and then beat France in the quarter-finals in the first knockout contest. That brought England up against Denmark in the semi-finals. Denmark took the match 3-0, with Emil Holst beating Coles 21-15, 16-21,...
Team Bath today (Thursday) regrettably announces the resignation of Team Bath FC from the Blue Square Conference at the end of this season. The decision was taken after the Blue Square Conference ruled that the club could not, in its current format, win promotion to its Premier division – and hence on to the Football League. Team Bath FC is fully committed to fulfilling its remaining fixtures this season. Team Bath FC has achieved five...
Team Bath badminton player Chris Coles claimed two titles at the Under-17 Nationals in Stoke-on-Trent, taking both the men’s and the mixed doubles. Chris partnered Matthew Nottingham to victory in the men’s doubles, beating Ed Thomas and Michael Baw in the final – that pair had earlier defeated fellow TeamBath player Josh Green and his partner Phillip Aspinal in the semis. Chris then went on to claim the mixed doubles title with partner Jess Fletcher...
Skeleton sliders Amy Williams and Adam Pengilly are the latest winners of the Team Bath Athlete of the Month awards, which are supported by the Fat Face store in Bath. Amy and Adam both produced outstanding performances to win silver medals for Great Britain at the 2009 Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid, USA. Amy’s silver medal rounded off a terrific season for the University of Bath graduate, who also finished in the top-six in...
Adam Pengilly produced an outstanding performance to win Great Britain’s second silver medal of the Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid. Pengilly’s silver today (Saturday) came just over 24 hours after team-mate Amy Williams struck silver in the women’s competition. Both athletes train at the University of Bath. It is the first time Britain’s skeleton sliders have won two medals at a World Championships and comes less than a year to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic...
Britain’s Amy Williams produced a stunning final run to win the silver medal at the Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid, the USA this afternoon (Friday). The 26-year-old from Bath went into the fourth and last run today in fourth place – just 0.07 seconds off the bronze medal position. But despite battling against the effects of a virus, she produced easily the fastest final run. With the final round of the competition run in...
