Source: Pentathlon GB

Jess Varley stars at Open Swiss Championships

A great performance from Jess Varley saw her finish 2nd at the Open Swiss Champs last weekend, the University of Bath based athlete’s first individual international podium. It was also a strong competition for Pentathlon GB teammate Charlie Follett as she finished 4th in Bern. Varley, who became the new 2016 British Modern Pentathlon National

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Source: Pentathlon GB

Pentathlon GB’s Youth A Team head to Spain

The final international competition before this summer’s Olympic Games takes place this week with the Youth A European Championships in Sant Boi, Barcelona. Pentathlon GB are sending an 8 strong team to Spain including 6 athletes that competed at the Youth A World Championships in Limerick earlier this month. The Youth A team secured 5

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Source: England Rugby

Loughborough alumni named in GB 7s teams for Rio

Tuesday 19th July marked the last Team GB selection announcement for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, with Britain’s best rugby seven’s players being the last to learn their fates. Amongst the 12 strong men’s and women’s squads are three Loughborough alumni, with current student Meg Jones also named as a travelling reserve. The number of

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Source: Pentathlon GB

Team GB win Silver at Pentathlon European Championships

Joanna Muir produced fantastic performances across all five disciplines to finish 5th in the Senior Modern Pentathlon European Championships today with Team GB 2016 Olympians Kate French and Samantha Murray 10th and 17th respectively in Sofia. The three individual performances meant the British trio claimed team silver whilst defending champion Laura Asadauskaite retained the title

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Source: Clare Green for Matchtight

Senior Modern Pentathlon European Championships

Cooke and Choong narrowly miss out on relay medal at Senior Modern Pentathlon European Championships Jamie Cooke and Joe Choong finished 4th in the Men’s Relay at the Senior European Championships in Sofia today, agonisingly missing out on a podium position by a single second in their final appearance before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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