Bath Voice Sports News: Team Bath Netball eye their first fixture on the eve of the new season; City’s women footballers see two goal lead slip at Stockwood; Bath Rugby lose in thriller at Bristol

JANUARY 31, 2024

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

American Football: Bath Killer Bees: Home games at Bath University on Eastwood Rugby 1. The address is University of Bath Sports Training Village, Norwood Avenue, Claverton Down, Bath,  BA2 7AY.  There are games this Sunday 4th Feb against Bournemouth with a 1 pm KO, and Wednesday 14th Feb against Exeter with a 12:30pm KO. Anyone is welcome to watch.

Football: Bath City Women FC: This report is from the Club: Bath City Women remain unbeaten in 2024 but had to settle for a point against Stockwood Wanderers this afternoon. Goals from Abby Gray and Emily Dellow had given them a 2-0 lead before Toni Blenkinsopp pulled a goal back in first half stoppage time. And the home side completed the comeback thanks to a second half penalty from Lauren Phillips. The Development side remained just two points behind league leaders Weston Super Mare Women Reserves thanks to a 4-2 victory over Portishead Ladies A Team. Jasmine Rennie (2), Liv Davis and Amy Hucker were on target in the win in North Bristol.

Football: Bath City FC: An away win at Weston-super-Mare by one goal to nil lifts Bath into eighth in the Vanarama National League South just one point off the play-offs behind Torquay. However Bath has games in hand over the Devonshire and one time Football League team so a late season push for promotion is still on. Cody Cooke grounded the Seagulls with his 50^th goal in the 50^th minute as he beat Max Harris in goal for the seasiders. Weston -super-Mare pressed throughout the game with Bath’s Josey Casa-Grande kept busy in City’s goal but the Romans also came close with when Dan Hayfield headed close and Scott Wilson saw his second half shot rise above the crossbar. The Seagulls will feel they should have had at least a draw but City held out at 0-1 to take home all three points as they march on with their promotion hopes intact.

Rugby: Bath Rugby Union Club: It’s never easy to accept a defeat to the Bristol Bears (formerly Bristol Football Club late of the Memorial Ground) 12 miles up the River Avon at Ashton Gate but this one will leave a bitter taste as at one time in the second half Bath looked about to turn the game on its head – but it was not to be. Bath’s internationals were absent for the call ups to the Six Nations and it’s fair to say their replacements didn’t gel until the second half despite a blistering start when Finn Russell put in a cross-field kick for Joe Cokanasig to touch down. But Bristol scored five tries by the interval with the score at 33-15 so it needed a BB&W’s comeback to make the second half a closer encounter.

In a thrilling second half in which Bath scored tries through Tom de Glanville, Jaco Coetzee and Thomas du Toit, with Finn Russell proving lethal with the boot, it was a late try from Rich Lane for Bristol that finally ensured the home side came out on top. On BBC Radio Bristol Gareth Chilcott described Finn Russell as making blunders, and Bath as playing like ‘schoolboys’ in the first half. These comments may not endear the former Bath player to fans of the BB&Ws as the game was closer than the score suggests – and Bath will have come away thinking they could have won, had one or two decisions gone their way.

Both Jaco Coetzee and Louis Schreuder were yellow carded allowing Bristol an advantage and of course with the likes of Beno Obano, Will Stuart and Ollie Lawrence amongst others on international duty this was always going to be a challenge – but with 44 points notched up against Bristol at least it shows the game has some positives for Bath and they remain in third spot in the league with Bristol lower down in eighth spot.

The club has a full report here: https://www.bathrugby.com/content/match-roundup-bristol-bears-57-44-bath-rugby

Stats from Bath Rugby Club:

SCORES

Bristol Bears

Tries: Will Capon (8), Joe Batley (10), AJ MacGinty (19), Noah Heward (23), James Williams (32), Fitz Harding (44), Magnus Bradbury (51), Rich Lane (78)

Conversions: AJ MacGinty (11, 19, 23, 32, 45, 51, 79)

Penalties: AJ MacGinty (73)

Bath Rugby

Tries: Joe Cokanasiga (2), Tom Dunn (27), Tom de Glanville (41), Jaco Coetzee (48), Thomas du Toit (64), penalty try (68)

