It is with great sadness Dunfermline Badminton Association announce the death of their Honorary President George Stenhouse. Badminton was George’s life and his love and enthusiasm for the game was unbounded. In his youth he was one of the best players in the local leagues and continued playing to have [...]
Dear Badminton Community, On behalf of the board of Badminton Scotland, I would like to cover two main themes in this communication. Firstly, I would like to introduce our "new" Interim CEO, Jonathan Russell, and secondly, I would like to give some background as to what Badminton Scotland would be seeking to communicate [...]
Team Scotland produced a weekend of determined performances at the U15s Home Nations Quadrangular, facing Ireland, Wales, and England with pride and spirit. Team Manager Karen Stalker praised the players: "They all performed to the best of their abilities, they tried really hard, and the team support was excellent." The [...]
The Under 15s Home Nations Quadrangular kicked off to great success with the team event where Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England taking on each other across five events. Round One The hosts took on Ireland in the opening round with the teams neck and neck in the boys and girls [...]
As Adam Hall closes the chapter on a remarkable badminton career, the Scottish doubles specialist opens up about the long journey that shaped him; from winning national titles as a child to navigating injury, playing for his country and the quiet pride of building a close-knit squad culture. The Podium [...]
Kirsty Gilmour won women’s singles silver at the European Championships in Horsens, Denmark. It’s the latest honour in a glittering career which has seen Scotland’s number one bag numerous medals in European and Commonwealth competition to become one of Scotland’s most decorated badminton players in history. Since 2016, Gilmour has [...]
Yingfan Wang and Sophie MacKay both bagged a title treble at the U13 National Championships in Glasgow today, while Alfie Martin and Qing Yang Xiao claimed a brace of titles each in the U17 age group. Top seed Wang from Edinburgh beat 3/4 seed Aarav Sinha 21-12 21-13 in [...]
There were another couple of titles decided in the Gents league in an exciting day of Badminton at David Lloyd on Sunday, as well as confirmation of Nomads retaining their mixed First Division title. Congratulations to all the winners. In Division 3, Nomads 2 needed at least a draw v Lunchtime [...]
This year’s Yonex East of Scotland Championships were held at the Jack Kaane Centre. We were once again delighted to have a very good entry in the tournament and there was an extra special feel to the tournament as the men’s doubles draw featured Marcus Ellis who along with Chris [...]
On the 8th of March, International Women's Day, Badminton Scotland organised a women's doubles badminton event to celebrate the occasion at St. George's School, Edinburgh. We had 24 ladies participated in this event and enjoyed the day. The event welcomed junior players as young as 12 or 13 years old, [...]
