Team Bath Tennis player Alicia Barnett will make her Grand Slam debut when she competes at Wimbledon this week with women’s doubles partner Olivia Nicholls. Barnett, coached by Ian MacDonald, and Nicholls have been drawn to face Kaia Kanepi and Renata Voracova in a first-round tie scheduled for Wednesday after being handed a wildcard into the Championships. That was reward for their excellent form on the international circuit this season, which has included a biggest...
Despite the surname, there’s a quiet Aussie twang to the voice of recently-appointed Team Bath tennis coach Lauren English. Dig a bit deeper and you find that the softly but professionally-spoken player-turned-coach, who came to Team Bath from The Redland Club in Bristol, has a remarkable back-story. Not one necessarily typical of someone who has played Grand Slam tennis at junior and senior level and who is now passionate about coaching and the need for...
Team Bath, the sports department for the University of Bath, is delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with Bath Building Society. The link-up between two of the city’s most recognised brands, both within the local community and nationally, will see Bath Building Society support sport and fitness at all levels within Team Bath – student, recreational and high-performance. It will also provide additional backing to the Team Bath Netball Superleague team, the University of...
Team Bath Tennis ace Alicia Barnett and doubles partner Olivia Nicholls claimed the biggest tournament success of their careers to date as they won the W60 Bellinzona title on clay in Switzerland. The result sees Barnett, coached by Ian MacDonald, move up to a career-high doubles ranking of 119 in the world and number three in Great Britain. The British duo, who reached the Lyon Open final on their WTA Tour debut last month, were...
More than 4,000 spectators enjoyed an action-packed day of student sport at the Team Bath Sports Training Village when the University of Bath took on Cardiff Met University in the long-awaited return of Varsity. And the hosts made it five wins in a row as they beat their opposition from Wales 63-27 overall after 17 matches were played across 10 sports in the first Varsity fixture since 2019. Sport Bath Cardiff Met Bath Varsity Points...
Team Bath Tennis player Ben Jones and partner Dan Little claimed their third men’s doubles title in five months on the ITF World Tennis Tour after a week of strong performances at the M25 Toulouse-Balma tournament in France. University of Bath graduate Jones and Little dropped just six games as they eased through the opening two rounds to set up a semi-final against French duo Arthur Bouquier and Martin Breysach. It was a repeat of...
Team Bath Tennis player Alicia Barnett and partner Olivia Nicholls reached their first WTA Tour women’s doubles final at their first attempt during a fantastic week at the Lyon Open in France. The duo continued the fine form that has seen them win a host of titles on the ITF circuit as they beat number three seeds Irina Bara and Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-3 6-4 in the first round before easing to a 6-0 6-4 victory...
Great Britain’s Dan Cox and Sweden’s Caijsa Wilda Hennemann claimed the GB Pro Series singles titles at the end of a high-quality week of international tennis at the University of Bath. A 6-4 7-6(5) victory over Charlie Broom in Saturday’s hard-fought men’s M25 final secured a 16th ITF title of his career for Cox, who has twice played in the main draw at Wimbledon. He knocked out number one seed Billy Harris in the quarter-finals,...
The University of Bath’s indoor tennis courts is playing host to senior international tennis for the first time since the Federation Cup of 2019 as the GB Pro Series for men and women starts at the Sports Training Village this weekend, running through to Saturday 15th January. “It will be fantastic to host tennis at this level once more”, said Barry Scollo, Team Bath Director of Tennis. “These events are part of the ITF men’s...
An incredible 19 medals at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, 10 of them gold, is the headline stat from an outstanding year of sport at the University of Bath but there was plenty more to celebrate during an unforgettable 2021. From students winning the Premiership Rugby title at Twickenham and conquering the rowing world from their kitchen to Team Bath Netball lifting their first trophy for eight years and tennis players serving up a...
