Top seed Adam Pringle faces a difficult challenge if he is to reach the final of the U19 boys’ singles at the National Junior Championships in Motherwell this weekend. That’s because joint third seed Matthew Grimley is likely to be standing in his way in the semi-final after today’s draw [...]
On Saturday 29th September 2018 Black Isle Leisure Centre hosted the 2nd Highland Restricted Team Event. There were 6 teams competing for the coveted title: Culloden (last years’ winners), Nairn, Inverness Royal Si2B, Highland Squad, Lochcarron Warriers & Tarzans All Starts (Lochcarron). The format was 6 rubbers in a team [...]
Dan Travers and Christine Black won 60+ mixed doubles gold over the weekend at the 2018 European Senior Championships in Guadalajara, Spain. Seeded second, they upset the form book by beating top seeds Ian Purton and Christine Crossley of England in the final to avenge their defeat in the final [...]
Dan Travers and Christine Black are guaranteed to return from the European Senior Championships with at least one medal each in the 60+ age group. The women’s singles unfolded according to form with the top four seeds all reaching the semi-finals and Black will now face top seed Heidi Bender [...]
Kirsty Gilmour’s run at the Korea Open came to an end today when she was knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Beiwen Zhang of the USA. Scotland’s No. 1 had beaten Zhang in their only previous encounter but the American sixth seed was too hot to handle today, winning [...]
27 September 2018 Kirsty Gilmour scored one of the best wins of her career today, beating world no. 6 Ratchanok Intanon at the Victor Korea Open. It was Gilmour’s first win in four meetings over the former World Champion and she was the better player throughout the match. Not once [...]
Matthew Grimley will be aiming to win the under 19 boys’ doubles crown for an unprecedented fourth time early next month when the U15/19 National Junior Championships get underway in Motherwell. Not since the 1972/73 season, when Allan Gilliland and Gordon Hamilton won the third of their boys’ doubles titles, [...]
Dan Travers and Christine Black eased through their opening 60+ mixed doubles match at the 2018 European Senior Championships. The second seeds beat German pair Jurgen Becker and Christel Schindler 21-12 21-16 and now face a clash against Alan Edgley and Reggie Baker in their quest to reach the top [...]
Over the weekend there were some fantastic matches at the Glasgow Junior Championships with 49 of the 213 matches played going to three sets! In the U19 events the finals were contested by only eight players. Joshua Apiliga defeated Adam Pringle in an exciting 3-set match in the final of [...]
Dan Travers and Christine Black will be hoping to strike Spanish gold for Scotland when the European Senior Championships get underway in Guadalajara next week. The pair are second seeds in the 60+ mixed doubles and will be hoping to improve on the silver medal they won at last year’s [...]
