Having waited just over 15 months since the end of the last junior tournament to be staged in Scotland (SSBU Secondary Championships - 8th March 2020), Iona Muir ventured south to take part in the Badminton England U15 tournament at National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes. 358 miles is a [...]
Summary of regulations U10 / U11 / U12 / U13 / U14 / U15 / U16 Coaching breaks not to be allowed at any of these age group tournaments U17 / U18 / U19 and Senior Tournaments Coaching breaks to be allowed throughout the duration of the event at Grade [...]
Adam Hall, Julie MacPherson and Ciara Torrance reached the semi-finals of the Spanish Masters being held from 18-24 May in Huelva, Spain. But their campaigns were all ended in the last four by strong opposition from Indonesia, as the South-east Asian nation went on to take four out of the [...]
Adam Hall, Julie MacPherson and Ciara Torrance are all through to the semi-finals of the Spanish Masters being held this week in Huelva, Spain. Quarter-final wins in the men’s, women’s and mixed doubles means there will be Scottish representation in all three of the doubles events in Spain on semi-finals [...]
On 26th April 2021 the Wing Badminton Club achieved the Gold Award as part of Badminton Scotland’s Shuttlemark Accreditation Scheme. Wing BC was founded in 2012, and was the brainchild of the matriarch of the Flockhart dynasty, Joanna. As a former World Championships & Commonwealth Games medalist she was keen [...]
Kirsty Gilmour won bronze in the women’s singles of the European Championships in Kiev over the weekend. The 27-year-old only returned to training four weeks ago following an injury sustained in the European Women’s Team Championships in January but that didn’t stop her taking yet another individual European medal, to [...]
Kirsty Gilmour is through to the quarter-finals of the women’s singles at the European Championships. Gilmour shrugged off the challenge of Bulgaria’s Linda Zetchiri, winning 21-8 21-9 in just 28 minutes to set up a showdown against eighth seed Lianne Tan. It will be the sixth time Gilmour [...]
Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour opened her campaign at the 2021 European Championships with a solid win over Sabrina Jaquet in Kiev yesterday. The fourth seed beat the Swiss 21-10 21-15 at the Palace of Sports to set up a clash with Bulgarian Linda Zetchiri later today as she looks to add [...]
Commonwealth Games Scotland, in partnership with the Team Scotland Youth Trust and sportscotland, is seeking to recruit an outstanding person to lead the Achieve 2022 Programme, a mentor led programme to enable young athletes and coaches to gain critical knowledge and experience of a multi-sport environment. For more information and to [...]
Scotland’s national agency for sport is set to provide an additional £450,000 in funding for three sports as part of its ongoing commitment to supporting the sporting system during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The funding from sportscotland is being invested in Badminton Scotland (£120,000), the Camanachd Association (£80,000) and Scottish [...]
