More than 600 elite athletes from across the continent will be putting their fitness to the ultimate test this weekend the Strength in Depth European Finals return to the University of Bath Sports Training Village (STV) for a third successive year. Source: Strength in DepthThe unique competition sees 40 of the continent’s top fitness teams
Britain’s wheelchair fencers are flying out to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games today [Monday] in peak condition after attending a final preparation camp at the University of Bath. Piers Gilliver and Dimitri Coutya, ranked number one and two in the world in their respective disciplines, were joined by last-minute call-up Gemma Collis for a five-day
Dozens of alumni and staff joined Ivor Powell’s family and friends at the University of Bath on Saturday to celebrate the extraordinary life and career of the football coaching legend. In the week when he would have celebrated his 100th birthday, people travelled from as far afield as Brussels to see the much-loved Powell –
Footballers from the past 40 years will come together at the University of Bath this weekend to celebrate the extraordinary life and record-breaking career of coaching legend Ivor Powell MBE. A reunion match for Bath alumni is taking place at the Sports Training Village on Saturday (July 9), when Powell – who would have celebrated
Jazz Carlin won two gold medals and Chris Walker-Hebborn secured a brace of silvers as University of Bath-based swimmers continued their Rio 2016 Olympic Games preparations at the Mare Nostrum competition in Barcelona. Carlin went eight seconds faster than anyone else in the field as she won 800m freestyle gold in 8:25.23 on Saturday. She
Team Bath netballing legend Pamela Cookey returned to Bath this Easter Monday for a very special ceremony. The former England captain who won five Superleague titles with Team Bath between 2006 and 2013 was inducted into the University’s Hall of Fame for Sport this evening. The ceremony took place in front of over a thousand netball fans
Victorious Great Britain Davis Cup captain Leon Smith was at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Wednesday to help inspire the next generation of tennis coaches. He worked with more than 70 coaches to ensure they are now ready to deliver the Lawn Tennis Association’s Tennis For Kids initiative, which aims to get
A series of strong performances from talented all-rounder Eilidh Prise saw the University of Bath sporting scholar win gold at the Ladies’ BUCS Modern Pentathlon Championships. The Mathematics student, supported by a Bill Whiteley Scholarship, was the top performer in the fencing, swimming and combined run/shoot as she finished with 5,224 points in total –
Four University of Bath students were involved in a dramatic 25-25 draw for England Women’s U20s against France on Saturday. Sport Performance student Sydney Gregson, supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship, started at full-back in a match which saw England lead 17-3 at half-time before the French hit back. A try in the dying seconds
University of Bath graduate Alexandra Rickham says she “couldn’t be happier” after being named in the ParalympicsGB sailing squad for this summer’s Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. It will be a third appearance at the Games for Rickham and SKUD 18 partner Niki Birrell, who made their debuts at Beijing 2008 and won bronze at London
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