Players from Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles returned from the 2019 Island Games at Gibraltar with their heads held high. After a very intense week of competition, starting with the team event before moving on to the individual events, players left the Europa Point Sports Complex having given it [...]
Kirsty Gilmour is through to the women’s singles semi-finals at the Russian Open, being held this week in Vladivostock. The top seed opened her campaign with a win over Maria Ulitina, surviving a late come back from the Ukrainian to win 21-12 24-22 on her fourth match point. She followed [...]
Four players have qualified to represent Scotland at the TOTAL BWF World Championships this summer in Basel. Kirsty Gilmour, Julie MacPherson, Alex Dunn and Adam Hall will make the trip to Switzerland from 19-25 August, representing Scotland in three out of the five events. Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson team [...]
Three Scottish teams are getting ready to compete in the 2019 Island Games, being held in Gibraltar from 6-12 July. Teams from Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles fly out to Gibraltar on 4 July accompanied by coaches Tom Lambert (Orkney), Gordon Keith (Shetland) and Paul Finnegan (Western Isles). Badminton [...]
Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour won a silver medal for Team GB on the last day of competition at the European Games in Minsk. Defeat in the final to second seed Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark denied her a first European gold medal but, although understandably disappointed in not taking the top step [...]
Kirsty Gilmour is just one win away from securing another medal at a major event. The 25-year-old is representing Team GB at the second edition of the European Games, being held in Minsk this week, and earlier today reached the quarter-finals of the women’s singles. With all players who reach [...]
Four players will travel to Basel to represent Scotland at the TOTAL BWF Para-Badminton World Championships this summer. Held alongside the TOTAL BWF World Championships for the first time, the Para-Badminton World Championships take place from 20-25 August in Basel. Colin Leslie, Alan Oliver and Mary Wilson are all aiming [...]
Four players will travel to Basel to represent Scotland at the TOTAL BWF Para-Badminton World Championships this summer. Held alongside the TOTAL BWF World Championships for the first time, the Para-Badminton World Championships take place from 20-25 August in Basel. Colin Leslie, Alan Oliver and Mary Wilson are all aiming [...]
Bobby Laing returned from Dublin with one silver and one bronze medal, won in the Short Stature events at the Irish Para-Badminton Championships. Partnering England’s Rebecca Bedford Laing won group A of the SS6 mixed doubles in convincing fashion to qualify for the knock out stage. They came up against [...]
Kirsty Gilmour couldn’t quite reign in Spain over the weekend but she did manage to return from Madrid with a silver medal. After a negotiating a couple of difficult matches to reach the quarter-finals, Gilmour beat Line Christopherson of Denmark 21-16 21-10, then another Dane, Irina Amalie Andersen 21-18 21-14 [...]
