Bath Voice Sports News: news, information, fixtures and results of the city’s teams coming up this weekend and beyond.
By Harry Mottram: below are the fixtures and results plus information of the various sports teams and clubs – I try to keep them up to date but do send in your results and news to harryfmottram@gmail.com
Latest Sports News
Cricket: Bath Cricket Club: Cricket fans will note the first-class season – featuring Somerset – begins on the 5th of April while for Bath CC the first team play their first fixture on May 4. Check out the club of news of walking cricket and also teams for disabled players as well as junior teams along with many social events.
Football: Bath City Women FC: MATCH OFF due to waterlogged picth: Bath City Women take on Frome Town Women FC at Badgers Hill on Sunday 18th February with a 2pm kick off in this league crunch fixture.
Football: Bath City FC: The promotion push is on. Bath City FC beat rivals St Albans 3-1 at Twerton Park on Sunday, 17th February establishing a late season charge up the league. The club reported on their website: “City produced one of their best performances of the season this afternoon to beat in-form St Albans City by three goals to one at Twerton Park. The visitors played a part in their downfall – particularly gifting City their second goal – but it was a result that more than showed City’s play-off credentials against one their closest rivals.”
New Malaysian international signing Richard Chin opened the attack for city with firing at the St Albans’ keeper Johnson in the opening minute which set the tone of the game. Tom Smith scored for city just before the break while in the second half Chin made the most of a goalkeeping blunder to put the Romans two up. With time running out James Alabi put City three goals to the good but the home team’s keeper to Josey Casa-Grande’s long running period of clean sheets was dented with a consolation goal at the death to make it still an excellent result at Bath by 3-1 over St Albans in the battle of the Roman Cities.
Afterwards manager Jerry Gill described the performance of city as being at a ‘high level’ and ‘above the level’ (of the league) suggesting that if promotion is now possible – the club are ready to play in a higher division. As they say in football – victories breed confidence – and city are on a high right now.
The Romans are out of the Somerset Premier Cup after the game at Twerton Park ended with a penalty shoot out against Weston-super-Mare. The seasiders won on 5-6 penalties after the came finished 0-0 on 90 minutes.
Malaysian International Richard Chin has joined the Romans from Charlton Athletic until the end of the season. The club said: “A versatile wide player, Chin has experience in both the EFL and VNLS, as well as recently representing Malaysia at U23s level.” The new player already has a nick name – Chinny. Meanwhile Oscar Thorn has departed the club following the expiration of his loan.
Rugby: Bath Rugby Union Club: The BB&W’s internationals were in action in the Six Nations competition over the weekend of the 10-11 February with Finn Russell’s Scotland denied a late try deemed not to have been grounded by the officials allowing France to win at Murrayfield by 16-20. Bath’s Cameran Redpath taking to the field after 30 minutes to bolster the Scots while the ‘magician’ Russell kept the scoreboard ticking over with his boot.
England edged Wales at Twickenham with Bath’s Sam Underhill and Well Stuart featured although subbed in the second half – in a match where Wales came close to victory only to see England’s George Ford kick England to victory winning 16-14.
Six Nations – Bath Players
England: Bath players in the squad: Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 30 caps); Beno Obano (Bath Rugby, 3 caps); Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 33 caps); Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 30 caps); Will Muir (Bath Rugby, uncapped); Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby, uncapped); Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby, 4 caps).
Scotland: 10. Finn Russell – Captain – Bath Rugby (75 caps); . Cameron Redpath – Bath Rugby (9 caps).
Wales: Archie Griffin (Bath Rugby, uncapped)
It’s eyes down for the next home game in the Gallagher Premiership against Sale Sharks on Sunday 24th March when the BB&Ws will seek to grab maximum points and retain a healthy position in the league.
Team Bath Netball: The ‘Long Bomb Queen’ Super Sophie Kelly was named Player of the Match as the Blue and Golds won their opening game of the season against The Strathclyde Sirens by 49-53 in the away fixture at the Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham. In a sensational victory in which the lead was swopped at times with Bath behind on the first quarter. Report from Netball Super League: Team Bath were made to work for their 53-49 win over Strathclyde Sirens but ultimately held on to taste victory. Tash Pavelin, on her return from an ACL injury, slotted right back into life in the defensive circle, joined by young star Jayda Pechova as she produced a delightful interception in a narrow first quarter. Bath then eked out the lead to four points at half-time before Strathclyde Sirens hit back as their connections started to click, with newcomer Sammy Ngubane impressing on her debut. Towera Vinkhumbo delivered a customarily strong performance with seven gains and seven deflections but could not stop Sophie Kelly’s long bombs as Team Bath powered to a narrow win.
