Alex Dunn and Adam Hall reached their second semi-final in the space of three weeks at the Finnish Open, being held in Vantaa, Finland from 4-7 April. Dunn and Hall beat England’s sixth seeds Peter Briggs and Gregory Mairs 21-16 21-19 in the quarter-finals to set up a clash against Muhammad [...]
Scottish interest has come to an end at the Dubai Para-Badminton International and the Malaysia Open. Kirsty Gilmour was up against He Bingjiao in the second round in Malaysia having ousted Russia’s Evgeniya Kosetskaya in round one but the Chinese World No. 7 was too good and although Gilmour pushed [...]
St Andrews University is Scotland’s oldest university and its badminton club has become the first in Scotland to gain the Bronze Award as part of Badminton Scotland’s Shuttlemark Accreditation initiative. Shuttlemark was launched in November 2017. The aim of the programme is to help support clubs in order to develop [...]
Kirsty Gilmour got off to the best possible start today at the Malaysia Open, being held in Kuala Lumpur from 2-7 April. Scotland’s number 1 beat Russia’s Evgeniya Kosetskaya 22-20 21-16 in the first round to set up a second round encounter against China’s He Bingjiao, the player she famously [...]
The reigning under 13 and under 17 girls’ singles champions were put on course for a potential semi-final showdown when the draws for the Under 13/17 National Junior Badminton Championships were made today. Lindsey Ireland, the only defending champion in the tournament, is top seed in the under 17 girls’ [...]
The first Tokyo 2020 Qualification event on the Para-Badminton International circuit was always going to be a high level event. Regardless of current rankings we knew that we would see an increase in level as well as numbers, especially from the dominant nations such as China, Indonesia and India. And [...]
On Saturday 23 March 2019 Inverness Leisure Centre hosted the Highland & Islands Restricted Championships with the U18 singles held in Inverness Royal Academy to accommodate the high entry. The tournament was split over 3 age groups: U12, U15, U18 drawing in 117 players from all over the Highlands, Moray [...]
Christopher and Matthew Grimley scored one of the most impressive wins of their young careers today when they knocked out the men’s doubles second seeds at the Polish International. The twins, who only turned 19 last month, stunned Denmark’s David Daugaard and Frederik Sogaard, a pair who reached the final [...]
Three of Scotland’s top disability badminton players have kicked off their bid for Paralympic qualification this week at the 5th Turkish Para-Badminton International, being held in Antalya. Lesley Johnstone, Alan Oliver and Mary Wilson are all hoping to qualify to represent Team GB in Tokyo next year when badminton makes [...]
Lindsey Ireland was today confirmed as the top seed in the Under 17 girls’ singles at the National Junior Badminton Championships, to be held at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell on 6 and 7 April 2019. The Aberdeen based player is the only defending champion in either age group, [...]
