University of Bath Team Bath Round-Up – December 2011 JUDO MODERN PENTATHLON Team Bath Athlete Ben Fletcher took bronze in the Junior Championships Team Bath’s Jamie Cooke became the new Modern Pentathlon World in South Africa in the -90kg. Junior Champion after winning gold in Argentina. Jamie performed another outstanding swim which saw him climb back up to 7 th after a Loosing to the overall winner in the disappointing fence and dropping just eight time penalties in the ride and Semi-Final, Ben bounced back and producing a terrific run/shoot secured his place on top of the podium. went into the repechage brimming with confidence facing a tough This built on another strong performance by the British Pentathlon squad Japanese contender, Yuki Nagakura. who took individual bronze in the women’s event through Freyja Prentice Fletcher secured victory and the (Biology), with Lydia Rosling (Sport Performance) finishing 5 th and Kate bronze medal by a good strangle on French (Sport Performance) finishing 8 th securing gold in the women’s Nagakura for ippon. team event. Chemical Engineering student Kerry Prise finished 21st at her first World Junior Championships. During the same month Andy Burns Freyja Prentice and Lydia Rosling (Coach Education and Sports KORFBALL ended the championships on a high Development), won the Malaga Team Bath Athlete and Sports by winning Great Britain’s third gold Performance Student Neala European Cup -90kg. medal in the women’s relay. The Brennan was part of the England mixed relay pairing of Kate French th Adam Hall won silver -100kg, Gregg Squad who finished 5 at the World th and James Myatt (Business Varey 5 -66kg, with Jan Gosiweski Korfball Championships, the th th Administration) finished fourth and highest position by an England 7 in the -73kg and Tom Reed 7 - 81kg. the men’s relay of Jamie Cooke and Team to date. The highlight of Steven Mason finished 9 th . Neala’s tournament was securing Team Bath was also represented at the ‘Golden Goal’ against Portugal which put them through to the the European U23’s by Kate Walker th th and Megan Fletcher. 5 /6 play off. NETBALL SWIMMING- Jeff Trendell Scholar Kadeen Corbin (Sports British Universities and Colleges Short Course Championships Performance) was joined by fellow The British Universities and Colleges short course swimming championships TeamBath Athletes Stacey Francis, Eboni took place at Ponds Forge Sheffield, where the University of Bath team Beckford-Chambers and Serena Guthrie in nd finished 2 overall, the best result in four years. the England Squad who became World Netball Series Champions after a sensational Highlights of the meet were ICT Scholars Michael Jamieson (Sport 33 -26 victory over New Zealan d. Performance) winning the 200m breaststroke in a new BUCS record, earning A young squad for the 2012 Fiat Netball Superleague squad has been him top male swimmer, Hayley Towner (Sport Performance) won the 100m & named with a strong contingent of University Students. 400m freestyle and picked up silver in the 200m and Jessica Dickons (Sport Jeff Trendell Scholars- Kadeen Corbin (Sports Performance), Mia Ritchie Performance) won gold in the 200m Butterfly in a new record and picked up (Sports Performance), Yasmin Parsons (Sports Performance) and Scarlett bronze in the 100m. Jenny Oldham (Sports Performance) won gold in the 50m Williams (Coach Education & Sports Development), have been selected Backstroke & silver in the 100m and Jeff Trendell Scholar Anthony O’Driscoll alongside Millie Grey (Coach Education & Sports Development), Kat Hayes (Psychology) secured a spot in three individual finals. (Sports Performance), Katie McGinley (Coach Education & Sports Development) and Becky Watkins alongside graduates Emily Rose, Asha st nd Tett and Amanda Trounce for the upcoming season. Both the 1 & 2 Teams won their respective rounds in the Team Competition and have qualified for the finals in March. HOCKEY While Team Bath Buccaneers Men head the England Hockey League Nationwide Short course Swimming Championships Conference West by 4 points at the season mid- winter break. Team Bath The SM6 Women’s 100m Individual Medley was once again a battle between Coach Jody Paul has been appointed the U21 Men ’s Assistant Coach Eleanor Simmonds, Natalie Jones and Team Bath Athlete Liz Johnson. The race saw the three Paralympic champions in a tough battle down the final Athletes of the Month 25meters with Liz Johnson taking the bronze medal. There were also strong Supported By Oakley performances by Team Bath Swimmers Kate Grey and David Hill. From the performances from November, the following FENCING athletes have been named Athlete of the Month. th Santander Scholar Chris Hay (Biology) finished 8 at the Welsh Open, Team th Bath athlete Abbi Matthews (Molecular and Cellular Biology) also finished 8 . Jamie Cooke- Following an Individual Gold Medal at th The Modern Pentathletes also had a strong showing with Sam Weale 6 , the Junior World Championships. th th Freyja Prentice 5 and Mhairi Spence 6 . Hayley Towner- Following victories in the 100m & Abbi also was selected to represent Great Britain at the Senior Satellite Event 400m Freestyle & silver in the 200m freestyle at the th in Copenhagen where she finished 7 after loosing to the eventual winner. BUCS Swimming SHORT COURSE Championships. If you have any results you would like to share, please email Rachael Hares: [email protected] [email protected] For any further information see: .