Indoor Championships – 4 The Love Of Sport http://4theloveofsport.co.uk Champions Of Women's Sport Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:52:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.16 http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-4tlos-iconw-32x32.png Indoor Championships – 4 The Love Of Sport http://4theloveofsport.co.uk 32 32 Eilidh Doyle named in a 31-strong British Athletics squad http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2018/02/20/eilidh-doyle-named-in-a-31-strong-british-athletics-squad/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:26:47 +0000 http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/?p=24830 Continue Reading →

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University of Bath-based Eilidh Doyle and David King have been named in a 31-strong British Athletics squad for next month’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

Doyle booked her place by winning 400m gold at the SPAR British Athletics Indoor Championships on Sunday, again at Arena Birmingham, in a season-best time of 51.84.

“I am delighted with that,” said the multiple international medallist, who is coached by Brian Doyle at the Sports Training Village. “I am always proud to win the British title, I love competing at these championships. I love an indoor 400m, it is so different to the outdoors. It is so tactical and I think I thrive on that.”

Doyle will compete in both the 400m and 4x400m relay at the World Indoors, taking place from March 1-4.

MJ Church ambassador King, coached by James Hillier, will race in the 60m hurdles after setting a lifetime best of 7.63 to win a silver medal at the British Indoors. Andrew Pozzi, who used to train at the University, has also been selected for the World Indoors after winning gold in 7.58.

For more information about athletics at the University of Bath, visit www.teambath.com/athletics.

Report courtesy of the Team Bath Press Office at Matchtight

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British record smashed as rowers win six medals http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2015/12/15/british-record-smashed-as-rowers-win-six-medals/ Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:45:01 +0000 http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/?p=10594 Continue Reading →

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Jens Hullah was in record-breaking form as University of Bath-based rowers came away from the British Rowing Indoor Championships with six medals.

Hullah, one of the youngest members of the GB Rowing Team Start Programme at the Sports Training Village, set a new British Y11 junior boy’s record as he covered 1,909m in six minutes on an ergometer – 58m further than the previous standard.

It was one of two gold medals won by junior rowers from the Start programme during Saturday’s event at the Lee Valley VeloPark in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Marcus Whiteley, competing in the sixth-form boys category, clocked 1:22.1 to win the 500m sprint having earlier earned bronze in the Olympic-distance 2km race.

Both Whiteley and Hullah were representing Minerva Bath RC, as was Alika Molloy who finished sixth in the women’s open 2km race and raised nearly £400 for charity WellChild in the process.

University of Bath Rowing Club’s Izzy Maddock and Alex Pfeiffer-Brown, new recruits to the Start talent ID programme, both won silver medals in their respective U23 500m races.

Fellow University of Bath student Chloe White (pictured above, on right) bagged bronze in the women’s U23 2km category and Jack Williams, a Dual Career athlete, was eighth in the men’s race.

Dan Harris, the GB Rowing Team Start Coach in Bath, was delighted with his group’s efforts at the Championships, which attracted hundreds of rowers from across the country including several senior World Champions.

“It was a really good event and we had some great performances,” he said.

“It was phenomenal to watch Jens, especially in the last 40 seconds when he just gave everything he had. To break any British Record is quite an achievement and he broke it by a big margin too.

“Jens joined us in September 2014 after coming to one of our talent ID sessions at the Sports Training Village. He is definitely a big talent for the future.

“Marcus tore the field apart in his sprint race – winning by three seconds is a big distance over 500m – and Chloe did well in a very competitive race.

“Izzy and Alex only joined the programme this year and it was their first experience of competitive rowing, so we could not have asked for more than coming away with silver medals.

“Jack and Alika are both just coming back from injury and illness but posted competitive times which they can really start to build on.

“Overall, the group can take a lot of motivation and confidence from what they achieved at the weekend.”

 

Report courtesy of the Team Bath press office at Matchtight Ltd.

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