The Badminton Academy Social Enterprise (BASE) was setup with the aim of bringing people and communities together through a shared interest in badminton. With this in mind, the team at BASE are continuing to grow community club opportunities across Lanarkshire. After delivering a successful schools programme with over 50 primary [...]
After some great games yesterday, we’re pleased to say that Scotland are guaranteed at least 11 Bronze medals at the 2022 European Senior Championships! It could be as many as 12 following Mark and Lynne’s quarter final at 12:40PM today. WATCH ALL GAMES LIVE ON Badminton Europe TV (The time [...]
Our Scottish veterans are in full swing at the European Senior Masters and are giving a very good account of themselves! After a four-year break, the European Senior Championships are back, taking place from 7 – 13 August in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The championships have been held every two years, since [...]
“It’s always a really good, fun environment to be a part of” This weekend (6 and 7 August 2022), we held our 54th Badminton Bonanza at the Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre in Glasgow. Organised by our Head of Events, Peter Dean, the Bonanza is a ranking tournament open to [...]
Scotland got day one of the individual events off to a great start at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games yesterday. In the men’s singles, Callum Smith got his campaign off to a flier when he beat Dwayne Merch of the Falkland Islands 21-3 21-4 in the first round to set [...]
The 2022 Commonwealth Games began with a precious moment for one of our own, Kirsty Gilmour who was chosen by her teammates as a Team Scotland flagbearer alongside Paralympic powerlifter Micky Yule. Commenting on her selection Kirsty said, “I am over the moon to have been selected by [...]
The 2022 U15 European Junior Championships will take place in Ibiza, Spain, from 21st – 24th September 2022. Selections are as follows: Boys: Lingyun Xiao Tushar Senthilrajaram Girls: Deepti Vijayakumar Qing Yang Xia Appeals need to be made by 5pm on Sunday 24th July 2022. Appeals will only be considered [...]
In June 2022, Marisa was approached and asked if she would like to be the first Line Judge representative on Badminton Europe's Events Committee's Sub Committee for Technical Officials. Following a committee meeting in Indonesia (while at the Indonesia Open 2022), Marisa’s appointment was ratified. With 14 officials from Scottish badminton [...]
Badminton Scotland are looking for an energetic, motivated person who enjoys working in a varied and dynamic role. Working with the Senior Leadership Team, Performance Coaches and National squad athletes, the successful candidate will have a proven track record of providing an excellent standard of organisational and administrative support in [...]
A team of U17 players travelled to Serbia to compete in the NOVI SAD U17 International where Katrina Chan and Ishbel McCallister managed to secure a bronze medal in the girls doubles. On their route to the semi-finals, they also beat the number one seeds from Romania, Laura [...]
