TeamBath

Team Bath is the family of sports and fitness activity taking place at the University of Bath. Students, public and elite athletes are all active at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. Team Bath also enters teams in national leagues and competitions such as the Vitality Netball Superleague and BUCs Super Rugby. It also has a tennis academy, large-scale gym and fitness centre as well as a sports physio and science set-up. Team Bath F.C. reached the first round proper of the 2002–03 FA Cup. They become the first university team to reach this stage since Oxford University A.F.C. in 1880. In 2005–06 the netball team were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the Netball Superleague. They were Superleague champions again in 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2013. The field hockey club enter a team in the Men's England Hockey League.

TeamBath
Full nameUniversity of Bath – Team Bath
Founded1971
Based inUniversity of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath, Somerset
Colours    Blue and gold
Websitewww.teambath.com

Team Bath's main sports complex is the Team Bath Sports Training Village based at the University of Bath campus at Claverton Down. The university has hosted several sporting events, including the 1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days, the 2015 and 2019 European Modern Pentathlon Championships and the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone competition. The facilities at the University of Bath have also been used as a training base by many individual Olympians and Paralympians as well as a pre-competition training and acclimatisation camp base for sports like rugby, netball, athletics, swimming, hockey, badminton and others.

History
Year Key events
1968University of Bath student, David Hembrow, swims for Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He becomes the University's first Olympian.
1971Construction on the new sports facilities begins at Claverton Down; Tom Hudson is appointed as the University's first Director of Physical Education. He remains in the role for the next twenty years.
1972Former Wales football international, Ivor Powell, joins the University of Bath as a football coach. He goes on to serve in the role for thirty eight years.
1974Denis Howell MP officially opens the new sports facilities.
1976University of Bath becomes the first university in the United Kingdom to offer a sports scholarship. Martyn Hedges becomes the first recipient.
1987The England national rugby union team begin to train at the University of Bath.
1990James May, a University of Bath sports scholar wins, representing England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games wins a gymnastics vault gold medal.
1994Sir Roger Bannister officially opens the athletics track.
1995University of Bath hosts the 1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days
1997Phase I of the Sports Training Village is completed. A 50m swimming pool and four indoor tennis courts are added to the athletics track, eight outdoor tennis courts and field hockey pitch.
1999Colin Jackson, coached by Malcolm Arnold, wins the 110 metres hurdles at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics
2000Stephanie Cook becomes the first University of Bath-based athlete to win an Olympic Gold medal when she wins the Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics; Sascha Kindred and Matt Walker also win gold medals in the swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
2001Lord Glentoran officially opens the bobsleigh and skeleton track.
2003Team Bath F.C. reach the first round proper of the 2002–03 FA Cup. They become the first university team to reach this stage since Oxford University A.F.C. in 1880. [1][2][3]
2003Tim Henman officially opens a Lawn Tennis Association academy at the Sports Training Village.
2004Anne, Princess Royal officially opens a newly expanded Sports Training Village
2004Jason Gardener wins a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay team.
2005–06With a squad that included Pamela Cookey, Rachel Dunn, Stacey Francis, Jess Garland, Tamsin Greenway and Geva Mentor, Team Bath's netball team win the inaugural Netball Superleague title. [4][5][6] They subsequently dominate the early seasons of the league, winning further Superleague titles in 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2013. [7][8][9][10]
2010Amy Williams wins a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the skeleton.
2012Thirty University of Bath-based athletes compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. They included Michael Jamieson who won silver in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke and Samantha Murray who won silver in the modern pentathlon
2014Lizzy Yarnold succeeds Amy Williams as she wins a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the skeleton; Kelly Gallagher also won a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Alpine skiing.
2015The Australia national rugby union team train at the University of Bath during the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
2015University of Bath host the 2015 European Modern Pentathlon Championships.
2016Twenty University of Bath-based athletes compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning twelve medals between them. They included Paul Blake who won gold in the Men's Paralympics 400 metres. [11]
2017Sophie Kamlish win gold at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in the women's 100 metres; Danny Talbot is a member of the Great Britain team that wins gold at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay.
2018Lizzy Yarnold wins a second gold medal for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the skeleton. Laura Deas win a bronze in the same event. Dom Parsons win a bronze medal in the men's skeleton.
2016Thirty University of Bath-based athletes compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, representing eight different countries and winning seventeen medals between them. The England national netball team that wins gold in the netball tournament features five former or current Team Bath players – Ama Agbeze, Eboni Beckford-Chambers, Kadeen Corbin, Serena Guthrie and Geva Mentor. [12]
2018James Cooke wins gold at the 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships and Vicky Holland win gold at the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series within 48 hours of each other.
2019University of Bath host three stages of the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone competition.
2019University of Bath host the 2019 European Modern Pentathlon Championships. James Cooke wins gold at the event. [13]

Source:[14]

