It was a great weekend for Brooke Stalker at the Swedish Youth Games over the weekend where she won a silver and a bronze medal. Stalker won bronze in the U13 girls’ singles, reaching the semi-finals without dropping a game, the only British girl to reach that stage. She lost [...]
Christopher and Matthew Grimley have won men's doubles silver at the European Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. A quarter-final win over England's William Jones and Ethan van Leeuwen 21-15 21-8 in Friday night's quarter-final guaranteed them at least a bronze medal. A comfortable 21-14 21-16 victory yesterday over French pair [...]
Christopher and Matthew Grimley are through to the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at the 2018 European Junior Championships being held in Tallinn, Estonia. The top seeds beat Danes Rasmus Espersen and Sebastian Gronbjerg, coming from behind to win 12-21 21-15 21-14 to set up a showdown against England’s William [...]
Christopher and Matthew Grimley ensured Scotland’s day ended on a high note on Thursday evening when they won their opening men’s doubles match at the European Junior Championships. Having received a first round bye, the Scottish top seeds wasted no time in despatching their second round opponents, Finland’s Eero Lauri [...]
The second Central Badminton Association Smash In2 doubles festival was held at Grangemouth High School on 02 September 2018. The event was attended by players of all levels from different clubs and social groups playing in central Scotland who enjoyed competitive games at their own pace. The event took the [...]
A mixed day in international competition saw contrasting fortunes with some good results for Scotland’s senior internationalists in Belgium but results in Estonia more disappointing. At the Belgian International in Leuven, Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson continued their fine form and scored an easy first round win over Michael Roe [...]
Scotland’s next generation of stars continued their good form today at the European Junior Championships in Estonia. Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew beat Austria’s Nicolas Rudolph and Serena Au Yeong 21-19 21-19 to progress to the third round where they will face English fifth seeds Ethan Van Leeuwen and Sian [...]
A grand total of 14779 hard fought points were scored during the Glasgow U13 / U17 Championships at the weekend. In the under 17 boys’ singles Callum Smith took on Michael McGuire in the final, with Callum winning 21-17 22-20. Callum had defeated Kenneth Cheung in his semi-final and Michael [...]
Over 90 competitors took part in Highland Badminton Group restricted tournament held in Orkney at the weekend. Players from Shetland, Western Isles, Inverness, Caithness, Ross-shire and Orkney descended on the Pickaquoy Leisure Complex, in Kirkwall for the 2 days of competition. This is the second year Orkney Badminton Association hosted [...]
Joshua Apiliga, Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew got off to the best possible start in the individual events of the 2018 European Junior Championships. In the singles, Apiliga scored a comfortable 21-10 21-10 win over Israeli Maxim Grinblat. Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew also won comfortably, beating Mihnea Craciun and [...]
