A photo of Team Bath Netball goal-attack holding the ball and smiling as she assesses her passing options while being closed down by two Birmingham Panthers defenders during a 2025 NXT Gen League fixture at the Team Bath Arena. The photo was taken by Josh Le Feuvre.

Team Bath Netball come from behind to tame Birmingham Panthers and stretch NXT Gen League winning run

Team Bath Netball closed to within a point of second place in the NXT Gen League as they came from behind to secure a well-earned 58-52 away win over Birmingham Panthers on Sunday. It was a third successive victory for the Blue & Gold, who trailed 17-14 after the first quarter at the University of Worcester Arena but levelled the scores at 30-30 going into the second half. Inspired by a second-successive Most Valuable Player...

06 May 2025

A photo of University of Bath sprinter Aleeya Sibbons, third from left, running towards the camera and leaving five opponents trailing behind her as she wins women's 100m gold on the blue Manchester Regional Arena track during the 2025 BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championships

Golden comeback for scholar Aleeya Sibbons as University of Bath students win three medals at 2025 BUCS Outdoor Athletics Champs

Sporting scholar Aleeya Sibbons made a winning return from long-term injury as the University of Bath Student Performance Sport athletics squad won three medals at the 2025 BUCS Outdoor Championships. Lizzy Ingram and Ariyanna McGee also ran season’s best times at the Manchester Regional Arena to secure well-earned bronze medals in the 2000m steeplechase and 100m hurdles respectively. Senior GB international Sibbons (pictured top), who is supported by a Santander Scholarship as she studies Architecture...

05 May 2025

A photo of Blues Awards 2025 winners holding their certificates and trophies at the Pump Rooms in Bath

Glittering Blues Awards 2025 ceremony celebrates both student sport at University of Bath and achievements of Paris 2024 athletes

Golfer Charlotte Gregory was voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath's Sports Personality of the Year when the 2025 Blues Awards took place at the historic Roman Baths and Pump Room. The Psychology student was presented with her prize by Professor Cassie Wilson, the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), during the annual celebration of student sport. [caption id="attachment_71828" align="alignright" width="292"] Charlotte Gregory is presented with the Sports Personality of the Year prize...

02 May 2025

A photo of South West GB Performance Development Academy rowers and coaches, standing next to the water at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, holding a trophy painted blue and gold, bearing the letters SW, after their overall win at the 2025 British Rowing Olympic Pathway Regatta

University of Bath students among the medals as South West rowers enjoy Olympic Pathway Regatta success

Athletes from the British Rowing GB Performance Development Academy (PDA) based at the University of Bath topped the medal table when Olympic rowing hopefuls from across the country contested the Olympic Pathway Regatta. The National Watersports Centre in Nottingham hosted the competition, which provides athletes from all five regional Academies with valuable competitive racing experience against their closest rivals before regatta season begins for the summer. South West GB Performance Development Athletes, the majority of...

01 May 2025

Laura Deas with her skeleton bronze medal from the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games

“It’s been an amazing journey” – Olympic medallist Laura Deas confirms her retirement from skeleton

Olympic medallist Laura Deas has announced her retirement from skeleton after an outstanding career that saw her make more than a century of appearances on the international stage. She has been based at the University of Bath with the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association since 2009 and enjoyed her proudest moment in February 2018 when she won a brilliant bronze at the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang. It was a historic moment too as she...

30 April 2025

A picture of Team Bath Netball player Ane De Wet smiling at the camera.

“Exciting talent” Ané De Wet wins national U19 NPL Player of the Season award after stellar campaign with Team Bath Netball

Emerging Team Bath Netball talent Ané De Wet has been named as the national U19 Player of the Season for the 2024-25 Netball Performance League (NPL) campaign. The versatile attacking player made an impressive step up from the U17s, scooping six out of a possible 10 Player of the Match accolades – as voted for by the opposition – as she helped Team Bath place third in the U19 NPL standings. Natalie Roddy, Academy Head...

29 April 2025

A photo of Oliver Lam-Watson, second from left, holding a trophy above his head after winning the Category A epee title at the 2025 British Fencing Para-Fencing National Championships. He is flanked either side by his fellow medallists and they are in front of British Fencing-branded boards featuring the numbers 2, 1 and 3 to represent finishing positions on the podium.

Bath-based GB internationals win fantastic five titles at 2025 British Fencing Para-Fencing National Championships

Paralympic medallist Oliver Lam-Watson and University of Bath student Susie Seddon-Cowell won five gold medals between them at the 2025 British Fencing Para-Fencing National Championships in Sheffield. Lam-Watson (pictured top), who trains at the Wheelchair Fencing National Training Centre based at the University’s Sports Training Village, dominated the men’s Category A events to secure the epee, foil and sabre titles. Fellow GB international Seddon-Cowell, representing University of Bath Fencing Club, enjoyed double delight in the...

28 April 2025

Team Bath Netball players celebrate in a huddle after their extra-time victory over London Mavericks in the 2025 NXT Gen League. The photo was taken by Josh Le Feuvre.

MVP Charlotte Watts coolly nets extra-time winner as Team Bath Netball edge past Mavericks again in another NXT Gen League thriller

A nerveless finish from player of the match Charlotte Watts sealed a dramatic extra-time victory for Team Bath Netball in Bristol after another NXT Gen League thriller against London Mavericks. Team Bath had rallied from seven goals down in the final quarter to win 52-51 when the teams last met in March but this time it was Mavericks who come from behind to make it 53-53 with 20 seconds of regular time remaining at Clifton...

26 April 2025

A photo of Matthew Ward splashing the water with his left fist and looking up at the scoreboard as he celebrates after winning 200m individual medley silver at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships. The photo was taken by Morgan Harlow for Aquatics GB

Eight medals and World Champs places secured by University of Bath-based swimmers at 2025 Aquatics GB Championships

Silvers for sporting scholars Matthew Ward and Joshua Gammon were among eight medals won by University of Bath-based swimmers at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London. Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering student Ward (pictured top) was runner-up to Olympic silver-medallist Duncan Scott in the men’s 200m individual medley, the Bill Whiteley Scholar overhauling Evan Jones and Charlie Hutchison in the closing stages of a thrilling final. There were more fireworks in the men’s...

21 April 2025

A picture of the Team Bath Netball squad wearing Easter Bunny ears following their NXT Gen League victory at Cardiff Dragons on Easter Saturday 2025

Fit-again Daisy Harrison enjoys winning NXT Gen League debut as Team Bath Netball record Easter Saturday victory at Cardiff Dragons

Team Bath Netball began the second half of the inaugural NXT Gen League season on a winning note as they recorded a 59-44 away victory over Severn rivals Cardiff Dragons on Easter Saturday.  [caption id="attachment_71798" align="alignright" width="292"] Daisy Harrison made her NXT Gen League debut after recovering from a ruptured ACL[/caption] It was an excellent response to the previous week’s defeat at table-topping Loughborough Lightning, with the Blue & Gold quickly settling into their rhythm...

20 April 2025

Sponsors
Partners and Suppliers