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Scotland’s best badminton players are finalising their preparations for the premier event on Scotland’s domestic calendar this weekend, the Ashoka Scottish National Championships. Staged in the National Badminton Academy at Scotstoun Sports Campus from Friday 30 January to Sunday 1 February, the event has attracted entries from over 100 players [...]

  Badminton Scotland is deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Robbie Robertson. Robbie was a larger than life character who will be sadly missed by the badminton community. Robbie had a big influence in junior badminton, with many people in Lothian joining his club nights and even more [...]

U13 Round Up Doubles for Ivy Yu / Aarav Sinha The first medals were awarded on Sat afternoon, with GS played as a round robin pool. Ivy Yu (seeded 2) won all 5 matches without dropping a set to claim the title, with Arisha Murkute runner-up. The BS event followed [...]

26th January 2026 by Robert McLean It proved to be a challenging but valuable week of competition for Scotland’s two representatives at the RSL Iceland International, as both Finlay Jack and Yan Lok Chiu exited the tournament early despite delivering committed and competitive performances against strong international opposition in Reykjavík. [...]

By Sofia Mazzoni Last week, Andrew Davies, Sofia Mazzoni and Owen Carmichael of the Scottish Para Badminton Squad competed at the 2026 Spiro Spathis Egyptian International. Andrew Davies showed an outstanding performance, returning from Egypt with three silver medals in the SH6 class across all three disciplines: Men’s Singles, Men’s [...]

20th January 2026 by Robert McLean A small Scottish contingent heads to Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavík this week to compete in the RSL Iceland International, a Badminton Europe Future Series event. Finlay Jack and Yan Lok Chiu will represent Scotland in the tournament, with both players in action from the [...]

International Masters Match – Gaelic Trophy The weekend began in style on Friday 16 January at the Sir Craig Reedie Centre with an International Masters Match held ahead of the main competition. Hard‑fought matches played in fantastic spirit saw Scotland triumph 25–15, retaining the prestigious Gaelic Trophy. A special thank [...]

19th January 2026 by Robert McLean It was a challenging week for the Scottish players at the Victor Swedish Open in Uppsala, with all representatives exiting at the first qualifying stage. James Robertson was unable to build on his impressive performance at the Estonia International the previous week, bowing out in [...]

15th January 2026 by Robert McLean It was an eventful and encouraging week for Scotland’s top badminton stars at the Indian Open in New Delhi, with several standout performances against some of the world’s very best. The week began with Kirsty Gilmour renewing her rivalry with old foe Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt [...]

14th January 2026 by Robert McLean A strong Scottish contingent heads to the picturesque town of Uppsala, Sweden, this week for the Victor Swedish Open, with competitive action set to get underway tomorrow. With all four Scottish representatives in action on the opening day, there will be plenty of early interest [...]

The second event of 2026 for SSBU was the 2008 and 2011 Age Group event at Wishaw on Saturday 10th January. There was a healthy entry of 46 players, and it was always going to be difficult to finish the event on time. The 2008 singles had 11 players and [...]

13th January 2026 by Robert McLean The Senior National Squad are in New Delhi this week for the Indian Open, a prestigious HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 event and one of the standout tournaments on the BWF calendar. Scottish interest was immediately in focus on the opening day, with Kirsty [...]