Kate Howey, the only British woman to have won two Olympic judo medals, returned to her former training base today to become the latest inductee into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. Howey won bronze in 1992 at Barcelona and silver in 2000 at Sydney – the latter while studying Sports Performance
Rio 2016 Olympians Ben Fletcher and Natalie Powell are among the international judoka putting on a Team Bath Masterclass this week to help fund surgery for University of Bath student Jemima Duxberry. Fletcher – a sporting ambassador for MJ Church – will return to his home dojo at the Sports Training Village to provide a
A determined display from Team Bath’s Ben Fletcher wasn’t enough to avoid defeat as the Team GB judoka was knocked out of the Rio Olympic Games in the round of 32. In a fight watched by team-mates, coaches, friends and youngsters back at the University of Bath dojo ahead of a have-a-go judo session, Fletcher lost by
People are being invited to cheer on Ben Fletcher in Brazil and have a go at judo themselves for free during a fun event at the University of Bath Sports Training Village next week. The Team Bath Dojo will be transformed into a Judo House from 2-4pm on Thursday, August 11, in celebration of Fletcher
University of Bath student Gemma Howell won her first Grand Prix judo medal for two years after producing a string of excellent performances in Georgia. The Sport & Exercise Science student, competing in the -63kg weight division, beat judoka ranked 30, 20, eight and nine in the world on her way to a superb silver
University of Bath judoka Jemima Duxberry (pictured above in white) made an encouraging return from long-term injury as she won a bronze medal at an international club event in Belgium. The result was all the more impressive as it was also the first time the Sports Performance student had competed in the U78kg weight category.
Judoka who train at Team Bath won three golds and eight medals in total during an impressive weekend at the British Judo Championships in Sheffield. University of Bath Sport Performance student Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz, who is supported by a King Scholarship, set the tone on Saturday as she was crowned as national junior champion in the
Megan Fletcher struck gold and there was a bronze medal for Jan Gosiewski as Team Bath judoka enjoyed success at the Oceania Open in Woolongong, Australia. Commonwealth champion Fletcher won all of her fights by ippon to claim the women’s under-70kg title and 100 valuable ranking points on the road to the Rio 2016 Olympic
There were two silvers and a bronze medal for Team Bath’s elite judoka to celebrate when the European Open took place in Scotland and Portugal at the weekend. There was a pleasing return to the podium for Megan Fletcher as she took silver at the women’s European Open in Lisbon after some impressive performances in
There was an all Team Bath final at the 2015 British Judo Open, which took place in the SSE Arena, Wembley over the weekend. Gemma Howell and Megan Fletcher (pictured above) usually fight in different weight categories but both were entered in the -70kg competition this time, and they both progressed to the final, where
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