On Friday 8th and Saturday 9th February the Black Isle Leisure Centre hosted the Highland U17 Championships then on Sunday 10th February Inverness Royal Academy hosted the Highland U14 Championships. Over 90 Players travelled from all over Scotland and the Highlands to compete for the singles, doubles and mixed titles. [...]
Kirsty Gilmour won her eighth consecutive women’s singles final today at the Yonex Scottish National Championships at Bell’s Sports Centre, Perth. She beat Holly Newall 21-16 21-10 in the final, setting a new record of consecutive titles and taking her one step closer to Anne Robertson’s overall tally of nine [...]
Kieran Merrilees is still on course to win his third consecutive singles title and his seventh overall at the Yonex Scottish National Championships, being held this weekend at Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth. The top seed and defending champion was ruthless in his progress, opening with a 21-4 21-9 defeat [...]
Michael McCraw and Diane Gillan were both treble winners in the LD division 1 events at the inaugural Scottish National Disability Championships, held at Dalkeith Sports Centre on Saturday 26 January. McCraw finished ahead of James Pert in the singles, before teaming up with Kevin Dobson to beat Dean Bernard [...]
Kieran Merrilees and Kirsty Gilmour will be aiming to win their seventh and eighth singles titles respectively when the Yonex Scottish National Championships get underway at Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth this weekend. Merrilees, hoping to win his third consecutive title, opens his campaign against James Leggate on Saturday morning [...]
Badminton Scotland has a superb playing facility at our headquarters in Govan. Consisting of 6 championship standard courts they are available to individuals and clubs. We urgently require staff to oversee the operation of the facility on a flexible basis. There is an immediate requirement for this Saturday [...]
Paisley-born solicitor advocate Ronnie Conway has announced his decision to step down from his position as Chair of Badminton Scotland. He won 10 Scotland caps between 1971-1978 and contested three national singles finals, winning the title against friend and rival Tony Dawson in 1978. Along with fellow internationalist Jim Ansari, [...]
A fantastic entry comprising 150 players over 4 age groups and from all over Scotland took part in this event over the weekend. There was a high standard of play with many players winning 2 events. The closest to a treble was Jodie Black, who lost the U17 Singles to [...]
The Scottish International Masters Championships was held at the Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre in Glasgow over the weekend of 18-20 January. More than 170 players from eight countries were competing but there were plenty of home champions among the international competitors. In the inaugural 35+ age group events Suzanne [...]
The Ashaway Midland Open Junior will be held at Grangemouth Sports Complex on the weekend of 19th & 20th January. With an entry of 150 players over 4 age groups, this ’A’ Grade event will see Scotland’s top juniors compete for the honours. Players living within the Midland Group (Dundee [...]
