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Number One! Battle of TeamBath Bath on top of the BUSA rankings.
BUSA ANNOUNCED their most recent rankings last week, and for the first time ever the University of Bath is ranked number one in Britain! So far this term there have been eight BUSA tournaments, with Bath competing in seven of them. Domination has been a theme throughout, particularly in swimming and badminton, where Harry Wright enjoyed particular success. Ged Roddy, Director of Sport is pretty pleased with the progress of sport at the University. “It’s great to see Bath at the top of
the table. Just over ten years ago we were ranked outside the top thirty but we have known for some time that our sports teams and athletes are becoming more and more dominant in BUSA competitions. To find ourselves top of the league at this stage of the season probably exceeds our expectations, but it’s great to see us there! “This is massive progress and it would be wrong to single out any one person, but the tireless efforts of the Sports Exec and the expertise of our coaching staff are certainly having a great impact on the outstanding performances of our teams. “Every point will count in every sport we compete in, so I wish all our players and athletes good luck as they attempt to create a little piece of history in the coming months.” VP Sport, Rich Howell, was equally overjoyed at Bath’s elevation to top dog in the rankings. “It’s really great to see that the hard work of all our students in training is paying off with deserving results. The great thing about BUSA sport is that every point earned counts.”
Sian Hogan Sports Reporter
LAST SATURDAY saw the hosting of the ‘Battle of TeamBath’; a sporting event held by students from BA Coach Education and Sports Development. Second-year student Emma Wooded, co-organiser of the event, described it as “a unique and varied sporting event, catering for an array of sports in order to enhance sporting profiles in a fun and competitive environment.” Emma and her fellow students felt that recreational sport should be more recognised at the University as it is a great way to meet and socialise with new people who share a common interest. Emma stressed that students have the time and access to the STV where most recreational sports take place
and therefore should use this to their advantage. She also hopes the event will help to promote TeamBath and the STV through the publicity it has generated. The idea behind the Battle of TeamBath was to increase participation from all clubs, such as Lacrosse and Rowing, in an organised sporting competitive environment, where many different physical skills were required. The profit the event made on the day would then go to the winning team to raise funds for their club to spend on training camps, coaching costs, equipment or kit. The Battle of TeamBath involved ten different sports; rowing, team building, long jump, gymnastics, plyometrics, table tennis, netball shooting, football shooting, lacrosse and 60m relay as the finally event – all of which are challenging and require
a variety of skills The afternoon was a great success and the Coach Ed student organisers received a large amount of positive feedback, the only criticism being that team participation was unsatisfactory (only six teams signed up as opposed to the proposed twenty) – however this could have been down to a lack of publicity or student interest, which highlights why such events are a necessity at this University with so much of the sport being professional as opposed to recreational. The day was highlighted by a public appearance from Danny Grewcock who is highly supportive of recreational sport at the University of Bath. He was kind enough to donate a signed Rugby Ball as part of the prize draw. The winners of the event were TeamBath Football who won the overall profit of £330.
Caught on Camera BUSA action fron Wednesday:
Danny Interview on Page 24. DANNY GREWCOCK: Nice bloke, really...
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