Welsh international Bethan Dyke has been picked to skipper the team as they eye their first fixture. The 29-year-old, a veteran of five major international tournaments and going into her second season in the Blue & Gold, is joined in a new-look leadership group by fellow mid-courter Kirsty Harris and overseas defender Lisa Putt. Their first home match is on Friday 1st March at 7.30pm. See the full fixture list below.
Team Bath Swimming: University of Bath sporting scholar Leah Crisp says she is “over the moon” after securing a Paris 2024 Olympic Games quota place for Team GB in marathon swimming. She finished 17th overall in the women’s 10km race at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha to earn Britain one of the 13 quota spots still available for this summer.
“I got to the last lap and thought, ‘everything I’ve got left, let’s use it and see what I can do’,” said Crisp, “I got a bit stuck around the second buoy on the last lap and lost a few places, so I just had to absolutely go for it down the final kilometre. It was quite stressful, really hard and everyone was just really gunning for it but I obviously managed to pull it back enough.”
Team GB’s Olympic swimming squad will be confirmed later in the year, with the women’s marathon swimming race taking place in the Seine River in central Paris on Saturday 8th August. Follow Bath-based athletes on their journeys to this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games at teambath.com/Paris-2024.
Sports listed in Alphabetical Order
American Football: Bath Killer Bees: The Bath Killer Bees are current members of the British Universities American Football League (BUAFL)’s South Western Atlantic Conference (SWAC). See their website for details. https://www.thesubath.com/americanfootball/
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/
Badminton: Bath Badminton Club. Sports Centre, North Parade Road, Bath. The club meet on Thursday evenings all year round except certain holiday periods and August. www.bathbadminton.co.uk
Badminton: Oldfield Park Badminton Club, Hayesfield Sports Hall Upper Oldfield Lane. www.badmintoninbath.co.uk/
Badminton: Bath Women’s Badminton Club. Sports Centre, North Parade Road, Bath. www.bathwomensbadmintonclub.net/
Boules: City of Bath Pétanque Club. The club plays Pétanque and is open to all, with juniors and non-players welcome. If you haven’t played before, give it a go. The club is based at Larkhall Sports Club, but they also play in Queen Square Wednesday mornings, weather permitting.
Bowling: Bath Bowling Club. Based at Pulteney Road the club is open for membership to anyone who wishes to take up the sport, whether you wish to play socially, competitively or both. The outdoor season is normally from April to September and your first year’s membership is free of charge. Pop along and come in and see us, have a drink and watch a game. Visit https://www.bathbowlingclub.com/
Cricket: Bath Cricket Club: The club is based at North Parade and was founded in 1859 and has a long and interesting history charted on their website at https://www.bathcricket.com/
There are four main teams – with two elevens of the Bath Wanderers Women sides and an U19’s XI as well. Plus, there are teams for girls from U10s to U15s, and youth cricket for the same ages – to join or for more info visit the website. The men’s first team play in the West of England Premier Cricket League (WEPL), the ECB National Club Championship, the ECB T20 competition and the Somerset Cup.
Cricket: Bath Wanderers Women Cricket Club
The team take part in the West of England Premier Cricket League (WEPL).
Cricket: Bear Flat Cricket Club. Established in 1982, the Bears are in Division 1 of the Wiltshire County Cricket League (WCCL) 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.
