A bronze statue of former Welsh international footballer and University of Bath football coach Ivor Powell MBE was unveiled at the University today (Tuesday). The 94-year-old retired a year ago after 37 years working as a football coach at the University. It followed a remarkable career that saw him play for Wales, Blackpool, Aston Villa and Queen’s Park Rangers. The 18-inch tall statue is cast in bronze and was paid for by the University of...
University of Bath students Louise Hunt and Chris Coles are the latest winners of Team Bath’s Athlete of the Month awards, which are sponsored by Oakley and the Milsom Eye Company. Wheelchair tennis player Louise collected her award for March following what she declared was the best month of her career to date. Louise returned to the top-20 in the world after winning the women’s singles title at the North East tournament in Sunderland and...
Multi-marathon man Andy McMenemy will run his 28th ultra marathon in successive days at the University of Bath tomorrow (Tuesday 12 April). Andy has set himself the task of running a total of 66 ultra marathons - one a day over 66 days - to raise money for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. Each ultra-marathon is a 50km run – approximately 31 miles. He started his challenge in Leeds on 16 March and he is due...
Team Bath sport scientists demonstrated some of the science behind British sport on the Channel 4 programme That Paralympic Show on Saturday (9 April). Presenters Ade Adepitan, who played for the British basketball team at two Paralympic Games, and Rick Edwards took part in a series of challenges at the University of Bath, which will host the Paralympics GB preparation camps ahead of London 2012. Under the guidance of Jonathan Robinson, one of Team Bath’s...
One of the biggest multi-sports events in the UK takes place at the University of Bath this weekend when Bath hosts the British Colleges Sport National Championships for the first time. Around 2200 teenagers and staff from the further education sector around the country will attend the event, which features three days of high-level action across 14 sports. The students will battle it out in badminton, basketball, cross-country, golf, hockey, netball, rugby, five-a-side soccer, squash,...
Students in Bath are being urged to give sport another go after the University of Bath was awarded more than £113,382 in National Lottery funding from Sport England. Along with 40 other projects, The 3: Thirty Club is being backed by Sport England’s £10 million Active Universities fund to get more university students playing sport, as part of the mass participation legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 3: Thirty Club will...
Paralympic World Champions Paul Blake and Katrina Hart, world junior champion bobsleigher Paula Walker and British Universities champion swimmer Michael Jamieson are the latest winners of Team Bath’s Athlete of the Month awards, which are sponsored by Oakley and the Milsom Eye Company. Paul Blake and Katrina Hart collected the awards for January for their outstanding performances at the IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand. Paul won gold in the T36 400m and silvers...
There are now just 500 days to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games and University of Bath-based athletes are continuing their preparations to compete on the world’s greatest sporting stage. British athletes who are based at the University are training to battle for places to compete at 2012 across a range of sports, including athletics, judo, modern pentathlon and swimming. The University of Bath is proud to been have chosen by...
Bath’s first ATP Challenger Tour international tennis tournament and home netball fixtures against two of the top teams in the Fiat Superleague are the highlights of a month of stunning sporting action at the University of Bath Sports Training Village in March. The indoor tennis courts at the Sports Training Village host an Aegon GB Pro-Series ATP Challenger event for the first time from Saturday 19 March to Sunday 27 March. The competition is likely...
Stars from ITV’s hit show Dancing on Ice headed west to take part in a rhythmic gymnastics training session at Team Bath. Former EastEnder Sam Attwater and his pro skating dance partner Brianne Delcourt joined a Great Britain Group training session at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. The pair were shown the ropes with some ribbons under the guidance of Sarah Binding, head coach of the City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club and...
