Scotland's Juniors had an incredibly promising tournament at the Under 19 Championships in Dublin Ireland but across the performances there was one that stood out. Brooke Stalker came away with Gold in the mixed and women's doubles after an incredibly intense schedule playing 12 matches in three days. Speaking to [...]
Scotland's juniors had an incredibly successful time at the Under 19 Junior Championships in Ireland at the beginning of the month, most notably in the doubles divisions. Ishbel McCallister and Brooke Stalker won gold in the women's doubles, with Eva Tremble and Vibra Raman playing third. Stalker also won gold [...]
Scotland's Masters Team recently competed at the European Senior Championships in Belgium at the beginning of the month coming away with a plethora of silverware for their efforts. With 16 Scottish players competing, the team brought 4 Golds, 2 Silvers and 3 Bronze across the seven days. Most Notably was [...]
On Saturday 31st August, we gathered in Perth to support the inaugural Qeltic Games event, organised by LEAP Sports Scotland. The Qeltic Games is a grassroots multi-sport event bringing together LGBTIQ+ sports teams, athletes and allies from across the UK and Ireland. There is no other event like this in [...]
Scotland had another very successful weekend at the 4 Nations Graded International winning the Overall trophy. 18 athletes travelled down to the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes with Teams F, G and H all won Gold with team E narrowly missing out on Silver. Speaking to one of the [...]
After the success of our inaugural awards over the past two years, we want to continue to celebrate and recognise the contribution of our incredible players, coaches, volunteers, officials and those who are making a difference to badminton in Scotland. In 2024 our community has continued to make our sport [...]
A congratulations to Biggar’s Erin McIlvaney who won Gold in the badminton event at the 2024 British Transplant Games which ran from 1st to 4th August retaining her title from 2023. This added to her medal haul from last year’s event in Leeds when she took Gold as well as [...]
As the new season draws closer, we are taking the time to look back at the past year with the new initiatives that Badminton Scotland have implemented around the country this year that our community have needed. Across the next month we will be showcasing some of our best projects [...]
Kirsty Gilmour played her first match of the 2024 Paris Olympics this morning against Azerbaijan's Keisha Fatimah Azzahra, winning confidently in straight sets. Gilmour opened the first set with a confident consecutive two points. The Scottish number one had never before played the young 20 year old Azerbaijan player, [...]
Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour is headed to Paris for her third Olympics representing Team GB, where only 14 other badminton athletes competing in France are attending their 3+ Olympic games. “With each Olympics that goes by I feel like I am in a better place physically and performance wise and it [...]
