David Reveals Badminton Is In His DNA

By RJ Mitchell IN a badminton career which saw him slated as the next big emerging talent before injury cruelly curtailed his competitive career, David Gilmour has emerged as one of the key members of the Badminton Scotland senior coaching team. After overseeing the Scottish Women’s recent bronze medal winning [...]

By |2024-03-26T09:41:44+00:00March 26, 2024|Uncategorized|

Toughest Draw Possible for Kirsty

BY RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR believes she has been handed the toughest draw possible in the 2024 European Championships. The three-times silver medallist will face Spain’s experienced world ranked No. 63 Clara Azurmendi in the opening round while the winner could in turn face France’s Qi Xuefei with whom the [...]

By |2024-03-20T16:48:56+00:00March 20, 2024|Uncategorized|

Lanarkshire Bonanza 2024

The second Lanarkshire Bonanza will take place on the weekend of 13/14th April at the Alistair McCoist Complex in East Kilbride. This year event numbers are increasing to accommodate Men's and Women's Singles, and continuing with Level and Doubles and Mixed Doubles. These events will all played at Grade C. [...]

By |2024-03-20T11:20:35+00:00March 20, 2024|Uncategorized|

Pranavi Reveals The Inspirations Behind Her Passion For Badminton

By RJ Mitchell As our emerging talent continues to flourish and prosper both domestically and internationally Badminton Scotland is delighted to turn the spotlight on Pranavi Singh. The 15-year-old started her badminton odyssey as an eight year-old playing with her brother at the Scotstoun Badminton Club for fun. But [...]

By |2024-03-14T14:40:45+00:00March 14, 2024|Uncategorized|

Angus Determined to Succeed In Sickness and In Health

BY RJ Mitchell ANGUS MELDRUM believes that his run to the final round of qualifying in last week’s Portugal International Championships is concrete proof of progress. Despite being struck down with a flu virus on the eve of the tournament the 19-year-old refused to call off and bravely battled [...]

By |2024-03-12T14:57:53+00:00March 12, 2024|News, Uncategorized|

SSBU Round Up: Secondary Championships

134 players from all over Scotland gathered at Grange Academy, Kilmarnock on 9th & 10th March to take part in the SSBU Secondary Championships. They came from as far afield as Peebles in the Borders to Mid Yell in Shetland. This year the organisers reverted to playing all events [...]

By |2024-03-12T16:27:38+00:00March 11, 2024|News, Uncategorized|

SSBU Round Up: Secondary Quaich

On Wednesday 28th February 12 teams gathered at the National Badminton Centre to take part in the secondary quaich competition. There were 6 teams in the junior event and 6 in the senior. There were 2 pools of 3 for each event with play offs to decide winners and places. [...]

By |2024-02-29T10:56:20+00:00February 29, 2024|Uncategorized|