Posted on 25th September 2018
Over the weekend there were some fantastic matches at the Glasgow Junior Championships with 49 of the 213 matches played going to three sets! In the U19 events the finals were contested by only eight players. Joshua Apiliga defeated Adam Pringle in an exciting 3-set match in the final of the singles and they then […]
Read MorePosted on 20th September 2018
Dan Travers and Christine Black will be hoping to strike Spanish gold for Scotland when the European Senior Championships get underway in Guadalajara next week. The pair are second seeds in the 60+ mixed doubles and will be hoping to improve on the silver medal they won at last year’s World Senior Championships. To take […]
Read MorePosted on 19th September 2018
Kirsty Gilmour suffered a disappointing defeat in the first round of the Victor China Open today. Scotland’s No.1 went into the match having won two of her previous three matches against Sayaka Takahashi but she was unable to improve that record as the Japanese player won 21-18 21-9. Gilmour pushed her opponent all the way […]
Read MorePosted on 18th September 2018
It was a great weekend for Brooke Stalker at the Swedish Youth Games over the weekend where she won a silver and a bronze medal. Stalker won bronze in the U13 girls’ singles, reaching the semi-finals without dropping a game, the only British girl to reach that stage. She lost out to Denmark’s Maria Hoejlund […]
Read MorePosted on 16th September 2018
Christopher and Matthew Grimley have won men’s doubles silver at the European Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. A quarter-final win over England’s William Jones and Ethan van Leeuwen 21-15 21-8 in Friday night’s quarter-final guaranteed them at least a bronze medal. A comfortable 21-14 21-16 victory yesterday over French pair Maxime Briot and Kenji Lovang […]
Read MorePosted on 14th September 2018
Christopher and Matthew Grimley are through to the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at the 2018 European Junior Championships being held in Tallinn, Estonia. The top seeds beat Danes Rasmus Espersen and Sebastian Gronbjerg, coming from behind to win 12-21 21-15 21-14 to set up a showdown against England’s William Jones and Ethan Van Leeuwen […]
Read MorePosted on 14th September 2018
Christopher and Matthew Grimley ensured Scotland’s day ended on a high note on Thursday evening when they won their opening men’s doubles match at the European Junior Championships. Having received a first round bye, the Scottish top seeds wasted no time in despatching their second round opponents, Finland’s Eero Lauri and Victor Lindhal, winning 21-13 […]
Read MorePosted on 13th September 2018
The second Central Badminton Association Smash In2 doubles festival was held at Grangemouth High School on 02 September 2018. The event was attended by players of all levels from different clubs and social groups playing in central Scotland who enjoyed competitive games at their own pace. The event took the format of a doubles challenge […]
Read MorePosted on 13th September 2018
A mixed day in international competition saw contrasting fortunes with some good results for Scotland’s senior internationalists in Belgium but results in Estonia more disappointing. At the Belgian International in Leuven, Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson continued their fine form and scored an easy first round win over Michael Roe and Jessica Hopton before upsetting […]
Read MorePosted on 12th September 2018
Scotland’s next generation of stars continued their good form today at the European Junior Championships in Estonia. Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew beat Austria’s Nicolas Rudolph and Serena Au Yeong 21-19 21-19 to progress to the third round where they will face English fifth seeds Ethan Van Leeuwen and Sian Kelly. But Joshua Apiliga and […]
Read MorePosted on 11th September 2018
A grand total of 14779 hard fought points were scored during the Glasgow U13 / U17 Championships at the weekend. In the under 17 boys’ singles Callum Smith took on Michael McGuire in the final, with Callum winning 21-17 22-20. Callum had defeated Kenneth Cheung in his semi-final and Michael beat Jamie Gunn in the […]
Read MorePosted on 11th September 2018
Over 90 competitors took part in Highland Badminton Group restricted tournament held in Orkney at the weekend. Players from Shetland, Western Isles, Inverness, Caithness, Ross-shire and Orkney descended on the Pickaquoy Leisure Complex, in Kirkwall for the 2 days of competition. This is the second year Orkney Badminton Association hosted this event for under 14, […]
Read MorePosted on 11th September 2018
Joshua Apiliga, Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew got off to the best possible start in the individual events of the 2018 European Junior Championships. In the singles, Apiliga scored a comfortable 21-10 21-10 win over Israeli Maxim Grinblat. Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew also won comfortably, beating Mihnea Craciun and Luiza Milu of Romania 21-9 […]
Read MorePosted on 10th September 2018
Scotland’s run in the team event of the European Junior Championships came to an end today, but Robert Blair’s young squad can hold their heads high despite defeat to top seeds Denmark. Scotland were originally scheduled to play second seeds France in today’s quarter-final but mistakes in the live draw procedure meant Badminton Europe had […]
Read MorePosted on 10th September 2018
The search for volunteers for the Scottish Open Badminton Championships is now underway following the opening of the application process. The third oldest event in world badminton, the Scottish Open will be played over five days from 21-25 November at the Emirates Arena. During this time approximately 300 athletes from 40 countries are expected to […]
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