For more details of the various teams plus the youth and children teams visit https://bearflatcc.org.uk/
Cricket: Hampset Cricket Club: based at Bloomfield Rise, Odd Down, Bath, the club was founded in 1940 and features a large number of elevens including the Scholars, development XI, midweek Saturday and Sunday elevens, junior teams from under 9s to u13s and indoor squads. The 1st XI play in the Bristol & District Cricket Association – First Division 2023. Details at https://hampsetcc.play-cricket.com/home
Cricket: Somerset County Cricket Club
The club are based at the county ground in Taunton although in the past have played some matches at Bath and Weston-super-Mare. They are in the top flight of the cricket structure and have two first class elevens plus a women’s team and female players can be selected for the regional team Western Storm. For details visit https://somersetcountycc.co.uk/
Croquet: Bath Croquet Club
To join or for more info contact Hester Henebury on email hester2210@btinternet.com or visit https://www.bathcroquet.com/
Cycling: Bath Cycling Club welcomes new members of all ages and abilities – visit https://www.bathcc.net/
Cycling: Bike Bath
The annual cycling event has been put off this year until 2024.
Equestrian: Bath Racecourse
See: https://www.bath-racecourse.co.uk/whats-on for details.
Football: Bath City FC. Bath play in the National League South, the sixth tier of the football pyramid. The home ground is Twerton Park and the manager is Jerry Gill. Known as the Romans and play in black and white vertical stripes.
• Tue 4 Jul. Friendly. Away V Shaftesbury. Draw 0-0.
• Sat 8 Jul. Friendly. Away V Frome Town. Won 0-2.
• Tue 11 Jul. Friendly. Home V Bristol City U23s. Lost 1-2.
• Sat 15 Jul. Friendly. Home V Exeter City. Draw 0-0
• Tue 18 Jul. Friendly. Away V Tiverton. Draw 2-2
Tue 25 Jul. friendly. Home V Gloucester. Win 2-0.
• Sat 29 Jul. Friendly. Away V Yate Town. Win 0-2.
• Sat 5 Aug. VNLS. Away V Dartford. Draw 3-3.
• Sat 12 Aug. VNLS. Home V Maidstone. Win 3-0.
• Tue 15 Aug. VNLS. Home V Weston-super-Mare. Lost 2-6.
• Sat 19 Aug. VNLS. Away v Eastbourne. Won 2-1.
• Sat 26 Aug. VNLS. Home V Hampton and Richmond. Won 3-1.
• Mon 28 Aug. VNLS. Away V St Albans. Won 2-0.
• Sat 2 Sep. VNLS. Home V Havant and Waterlooville. Won 2-0.
• Tue 5 Sep. VNLS. Away V Truro. Draw 1-1.
• Sat 9 Sep. VNLS. Away V Welling. Won 0-1.
• Sat 16 Sep. FA Cup. Away V Larkhall Athletic. Won 2-3.
• Sat 23 Sep. VNLS. Home V Dover. 2-2.
• Sat 30 Sep. FA Cup. Away V Weymouth. Won 1-2.
• Sat 7 Oct. VNLS. Away V Braintree. 1-1.
• Sat 21 Oct. VNLS. Away V Tonbridge. Lost 3-2.
• Tue 24 Oct. VNLS. Home V Taunton. Won 3-0.
• Sat 28 Oct. VNLS. Home V Worthing. Lost 2-0.
• Sat 4 Nov. VNLS. Away V Torquay. Lost 1-0.
• Tue 7 Nov. VNLS. Away V Weymouth. Won 1-5.
• Sat 11 Nov. VNLS. Home V Aveley. Won 3-0.
• Sat 18 Nov. FAV. Home V Beaconsfield. Won 1-0.
• Tue 21 Nov. VNLS. Away V Hemel Hempstead. 0-0.
• Sat 25 Nov. VNLS. Away V Farnborough. 2-2.
• Sat 2 Dec. VNLS. Home V Chelmsford. 2-3.
• Tue 5 Dec. VNLS. Home V Yeovil. Lost 0-1.
• Sat 9 Dec. FA Trophy. Home V Boreham Wood. Won 1-0.
• Sat 16 Dec. VNLS. Away V Dover. 0-0.
• Sat 23 Dec. VNLS. Home V Welling. Won 4-0.
• Tue 26 Dec. VNLS. Away V Chippenham. Won 1-2.
• Mon 1 Jan. VNLS. Home V Chippenham. 0-0.
• Sat 6 Jan. VNLS. Away V Yeovil. Lost 2-0.
• Tue 9 Jan. VNLS. Home V Slough. Lost 0-2.
• Sat 13 Jan. Cup. Home V Coalville. Lost on penalties 3-4. 0-0 FT.
