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30th September 2026 by Robert McLean A strong Scottish contingent has arrived in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia ahead of the YONEX Bulgarian International Championship, with the Future Series event set to get underway tomorrow. There will be Scottish interest from the very first day of action, with Finlay Jack and [...]

30th September 2026 by Robert McLean Angus Meldrum made a promising return to the European Circuit this afternoon at the YONEX Dutch Open, despite falling to Denmark’s fourth seed in qualifying, Mathias Solgaard. Meldrum found himself up against a highly ranked Danish opponent and was unable to prevent Solgaard from taking [...]

29th September 2026 by Robert McLean Three Scottish players have arrived in the Dutch city of ’s-Hertogenbosch this week, ready to begin their campaigns at the Yonex Dutch Open, with play getting underway tomorrow. Following an injury setback, Angus Meldrum makes his return to the European circuit in men’s singles and [...]

21st September 2026 by Robert McLean It was another busy day of action for the Scottish contingent at the Polish International, with our remaining players facing some tough opposition as the tournament moved deeper into the main draw. The day began with Brooke Stalker and Ishbel McCallister taking to court in [...]

17th September 2026 by Robert McLean It was another busy day of action for our Scottish stars in Krakow, with all four singles matches now concluded and plenty of positive performances to take from the day. Ishbel McCallister and Josh Taylor produced an excellent display in the mixed doubles, pushing 7th [...]

Elite international badminton returns to Glasgow this November, with tickets for the 2026 Scottish Open Badminton Championships now on sale. The prestigious tournament will take place at the Glasgow International Arena from 19-22 November, with up to 400 elite athletes from across the globe expected to compete for honours. The Scottish [...]

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) membership has voted to approve the adoption of a 3 x 15 scoring system, which will officially come into effect on Monday 4 January 2027. Badminton Scotland will take a phased approach to the introduction of the new scoring system. For all events at Silver [...]

16th September 2026 by Robert McLean Day One of the Polish International in Kraków has come to a close, with plenty of Scottish interest and an eventful opening day for our players. The morning got off to an excellent start as James Robertson and Matthew Waring both were promoted from qualifying [...]

15th September 2026 by Robert McLean Another strong Scottish contingent has arrived in the beautiful city of Krakow this week for the 2026 Polish International, with play set to get underway tomorrow and plenty of Scottish interest on the opening day. Following a successful week in Belgium, where he navigated his [...]

The first event of the new SSBU season took place at Penicuik on Saturday 12th September. This was for players born 2013 or later and it was a busy event. With the hall only available until 4 p.m. first games had to go on court at 9.15. There were 7 [...]

14th September 2026 by Robert McLean It was a fantastic week for Scotland’s para badminton players at the Japan Para Badminton International, with Andrew Davies producing an excellent run in the men’s singles and gaining valuable experience against some of the world’s leading players. Andrew’s impressive tournament came to an end at the quarter-final [...]

14th September 2026 by Robert McLean It was a fantastic week for Scotland’s top shuttlers at the YONEX Belgian International in Nieuwpoort, with Kirsty Gilmour and the Grimley twins both finishing at the top of the podium after an impressive week of badminton. Following on from Thursday’s report, Kirsty Gilmour continued her excellent run with a confident [...]