Kirsty Gilmour flew the Scottish flag all the way to the women’s singles semi-finals of the Victor Denmark Open after a string of superb performances in Odense. The 28-year-old had come through a number of deciders en route to the last four and pushed her South Korean opponent An Seyoung all the way before going down 13-21, 21-12, 16-21. An took the lead early [...]
Badminton Scotland has taken the decision to discontinue the U11 National Championships. It is our intention to arrange alternative, less formal competitive opportunities for this age group of players, but for a variety of reasons we feel that a National Championships at this age group is no longer appropriate: [...]
At the recent Board meeting of Badminton Scotland David Gilmour has decided to stand down from the position of Chair of Badminton Scotland, on a temporary basis, whilst carrying out his new part time role in the Performance Team. The current President Frank Turnbull will take on the role on [...]
Badminton Scotland is pleased to announce the appointment Jan Ø. Jørgensen as a consultant coach and David Gilmour as a part time performance coach to the Scottish National squad following a change to the team’s coaching structure. The restructure follows the announcement of Alan McIlvain’s departure at the end of [...]
A young Scotland team did themselves proud in their first-ever Uber Cup appearance, ending on a high with a strong showing against Spain. Scotland’s women qualified for the 28th staging of the event - held at the Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark - through their performance at the 2020 European [...]
With last season’s Championships being cancelled due to Covid 19, we were delighted that this year we were once again able to host the Yonex East of Scotland Championships. This year the tournament is being split over two weekends with the Under 13 and Under 17 age group having taken [...]
The team representing Scotland at the Women’s World Team Championships – also known as the Uber Cup – will be travelling to Aarhus, Denmark for the postponed 2020 finals later this week. It is the first time Scotland have qualified for the finals of the Uber Cup which they did [...]
The Uber Cup Finals will take place in Aarhus, Denmark, from 9-17 October 2021, and Scotland’s selected Team is as follows: Rachel Andrew Kirsty Gilmour Julie MacPherson Lauren Middleton Eleanor O’Donnell Rachel Sugden Ciara Torrance The team will be accompanied by National Head Coach, Ingo Kindervater.
Elite international sporting action will be returning to Scotland this Autumn in the form of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships, being staged at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena from 25-28 November. The Scottish Open was one of many events forced to take a hiatus last year, but the third oldest tournament in [...]
The Uber Cup Finals will take place in Aarhus, Denmark, from 9-17 October 2021, and Scotland’s provisional team is as follows: Rachel Andrew Kirsty Gilmour Julie MacPherson Lauren Middleton Eleanor O’Donnell Rachel Sugden Ciara Torrance The team will be accompanied by National Head Coach, Ingo Kindervater. If you wish to [...]