• Tue 23 Jan. VNLS. Away V Weston-super-Mare. Won 0-1.
• Sat 3 Feb. VNLS. Home V Eastbourne Borough. Won 1-0.
• Sat 20 Jan. VNLS. Home V Dartford. Won 1-0.
• Tue 13 Feb. Cup. Home V Weston-super-Mare. Lost on penalties. 0-0.
• Sat 17 Feb. VNLS. Home V St Albans. Won 3-1,
• Tue 20 Feb. VNLS. Home V Truro.
• Sat 24 Feb. VNLS. Away V Havant & Waterlooville
• Tue 27 Feb. VNLS. Home V Braintree.
• Sat 2 Mar. VNLS Away v Slough.
• Sat 9 Mar VNLS Home v Farnborough.
• Tue 12 Mar. VNLS Home V Hemel Hempstead.
• Sat 16 Mar. VNLS Away V Chelmsford.
• Sat 23 Mar VNLS Away V Worthing.
• Fri 29 Mar VNLS Home V Weymouth.
• Mon 1 Apr VNLS Away V Taunton.
• Sat 6 Apr VNLS Home V Tonbridge
• Sat 13 Apr VNLS Home V Torquay
• Sat 20 Apr VNLS Away V Aveley
Football: Bath City Women
The Bath City Women Development Team will play in the Somerset County Women’s League in Division 2 North starting on September 3rd. They will play their home games at Lansdown South, the pitches that Bath City Youth have recently taken over, with at least one fixture at Twerton Park before the end of their season.
• Sun 23 Jul. Friendly. Away V Weston-super-Mare. Win 0-2.
• Sun 6 Aug. Home. V Warminster. KO 2pm. Lost 1-3.
• Sun 3 Sep. Home V Weymouth. KO 2pm. Draw 3-3.
• Sun 10 Sep. Bye in the FA Cup.
• Sun 17 Sep. Away V Poole. Lost 4-1.
• Sun 24 Sep. Home V Purton. 1-1.
• Sun 1 Oct. Away V Glos. FA Cup. Lost 0-2.
• Sun 8 Oct. Home V Stockwood. KO 2pm.
• Sun 15 Oct. Home V Ridgeway. Won 4-1.
• Sun 22 Oct. Home V Stockwood. 1-1.
• Sun 29 Oct. Away V Frome. Postponed.
• Sun 5 Nov. Home V Frome. Won 1-0.
• Sun 12 Nov. Away V Weymouth. Won 1-2.
• Sun 26 Nov. Home V Poole Town. Lost 0-2.
• Sun 7 Jan. Away V Shaftsbury. 0-0.
• Sun 14. Jan. Away V Ridgeway. Won 0-8.
• Sun 28 Jan. Away V Stockwood. 1-1.
• Sun 18 Feb. Away V Frome. Match postponed.
• Sun 25 Feb. Away V Royal Wootton Bassett
Football: Larkhall Athletic FC. Founded in 1914 the Larks play in the Southern League Division One South (SLD1S) and are based at the Securitas Stadium, Plain Ham. With a development team, a youth team and a women’s team the Larks are one of the leading outfits in the city. They are part of Larkhall Sports Club. Visit https://larkhallathletic.com/
First Team fixtures and results:
• Sat 2 Sep. FA Cup 1Q. Home V Moneyfields. Won 3-0.
• Sat 9 Sep. FA Trophy 1Q. Home V Willand Rovers. Won 2-0.
• Sat 16 Sep. FA Cup. Home V Bath City. Lost 2-3
• Sun 24 Sep. FA Trophy. Away V Hamworthy. Lost 2-1.
• Tue 26 Sep. (SLD1S). Away V Malvern. Lost 4-2.
• Sat 30 Sep. (SLD1S). Home V Bemerton. Lost 1-2.
• Sat 7 Oct. (FA Trophy). Home V Mousehole. 2-0.
• Sat 14 Oct. Away V Willand. 2-2.
• Sat 21 Oct. Home V Melksham. Won 1-0.
• Sat 28 Oct. home V Horsham. Lost 1-2.
• Sat 18 Nov. Home V Exmouth. Won 5-0.
• Tue 21 Nov. Away V Evesham. 0-0.
• Sat 25 Nov. Home V Paulton. Won. 4-0.
