Becky Wilde named as Female Olympic Athlete of the Year as Bath rowers past and present impress at GB Rowing Team Selection Trials

It was a successful weekend for University of Bath-based rowers past and present when they contested the 2025 GB Rowing Team Senior and U23 Selection Trials at Caversham. And there was another magical moment for Paris 2024 medallist Becky Wilde when she was named as rowing's BOA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year during the post-event presentation ceremony. Four current members of the South West Performance Development Academy (PDA), formerly known as the GB Rowing...

14 April 2025

Big Bath brigade heading to London for Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2025

Olympic Champions Tom Dean and Kieran Bird are among a 49-strong cohort of University of Bath-based swimmers heading to the London Aquatics Centre for the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2025. The first British titles of the LA 2028 Olympic cycle and places in the GB squad for this summer’s World Championships in Singapore will be decided during six days of action, from Tuesday 15th to Sunday 20th April. Triple Olympic gold-medallist Dean, who only returned...

13 April 2025

Team Bath Netball end first half of NXT Gen League season with four wins and four defeats after Lightning loss

Team Bath Netball will look to build on the lessons learnt from their biggest defeat of the NXT Gen League season to date when they visit Cardiff Dragons on Easter Saturday. It was a tough afternoon for the Blue & Gold when they travelled to table-topping Loughborough Lightning, with the home side winning each quarter as they recorded a 73-40 victory. Despite the setback, Team Bath remain well placed in a highly-competitive NXT Gen League...

12 April 2025

Anika Rabi’s medal momentum and hard work rewarded as Team Bath judoka is named as latest Rengen Athlete of the Month

Judoka Anika Rabi’s rapid improvement in competition results has been rewarded after she was named as the Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month for March. Rabi, one of more than 160 student-athletes supported in their dual careers by the Student Performance Sport Breakthrough Programme, won her first senior British Championships medal in December – bronze in the women’s -70kg division. She followed that up with silver at February’s English Open before winning gold at...

11 April 2025

Podium place on car-racing debut fuels F1 Academy dreams for trailblazing Bath Breakthrough student Stephanie Hobeika

University of Bath student-athlete Stephanie Hobeika has set her sights on the global F1 Academy Championship after securing a podium finish on her car-racing debut at Brands Hatch. The Integrated Design Engineering student, the only female SR1 driver in the 750 Motor Club Radical Club Challenge, secured third place in the Class C category during the second race of the season opener – all the more impressive as it came after an unfortunate breakdown in...

09 April 2025

Polished performance sees Team Bath Netball tame Birmingham Panthers to get back to winning ways in NXT Gen League

Team Bath Netball produced perhaps their most polished performance of the 2025 NXT Gen League season to date as they got back to winning ways with a 54-47 victory over new franchise Birmingham Panthers. Another capacity crowd at the Team Bath Arena was treated to an entertaining contest which saw the Blue & Gold hold a slender lead at half-time before their fast-paced, high-intensity netball paid dividends in the third quarter as they built an...

05 April 2025

Bath student-athlete Susie Seddon-Cowell joins Paralympic champions on Wheelchair Fencing World Class Programme

Team Bath Breakthrough Programme student-athlete Susie Seddon-Cowell has joined Paralympic gold-medallists Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver on the University of Bath-based Wheelchair Fencing World Class Programme (WCP) for 2025-26. Also selected on the WCP, operated by the UK Sports Institute (UKSI), at the start of the LA 2028 Paralympic cycle are Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 medallist Oliver Lam-Watson, four-time Paralympian Gemma Collis, U23 World Champion Josh Waddell, Shah Rashid and Justine Moore. Matt Hammond,...

02 April 2025

Team Bath Netball looking for home bounceback against Panthers after Rhinos’ third-quarter charge proves decisive

Team Bath Netball will go into this Friday’s home match against Birmingham Panthers looking for an instant response to a second successive narrow NXT Gen League defeat, this time away to Leeds Rhinos. Sunday’s match at the First Direct Arena was tightly contested throughout, particularly in the first half which saw the opening quarter tied at 15-15 before the visitors edged into a 28-27 lead at the interval. The advantage should have been greater, though,...

31 March 2025

Frustrating finish to an excellent season as Bath’s BUCS Super Rugby Championships hopes are dashed by Cardiff Met fightback

The University of Bath men’s 1st XV saw their BUCS Super Rugby Milk Championship campaign end in frustrating fashion as Cardiff Met fought back to win 35-28 in Wednesday’s quarter-final at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. Bath looked set to build on their best-ever league season when they opened up a 21-5 lead inside the opening 30 minutes. Number 8 George Doel marked his 25th appearance for the 1sts by burrowing over from close...

27 March 2025

Bath students past and present help Avon win Badminton England Senior County Championships Premiership title for first time

University of Bath student-athlete Toby Dillingham has helped Avon secure the Badminton England Senior County Championships Premiership title for the first time. The Mechanical Engineering student, supported by the Student Performance Sport Breakthrough Programme, recorded an important victory in the men’s doubles with Barney Chua Yue Chern as Avon beat Surrey 7-4 in a decisive last league fixture on Sunday. That result – Avon’s sixth win from nine matches – meant they beat Surrey to...

24 March 2025