The 2024 Scottish Open Badminton Championships promise to deliver thrilling matches and intense rivalries as top international and local players compete in Glasgow at the prestigious Emirates Arena. With a history of showcasing world-class talent, this year's event is no exception, featuring prominent athletes, rising stars, and formidable pairings across [...]
Report by Colin Campbell Four weeks on from the Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Under 15 and Under 19 Junior Championships, it was the turn of the Under 13 and Under 17 age groups to demonstrate their badminton prowess. This weekend’s tournament took place at the Jack Kane Centre. Although [...]
Report by: Julie Dunlop Scottish masters committee member. This month, a team of 60 Scottish masters' players travelled to Newcastle for a triangular against Ireland Select and English Counties. From a Scottish perspective this pilot event had three aims; to give players who don't normally play internationals a chance to [...]
Alex Dunn and Julie Macpherson play in the mixed doubles final of the Hylo Open today after a incredible run of games in Germany. Speaking to Head Coach Ingo Kindervater he was incredibly pleased with their drive throughout. Prior to the tournament he had noted that Scotland's athletes would be [...]
The entry list for the Scottish Open has been announced, featuring 354 participants from 36 countries, promising another incredible event with world-class badminton talent from around the globe. Closer to home, our Scottish athletes will be competing at the top levels of their events with opportunity to catch Scotland's finest [...]
The Hylo open over in Germany begins today with multiple Scottish athlete seeded at a World Tour 300 tournament. Kirsty Gilmour leads the pack as second seed in the womens singles, with Ciara Torrance and Julie MacPherson as third seeds in womens doubles. Alex Dunn and Julie MacPherson in the [...]
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced on Tuesday 22 October that Glasgow would be the Host City for the Games in 2026. It highlighted the need for a much reduced sporting programme due to the costs to deliver the Games. It's truly disappointing that badminton won’t be part of the [...]
With 121 players competing across 8 age divisions and 40 events the Scottish Masters Nationals was hailed a great success in many different ways. This marked the largest Masters Nationals in recent years and showed the growth of masters badminton in Scotland. Scotland's best masters players have been all around [...]
The Dundee Area Badminton mixed league got underway with a 2nd Division varsity derby clash between Dundee and St Andrews Universities. Dundee only have one team in the mixed leagues this season and were too strong for their Fife counterparts in an 8-0 win. Could Dundee University be one of [...]
Badminton Scotland is disappointed to receive confirmation that badminton is not one of the selected sports at Glasgow 2026. Badminton Scotland has had incredibly fond memories of the Commonwealth games, most notably Kirsty Gilmour becoming the youngest Scottish badminton player at a Commonwealth Games in Delhi 2010 at 16 and [...]
