Following the success of the Yonex Scottish National Championships the badminton season continues unabated with a number of tournaments taking place over the coming weeks.

Glasgow’s Scotstoun International Sports Arena is the setting for a festival of badminton with the first set of challenges being the BADMINTONscotland organised 4 Nations Disabled Championships being held from 19^th to 21^st February. 

SUSAN EGELSTAFF won her fifth singles title at the Yonex Scottish National Championships at Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth today.

The Bank of Scotland International champion and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist repeated last year’s women’s singles win over second seed Linda Sloan 21-13 21-16 in an all-Glasgow final.

But there was a new name on the men’s singles roll of honour when Falkirk’s second seed Calum Menzies defeated top seed Kieran Merrilees 21-16 21-16. Menzies never looked back after a flying start which swept him into a 7-1 lead against the Glasgow 20-year-old. 

Defending champion Susan Egelstaff (Glasgow) will face a star of the future in Kirsty Gilmour (Bothwell) in the semi-finals of the women’s singles at the Yonex Scottish National Championships at the Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth tomorrow morning (Sun).

The Commonwealth bronze medallist and Bank of Scotland International  champion from Glasgow made the most of a first-round bye to dispose of Rebekka Findlay (Erskine) 21-3 21-7 in just 13 minutes in the quarter-finals.

SCOTTISH badminton prospect Kirsty Gilmour has been nominated for the Best Up and Coming Scottish Sportsperson at this year’s Scottish Variety Awards.

The 16-year-old from Bothwell is the only girl among the nominees in this category and she is up against rugby’s Ben Addison, cycling’s John Paul and footballers Rory Loy (Rangers) and Paul Caddis (Celtic). 

The Awards Ceremony will take place on March 26 at Glasgow’s Crowne Plaza Hotel and the deadline for voting is 1 week before the event.