Conversions: Finn Russell (28, 48, 64)

Penalties: Finn Russell (16)

TEAMS

Bristol Bears XV: 1 Jake Woolmore, 2 Will Capon, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 4 James Dun, 5 Joe Batley, 6 Steven Luatua, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 8 Magnus Bradbury, 9 Harry Randall, 10 AJ MacGinty, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 12 James Williams, 13 Benhard JV Rensburg, 14 Noah Heward, 15 Rich Lane

Replacements: 16 Fred Davies, 17 Sam Grahamslaw, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Josh Caulfield, 20 Jake Heenan, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Virimi Vakatawa, 23 Siva Naulago

Bath Rugby XV: 1 Juan Schoeman, 2 Tom Dunn, 3 Thomas du Toit, 4 Elliott Stooke, 5 Quinn Roux, 6 GJ van Velze (c), 7 Miles Reid, 8 Jaco Coetzee, 9 Louis Schreuder, 10 Finn Russell, 11 Matt Gallagher, 12 Will Butt, 13 Cameron Redpath, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 15 Tom de Glanville

Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Arthur Cordwell, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Josh McNally, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Chris Cloete

Team Bath Netball: The 2024 Netball Super League season begins on Saturday 17th February with an away game against Strathclyde Sirens at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham at 2,30pm. Last year the Blue and Golds edged the Caledonian outfit by a single point in a 49-49 victory. However the return match saw the Scottish team cruise to a 69-47 win in May, 2023. The team need to get off to a strong start in the league – and they will be dressed the part with a new look kit – available also for their supporters.

Their first home match is on Friday 1^st March at 7.30pm See the full fixture list below.

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). They are recruiting for the 2023/24 season to begin our assault on BUCS South West Division 1. Season restarts in the autumn. See their website for details. https://www.thesubath.com/americanfootball/

Fixtures:

29/10/23 – Bournemouth University Bobcats (A) Cancelled. Water-logged pitch.

12/11/23 – Exeter Demons (A) Lost 48-9.

19/11/23 – Southampton Stags (H) Lost 9-48.

26/11/23 – Southampton Stags (A) Won 12-30.

03/12/23 – Exeter Demons (H) Cancelled due to frozen pitch.

10/12/23 – Bristol University Barracuda (A) 7-7.

28/01/24 – Bristol University Barracuda (H)

04/02/24 – Bournemouth University Bobcats (H)

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.

• Sat 20 Jan. VNLS. Home V Dartford. Postponed.

• Tue 23 Jan. VNLS. Away V Weston-super-Mare. Won 0-1.

• Sat 27 Jan. VNLS. Away V Maidstone.

• Sat 3 Feb. VNLS. Home V Eastbourne Borough.

• Sat 10 Feb. VNLS. Away V Hampton and Richmond.

• Tue 13 Feb. Cup. Home V Weston-super-Mare.

• Sat 17 Feb. VNLS. Home V St Albans

• 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.

• 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.

• Sat 3 Feb. Home V Willand.

• Sat 17 Feb. Home V Evesham.

• 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.

Sat 27 Jan. WDL1. Home. Wincanton.

• Sat 3 Feb. WGL1. Away V Cadbury Heath

• Sat 10 Feb. WDL1 Away V Shirehampton

• SAT 17TH FEB 24 LEAGUE BITTON H

• SAT 24TH FEB 24 LEAGUE CRIBBS RES A

• SAT 9TH MAR 24 LEAGUE PORTISHEAD TOWN H

• SAT 16TH MAR 24 LEAGUE WELLS CITY A

• SAT 23RD MAR 24 LEAGUE HENGROVE ATHLETIC A

• FRI 29TH MAR 24 LEAGUE RADSTOCK TOWN H

• MON 1ST APR 24 LEAGUE WARMINSTER TOWN A

• SAT 6TH APR 24 LEAGUE BISHOP SUTTON H

• SAT 20TH APR 24 LEAGUE BRADFORD TOWN H

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 visithttps://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.

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)

• Sun 24 Mar. Home V Sale. GP.

• Sat 30 Mar. Away V Harlequins. 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/

• Sat 16 Dec. Away V Swanage and Wareham. Lost 26-5.

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

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.

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/