Marcus Wyatt and Matt Weston were top of the tree in the last IBSF Skeleton World Cup before Christmas as the University of Bath-based sliders won gold and silver respectively in Sigulda, Latvia. Wyatt produced the fastest starts and best times across both runs to secure his first individual victory of the 2024-25 season in a time of 1:39.51. British Skeleton team-mate Weston was just a quarter of a second behind after two equally consistent...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV saw their unbeaten home run come to an end following a disappointing second-half display against BUCS Super Rugby league leaders Loughborough on Wednesday. An eagerly-anticipated showdown between two in-form teams was evenly-matched during a first half which saw both teams score four tries apiece, with just a couple of successful conversions separating the sides. Bath touched down twice during the first 10 minutes, through Charlie Griffin and Kit...
University of Bath-based skeleton athletes kicked off the European leg of the 2024-25 IBSF World Cup season in fine style by winning gold, silver and bronze in Altenberg, Germany. Tabby Stoecker and Marcus Wyatt (pictured) took top spot in the team competition, finishing 0.37 seconds clear of the field in a discipline that will make its Olympic debut in 2026. That result came just a couple of hours after Wyatt had won bronze and Matt...
Kepu Tuipulotu scored a hat-trick of tries against Welsh opposition for the second time this BUCS Super Rugby season as the University of Bath men’s 1st XV eased to a 59-16 home victory over Cardiff on Wednesday. Bath made nine changes to the 15 that had started the previous week’s excellent away win in Durham and it didn’t take long for one of those new starters to make an impact, Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi scoring the opening...
A Paris 2024 pentathlete, history-making artistic swimmer and aspiring Olympians in athletics, hockey, sailing and swimming are among an impressive 11 University of Bath student-athletes to be awarded sporting scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. Charlie Brown, Ranjuo Tomblin, Justin Davies, Patrick McElhinney, Oscar Cawthorne, Joshua Gammon, Dylan Registe and Matt Ward will all benefit from a cash award to help them meet the demands of training, competing and studying at an elite level. Netballer...
The University of Bath student swimming club will once again be represented on the global stage when Aryaan Din and Sam Williamson compete at the 2024 World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Budapest. Economics student Din will represent Pakistan in the 100m and 200m freestyle, while Williamson – who studies Sports Performance – will race for Bermuda in the 200m and 400m individual medley. It will be a global debut for both students, who are...
Dan Bethell successfully defended his men’s SL3 singles title at the 2024 UK Para Badminton Championships, his first major tournament since moving his full-time training base back to the University of Bath. Bethell (pictured left), a silver-medallist at both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, was also runner-up in the SL3/4 doubles with Bobby Griffin, the pair having previously played together during their formative years with Team Bath Futures. “This was one of...
Esther Adeshina, Finn Bass and James Story have continued a proud tradition of Team Bath Tennis players contributing to British success at the world’s biggest student tennis team tournament. They were part of a six-strong British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) squad that won silver at the Master’U BNP Paribas tournament in Reims, France after a top-quality competition featuring the eight top nations from around the world. It was a seventh medal in as many...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV completed their first win double of the 2024-25 BUCS Super Rugby season as they recorded an impressive 41-27 victory at Durham. Bath went into Wednesday’s match having played just once in the previous month due to last week’s fixture at Nottingham being snowed off and found themselves trailing 20-7 as the first half drew to a close, their points coming from a penalty try. However, a Tyler Offiah...
Season and match tickets for Team Bath Netball’s eagerly-awaited 2025 NXT Gen League fixtures are now on sale. There will be six matches to enjoy at the Team Bath Arena and, with a limited number of tickets available, fans are encouraged to secure their seats early as a new era begins for the Blue & Gold. There are two price bands – Gold seating, around the halfway line, and Blue seating – and concession rates are available...
