Team Bath netball head coach Jess Thirlby has urged fans to really get behind the team in Sunday’s home semi-final (19 May) to help propel them to a historic fifth Superleague title. The team’s 63-43 victory at Surrey Storm last night (Monday) means they topped the Showdown stage of the Superleague to book home advantage in Sunday’s big semi-final, which takes places at the University of Bath Sports Training Village at 7.30pm on Sunday. Team...
Britain’s Jamie Cooke won the first Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of his career today (Sunday), and he did it in style, taking gold in Budapest. The 22-year-old, who won the World Junior Championships in Argentina in 2011, had to produce a gritty and spirited performance to battle back from 24th place after the fencing. But the world number 40 ranked athlete was the fastest in the pool, went clear in the ride and then...
Britain’s reigning modern pentathlon world champion Mhairi Spence won her first World Cup medal of the year, taking bronze in Budapest today (Saturday). The 27-year-old London 2012 Olympian came home in third place behind the Ukrainian duo of Ganna Buriak – who won back-to-back World Cups - and Victoria Tereshuk, the Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medallist. Budapest was only Spence’s second World Cup since London 2012 and her performance was a marked improvement on her...
University of Bath graduate Heather Olver has been named in the England team to compete at this summer’s World Badminton Championships in China. Olver, a Coach Education and Sports Development graduate, is named in an 11-strong England squad for the championships, which take place in Guangzhou from 5 to 11 August. The 27-year-old partners Chris Langridge in the mixed doubles – a partnership that won this year's English National Championships. She also teams-up with Kate...
A trio of Team Bath netballers have been named in the England squad to compete at the Netball Europe Open Championships later this month. Samantha Cook, Shaunagh Craig and Yasmin Parsons all feature in the 12-strong squad for the championships, which take place in Aberdeen from 31 May through to 2 June. The talented trio all feature in Team Bath's 2013 Superleague squad. With the World Youth Championships taking place in Glasgow in August, England...
Team Bath’s netballers will probably have to wait until Monday’s (13 May) last game of their Superleague Showdown league campaign to learn their semi-final opponents. The four-times Superleague champions currently top the Showdown table. If they finish the season in first or second place they will have a home semi-final at the Sports Training Village on the weekend of Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May. But mathematically, any two of Team Bath, Surrey Storm or...
Team Bath’s Superleague netballers suffered their first home defeat of the 2013 season by 58-66 to Celtic Dragons at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village this evening. In a top-of-the-table clash Dragons perfectly executed the long ball to their totem goal-shooter Lottysha Cato to great effect whilst Team Bath could not convert their turn-over ball. “Our attacking games was not good enough”, said coach Jess Thirlby whose side had beaten the Dragons in their...
Two judo players, a tennis player and a fencer are the winners of the latest Team Bath athlete of the month awards, demonstrating the breadth of sporting talent at the University of Bath. Judo player Natasha Maslen is one of the two award winners for February. The Sports Performance student won her award for taking individual gold in the women’s under-70kg class competition at the British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) Championships. She also helped...
Team Bath maintained their 100 per cent record in the Netball Superleague Showdown with a hard-fought 60-48 victory over Celtic Dragons in Newport last night (Monday). Team Bath had to battle back from three goals down at the halfway mark to take the victory and end Dragons’ five-game winning streak. And they did it in style, taking the third quarter 18-8 and the final quarter 16-11 to establish a 12-goal winning margin. That means Team...
Team Bath judo player Emmanuel Nartey dedicated his first African Championships medal to the memory of his father, who died 10 years ago. The Ghanaian London 2012 Olympian won bronze in the under-73kg class at the championships in Maputo, Mozambique. “It was emotional week for me, but I got there in the end,” he said, who won his medal on Friday, the day after his 30th birthday. Nartey won his opening two preliminary round contests...
