Commonwealth champ just misses out on bronze in Kazakhstan

Commonwealth judo champion Megan Fletcher narrowly missed out on a medal at the Astana Grand Prix in Kazakhstan at the weekend but remains upbeat of the prospect of winning a medal in Uzbekistan in her next competition. The under-70kg category fighter fought world-class opposition and had to come through a repechage in the third round to have a chance of winning a medal. She beat Brazilian fighter Maria Portela in that round before going down...

13 October 2014

Iconic coach Norma Plummer to share experience at Team Bath

Team Bath’s netball coaches are to benefit from the advice and guidance of one of the most respected figures in the sport, former Australian national coach Norma Plummer. Plummer, who coached Australia to two World Championships, will spend a month at the University of Bath, where she will assist Team Bath’s netball coaches and work with Team Bath’s Superleague players. “This is a massive coup for us,” said Jess Thirlby, Team Bath’s head coach. “Norma...

10 October 2014

Fresher Fiona relishing Scotland chance

University of Bath fresher Fiona Burnet is hoping to make her senior hockey debut for Scotland in the forthcoming three-game series against Germany. Fiona, originally from Helensburgh near Glasgow, has just started studying for a Politics with International Relations degree at the University of Bath. Formerly with Glasgow side Clydesdale Western, she now combines studying with hockey training and playing for Team Bath Buccaneers and the University of Bath hockey teams. Fiona featured for the...

10 October 2014

Latest athletes of the month are announced

Athletes competing in athletics, judo, modern pentathlon, rugby and swimming are the latest winners of the Team Bath athlete of the month awards. The winners of awards, which are supported by Oakley and Ellis & Killpartrick, once again showed the breadth of sporting talent at the University of Bath. Our latest winners covered the months of June, July and August. Modern pentathlete Kate French and rugby player Freddie Clarke collected the awards for June. Kate...

09 October 2014

Team Bath announce exciting long squad for 2015

An array of exciting and talented players feature in Team Bath’s 20-strong long squad for the 2015 Netball Superleague season. The final squad of 15 is expected to be announced later this year ready for the new Superleague season, which gets underway at the end of January. Team Bath are the most successful team in the history of the Superleague, having won five of the nine campaigns contested to date. The long squad for 2015...

08 October 2014

Gemma continues comeback with Glasgow gold

University of Bath student Gemma Howell continued her comeback from injury by taking gold at the 2014 Glasgow European Judo Open at the weekend. Gemma represented Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games but suffered a serious injury to her left knee that has effectively kept her out of the sport for two years. But she made up for lost time with a bronze medal at the Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia last month...

07 October 2014

Top tennis returns to the University of Bath

Top tennis returns to the University of Bath next month with the annual Aegon GB Pro-Series tournament moving from spring to autumn for the first time. The event is run by the LTA and held on the indoor courts at the Sports Training Village. Free for spectators Now in its ninth year, the week-long tournament is free for spectators to watch and is aimed at players in the early stages of their professional careers. There’s...

06 October 2014

Singles and doubles success for Jess

University of Bath based badminton player Jess Hopton is celebrating a double triumph at the Swiss Junior Open in Basel. Hopton won the under-19 women’s singles title and joined forces with Lydia Powell to win the doubles. Seeded 5/8 for the singles, Hopton beat Ira Banerjee, England’s under-19 national champion, in the quarter-finals, before defeating France’s Joanna Chaube in the final. Hopton and Powell, seeded 3/4 for the doubles, beat top seeds Banerjee and Jessica...

02 October 2014

Bath NTC pair selected for Short Course World Champs

University of Bath-based swimmers Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and Chris Walker-Hebborn have been selected for the British team to compete at the FINA Short Course World Championships in Doha later this year. The pair, who both train with British Swimming's Bath National Training Centre (NTC), are members of a 12-strong British team for the championships. The action gets underway on 3 December and lasts for five days. The Bath pair have both had stunning years, with Walker-Hebborn...

01 October 2014

Samantha features on Sky sportswoman of the month shortlist

University of Bath-based modern pentathlon world champion Samantha Murray has been named on the shortlist of the September Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Month award. The University of Bath French and Politics graduate, who trains at Pentathlon GB's National Training Centre at the University, was nominated for the award after becoming only the fourth British woman to win the individual modern pentathlon world championship crown. She features on a shortlist of six athletes along with...

01 October 2014