Agony turned into ecstasy for Scotland today as they recorded a 3-2 victory over favourites Spain in the qualification stages of the European Mixed Team Championships in Portugal. Having already beaten Portugal, Ukraine and Latvia this week, today’s result sent Scotland to the top of Group 6, guaranteeing qualification to [...]

Scotland completed a 5-0 demolition job against Latvia today in the qualifiers for the European Mixed Team Championships. And that result sets up a winner-takes-all showdown with Spain tomorrow, who defeated Portugal in today’s other Group 6 match. The two countries are tied at the top of the group on [...]

Scotland’s bid to qualify for the final stages of the European Mixed Team Championships got off to a winning start today at the High-Performance Sports Centre in Caldas Da Rainha. The opening tie for the Scots pitted them against Portugal, who yesterday defeated Latvia 5-0 in their opening tie of [...]

Scotland arrives in Portugal today as the team makes its final preparations for the qualification stages of the European Mixed Team Championships, being held at the High-Performance Sports Centre in Caldas Da Rainha from 9-12 December. The Scots have been drawn in Group 6 and will face Portugal, Ukraine, Latvia [...]

Ciar Pringle will make his debut for Scotland at the European Mixed Team Championships qualifying event in Portugal next week. The 21-year-old has been called up as a replacement for the injured Alex Dunn and joins fellow debutant Joshua Apiliga as well as Chris Grimley, Adam Hall, Kirsty Gilmour, Julie [...]

Due to the current situation with Covid 19 and the guidance provided by the Scottish Government and sportscotland, we have taken the decision to cancel all ranking competitions until the end of February 2021. Unfortunately, this affects two national events – the Senior National Championships scheduled for 5-7 February and [...]

Full credit to Badminton England for the article and photo. See original article here.  BADMINTON ENGLAND paid tribute today to its former President Geoff Rofe BEM, who passed away peacefully in the early hours of Monday at the age of 94. Chief Executive Adrian Christy said: “Badminton has lost a [...]

The first ever Scottish winner of the Great British Bake Off has described his victory as an "absolute dream". Peter Sawkins, a finance student from Edinburgh, said he planned to continue his studies alongside his baking. The 20-year-old, nick-named the "baby-faced assassin" by host Noel Fielding, is also the youngest ever [...]

The team which will represent Scotland in the qualification stage for the European Mixed Team Championships has now been confirmed by Badminton Scotland. Kirsty Gilmour is the most experienced member of an eight-strong squad which also includes Joshua Apiliga, who will be making his first appearance in a Scotland shirt [...]