University of Bath student Sam Courty helped the British women’s eight to the silver medal at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Italy. The American crew led from the start of the final and went on to capture gold at Varese, leaving the GB boat battling it out with Germany and Australia for silver and bronze. And it was the GB eight, with Sport and Exercise Science student Courty in the number five seat, that...
Teenager Siobhan-Marie O’Connor produced stunning performance to strike gold in the women’s 200m individual medley on day four of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games tonight (Sunday). O’Connor, who trains at British Swimming’s National Training Centre at the University of Bath, led from the start and her time of 2:08.21 was both a British record and a Commonwealth Games record. It means the 18-year-old has now won a gold, three silvers and a bronze at the...
Weightlifter Zoe Smith led the way with a gold medal as University of Bath-based athletes collected five medals on day three of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. It means athletes linked to the University have now won medals on each of the first three days of the Games. Smith, the bronze medallist for England in Delhi four years ago, made it gold this time around in the women’s under-58kg class. She lifted 92kg in the...
It was a golden day for University of Bath-based athletes at Glasgow 2014 today, with both Megan Fletcher and Chris Walker-Hebborn topping the podium on day two of the Commonwealth Games. Team Bath judo player Fletcher led the way, becoming the first athlete training at the University to strike gold at the Games when she beat New Zealand’s Moira De Villiers in the final of the women’s under-70kg class. The England judo player had earlier...
Eighteen-year-old Siobhan-Marie O’Connor became the first University of Bath based athlete to win a medal at the Glasgow 2014 Games when she struck silver in the 200m freestyle tonight. O’Connor, who trains at British Swimming’s National Training Centre at the University of Bath, came home second with a time of 1:55.82, just behind Australia’s Emma McKeon, who took gold in 1:55.57. O’Connor then wrapped up the evening in the pool by helping the England's 4x100m...
A trio of University of Bath-based Paralympians have been selected to represent Great Britain at next month’s IPC Athletics European Championships. Paul Blake, Sophie Kamlish and Ben Rushgrove are all members of the 56-strong GB team for the competition, which takes place in Swansea from 18 to 23 August. The trio are all coached by Rob Ellchuk. Blake and Rushgrove will both run the T36 100m with Blake also tackling the T36 400m, while Kamlish...
Team Bath MCTA Tennis Academy players have been enjoying success on the international stage, with impressive results in Sweden, Canada, Belgium and the UK. Anna Smith and partner Jos Rae finished runners-up in the women's doubles at the $250,000 WTA Tour Collector Swedish Open in Bastad. They went down 6-1 6-1 in the final to Andreja Klepac and Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor. After their recent appearance at Wimbledon, Smith and Rae are now aiming for the US...
There were some local successes at the start of the annual Team Bath Tennis Festival, which is being held at the University of Bath this week. More than 600 competitors from around the country are taking part in the festival, which is now in its 17th year. It kicked off with mini tennis at the weekend, where Avon player Evan Baker beat Sam Austin from Gloucestershire in a close final. Daniel Prickett from Hampshire and...
Reigning Commonwealth netball champions New Zealand have been fine-tuning their preparations for the Glasgow 20014 Games at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. The New Zealand team won gold at both the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006 and again at Delhi in 2010 and will arrive in Glasgow as one of the pre-competition favourites. They spent their final pre-Games preparation camp training at the University of Bath before transferring to the Athletes’ Village for...
Team Bath and England player Serena Guthrie is heading to the southern hemisphere to play for ANZ Championship side Northern Mystics next season. The dynamic midcourter, who captained Team Bath’s Superleague team last season and is part of England’s Commonwealth Games squad, has been offered the opportunity to play for one of the top sides in the ANZ next year. Guthrie, who plays wing defence and centre, featured in Team Bath’s Superleague winning teams in...
