Clean sweep of wins for Team Bath MCTA Tennis junior aces at home tournament

Junior aces from Team Bath MCTA Tennis enjoyed a first-ever clean sweep of wins when the University of Bath staged a Grade 5 tournament at the weekend. Alex Blissett won the Green Ball competition for youngsters aged 10-and-under, despite being a wildcard entry. Charlie Ruffell took the Orange Ball (9-and-under) title and Cole O’Leary came out on top in the Red Ball (8-and-under) event. Nell Harris also won the Orange Ball consolation event for players...

10 February 2016

Badminton scholar Alex Lane reaches English National final as Heather Olver retains doubles crown

University of Bath student Alex Lane produced some of the best badminton of his career so far to reach the men’s singles final at the English National Championships. Lane, who is studying Sports Performance and is supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship, beat fellow Bath-based player Henley Ngan 21-10 21-8 in the quarter-finals. He then recorded an excellent 21-9 21-14 victory over number-two seed Toby Penty – ranked in the world’s top 100 – to...

09 February 2016

PhD student Dom Parsons in four-strong GB squad for Skeleton World Championships

University of Bath PhD student Dom Parsons (pictured) is one of four sliders selected by Great Britain Skeleton for next week’s ISBF World Championships in Igls, Austria. Sochi 2014 Olympian Parsons, who is studying Mechanical Engineering and supported by the University's Dual Career programme, is joined in an experienced squad by David Swift, Laura Deas and Donna Creighton. Parsons was seventh at last year’s World Championships and has recorded five top-ten finishes on the World Cup...

09 February 2016

Rising Team Bath star Ella Powell-Davies ‘so happy’ after England call-up for Netball Europe

Talented young Team Bath Netball player Ella Powell-Davies has been named in the England U17 squad for March’s Netball Europe tournament in Gibraltar. Powell-Davies, who plays in the National Performance League (NPL) for the Blue and Gold, earned her place after impressing at a selection camp and training weekend at the EiS Sheffield. “I was so happy when I got the call-up,” she said. “It was quite overwhelming because I didn’t really expect it. “I...

08 February 2016

Wind and rain can’t stop Jenny Nesbitt booking place at World University Cross-Country Champs in Italy

Sporting scholar Jenny Nesbitt booked her place at the World University Cross-Country Championships with a top-three finish at a muddy British Universities & Colleges Sports [BUCS] Championships in Gloucester. The Sports & Social Sciences student, who is supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship, was making her first BUCS appearance for the University of Bath and wore blue and gold face paint to mark the occasion. And she produced a battling performance at a very wet...

08 February 2016

Another top-five finish for slider Laura Deas ahead of Skeleton World Championships team announcement

Laura Deas warmed up for the ISBF World Championships with a fifth-placed finish in the latest round of Skeleton World Cup action in St Moritz on Friday. Deas, who trains at the University of Bath with the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association, was just 0.38secs behind race winner Janine Flock and remains fourth in the overall World Cup standings with one race to go. Friday’s competition also doubled as the European Championships, with Deas just...

08 February 2016

Belgium dash Federation Cup hopes of Team Bath’s Anna Smith and her GB colleagues

There was disappointment for Team Bath-MCTA Tennis player Anna Smith and her Great Britain colleagues as they missed out on a World Group II play-off place in the Federation Cup. A 3-0 win over South Africa and 2-1 defeat of Georgia had seen GB’s women top Pool B of the Europe/Africa Zone Group I competition in Israel and set up a promotion decider against Belgium. However, despite impressive performances against higher-ranked players, Katie Swan and Heather...

08 February 2016

Rio-bound GB hockey coach Bobby Crutchley inducted into Hall of Fame for Sport

With exactly six months to go until the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Bobby Crutchley – Head Coach of the England and Great Britain men’s hockey team – today became the eighth inductee into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. The 44-year-old, who is looking to lead GB to their first Olympic medal for 28 years this summer, was Head Hockey Coach at the University of Bath from 1999 to 2006. Drawing on...

05 February 2016

Big PBs for aerial skiing scholar Lloyd Wallace at Deer Valley World Cup

University of Bath student Lloyd Wallace produced two personal bests as he finished a fantastic seventh at the Aerial Skiing World Cup in Deer Valley, Utah. The 20-year-old, who is supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship, landed two triple-twisting somersaults – a move he has been working on in training – to achieve his impressive result. “I am absolutely ecstatic!” said the Sport Performance student. “Both jumps were the best I’ve ever done on snow....

05 February 2016

Anna Smith and Jocelyn Rae help GB make convincing start to Federation Cup campaign

Team Bath-MCTA Tennis player Anna Smith and doubles partner Jocelyn Rae maintained their 100 per cent record in the Federation Cup as they helped Great Britain to a 3-0 win over South Africa on Thursday. Smith and Rae, who reached the third round of the women’s doubles at last month’s Australian Open, turned around an early 2-0 deficit to beat Madrie Le Roux and Michelle Sammons 6-3 6-2. That came on the back of singles...

04 February 2016