BY RJ Mitchell ANGUS MELDRUM believes that his run to the final round of qualifying in last week’s Portugal International Championships is concrete proof of progress. Despite being struck down with a flu virus on the eve of the tournament the 19-year-old refused to call off and bravely battled [...]
In the T Duncan & Co Gents league Division 1, reigning champions Nomads kept up their 100% record at the top of the table with a hard fought 3-1 win v Kirriemuir. In an exciting match, this one went to the wire, with the league leaders clinching victory in [...]
134 players from all over Scotland gathered at Grange Academy, Kilmarnock on 9th & 10th March to take part in the SSBU Secondary Championships. They came from as far afield as Peebles in the Borders to Mid Yell in Shetland. This year the organisers reverted to playing all events [...]
By RJ Mitchell He is one of the most prodigious young talents in Scottish badminton and Alfie Martin admits that his sporting education is in safe hands as his increasingly impressive youthful career continues to develop apace. Despite not turning 14 until next month, Alfie has already claimed a bronze [...]
By RJ Mitchell JULIE MACPHERSON has set her sights on a double European Championship medal haul. The Scotland international won the pivotal group two singles tie against Germany which guaranteed the Scottish Women a bronze medal at the European Team Championships in Poland last month. Now with the European Individual [...]
Badminton Scotland will be hosting an initial trial for the Glasgow and West Base Regional Performance Squad on Sunday 10th March 2024 from 10:00-12:00. The Base training programme introduces athletes to the Badminton Scotland Junior Performance Pathway, teaching athletes important values, standards and behaviours that will enable them to develop [...]
By RJ Mitchell CALLUM SMITH has paid tribute to the work of coaches Ingo Kindervater and David Gilmour in providing him with the foundation to climb the international rankings. The Scottish No.1 singles player made his return to the competitive match court in Cardiff, in November at the Yonex Welsh [...]
By RJ Mitchell FORMER Scottish champion Susan Egelstaff has no doubt that the Scottish Women’s Team’s European Championship bronze medal will have provided a massive learning curve for teen stars Brooke Stalker and Ishbel McAllister as well as providing great encouragement for their peers by underlining that there [...]
By Hugh Ainsley Four primary school teams gathered at Wishaw Sports Centre on Saturday 24th February to compete for the Primary Quaich. The teams were Wallyford Primary (East Lothian), St, Mary’s Primary (Hamilton), West End Primary (Elgin) and Braidbar Primary (East Renfrew). The event was played as a pool [...]
By Lanarkshire Badminton Badminton Academy Social Enterprise (BASE) is a social enterprise with the clear purpose of bringing people & communities together through a shared interest in badminton. BASE now operate four junior sessions across Lanarkshire including in the Hamilton, Rutherglen, Lanark and East Kilbride areas with an adult [...]
