Fantastic four BUCS wins in a row for University of Bath women’s tennis aces

The University of Bath women’s tennis team are celebrating after recording a fantastic four successive victories in the BUCS Team Championship Finals. Their latest triumph came during BUCS Big Wednesday at Loughborough University, where they enjoyed an 8-4 victory over Durham University. Alex Walker lost 6-1 6-2 to Mallory Cecil but Bath won the three other singles matches to take control. Natasha Starling beat Vicky Lozano 6-2 5-7 6-1, Elaine Genovese recovered from a slow...

01 April 2015

Team Bath Netball defender Stacey Francis determined to be fit for England World Cup campaign after Superleague setback

Stacey Francis is confident she will be fit for England’s Netball World Cup campaign, despite being ruled out for the remainder of Team Bath Netball’s regular Superleague season. The influential defender sat out Monday night’s 42-33 defeat at Hertfordshire Mavericks after being told she must rest a knee injury. She will also miss Thursday’s must-win trip to fourth-placed Yorkshire Jets, the Easter Monday visit to Loughborough Lightning and the final home game of the Superleague...

31 March 2015

University of Bath hosts college sport National Championships for fifth successive year

One of the largest sporting events in England returned to the University of Bath over the weekend as 1,800 college students took part in the AoC Sport National Championships. It was the fifth successive year the three-day, 14-sport competition had been staged at the Sports Training Village, with students and organisers once again impressed by the facilities. The students taking part were aged 16 to 19 and each had qualified to take part in the...

31 March 2015

Pennant is just reward as Bath University Boat Club produces best-ever Head of the River Race result

Rowers at the University of Bath continued their excellent 2015 form when they produced a best-ever finish at the prestigious annual Head of the River Race. The Bath University Boat Club eight of Tom Bright, Tom Mapp, Joe Edgeley, Nick Bell, Harry Shimmin, Alex Clark, Ben Jackson and Alex Wilding, coxed by Kim Wilkinson, finished 39th overall and were winners of the Intermediate 3 Academic Pennant. More than 300 crews took part in the race...

30 March 2015

University of Bath-based swimmer Stephanie Millward remains upbeat despite IPC World Championships setback

Stephanie Millward was in philosophical mood after a heavy cold ended her hopes of defending her four IPC World Swimming Championship titles this summer. The University of Bath-based swimmer was not able to perform at her best during the weekend’s British Para Swimming International Meet in Glasgow. She failed to make the 18-strong British Swimming squad for the 2015 World Championships, as did Aquae Sulis Performance Swimming Club team-mate Aaron Moores, but is approaching the...

30 March 2015

Big weekend of sport as University of Bath hosts 1,800 students for AoC National Championships

More than 1,800 college students from across Britain will get to experience the world-class facilities at the University of Bath this weekend when they compete in the AoC Sport National Championships. The Sports Training Village will provide the venue for basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, football, hockey, netball, rugby, table tennis, tennis, trampolining and volleyball, as well as opening and closing ceremonies.  Evening meals will take place in the Claverton Rooms and Fountain Canteen on...

27 March 2015

Podium place for University of Bath-based Aaron Moores at British Para-Swimming International Meet in Glasgow

University of Bath-based swimmer Aaron Moores picked up a medal on the opening day of the 2015 British Para-Swimming International Meet in Glasgow. The Aquae Sulis Performance Swimming Club member won bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke, the SB14 swimmer touching the wall in 1:09.57 for 881 classification points. Gold went to Warrender Baths’ Scott Quin (1:07.53, 963pts) and Sweden’s Karl Forsman (SB5) won silver (1:34.41, 910pts). Moores and Aquae Sulis team-mate Stephanie Millward –...

27 March 2015

Aerial skier Lloyd Wallace soars to World Junior Championships podium place in Italy

Lloyd Wallace capped the best season of his career so far by winning a bronze medal in aerial skiing at the World Junior Championships in Valmalenco, Italy. Despite reduced visibility and falling snow, the University of Bath Sports Performance student nailed two triple twisting double somersaults. That earned the 20-year-old from Shaftesbury a lifetime best score of 190.70 for his full double-full and double-full full, returning him to the podium for the third time in...

25 March 2015

500 days to go – University of Bath-based athletes start countdown to Rio 2016 Olympic Games

It is exactly 500 days until the 2016 Olympic Games get under way – and elite athletes at the University of Bath are starting to map out their road to Rio. Nearly 40 athletes who train or trained at the Sports Training Village competed at London 2012 and hopes are high for another big Bath representation when the Olympic cauldron is next lit on August 5, 2016. Nick Woodbridge knows exactly what it is like...

24 March 2015

Team Bath MCTA Tennis coach Tom Ellis wins Aegon LTA national award after fun day success

Team Bath MCTA Tennis coach Tom Ellis has been named as Aegon LTA National Coach of the Month for March after helping to deliver another highly-successful fun day at the University of Bath. More than 100 pupils in Reception and Year 1 from schools across Bath and Wiltshire attended Saturday’s free event at the International High Performance Centre, learning racket skills and practising agility, balance and coordination drills. Twelve LTA coaches delivered the sessions and...

24 March 2015