By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR has branded the Scottish Women’s European Team bronze medal as one of her career highlights. The Scottish No.1 played an impressive seven matches over the course of four days in Łódź, Poland, combining her duties at the apex of our singles order plus a doubles [...]
By Gordon Bay (17th/18th Feb) Alfie Martin enjoyed a 100% success rate at the Midland Junior Championships (NICC Perth) on 17 and 18 February, lifting the titles in all three of his events. Opening with U15 Boy's Singles, Alfie (seeded 1) met Charlie Junnor (2) in the final following semi-final [...]
By Gordon Smith Report for w/e 12/2/24 It’s very exciting at the top of the T Duncan & Co ladies league with a single point separating the top 4 teams. Carnoustie moved level on points with the top 2 (albeit having played a game more) with a hard fought 4-2 [...]
By RJ Mitchell As Brooke Stalker admits: “Not a lot of 17-year-olds make their debut at the European Senior Championships,” but that is precisely what the Dunfermline born player is hoping to do in Poland this week. Along with fellow talented teen Ishbel McCallister, the duo have been included in [...]
It was another good weekend for Alfie Martin who came runner up in the singles and claimed bronze with Charlie Junnor in the open doubles at the recent U15 Gold in Milton Keynes! Shout out to Tushara Senthilrajaram who competed in mixed and girls singles - especially on [...]
By RJ Mitchell ELEANOR O’DONNELL believes that team spirit can prove crucial to the Scottish Women’s Team’s hopes of glory at this week’s European Team Championships in Łódź, Poland (from 14-18 Feb). The recently retired Scotland international was part of our bronze medal winning side in Liévin, France, four years back [...]
By Hugh Ainsley 23 players from the 2011 and younger age group gathered at a freezing Wishaw Sports Centre (the heating has broken down) on Saturday 10 February for the latest SSBU event. To add to the misery of the cold temperature, two courts were out of action due to [...]
By Gordon Smith Round up for 4 February 2024. It was an exciting weekend in the T Duncan & Co Gents leagues as the top 2 went head to head in two of the Divisions. In Division 1, both NCR and Nomads went into the top of the table clash [...]
This Thursday 8th February, the U18 Junior National Squad Select were faced up against the British Police in a team match held at Scotstoun Badminton Academy. This presented a fantastic opportunity to compete in a team setting and allowed the coaches to provide junior players with in-competition feedback against experienced [...]
Badminton Scotland are excited to launch our dedicated 'Introduction to LGBTIQ+ Inclusion' e-learning course on the sportscotland Brightspace platform. In November 2023, Badminton Scotland joined the National LGBTI Sports Group chaired by LEAP Sports. This set in place our commitment to working more closely with LEAP Sports as a [...]
