Team Bath’s Alicia Barnett is new British number one women’s doubles player after winning first WTA 250 title with Olivia Nicholls in Canada

Team Bath Tennis player Alicia Barnett is the new British number one in women’s doubles after she and partner Olivia Nicholls won their first WTA 250 title in Canada this week. Barnett, coached by Ian MacDonald at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, and Nicholls recovered from a set down to beat fellow Brit Harriet Dart and her partner Rosalie Van der Hoek 5-7 6-3 10-1 in the final of the Granby National Bank Championships....

02 September 2022

New chapter begins as Team Bath Netball reveal vibrant and youthful squad for 2023 Superleague season

Team Bath Netball has today unveiled a vibrant new-look squad for the 2023 Superleague season that is ready to write a new chapter in the club’s famous history. Seven members of the 2022 squad have recommitted to the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold including Imogen Allison and Betsy Creak, fresh from this summer’s Commonwealth Games. Defenders Tash Pavelin and Lily-May Catling are also back, as are exciting young attacking trio Kirsty Harris, Lily Jones and...

30 August 2022

Dual Career student-athlete Cecilie Andersen anchors Great Britain to top-10 finishes at 2022 World University Orienteering Championships

University of Bath postgraduate student Cecilie Andersen helped Great Britain record two top-10 placings at the 2022 World University Orienteering Championships in Switzerland. The Team Bath Dual Career student-athlete, who studies an Integrated PhD in Statistical Applied Mathematics, also raced in two individual events during an impressive week of competition in Biel/Bienne. “It was an amazing experience and I gained a lot of confidence from the parts of the courses where was running almost at...

29 August 2022

Be bold, be brave, believe – Asha Francis wants new-look Team Bath Netball squad to embrace ‘fearless’ approach in 2023 season

Netballers playing without fear or inhibition, committing to a dynamic style safe in the knowledge they have the total belief and support of team-mates and coaches as they embark on a journey of individual and collective growth. That is the culture and ethos that new Head Coach Asha Francis is looking to nurture at Team Bath Netball in the months and years ahead as she prepares to unveil a vibrant new-look squad for the 2023...

26 August 2022

Major coup for British Skeleton as Latvian legend Martins Dukurs joins University of Bath-based programme as Performance Coach

Six-times World Champion and double Olympic silver-medallist Martins Dukurs has joined University of Bath-based British Skeleton as Performance Coach. The 38-year-old Latvian announced his retirement from competition earlier this week following an incredible career that also saw him win six European Championship crowns, 11 World Cup title and 61 World Cup races. “The opportunity to join such a great team came at the perfect time,” said Dukurs. “If I look simply at history of results...

21 August 2022

University of Bath-based swimmers end busy but rewarding summer with 45 medals after earning 14 more at European Championships

Swimmers who train at the University of Bath finished a hectic summer of international competition with a phenomenal 45 medals between them after winning another 14 at the 2022 European Championships in Rome. Freya Anderson led the way with two gold, three silver and a bronze while there were further podium places for fellow British Swimming Performance Centre Bath swimmers Tom Dean, Ed Mildred, Jacob Peters, Kieran Bird and Holly Hibbott. University of Bath Swimming...

18 August 2022

Birmingham 2022: Magnificent 33-medal haul for University of Bath-associated athletes as Commonwealth Games come to a close

History-making athletes who train, study or studied at the University of Bath finished the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games with a fantastic 33 medals between them– seven gold, 17 silver and nine bronze. They came across three different sports – a first-ever athletics medal for Guernsey from Sports Performance alumnus Alastair Chalmers; two brilliant judo medals for Team Bath’s Rhys Thompson and Sports & Exercise Science alumna Gemma Howell; and an incredible 30-medal haul in the...

08 August 2022

Biggest title win moves Team Bath Tennis ace Alicia Barnett and doubles partner Olivia Nicholls into world’s top 90 for first time

Team Bath Tennis ace Alicia Barnett and doubles partner Olivia Nicholls recorded the best win of their careers to date as they secured their first ITF title in Poland. A 6-1 7-6(3) win over top seeds Vivian Heisen and Katarzyna Kawa in Saturday’s final of the W100 Grodzisk Mazowiecki tournament moves the British duo into the WTA doubles top 90 for the first time, Barnett hitting a career-high ranking of 87. Having survived a three-set...

07 August 2022

Birmingham 2022: Bath graduate Alastair Chalmers makes athletics history for Guernsey but netballers miss out on Birmingham 2022 final

University of Bath alumnus Alastair Chalmers made athletics history for Guernsey but there was semi-final disappointment for Team Bath Netball’s England stars at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on Saturday. Chalmers, who studied Sports Performance and was supported by a King Sporting Scholarship, produced a gutsy run from the inside lane to take 400m hurdles bronze at the Alexander Stadium in 49.97 – Guernsey’s first-ever track and field medal at a Commonwealth Games. “I gritted...

06 August 2022

Birmingham 2022: Team Bath’s Imogen Allison makes big impact as England defeat Silver Ferns and top netball group at Commonwealth Games

Team Bath star Imogen Allison produced one of the moments of the Commonwealth Games netball competition to help England defeat New Zealand and progress to the Birmingham 2022 semi-finals as Pool B winners. Allison, who studied Sports & Exercise Science at the University of Bath, made a huge impact after coming onto the court at wing-defence with 20 minutes to go, including an incredible interception which she then chased down to feed Eleanor Cardwell for...

04 August 2022