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Scottish swimming legends meet in Bath
Two of Britain’s top Olympic breaststrokers of all time met at the University of Bath as part of a BBC Scotland sports programme being screened on Thursday (16 May) night. David Wilkie set a world record to win Olympic gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 and followed that up with [...]
Calling football refs and boccia & short mat bowls umpires
Volunteer sports officials are being sought to help out in a few specialist roles at this summer’s Special Olympics GB National Summer Games in Bath. Some 1700 athletes with intellectual disabilities will compete in 12 different sports at the Games, which run from 28 August to 1 September. Hundreds of volunteer positions have already been [...]
SOGB Officials 2013
The Special Olympics GB 2013 National Summer Games will be the largest multi-sport event in the country this year. 1700 Athletes with an intellectual disability will travel to the City of Bath to compete in 12 different sports, supported by more than 450 coaches and assistants, all volunteers. We have recruited the majority of the [...]
Crutchley is new England men’s head coach
Bobby Crutchley, former University of Bath hockey coach, has been named the new head coach of the England men’s hockey team. Crutchley, who still lives in Bath, coached University of Bath and Team Bath Buccaneers teams from 1999 to 2005. During that time he coached the University men’s team to their first British Universities final. [...]
Bath graduate wins hat-trick of medals
University of Bath graduate Kelly Gallagher has netted three medals at the International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing World Championships in Spain. Gallagher is a visually impaired athlete who graduated from the University with a Mathematics degree in 2006. She was partnered by guide Charlotte Evans at the championships in La Molina. The pair rounded off [...]
Olympic medallist benefits from University of Bath training stint
Olympic bronze medallist Hansle Parchment has completed a week-long training spell at the University of Bath working alongside vastly experienced British Athletics Lead Hurdles Coach Malcolm Arnold. The 22-year-old made a piece of history at the London 2012 Games by winning bronze in the 110m hurdles, the first Olympic hurdling medal won by a Jamaican [...]
My Olympics Dream by Emmanuel Nartey
Olympic judo player Emmanuel Nartey’s book about his life story – My Olympics Dream – is published shortly. To mark the publication Emmanuel is holding a judo masterclass at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Saturday 26 January 2013. It takes place between 3pm and 5pm and the mat fee is £3 per [...]
Kristian wins GB’s first gold at Aussie Youth Olympic Festival
University of Bath student Kristian Callaghan collected Britain’s first gold medal of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival today (Friday). Callaghan, who is a first year Mechanical Engineering student, stuck gold in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol shooting competition at the event in Sydney. Callaghan said: “It was brilliant when I found out that I [...]
Hatherley nets at Aussie Youth Olympic Festival
University of Bath student and hockey player Sam Hatherley was on target for Great Britain in their opening game of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival. The 18-year-old netted Britain’s sixth goal as Team GB ran out 7-3 winners over Malaysia on day one of the festival. The team couldn’t produce a repeat performance against the [...]
Samantha photo voted the pick of 2012
A stunning photograph of University of Bath student Samantha Murray taking part in the London 2012 Olympic fencing competition has been voted modern pentathlon photo of the year for 2012. The photo taken by Paul Roberts, shows Samantha celebrating victory in one of her fencing bouts at the Copper Box and captures the passion and [...]
