Gilmour out of Worlds

Kirsty Gilmour is out of the TOTAL BWF World Championships.  Despite going into the Worlds in top form, and with the confidence gained as a result of some recent excellent results, European Silver medallist, Kirsty Gilmour, was unable to convert her recent successes into a win against Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi [...]

By |2019-08-19T09:34:09+00:00August 19, 2019|News|

Hall and MacPherson go out with a fight

Adam Hall/Julie MacPherson have unfortunately exited the TOTAL BWF World Championships in straight games against Japanese opposition. The Scottish pair went into this match ranked No.57 in the World Rankings, while Wakana Nagahara/Takuro Hoki, their opponents from Japan were ranked No. 22, in the World. Despite a challenging first set, [...]

By |2019-08-19T09:32:49+00:00August 19, 2019|News|

Vote for Alan Oliver

Badminton Europe has opened up voting to elect a Para-badminton representative to the European Athletes Commission, and Alan Oliver from Scotland is one of the two nominees. The BEC Athletes’ Commission consists of four members. The nomination of this spot is for a para-badminton player. The role of the BEC Athletes´ [...]

By |2019-08-16T09:31:31+00:00August 16, 2019|News|

Travers leads the way in Poland

Dan Travers was on the podium at the BWF World Senior Championships on three separate occasions in Poland last week. Including one being a gold medal. Last week brought success for a number of Scottish representatives at the BWF World Senior Championships in Katowice, Poland. There were several podium places [...]

By |2019-08-13T09:28:46+00:00August 13, 2019|News|

World Seniors is progressing well

The BWF World Senior Championships are well underway with several Scottish representatives still involved, late into the tournament today. The quarterfinals for the tournament will commence today, in Katowice, Poland, before the semi-finals are played on Saturday, and the finals on Sunday. Who is still competing for a medal? Dan [...]

By |2019-08-09T09:26:30+00:00August 9, 2019|News|

The Scots are ready for Basel

The draw has been made by BWF for the TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, and the team of Scots heading to Basel is up for the challenge ahead. The tournament will begin in Switzerland on 19 August and will continue until 25 August 2019, with four representatives traveling from Scotland. [...]

By |2019-08-07T09:25:18+00:00August 7, 2019|News|