From lacrosse to rowing – student-athlete Immy Macdonald makes international transition with Team Bath Dual Career support

Team Bath Dual Career student-athlete Immy Macdonald has gained her first taste of international rowing after competing in Paris at the 2020 World Rowing Indoor Championships. The Sports Performance student has been training for less than a year with the University of Bath-based GB Rowing Team World Class Start programme after making the transition from lacrosse. She was supported on her trip to Paris by the Team Bath Elite Athlete Fund. Here Immy writes about...

12 March 2020

Sports Massage students to get hands-on experience with Bath Rugby Foundation at 2020 Bath Half

Students training with the Team Bath School of Sports Massage will be gaining hands-on experience this weekend when they provide pre and post-race support for runners competing in the 2020 Bath Half Marathon. They will be working with the team of runners raising money for the Bath Rugby Foundation charity during the annual event, which is taking place on Sunday (March 15). All of the sports massage students are currently working towards their Level 3...

11 March 2020

Commitment to providing high-quality clean sport education and environment sees University of Bath retain UKAD Elite Accreditation

The University of Bath has retained its UKAD [UK Anti-Doping] Clean Sport Elite Accreditation after demonstrating its ongoing commitment to providing students, staff and coaches with essential anti-doping education and support. As one of only three higher-education institutions in the UK to receive the award, the University of Bath is recognised by the national governing body as promoting a clean sport ethos through its culture, policies and environment. Stephen Baddeley, Director of Sport at the...

10 March 2020

Rising Team Bath Netball star Molly Hole captains England U17 to successful Netball Europe title defence

Team Bath Netball NPL player Molly Hole led by example as she captained England U17s to a successful defence of their Netball Europe title in Wales. Hole, who is a member of the Blue & Gold’s U19 NPL squad, started at goal-shooter as England began their campaign with an 89-22 victory over Scotland. She then came off the bench in the 96-19 win against Northern Ireland before lining up at goal-attack as England continued their...

09 March 2020

Sporting scholar Bradley Sutton secures golden double as University of Bath students excel at BUCS Pentathlon Champs

Sporting scholar Bradley Sutton struck individual and team gold as University of Bath student-athletes recorded impressive results at the 2020 BUCS [British Universities & Colleges Sport] Pentathlon Championships in Oxford. After finishing runner-up in both 2018 and 2019, Sports Performance student Sutton – supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship – finally topped the podium in the men’s competition after solid performances across all five disciplines including the fastest time in the swimming pool. His winning...

08 March 2020

Sensational second half sees Team Bath Netball turn five-goal deficit into big win over Wasps in Vitality Superleague

A stunning second-half performance saw Team Bath Netball turn a five-goal deficit into a 63-51 victory over Wasps as they continued their impressive start to the 2020 Vitality Superleague season. A capacity 1,400-strong crowd were on their feet as the Blue & Gold went toe to toe with an excellent Wasps side – finalists for the past three seasons – in a high-quality encounter before storming away in the final stages. The visitors managed to...

06 March 2020

Team Bath end BUCS Super Rugby league season on a battling note as they make Leeds Beckett work hard for victory

Team Bath men’s 1st XV showed great spirit and determination as they made a larger and more experienced Leeds Beckett side work for a narrow 31-21 victory in the final game of the 2019-20 BUCS Super Rugby league season. The Blue & Gold – sponsored by Fulkers Bailey Russell – twice led in the first half at the University of Bath Sports Training Village thanks to well-crafted tries from Elliot Berryman and George Worboys but...

04 March 2020

Team Bath men’s 1st XV determined to end BUCS Super Rugby league season on a positive note in front of home fans tonight

Team Bath men’s 1st XV will be looking to end their 2019-20 BUCS Super Rugby league campaign on a high when they welcome Leeds Beckett to the University of Bath Sports Training Village tonight (6.30pm, free to watch). It has been a difficult season for the Blue & Gold – sponsored by Fulkers Bailey Russell – but they are guaranteed a place in the end-of-season knockout competition after securing a top-eight finish. That means they...

04 March 2020

Team Bath partners Rengen wish netballers good luck ahead of sell-out first home game of 2020 Superleague season

Iestyn Lewis, CEO of Team Bath partners Rengen Developments, paid a visit to the University of Bath Sports Training Village this week to wish the Blue & Gold good luck ahead of their first home game of the 2020 Vitality Netball Superleague season. He was joined by Rengen Managing Director Peter James and Stephen Baddeley, Director of Sport at the University of Bath, as he met Team Bath captain Kim Commane and fellow attacking stars...

04 March 2020

Double Olympic Champion Heather Stanning encouraging people to support Row Britannia for Sport Relief challenge at STV

Heather Stanning, patron of Bath University Boat Club and double Olympic gold medallist, is encouraging everyone at the University of Bath to get involved in Row Britannia for Sport Relief this week. Students, staff and customers are being invited to hop onto the indoor rowing machines set up on the public concourse in the Sports Training Village and row for as long as they can, with the aim of covering a cumulative total of 2,020...

03 March 2020