Four students and three recent graduates are among the University of Bath-associated athletes, coaches and support staff who will be proudly representing their countries at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, which begin this week. Bill Whiteley Sporting Scholar Matthew Ward will be racing for Team Scotland in the swimming pool, while his Aquatics GB Bath
As the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games approaches, Team England star Sian Honnor believes the sport faces a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redefine itself and attract thousands of new players. For years, bowls has lived with a contradiction. It is one of the nation’s most successful Commonwealth sports, producing world-class athletes and delivering dramatic international competition. Yet
University of Bath student Lowri Windsor and fellow Team Bath Netball player Poppy Tydeman have been named in the Team Wales netball squad for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Team Bath Academy and NXT Gen Head Coach Natalie Roddy will also be travelling to Scotland as Assistant Coach to Bath alumna Emily Handyside. Selection in
Sprinter Aleeya Sibbons has become the latest University of Bath-based athlete to be officially selected for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Sibbons, coached by Colin Bovell, has been named in the Team England women’s 4x100m relay squad along with Amy Hunt, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith. It will be a first major championship
Head coach Anna Stembridge has named a squad of 12 athletes, including 2018 Commonwealth champion Nat Metcalf, with Francesca Williams set to captain the team in Glasgow. Williams is one of six players from England’s 2023 silver medal-winning Netball World Cup squad who will take to the court this summer, with Liv Tchine also returning
Bowls seizes Commonwealth Games moment to spark biggest grassroots movement in a generation With 100 days to go until the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, the sport of bowls is launching its most ambitious participation drive yet, a nationwide campaign designed to turn summer inspiration into a surge of new players across the UK. Bowls’ Big
The Birmingham 2022 Organising Committee becomes the first organisation to receive the Bronze, Silver and now Gold Deaf-friendly Standard. There have been over 260 gold medals awarded to athletes from over 25 different nations so far at the Games and the Birmingham Games 2022 itself is also joining them in receiving a gold standard of
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
The International Cricket Council (ICC) congratulates Australia on winning the inaugural Commonwealth Games women’s cricket gold medal, beating India in a tense final at Birmingham 2022. The win continues Australia’s dominance in the women’s game and an incredibly tight game saw them beat India by nine runs, bowling them out for 152 with three deliveries
New Zealand 111-2 beat Team England 110-9 by eight wickets Team England’s cricketers missed out on a medal at the Commonwealth Games after New Zealand comfortably won the Bronze Medal match at Edgbaston by eight wickets. Nat Sciver’s side – who lost their semi-final to India yesterday – could only post 110-9 after choosing to bat
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