Hall of Fame
Date of Induction Inductees
12 May 2014Jason GardenerAthletics
12 May 2014Ben RushgroveAthletics
27 May 2014Amy WilliamsSkeleton
20 July 2015Tom HudsonFormer Director of Sport
3 August 2015Lyn GunsonNetball
17 August 2015Jan BártůModern Pentathlon
28 January 2016Paul PalmerSwimming
2 February 2016Bobby CrutchleyField hockey
4 March 2016Heather StanningRowing
28 March 2016Pamela CookeyNetball
18 May 2016Kate AllenbyModern Pentathlon
18 May 2016Stephanie CookModern Pentathlon
22 June 2016Malcolm ArnoldAthletics
22 June 2016Colin JacksonAthletics
9 July 2016Ivor PowellFootball
16 November 2016Kate HoweyJudo
26 January 2017Ged RoddyFormer Director of Sport
26 January 2017Mark FosterSwimming
28 April 2017Steve BorthwickRugby union
3 May 2017Sascha KindredSwimming
25 September 2017Stacey FrancisNetball
24 November 2017Paul BlakeAthletics
29 November 2018Alison OliverFormer Deputy Director of Sport
25 February 2019Michael JamiesonSwimming
16 October 2019Stephanie MillwardSwimming
16 October 2019Andrei VorontsovSwimming
21 October 2019Nigel RedmanRugby union
7 December 2019Serena GuthrieNetball

Source:[15]

Medallists

The following athletes have either been students at the University of Bath or have been based at the University's training facilities.

Summer Olympics
Athletics
Games Athlete Event Medal
2004Jason GardenerMen's 4 × 100 metres relay
2016Eilidh Doyle/Emily DiamondWomen's 4 × 400 metres relay
Judo
Games Athlete Event Medal
1992Kate HoweyWomen's 66 kg
2000Kate HoweyWomen's 70 kg
Modern Pentathlon
Games Athlete Event Medal
2000Stephanie CookIndividual
2000Kate AllenbyIndividual
2004Georgina HarlandIndividual
2008Heather FellIndividual
2012Samantha MurrayIndividual
Rowing
Games Athlete Event Medal
2012Helen Glover/Heather StanningWomen's coxless pair
2016Helen Glover/Heather StanningWomen's coxless pair
Swimming
Games Athlete Event Medal
1996Paul PalmerMen's 400 metre freestyle
2012Michael JamiesonMen's 200 metre breaststroke
2016Jazmin CarlinWomen's 400 metre freestyle
2016Jazmin CarlinWomen's 800 metre freestyle
2016Siobhan-Marie O'ConnorWomen's 200 metre individual medley
2016Chris Walker-HebbornMen's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Source:[11][16]

Summer Paralympics
Athletics
Games Athlete Event Medal
2008Ben RushgroveMen's 100 metres T36
2012Ben RushgroveMen's 200 metres T36
2012Paul BlakeMen's 800 metres
2012Paul BlakeMen's 400 metres
2012Katrina HartWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay
2016Paul BlakeMen's 400 metres
Sailing
Games Athlete Event Medal
2012Alexandra RickhamTwo Person Keelboat - SKUD 18
Swimming
Athlete Games
Sascha Kindred1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016733
Matt Walker2000, 2004, 2008, 2012354
Nyree Lewis2000, 2004, 2008, 2012253
Stephanie Millward2012, 2016253
Anthony Stephens2004, 2008014
Liz Johnson2004, 2008, 2012111
Wheelchair fencing
Games Athlete Event Medal
2016Piers GilliverMen's épée A

Source:[11][16]

Winter Olympics
Skeleton
Games Athlete Event Medal
2002Alex CoomberWomen's skeleton
2006Shelley RudmanWomen's skeleton
2010Amy WilliamsWomen's skeleton
2014Lizzy YarnoldWomen's skeleton
2018Lizzy YarnoldWomen's skeleton
2018Laura DeasWomen's skeleton
2018Dom ParsonsMen's skeleton

Source:[17]

Winter Paralympics
Alpine skiing
Games Athlete Event Medal
2014Kelly GallagherAlpine skiing

Facilities

Sports Training Village
The Sports Training Village 50 metre swimming pool
Indoor tennis courts at the Sports Training Village

TeamBath's main sports complex is the Sports Training Village based at University of Bath campus at Claverton Down. Facilities include:

  • Olympic-sized London 2012 legacy pool.
  • Fitness gyms
  • Outdoor floodlit 400m athletics track.
  • Indoor sprint track.
  • Three large sprung-wood sports halls.
  • Indoor and outdoor tennis courts.
  • Judo dojo.
  • Indoor jumps and throws hall.
  • Fencing pistes.
  • Outdoor and indoor shooting ranges.
  • Bobsleigh/skeleton push-start track
  • Rugby and football pitches
  • Outdoor field hockey pitches
  • Physio treatment areas and sport science labs

Source:[18]

Team Bath Arena

The 2,000-seater Team Bath Arena is home of Netball Superleague's Team Bath. [18][19][20]

Directors of Sport
Years
Tom Hudson [21]1971–1991
Ged Roddy [22]1992–2009
Stephen Baddeley [23]2010–

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