Golden start to 2021-22 season as Team Bath Netball win British Fast5 All-Stars Championship for first time

Team Bath Netball are celebrating after being crowned as British Fast5 All-Stars champions for the first time following an epic afternoon at London’s Copper Box Arena. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold produced a series of tactical team performances and impactful displays from every player in the 10-strong squad to take the title, captain Imogen Allison lifting the trophy following a 23-17 win over Saracens Mavericks in the final. [caption id="attachment_66260" align="alignright" width="292"] Lucy Herdman[/caption]...

31 October 2021

Insightful online seminar during Black History Month looks at Tackling Racism and Racial Inequality in Sport report and learnings for higher-education institutions

In the week that Show Racism the Red Card staged its annual awareness day, the University of Bath hosted an online seminar as part of Black History Month looking at the work being done nationally and locally to ‘bring transformational change’ to sport. It was based around the findings of a national review into racial equality in sport, with consideration of how that could be made relevant and applied to the University of Bath’s own...

30 October 2021

Fitness instructor Luke Wilson wins bronze for GB at International Powerlifting Federation World Men’s Classic Championships

Team Bath Health & Fitness Instructor Luke Wilson won a brilliant bronze medal when he competed in the International Powerlifting Federation World Men’s Classic Championships in Halmstad, Sweden. Luke’s best lift of 260kg in the squat was only bettered by two other competitors in the U23 -83kg weight division, Italy’s Mazzucchielli Edoard and Adam Jansson of Canada who went on to place first and second overall. He was sixth in both the bench lift and...

29 October 2021

Scholar Leon Chevalier reigns in Spain as stunning season of Ironman competition ends with course record and World Champs qualification

University of Bath sporting scholar Leon Chevalier capped a stunning season by setting a course record as he beat a championship field to win the Ironman Mallorca event in Spain. The Chemical Engineering Masters student, who is supported by a Santander Scholarship, was one of only two athletes to break the eight-hour barrier for the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and marathon 26-mile run as he crossed the line in 7:59.03 to finish 56 seconds...

28 October 2021

Late penalty gives Team Bath the edge and bonus-point victory against Swansea as big crowd enjoys BUCS Super Rugby thriller

A hugely-entertaining evening of BUCS Super Rugby at the University of Bath ended with the men’s 1st XV edging a 34-32 victory over Swansea to record a dramatic first home win of the season. Another 600-strong crowd at the Sport Training Village saw Rengen-sponsored Team Bath lead 24-15 at half-time, then find themselves 32-24 behind with ten minutes to go before taking the spoils thanks to a late Luca Mignot penalty and an even later...

27 October 2021

More free BUCS Super Rugby to watch at the Sports Training Village tonight as Rengen-backed Team Bath take on Swansea

Team Bath men's 1st XV will be looking to get a first win of the 2021-22 BUCS Super Rugby season in front of their home fans when they welcome Swansea to the University of Bath Sports Training Village tonight (Wednesday, 6.30pm kick-off). The Rengen-sponsored side have had mixed fortunes since their last home match against Hartpury at the start of the month, scoring seven tries to win at Northumbria before slipping to defeat against defending...

27 October 2021

Long-range shooting star Lucy Herdman excited to represent Team Bath Netball at 2021 British Fast5 All-Stars Championship

After being one of the standout performers at the last British Fast5 All-Stars Championship, Lucy Herdman says she is excited to be bringing her ‘long bombs’ to Team Bath Netball for the 2021 tournament. Herdman, who plays goal-keeper for Severn Stars in the Vitality Superleague, will be deployed at the other end of the court by the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold in Saturday’s day-long competition at London’s Copper Box Arena. It was a role...

26 October 2021

100 days to Beijing 2022 and British Bobsleigh & Skeleton athletes experience winning silver medal on Olympic track during test event

University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association athletes Marcus Wyatt, Brad Hall and Greg Cackett enjoyed dream starts to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games season as they won silver at the test event in China today. Skeleton racer Wyatt secured second spot behind Germany’s Alexander Gassner on his very first taste of the Olympic track, clocking a combined time of 2:03.65mins in a strong field that featured all of the major contenders for...

25 October 2021

BUCS medallist Andrew McAslan raising vital funds for global It’s Time To Cure campaign after Follicular Lymphoma diagnosis

Former University of Bath student-athlete Andrew McAslan is supporting a global campaign that has raised more than £2million for potentially life-saving research into the non-Hodgkin follicular lymphoma disease he was diagnosed with earlier this year. Andrew, who studied a Masters in Mechanical Engineering and won an 800m bronze medal while representing the Blue & Gold at the 2019 BUCS Championships, is undergoing six months of immuno-chemotherapy treatment with the aim of getting a complete response to treatment,...

25 October 2021

Team Bath Netball hoping for peak performances in Fast5 and Superleague after scaling Sugar Loaf during team building exercise

Team Bath Netball’s Vitality Superleague players, coaches and support staff took on a mountain-climbing challenge over the weekend as part of their preparations to scale new heights during the 2022 season. The team-building exercise saw the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold squad head to Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales and hike up the iconic 1,955ft-high Sugar Loaf, one of the highest peaks in the Black Mountains range. It was organised in conjunction with the...

24 October 2021