The British skeleton team produced another strong set of results in the lead up to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Lizzy Yarnold, who does some of her training at the University of Bath, added a silver medal at the second World Cup of the season at Park City in the USA to the gold she won in the opening competition in Calgary, Canada. University of Bath graduate Shelley Rudman, the reigning world champion, made...
The University features strongly in plans unveiled today by British Swimming. Its Sports Training Village has been named as one of only two national centres for the sport in Great Britain as it continues to prepare for the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The British Gas GBR National Centre for Swimming at University of Bath will become a performance hub for the sport from the beginning of the new year. The centre will grow...
University of Bath students Steph Cornish and Alex Walker helped the British team take bronze at the Master-U BNP Paribas University International in France. Great Britain, with Team Bath MCTA Tennis Academy Director of Tennis Barry Scollo as team manager, came third among the eight nations behind winners the USA and second placed Russia. Sports Performance student Walker and Economics student Cornish both impressed as Great Britain beat the host nation 4-2 in the bronze...
A Tim Davenport hat-trick made sure Team Bath Buccaneers men's firsts went into the Christmas break on top of the England Hockey Now: Pension West Conference. Davenport netted the first three in Buccs' 4-0 win over ISCA at the Sports Training Village on Saturday (30 November) with Welsh international Ben Carless smashing home to complete the rout. With 11 of the 18 games in the regular season played, Team Bath Buccs are two points clear...
It was a terrific weekend for Bath-based British Skeleton athletes with Lizzy Yarnold winning gold and University of Bath student Dom Parsons taking bronze at the opening World Cup event of the season. Yarnold, who trains at the University, finished second behind Noelle Pikus-Pace in Calgary, Canada, but was upgraded to gold after the American was disqualified. “I'm really pleased, it’s a good start to my first Olympic season,” she said. It feels like it...
Team Bath have announced a squad with an exciting blend of youth and experience to defend their Netball Superleague title in 2014. Team Bath are the most successful team in the history of the Superleague – their 62-56 Grand Final victory over Celtic Dragons in May earned them a fifth title from just eight Superleague campaigns. Head coach Jess Thirlby’s 15-strong squad for the 2014 campaign features six senior England internationals and eight current University...
University of Bath hockey coach Jody Paul will play a key role in England’s campaign at the Junior Hockey World Cup in India next month. Jody, a former South African international defender, will be England’s assistant coach at the men's Junior World Cup, which runs from 6 to 15 December in New Delhi. England warmed up for the competition at a tournament in Malaysia, where they finished sixth out of six, suggesting they could face...
University of Bath-based athletes landed many of the top honours at the annual Bath Chronicle Sports Awards ceremony, with Stephanie Millward, Paul Blake and Team Bath’s Superleague netballers among the winners of major awards. Paralympic swimmer Stephanie Millward was named winner of the coveted sports personality of the year award at last night’s (Wednesday) ceremony at Bath Racecourse. It came after another impressive year that saw the Aquae Sulis Performance Swimming Club member, who trains...
University of Bath-based swimmer Lizzie Simmonds struck gold at the final FINA World Cup event of the year. Lizzie, who trains at the British Swimming Bath Intensive Training Centre (ITC), took gold in the 50m backstroke in the Beijing 2008 Olympic pool today (Wednesday). The in-form swimmer followed that up with 200m backstroke bronze. It was a decent day for Bath ITC swimmers, with both Sophie Allen and Michael Jamieson also in the medals. Sophie...
University of Bath graduate and London 2012 Olympic gold medal winning rower Heather Stanning has completed a six-month tour as part of the British military’s force in Afghanistan. Heather, who graduated from the University with a degree in Sports Technology in 2007, joined forces with Helen Glover to become the first British women’s rowing Olympic gold medallists. The pair learned to row at the University of Bath. Following her Olympic success Captain Stanning returned to...
