Latest Sporting News for Bath’s teams
You may have thought the football season is over – and it is – but the city’s teams have published their friendly warm up matches for July ahead of the new season.
Elsewhere the cricket teams are in action Bath Cricket Club facing local teams Chippenham and Bristol at home coming up.
The netballers of Team Bath are close to the end of their season. They suffered a home defeat to Manchester last week by 63-67.
SPORTING FIXTURES AND RESULTS FOR BATH’S TEAMS:
ATHLETICS
Team bath Athletics Club is based at the University of Bath Sports Training Village and is open to all abilities and ages from 7 upwards. Sports include track and field, road and trail running, endurance and cross country. Club nights are Tuesdays and Thursdays 6pm -8pm.To join and for details visit https://teambathac.org/
CYCLING
Bike Bath: The annual cycling event has been put off this year until 2024.
Bath Cycling Club welcomes new members of all ages and abilities – visit https://www.bathcc.net/
CRICKET
Bath Cricket Club.
• Sat 20 May (WEPL) Away fixture V Bridgwater; bath win by 7wkts
• Sat 27 May (WEPL) home fixture V Chippenham;
• Sat 3rd Jun (WEPL) Away fixture V Potterne;
• Sat 10 Jun (WEPL)Home fixture V Bristol.
Bath Wanderers Women Cricket Club: the team will take part in the West of England Premier Cricket League this season with games:
• Sun 11 June Home V Royal Wootton Bassett.
• Sun 2 Jul Home V Taunton
• Sun 16 Jul Home V Devizes
Team Bath Netball.
• HOME Fixture: Friday, 12th May, 2023. 3pm
Team Bath 63 V Manchester Thunder 67
• AWAY Fixture: Saturday 20 May, 2023, 3pm
Leeds Rhinos 59 V Team Bath 55
• AWAY Fixture: Monday 22 May 2023, 5.30pm
Saracens Mavericks 50 V Team Bath 52
• AWAY Fixture: Friday 2 June 2023, 7.30pm
Loughborough Lightening V Team Bath
Somerset County Cricket Club
Men 1st XI
• Thu 18 May (CCDO) Away V Middlesex. Somerset win by an innings and 13 runs.
• Wed 24 May Vitality Blast (VB) Home fixture V Hampshire Hawks.
• Fri 26 May (VB) Away fixture V Sussex Sharks.
• Sun 28 May (VB) Home fixture V Glamorgan.
• Tue 30 May (VB) Away fixtures V Kent Spitfires.
• Fri 2 Jun (VB) Home fixture V Middlesex.
• Sun 4 Jun (VB) Home fixture V Essex Eagles.
• Wed 7 Jun (VB) Away fixture V Hampshire Hawks.
• Fri 9 Jun (VB) Away fixture V Gloucestershire.
• Sun 11 Jun (LVICC) Away V Essex
• Fri 16 Jun (VB) Home V Surrey
• Mon 19 Jun (VB) Away V Essex
• Wed 21 June (VB) Away V Glamorgan
• Sun 25 Jun (LVICC) Home V Nottinghamshire
• Fri 30 June (VB) Away V Surrey
• Sun 2 July (VB) Home V Kent
• Mon 10 Jul (LVICC) Home V Hampshire
Women Somerset County Cricket
• SOMERSET VS WALES
50-Over Friendly
Sunday 18 June 2023 11:00 am
• SOMERSET VS GLOUCESTERSHIRE
50-Over Friendly
Sunday 25 June 2023 11:00 am
Bear Flat Cricket Club
Established in 1982, the Bears are in Division 1 of the Wiltshire County Cricket League on Saturdays, with a home ground at The Glasshouse Academy, Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath; there’s also games in Division 7 Blue of the Somerset Monmouth League on Saturdays, home ground the Ken Willcox Ground, Peasedown St John, Bath; and friendlies against clubs based in Somerset/Wiltshire on Sundays; and T20 games against clubs based in Somerset/Wiltshire midweek; plus they participation in the Somerset Knock Out cup.
• Sat, June 3. Swindon Nalgo Home
• Sat, Jun 10 Malmesbury – Away
• Sat, Jun 17 Marlborough – Home
• Sat, Jun 24 Calne – Home
• Sat, Jul 1 Chippenham – Away
• Sat, Jul 8 Trowbridge – Away
FOOTBALL
Bath City FC.
• AWAY game. Tuesday 4 July, 2023. KO 7.45pm
Shaftesbury FC V Bath City. Friendly.
• AWAY game. Saturday 8 July, 2023. KO 3pm
Frome Town FC V Bath City. Friendly.
• HOME game. Tuesday 11 July, 2023. KO 7.45pm
Bath City V Bristol City U23s. Friendly.
• HOME game. Saturday 15 July, 2023. KO 3pm
Bath City V Exeter City FC. Friendly.
• AWAY game. Tuesday 18 July, 2023. KO 7.45pm
Tiverton Town FC V Bath City. Friendly.
• AWAY game. Saturday 29 July, 2023. KO 3pm
Yate Town FC V Bath City. Friendly.
Odd Down FC.
• AWAY game. Friday 14 July, 2023. KO 7.30pm.
Calne Town FC V Odd Down FC. Friendly.
• HOME game. Tuesday, 18 July, 2023. KO 7.30pm.
Odd Down V Trowbridge Town FC. Lew Hill memorial Ground. Friendly.
• HOME game. Tuesday, 25th July, 2023. KO 7.30pm.
Odd Down V Melksham Town FC. Lew Hill memorial Ground. Friendly.
TENNIS
Tennis 1: Bloomfield Tennis Club was founded in 1927 and is located at 98 Wellsway, Bath. The club welcomes new members. To join visit https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/BloomfieldTennisClub
Tennis 2: Bath Tennis Club is at Park Lane, Weston, and bills itself at a friendly club. The club has a number of membership categories ranging from pay as you go to full membership. For details visit www.bathtc.co.uk
SWIMMING
Based at Bath Leisure Centre and established in 1899, Bath Dolphin Swimming Club (BDSC) is one of the oldest swimming clubs in the South West Region. They provide competitive swimming opportunities for young swimmers through to a masters swimming group.
As a holder of the Swim England quality accreditation, Swim Mark, they offer a year round competitive swim team with high quality coaching and technique instruction for all ages and abilities.