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Gold medals and national records as University of Bath student-swimmers impress at national champs in England and Portugal

There were a host of personal bests and medals, including gold for Jana Spinner and Josh Gammon, when University of Bath student swimmers impressed at the Swim England National Winter Championships 2022. Natural Sciences student Spinner secured two titles, touching the wall first in both the 100m backstroke (1:08.49) and 100m individual medley (1:01.50). She was also runner-up in the 50m breaststroke (31.63). [caption id="attachment_68254" align="alignright" width="292"] Jana Spinner (centre) won two gold medals. PICTURES:...

09 December 2022

VIDEO: Duncan Hood’s late solo try secures hard-fought win in Cardiff as Team Bath get back to BUCS Super Rugby winning ways

A superb solo try in the closing stages from Duncan Hood sealed an excellent 27-21 win in Cardiff as Team Bath immediately bounced back to BUCS Super Rugby winning ways on Wednesday. The Bath Building Society-sponsored men’s 1st XV were holding on to a single-point lead under pressure from the hosts when the Scotland U20 hooker collected a pass just inside the Cardiff half and feinted to pass before accelerating through a gap in the...

08 December 2022

Plenty of great netball for big crowd to enjoy as Team Bath make “positive” start to pre-season at entertaining home tri-tournament

Team Bath Netball Head Coach Asha Francis says her new-look Super League squad will take plenty of positives from their first pre-season run-out in Saturday’s home tri-tournament. An 800-strong crowd enjoyed three well-contested games at the Team Bath Arena as the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold hosted fellow Super League clubs London Pulse and Saracens Mavericks. It was Pulse who took home the Lyn Gunson Trophy after beating Team Bath 36-26 and Mavericks 40-39, with...

06 December 2022

GB wheelchair fencers bring super six continental crowns back to University of Bath training base from IWASF European Championships

It was another week to remember for the GB wheelchair fencing team that trains at the University of Bath as they won a super six titles at the 2022 IWASF European Championships in Warsaw, Poland. Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver secured two individual crowns apiece before joining forces with Oliver Lam-Watson and Joshua Waddell to win men’s team gold in the epee and foil competitions. [caption id="attachment_68216" align="alignright" width="216"] Piers Gilliver won gold in both...

05 December 2022

Team Bath suffer defeat at the hands of Exeter

Team Bath men’s 1st XV travelled to Exeter yesterday (30th November) as their unbeaten BUCS Super Rugby away record faced a traditionally tough challenge in the BUCS Super Rugby South-West derby against Exeter University. The Bath Building Society-sponsored side had won all three of their matches on the road this season and were sitting joint top of the table after a four-game unbeaten run. The first half, which saw Exeter strike first, was fairly evenly matched, with both sides...

01 December 2022

Super League and international players among talented Team Bath Netball age-group squads selected for 2022-23 season

England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Wales senior and age-group internationals are among the 69 players selected in Team Bath Netball’s Netball Performance League (NPL) and Player Development Programme (PDP) squads for the 2022-23 season. The U21s, looking to build on last season’s double bronze-medal success in the national league and knockout competitions, include four members of Team Bath’s Super League squad – goal-keeper Jayda Pechova, mid-courter Phoebe Maslen and attackers Sophie Kelly and...

01 December 2022

Team Bath Judo’s George Kroussaniotakis follows up Cyprus national title with best-ever Continental Open result in Lebanon

University of Bath student George Kroussaniotakis followed up his victory at the Cyprus Judo Championships by earning another podium place at the Zouk Mikhael Asian Open in Lebanon. The Sport & Exercise Science student, who trains with Team Bath Judo in the Sports Training Village dojo, was crowned as national champion in the men’s -100kg weight division. He then continued that fine form in Lebanon, producing his best-ever result at Continental Open level as he...

30 November 2022

Marcus Wyatt’s first World Cup gold leads fantastic five-medal haul for British Bobsleigh and Skeleton sliders at Whistler season opener

University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) athletes won gold, three silver and bronze during a stunning start to the 2022-23 IBSF World Cup season in Whistler, Canada. Marcus Wyatt (pictured top left) claimed his first World Cup win in the men’s skeleton race on Thursday, his combined time of 1:45.44 for two runs pipping South Korea's Jung Seung-gi by one-hundredth of a second, and was joined on the podium by team-mate Matt...

27 November 2022

Jasper Spandler hat-trick tees Team Bath up for bonus-point victory over Swansea to extend BUCS Super Rugby winning run

A first-half hat-trick from England U20 hooker Jasper Spandler set Team Bath on their way to a hard-earned 24-7 victory over Swansea as they extended their BUCS Super Rugby winning run to four games. Replacement Haydn Barnes added a late try to secure a bonus point for the Bath Building Society-sponsored men’s 1st XV on a cold, windy night at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. All four tries came from lineouts and Mark Lilley,...

23 November 2022

Twelve medals and host of PBs help University of Bath student-swimmers finish third overall at BUCS Short Course Champs

University of Bath student-swimmers won 12 medals, including gold for GB international Jono Adam, when they competed at the BUCS Short Course Championships 2022-23 in Sheffield over the weekend. Those medals and a host of personal bests helped Bath finish third in the overall standings, as well as third in the men’s competition and fourth in the women’s. Mark Skimming, Head of Swimming at the University, said: “There were very pleasing swims over the weekend...