•Tue 28 Nov. Away V Wimborne. Won 1-2.
• Sat 2 Dec. Away V Mousehole. 1-1.
• Sat 16 Dec. Away V Bideford. Won 1-2.
• Sat 23 Dec. Home V Bristol Manor Farm. Lost 1-3.
• Sat 26 Tue Dec. Away V Westbury. 1-1.
• Sat 6 Jan. Away V Bishops Cleeve. Won 0-4.
• Sat 13 Jan. Home V Wimborne. Cancelled.
• Sat 27 Jan. Away V Melksham. Lost 1-5.
• Sat 3 Feb. Home V Willand. Won 2-1.
• Sat 17 Feb. Home V Evesham. 1-1.
• Sat 24 Feb. Away V Exmouth.
• Sat 2 Mar. Home V Yate.
• Sat 16 Mar. Away V Tavistock.
• Sat 23 Mar. Home V Malvern.
• Sat 30 Mar. Away V Bashley.
• Mon 1 Apr. Home V Westbury.
Football: Odd Down FC. They are currently members of the Western League Division One (WLD1) and play at the Lew Hill Memorial Ground.
• Tue 18 Jul. Friendly. Home V Trowbridge Town. 0-4.
• Tue 25 Jul. Friendly. Home V Melksham Town. 1-4.
• Sat 29 Aug. WLD1. Away V Bristol Telephones. 3-1.
• Tue 1 Aug. WLD1. Home V Hallen. 2-2.
• Sat 5 Aug. WLD1. Away V Portishead. Lost 6-0.
• Tue 8 Aug. WLD1. Home V Gillingham. 3-3.
• Sat 12 Aug. WLD1. Home V Brislington. Lost 0-7.
• Tue 15 Aug. WLD1. Away V Wincanton. Lost 2-1.
• Sat 19 Aug. WLD1. Home V Wells Won 1-2.
• Tue 22 Aug. WLD1. Away V Bitton. Lost 6-2.
• Sat 26 Aug. FA Vase. Away v Stonehouse. Lost on pens.
• Tue 29 Aug. WLD1. Away V Keynsham. Lost 7-2.
• Sat 2 Sep. WLD1. Home V Cheddar. Lost 3-4.
• Sat 9 Sep. WLD1. Home V Middlezoy. Lost 1-3.
• Sat 12 Sep. WLD1. Away V Bradford. Won 3-4.
• Sat 16 Sep. WLD1. Home V Boco H. Won 2-1.
• Sat 26 Sep. WDL1. Home V Cribbs. Won 3-1.
• Sat 30 Sep. WDL1. Away V Longwell G. Won 1-2.
• Wed 4 Oct. Cup. Away v Wellington. Lost 5-3.
• Sat 7 Oct. WDL1. Home V Shirehampton. Lost 3-4.
• Tue 10 Oct. WDL1. Home V Bristol Tel. won 5-0.
• Sat 14th Oct 23. WDL1. Away V Cheddar. Won 1-3.
• Sat 21st Oct 23. WDL1. Away V Hallen. Lost 4-1.
• Tue 24th Oct 23. Cup. Home V Longwell Green Sports. Won 3-1.
• Fri 27th Oct 23. WDL1. Home V Keynsham Town. Won 3-1.
• Sat 4th Nov 23 WDL1. Home V Cadbury Heath. Postponed.
• Sat 11th Nov 23. WDL1. Away V Middlezoy Rovers. Lost 4-0.
• Sat 25th Nov 23. WDL1. Away V Gillingham Town. Lost 4-2.
• Sat 2nd Dec 23. WDL1. Away V Aek Boco. 1-0.
• Sat 9th Dec 23. WDL1. Home V Longwell Green Sports. Lost 0-1.
• Sat 16th Dec 23. WDL1. Away V Brislington. Lost 4-0.
• Tues 26th Dec 23. WDL1. Away V Radstock Town. Lost 6-0.
• Sat 30th Dec 23. WDL1. Home V Warminster Town. Won 3-0.
• Sat 13 Jan. Away V Cadbury Heath. 1-1.
• Sat 24 Jan. WDL1. Away V Cribbs. Lost 4-2 on penalties.
Sat 27 Jan. WDL1. Home. Wincanton. Lost 0-5.
