Posted on 6th November 2023
By Colin Campbell Two weeks on from the Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Under 15 and Under 19 Junior Championships, it was the turn of the Under 13 and Under 17 age groups to demonstrate their skills. As with the previous tournament, play took place at the Jack Kane Centre on Saturday and Meadowbank Sports […]
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Posted on 6th November 2023
A huge well done to our Scottish players who were out in Saarbrucken and Budapest last week at the Hylo Open and Hungarian International. Kirsty Gilmour just missed out on a place in the final to Denmark’s Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt (21-16 21-17). Jack MacGregor and Adam Pringle’s run ended in the semi final against England’s […]
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Posted on 6th November 2023
We would like to extend our congratulations to David Gillespie, who collected his award for Disability Sport Coach of the Year award at sportscotland’s COV Awards 2023! David was also the worthy winner of Badminton Scotland’s Volunteer of the Year Award 2023. Both awards reflect the true importance and impact of David’s coaching, advice, and […]
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Posted on 1st November 2023
“Prepare yourself and play your best” – Moloy Sarker On Monday, 31 October Rajani Tyagi spoke with Scottish Masters player Moloy Sarker after he played in Badminton Scotland’s recent 2023 Scottish National Masters Championships in Perth. On the show Moloy told Rajani about his experience of playing in this tournament for the first time with […]
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Posted on 31st October 2023
By RJ Mitchell CALLUM SMITH has expressed his delight at the news he has been included in the provisional Scottish Men’s Team for next month’s European Qualifiers at Milton Keynes. The three-times Scottish Singles champion suffered a torn ligament and bone bruising to his right ankle during a training session at the Sir Craig Reedie Centre […]
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Posted on 31st October 2023
A huge well done to Dundee Dragons Wheelchair Sports Club who have won the Community and Clubs Achievement Award at the 2023 Variety Club Disability Sports Awards. On Monday 30 October, Variety (the children’s charity) hosted their inaugural Club Disability Sports Awards 2023. Club legend Kevin Rattray spoke to C4 Paralympics after receiving the award […]
Read More Posted on 30th October 2023
By Grania Shankley Well done to all players who competed in this weekend’s Scottish National Masters Championships. It was a great event in Perth over two days with over 100 masters players competing in various age categories in MS, WS, MD, WD and XD. Men’s Singles Round Ups Men’s Single’s 35 John Durrand, James Lee, […]
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Posted on 30th October 2023
By RJ Mitchell JULIE MACPHERSON is hoping to make it third time lucky when she pairs up with Ciara Torrance to face Denmark’s No.4 seeded Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen at this week’s Hylo Open. The Scottish champions have already played the Danes in the European Mixed Team Championships and the European Games this year […]
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Posted on 30th October 2023
The Anglo-Scottish U16 Team Tournament is an inter-county team event by invitation only and features 6 counties from England and Scotland. Teams play 3 matches on Saturday and two each on Sunday. A joint “Clyde” team from West of Scotland and Glasgow & North Strathclyde groups won the Anglo Scottish Under 16 Team Competition over […]
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Posted on 30th October 2023
By Hugh Ainsley The SSBU started off their new season with two events last weekend. On Saturday 28th October it was the 2010 Age Group event at Wishaw. The boys singles had 19 entries and went entirely to seeding with Charlie Junnor, Calum Tsang, Reyansh Arora and Dylan Jia winning their pools and then getting through […]
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Posted on 30th October 2023
By Gordon Smith Last weekend there was another round of fixtures in the ladies and gents doubles league with some exciting matches. It promises to be an exciting season in the ladies league and there was something of a shock as champions NCR went down 6-0 to what to be fair was a very strong […]
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Posted on 25th October 2023
We are looking for any final entries for the UK ParaBadminton Champs to be held from 24-26 November 2023 at Tollcross. PD events: All players competing will need to have been formally nationally/internationally classified into one of the 6 BWF Para-Badminton Classes – WH1, WH2, SL3, SL4, SU5 or SH6. If you have only been […]
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Posted on 25th October 2023
Badminton Scotland would like to pass on their condolences after hearing news of the passing of Diana Troke, President of Badminton England. Article sourced from Badminton England Badminton England are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of President of Badminton England Diana Troke. Diana made a significant contribution towards building the profile of badminton […]
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Posted on 25th October 2023
By Julie Dunlop The Danish Open Senior tournament was held in Odense, at the same time as the Danish Open, so we were able to go and watch some big names play on the days we weren’t playing. One of the highlights was the atmosphere watching Rasmussen and Astrup in the men’s doubles semi-finals with […]
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Posted on 25th October 2023
By RJ Mitchell JOSH APILIGA is hoping that his recent fine run at the Scottish Open can help him reclaim his place in the Scotland Team for the European Men’s Championship Qualifiers in December. The 22-year-old confounded expectations in negotiating three perilous rounds of qualifying in which he defeated England No.3 Nadeem Dalvi to make […]
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