Birmingham 2022: Who to watch as 24 University of Bath-based sportspeople and 12 graduates compete at Commonwealth Games

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games officially begin today (Thursday) and there will once again be plenty of University of Bath interest at an international multi-sport championships. Thirty-six athletes who either train, study or studied at the University will competing in the West Midlands over the next 11 days, looking to add to the 44 medals won by Bath-based sportspeople at the two previous Commonwealth Games – Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018. Here are some...

28 July 2022

Birmingham 2022: 16 years of dedicated work pays off for Gregg Varey as Team Bath judoka prepares for Commonwealth Games debut

Four years after watching his wife represent Wales at the Commonwealth Games, Team Bath judoka Gregg Varey is ready to fulfil his own long-standing dream at Birmingham 2022. Varey has been part of the high-performance judo programme at the University of Bath since first joining as a Sports Performance student back in 2006. Now, after 16 years of dedicated work, he is finally set to make his debut at a major multi-sport event and emulate...

27 July 2022

Birmingham 2022: British Swimming stars return to international stage as Commonwealth Games continues busy summer of competition

Members of the British Swimming Performance Centre based at the University of Bath are ready for round two of a hectic summer of major championships as they go for gold at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. After racing at the World Championships in Budapest last month, Freya Anderson, Tom Dean, James Guy, Jacob Peters and Brodie Williams have been back in training in the 50m pool at the Team Bath Sports Training Village for the...

26 July 2022

Birmingham 2022: Team Bath Netball stars hoping to make more history with defending champs England at Commonwealth Games

Four years after England won Commonwealth netball gold for the first time, Team Bath players past and present are excited at the prospect of making their own history with the Vitality Roses at Birmingham 2022. England will have the unique experience of being defending champions at a major international tournament as well as the expectation that comes with being the host nation. However, there are several players in the squad who will be stepping onto...

25 July 2022

Birmingham 2022: Bath students past and present excited for home rugby 7s opportunity with Team England at Commonwealth Games

One is an Olympian and Commonwealth Games medallist, the other is less than a year into her international rugby career but Amy Wilson Hardy and Grace Crompton have more in common than just being England 7s team-mates for Birmingham 2022. The University of Bath has been home to both, with Wilson Hardy graduating from Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in 2015 while Crompton is a current Team Bath Dual-Career student-athlete. She has just completed the...

24 July 2022

Birmingham 2022: University of Bath swimming students targeting national records with Cyprus and Gibraltar at Commonwealth Games

National records and savouring the experience of representing their country on a major stage are the main goals of two members of the University of Bath student swimming squad competing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Butterfly specialist Johnpaul Balloqui (left in picture) will be swimming for Gibraltar at the Games when the swimming competition starts on Friday 29th July, while sprinter Markos Iakovidis (right) will join older brother and Bath alumnus Filippos in the...

23 July 2022

Birmingham 2022: Economics student Abi Galpin among trio of Bath-associated athletes hitting the track for Guernsey at Commonwealth Games

A trio of University of Bath students past and present will be proudly representing Guernsey on the athletics track at the newly-refurbished Alexander Stadium during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Chalmers brothers, Alastair and Cameron, will be competing in the 400m hurdles and 400m respectively. Both studied Sports Performance at Bath and are full GB internationals, with Alastair a semi-finalist at last week’s IAAF World Championships in Oregon and Cameron competing at the Tokyo...

22 July 2022

Birmingham 2022: Forensic Psychology student Holly Munro all set for homecoming after earning Wales hockey call-up for Commonwealth Games

Having been part of the Queen’s Baton Relay, University of Bath postgraduate student Holly Munro is set to complete her personal Commonwealth Games journey by representing Wales in hockey at Birmingham 2022. Munro, who completes a two-year Masters course in Applied Forensic Psychology with Counselling this month, carried the baton when it came through the Welsh city of Newport on its way to the opening ceremony for the Games, which is taking place on Thursday...

21 July 2022

Red Roses star Natasha Hunt enjoys homecoming as England Rugby Women complete three-week training camp at University of Bath

The England Women’s Rugby squad have completed three weeks of pre-season training camps at the University of Bath as they begin to finalise their preparations for this Autumn’s rescheduled Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Among the 37 players who trained on the University’s rugby pitches and at the Team Bath Sports Training Village while staying in accommodation on campus was Natasha ‘Mo’ Hunt, who was returning to familiar ground having studied Coach Education &...

20 July 2022

Student Jono Adam among eight University of Bath-based swimmers selected by GB for European Aquatics Championships in Rome

University of Bath student Jono Adam will make his senior British Swimming debut in Rome during August after being named in a 31-strong squad for the season-ending European Aquatics Championships. He is joined in the squad by British Swimming Performance Centre Bath team-mates Freya Anderson, Kieran Bird, Tom Dean, James Guy, Ed Mildred, Jacob Peters and Brodie Williams – all of whom will head directly to Italy after competing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games....

19 July 2022