GB and Northern Ireland Captain Lawrence Clarke, coached at the University of Bath Sports Training Village by Malcolm Arnold, was fifth in last night’s 60m hurdles final at the European Indoor Championships in Prague. After a 2013 and 2014 that were plagued with injury, the Management graduate Clarke, 25, was pleased with the improvement. He said: “I am actually quite pleased as I made a complete hash of the first two rounds and I have...
University of Bath postgraduate student Dominic Parsons produced an impressive performance on the final day of the men’s skeleton World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, to finish in seventh place overall, following up his tenth-place finish at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi last year. Parsons was in fine form today as he improved on his start and run times from yesterday’s racing, posting times of 56.23 & 56.25 today to steal a march on Korea’s...
Team Bath played a performance of true grit and determination at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village to keep their hopes of a Superleague play-off place alive. In a pulsating fixture they defeated Loughborough Lightning by 45-43. The home side was five goals adrift early in the match and in the final quarter had the crowd off their seats as they held their nerve to close out the win. Coach Jess Thirlby, who stuck...
Team Bath, backed by Carter Jonas, will draw confidence from their close encounter - resulting in a win - against Celtic Dragons in North Wales at the weekend as they prepare for their next match against Loughborough Lightning this Friday (March 6th) at the Sports Training Village. Playing at Deeside Leisure Centre, Team Bath recovered from an early 5-9 deficit to get ahead in the second quarter and emerge ultimate 42-36 winners via a 21-16...
Bobsleigh and skeleton have their World Championships, starting today in Winterberg, Germany, in an event which will see University of Bath postgraduate student and Sochi Olympian Dominic Parsons go in search of a first "major" Championships medal in the men's skeleton. Bobsleigh named a 14-person squad last week which includes the World no.1 junior female pilot Mica McNeill and twice summer Olympian Simeon Williamson. Williamson, one of seven push athletes selected, has emerged from the sport's...
University of Bath-based Modern Pentathlon Performance Director Jan Bartu could not keep the smile out of his normally-controlled voice. “We are over the moon. These are fantastic results”, he said as his squad began the journey back from Sarasota, USA, where they had just made history by winning the individual men’s and women’s golds at senior World Cup level for the first time as well as bronze in the women’s event. “These results far exceeded...
Lawrence Clarke, Kirsten McAslan and Laura Maddox have been named today in a 39–strong team to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, from 5-8 March. Clarke, a graduate student at the University of Bath, has been in great form this indoor season, setting a new personal best in the 60m hurdles and winning the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield earlier this month. He is...
Team Bath battled hard but lost in a closely fought match to Yorkshire Jets, going down 51-54 in their third successive Superleague home defeat. It was always going to be an uphill struggle for the home side after going down by ten goals in the opening six minutes of the match but they showed great character as they fought back to go ahead briefly in the third quarter even if they could not bring the...
Judo player Ben Fletcher and British skeleton athlete Laura Deas are are our latest winners for January’s Team Bath athlete of the month awards. The awards, which are supported by REVO Eyewear and Ellis & Killpartrick, once again showcased the outstanding caliber of sporting talent at the University of Bath. Ben collected the men’s award after winning his first World Cup gold medal in Tunisia on return from injury, beating Russia’s Khaybula Magomedov in the -100kg final. Ben also won the British Championships back in December. Laura has had a big breakthrough this...
Jessica Hopton, part of the England U19 badminton squad, led a successful group of Team Bath badminton players at the weekend’s English National U19 Championships in Milton Keynes. Hopton, hoping for selection to the World Junior Championships team this year, won the women’s doubles with Lydia Powell in three incredibly tight sets – 21-15, 20-22, 22-20. She also reached the singles semi-finals, losing to reigning champion, top seed and eventual winner Banerjee at that stage...
