Team Bath kept that winning feeling going today for the home fans with a solid but not spectacular 61-35 netball Superleague victory over Team Northumbria at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village. Mia Ritchie, the all-action pocket-rocket in the mid-court for the home team, summed up the mood in the post-match camp when she said that they were “not as happy as we would have liked to be”. “We didn’t put them under enough...
University of Bath-based hurdler Eilidh Child will return to the city from the European Indoor Championships in Sweden with two medals – and without clearing a single jump. The Scot, who is coached by Malcolm Arnold – British Athletics’ Lead Hurdles Coach, runs the 400m hurdles in the outdoor season but has been enjoying an impressive flat season indoors during the winter. She looked good in qualifying through the heats and semis of the 400m...
It was a case of normal service resumed for Team Bath as they ran out 69-30 winners over Loughborough Lightning in the Netball Superleague at the University of Bath tonight (Friday). Playing in front of a sell-out crowd of almost 1400 fans, Team Bath quickly erased memories of last week’s defeat. The two teams looked evenly matched early on as they probed each other for weaknesses. Team Bath took the first quarter 13-8. Team Bath...
Top-flight international tennis returns to the University of Bath this month in the shape of the Aegon GB Pro-Series event – and you can watch the action for free. Once again there is a strong entry for both the men’s and women’s competition when the tournament gets underway at the Sports Training Village on Sunday 10 March. Both tournaments provide an opportunity to watch some of the rising stars of international tennis – previous winners...
Bobby Crutchley, former University of Bath hockey coach, has been named the new head coach of the England men’s hockey team. Crutchley, who still lives in Bath, coached University of Bath and Team Bath Buccaneers teams from 1999 to 2005. During that time he coached the University men’s team to their first British Universities final. He was also player/coach when Buccs men’s firsts won the then West Premier League and qualified for the National League...
University of Bath graduate Kelly Gallagher has netted three medals at the International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing World Championships in Spain. Gallagher is a visually impaired athlete who graduated from the University with a Mathematics degree in 2006. She was partnered by guide Charlotte Evans at the championships in La Molina. The pair rounded off their campaign by claiming silver in the Super Combined, an event that combines one speed and one technical event. It...
Head coach Jess Thirlby is looking for an instant response from her team in Friday’s Netball Superleague fixture against Loughborough Lightning after her side suffered their first defeat of the season at Surrey Storm at the weekend. Team Bath host Loughborough at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Friday (1 March) night. Tickets have now sold out for the fixture against and there will be no tickets available to purchase on the door....
Nineteen-year-old Joe Evans produced a stunning performance to win bronze at his first Modern Pentathlon World Cup. Evans, a Sports Performance student at the University of Bath and a product of Pentathlon GB’s World Class Talent Pathway, performed consistently throughout the day at the opening World Cup of the new Olympic cycle. He crossed the finishing line at Palm Springs in California just eight seconds behind world champion Alexander Lesun of Russia and two seconds...
The University of Bath is set to play a key role in helping England Netball achieve its goal of making England become world netball champions within six years. England Netball has announced that the University of Bath will host one of its new Intensive Netball Training Centres (INTCs). A network of three Intensive Netball Training Centres is being developed by England Netball to improve the standard of the country’s best netballers and help England achieve...
Four of the University Championship crews finished in the top six at the BUCS Head, held over a five kilometer course, in Boston, Lincolnshire. The Start athletes who were at GB Rowing Trials the previous weekend, were back in action claiming third in the Mens Championship 4-, the crew of Jack Cadman, Frazier Christie, Alex Wilding , Ben Jackson took bronze in a highly contested event. They then went on to team up with Start...