• Sat 3 Feb. WGL1. Away V Cadbury Heath. 1-1.
• Sat 17 Feb. WGL1. Away. Won 1-2.
• Sat 24 Feb. WGL1. Away. Cribbs.
• Sat 9 Mar. Home V Portish’d
• Sat 16 Mar. Away V Wells
• Sat 23 Mar. away V Hengrove
• Fri 29 Mar. Home V Radstock
• Mon 1 Apr. Away V Warminster
• Sat 6 Apr. Home V Bishop Sutton
• Sat 20 Apr. Home V Bradford O A
Hockey: City of Bath Hockey Club
City of Bath were formed from a merger between Bath & Phillipians Hockey Club’s and they play at Lansdown. For details visit https://www.cobhc.org.uk/
Hockey: Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club
Team Bath Buccaneers is one of the largest and most successful Hockey Clubs in the West of England with over 800 members. Open to new members. Based at University of Bath. For details visit https://www.teambathbuccaneers.co.uk/clubNews
Hockey: Team Bath Hockey Club
The University of Bath Hockey Club has six men’s and six ladies’ teams who play in the British University & Colleges (BUCS) leagues on Wednesdays. Based at University of Bath. Details at https://www.teambath.com/sport/hockey/
Modern Pentathlon: Team GB had an incredible performance at the home World Championships held at the University of Bath, with a seven-strong squad qualifying across the women’s and men’s finals.
The Modern Pentathlon World Championships took place in August with the Mixed Relay Finals. If you missed the action, you can catch up on BBC iPlayer and photos are available on the UIPM Flickr account.
Netball: Team Bath Netball.
Team Bath Netball play in the Vitality Netball Super League on 17th February. Details at https://netball.teambath.com/. Season and match-day tickets are on sale now, visit netball.teambath.com/tickets for further details.
| Date | Opposition | Venue |
| Saturday 17th February | Strathclyde Sirens | Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham |
| Saturday 24th February | Loughborough Lightning | Sir David Wallace Arena |
| Friday 1st March | SEVERN STARS | Team Bath Arena |
| Friday 8th March | LONDON PULSE | Team Bath Arena |
| Friday 15th March | SARACENS MAVERICKS | Team Bath Arena |
| Saturday 23rd March | Surrey Storm | Surrey Sports Park |
| Saturday 30th March | Manchester Thunder | Belle Vue Arena |
| Friday 5th April | LEEDS RHINOS | Team Bath Arena |
| Friday 12th April | CARDIFF DRAGONS | Team Bath Arena |
| Saturday 20th April | London Pulse | Copper Box Arena |
| Saturday 27th April | Saracens Mavericks | Hertfordshire Sports Village |
| Saturday 4th May | SURREY STORM | Team Bath Arena |
| Friday 10th May | LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING | Team Bath Arena |
| Friday 17th May | Leeds Rhinos | Canon Medical Arena, Sheffield |
| Friday 24th May | MANCHESTER THUNDER | Team Bath Arena |
| Friday 31st May | STRATHCLYDE SIRENS | Team Bath Arena |
| Friday 7th June | Severn Stars | University of Worcester Arena |
| Saturday 15th June | Cardiff Dragons | Utilita Arena Cardiff |
Rugby: Bath Rugby Union Club Men
Details at https://www.bathrugby.com/
The Blue, Black and Whites are in the Champions Cup pool stages in 2023/24. Taking place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the home of next year’s final, Sarra Elgan and Vincent Pochulu announced Bath Rugby’s fate for their European campaign. Being drawn in Pool 2, Bath Rugby will take on two French teams in the form of Top14 Champions, Stade Toulousain, along with Racing 92 and the URC’s Cardiff Rugby and Ulster Rugby. Bath Rugby have also drawn Harlequins, however under the Champions Cup’s new format, teams within the same league drawn into the same pool will not play each other.
Within the new format, the Champions Cup sees four pools of six teams, totalling 24 teams. The teams are split into two tiers; the four winning teams from the 2022/23 leagues (Munster, La Rochelle, Stade Toulousain and Saracens) make up Tier 1, with the remaining 20 qualifying teams placed into Tier 2. In a club first, the Blue, Black and White will take on Racing 92 who finished fifth in the Top14, giving new signing Finn Russell the chance to front up against his former French side.
