19th January 2026 by Robert McLean It was a challenging week for the Scottish players at the Victor Swedish Open in Uppsala, with all representatives exiting at the first qualifying stage. James Robertson was unable to build on his impressive performance at the Estonia International the previous week, bowing out in [...]
15th January 2026 by Robert McLean It was an eventful and encouraging week for Scotland’s top badminton stars at the Indian Open in New Delhi, with several standout performances against some of the world’s very best. The week began with Kirsty Gilmour renewing her rivalry with old foe Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt [...]
14th January 2026 by Robert McLean A strong Scottish contingent heads to the picturesque town of Uppsala, Sweden, this week for the Victor Swedish Open, with competitive action set to get underway tomorrow. With all four Scottish representatives in action on the opening day, there will be plenty of early interest [...]
The second event of 2026 for SSBU was the 2008 and 2011 Age Group event at Wishaw on Saturday 10th January. There was a healthy entry of 46 players, and it was always going to be difficult to finish the event on time. The 2008 singles had 11 players and [...]
13th January 2026 by Robert McLean The Senior National Squad are in New Delhi this week for the Indian Open, a prestigious HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 event and one of the standout tournaments on the BWF calendar. Scottish interest was immediately in focus on the opening day, with Kirsty [...]
A strong entry of 85 players competed at the Babolat Dunfermline Gold Championships on weekend 10th/11th Jan. MS: The draw looked very open, and this proved to be the case, with a number of seeds falling in early rounds and 3 unseeded players reaching the SF’s. Former National Champion and [...]
12th January 2026 by Robert McLean It was an impressive week in Tallinn for the squad at the Estonian International, with several strong performances across the draws and plenty of positives to take from the opening tournament of 2026. James Robertson produced a standout run in the men’s singles, battling his [...]
8th January 2026 by Robert McLean A strong Scottish contingent is in Tallinn this week as the Estonian International gets underway, marking the first tournament of 2026 for several players. The International Series event provides an important early-season opportunity to gain valuable match practice, ranking points and momentum heading into [...]
8th January 2026 by Robert McLean Scotland’s top badminton players faced a challenging opening test of 2026 at the Petronas Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur, one of the most prestigious stops on the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000 circuit. The tournament got underway on Tuesday with Alex Dunn and Julie [...]
The first SSBU event of 2026 took place at Penicuik on 3rd January. 25 players took part in the 2014 Age Group event. 14 boys took part in the singles and the top four seeds all won their pools to progress to the A knock-out. In the quarter final Nick [...]
