Jamieson is British universities sportsman of the year

University of Bath graduate and swimmer Michael Jamieson has been named British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Sportsman of the Year. The 24-year-old Sports Performance graduate was named winner of the prize at last night’s (Thursday) BUCS Awards Dinner. He said: “I’m delighted to have been named BUCS sportsman of the year. I owe a lot of thanks to the University for their support in the past few years, without whom I would not have...

12 July 2013

Bath trio make perfect start to European Champs

The British trio of Katy Burke, Kate French and Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray made the perfect start to the Modern Pentathlon European Championships by winning team relay gold in Poland today (Thursday). The British team, who train at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre at the Unviersity of Bath, led from the fencing at the start of the day and followed that with consistent performances in the swim, ride and run/shoot to take the...

11 July 2013

Judo players miss out in medals in Kazan

Team Bath judo players missed out on the medals at the World University Games in Russia. In the women’s under-70kg class, Megan Fletcher just missed out on a quarter-final berth in Kazan when she lost her round of 16 contest to Cuba’s Onix Cortes Aldama. The bout went the full five minutes before the Cuban edged it with a late Yuko score. Cortes Aldama went on to take bronze overall. Fletcher had earlier beaten Russia’s...

10 July 2013

Jamieson on universities sportsman of the year shortlist

University of Bath graduate Michael Jamieson features on the shortlist for the British Universities sportsman of the year award. Jamieson, who has just graduated in Sports Performance, won silver in the 200m breaststroke at the London 2012 Olympics. He features on a three-strong shortlist for the award, along with table tennis player Chris Doran of Nottingham Trent University and hockey player Harry Martin of the University of Nottingham. The winner will be announced at the...

09 July 2013

Jamieson one of five from Bath for World Championships

Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson has been named as one of five University of Bath-based swimmers selected by British Swimming for the World Championships from July 28 – August 4 in Barcelona. Jamieson trains, a Sports Performance student, trains at the British Gas ITC on campus and for the Scot the prospect of the World Championships, after a difficult preparation for the national championships, is an exciting one. “I was surprised by my swims at...

04 July 2013

Samantha Murray crosses academic finishing line

[caption id="attachment_30120" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Samantha Murray (right) pictured with team-mate Mhairi Spence"][/caption]London 2012 Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray graduates from the University of Bath on Thursday 4 July – but she plans to be a familiar face around campus for some time to come. Samanatha receives her BA (Hons) in French and Politics at a ceremony in the majestic surroundings of Bath Abbey. But she won’t be moving too far away from Bath just yet...

01 July 2013

Respected athletics coach to receive honoray degree

Malcolm Arnold OBE, one of Britain’s most successful and respected athletics coaches, is to receive an honorary degree. Arnold will receive an honorary Doctor of Education from the University, where he has worked as a British Athletics coach for the last 15 years. During that time athletes coached by Arnold have won 40 medals at Olympic Games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games and European Championships. They include names that read like a ‘Who’s Who’ of some...

26 June 2013

Team Bath MCTA players are still in action at Wimbledon

Team Bath MCTA Tennis Academy player Samantha Murray battled hard for over an hour on court 10 at Wimbledon before going out of the Championships. Ranked at no.235 in the world, Murray got a wild card into the main singles draw after some good results this season so far but went down 3-6, 4-6 to Camila Giorgi of Italy, the world no.93. Murray and her Team Bath MCTA counterpart Lisa Whybourn still have chances left...

25 June 2013

Reed strikes gold in Miami

Team Bath judo player Tom Reed scored the biggest result of his career by winning gold at the IJF Grand Prix in Miami. Reed beat Tuvshinjargal Gan of Mongolia with a golden score in the semi-final of the under-81kg class event. He followed that up with victory in the final over Argentina’s Emmanuel Lucenti, who finished seventh in the division at the London 2012 Olympics. Reed is a University of Bath Business Administration graduate. Juergen...

22 June 2013

Richard Gabb Wins British Tour Event

Team Bath MCTA tennis player Richard Gabb won the British Tour Event at Nottingham on 7 June 2013. He scooped the trophy and prize money but also earned himself a wild card into the Main Draw of the Aegon Nottingham Challenge (ATP Challenger) Event as well. Gabb lost to world #120 Steve Johnson (USA) 62 63 on the grass courts, another good learning experience. The tier 1 British Tour event is played as part of...

17 June 2013