Recent Top14 winners, Stade Toulousain, may also get the chance to visit The Rec, giving Bath a shot at redemption after a narrow 20-22 defeat the last time the French champions were in town in 2018.
Cardiff Rugby, who picked up the Welsh Shield for 2022/23, were handed a 38-3 hammering in 2016 and will look for retaliation come the pool stages.
Northern Ireland-based outfit Ulster Rugby, who were knocked out in this year’s URC 2022/23 quarter finals, complete Bath Rugby’s Pool fixtures for 2023/24.
Round of 16 – 5/6/7 April 2024
Quarter-finals – 12/13/14 April 2024
Semi-finals – 3/4/5 May 2024
Final – Saturday 25 May 2024, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Premiership Rugby Cup
• Fri 8 Sep. Away V Cornish Pirates. Premiership Rugby Cup. Won 23-29.
• Sat 16 Sep. Home V Jersey Reds. Premiership Rugby Cup. Lost 10-34.
• Sat 23 Sep. Home V London Scottish. Premiership Rugby Cup. Won 47-11.
• Sat 30 Sep. Away V Northampton. Lost 43-42
• Fri 6 Oct. Away V Edinburgh. Friendly. Lost 31-5.
• Sat 7 Oct. Home V Exeter. Premiership Rugby Cup. Won 34-14.
• Sat 14 Oct. Home. V Newcastle. KO 2pm. (GP). Won 34-26.
• Sat 21 Oct. Away V Saracens. (GP) Won 16-25.
• Sat 28 Oct. Home V Leicester (GP). Lost 24-25.
• Sat 4 Nov. Away V Northampton (GP) Lost 24-18.
• Fri 10 Nov. Away V Gloucester (GP). Won 27-45.
• Fri 17 Nov. Home V Bristol (GP). Won 20-19.
• Fri 24 Nov. Away V Sale (GP). Lost 11-9.
• Sat 2 Dec. Home V Exeter (GP) Won 41-24.
• Sat 9 Dec. Home V Ulster (Investec Championship R1) Won 37-14.
• Sat 16 Dec. Away V Cardiff (Investec Championship R2) Won 32-39.
• Sat 23 Dec. Home V Harlequins (GP) Won 25-17.
• Sun 31 Dec. Away V Leicester (GP) Lost 35-22.
• Sun 7 Jan. Home V Gloucester (GP) Won 17-10.
• Sun 14 Jan. Home V Racing 92 (ICCup) Won 29-25.
• Sun 21 Jan. Away V Toulouse (ICCup) Lost 31-19.
• Sat 27 Jan. Away V Bristol (GP) Lost 57-44.
• Sun 24 Mar. Home V Sale. GP.
• Sat 30 Mar. Away V Harlequins. GP.
• Sat 6 Apr. Away v Exeter Chiefs. (ICCup)
• Fri 28 Apr. Home V Saracens. GP.
• Sat 11 May. Away V Newcastle. GP.
• Sat 18 May. Home V Northampton. GP.
Rugby: Bath Rugby Ladies Club Women
For details see https://www.bathrugbyladies.com/
Rugby: Bath Saracens RFC
Bath Saracens are an amateur rugby club competing in the Dorset & Wilts 3 Central. Formed on 13th March 1947, Bath Saracens are still going strong 75 years on. All welcome to train at Lambridge Training Ground in Bath every Thursday night between 19.30 and 21.00. See https://bathsaracens.co.uk/events/category/games/
Rugby: Combe Down RFC
in 1896 the club currently play home fixtures at Holly’s Corner, Bramble Way. Details on their Face Book site. Details at https://combedownrfc.rfu.club/
Rugby: Bath Gladiators Rugby League Club
Bath Gladiators will participate in the newly established Franchise Rugby League starting this season. Visit: https://bathgladiators.com/
Swimming: Dolphins: 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.
Swimming: Team Bath: Based at the University the swimming programme offers opportunities for all users, from learn-to-swim sessions and daily swim-fit sessions for the public to our performance set-up which is home to a British Swimming Performance Centre. See https://www.teambath.com/sport/swimming/
Tennis: 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: 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
Tennis: Team Bath Tennis. For more see https://www.teambath.com/sport/tennis/