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4th August 2025 by Robert McLean Scotland’s top junior badminton players made their mark at the All-England Junior Championships, showing real grit and talent against international competition across four intense days of singles and doubles play. Friday Highlights – Strong Starts and Doubles Success The day kicked off with a commanding [...]

– Written by David Gillespie – Learning Disability badminton players enjoyed a full day and half of competition at the second Scotland Learning Disability Sport National Summer Games held at Stirling University 25-27 July 2025. Badminton was part of a multi-sports weekend. Players from Shetland, Dumfries & Galloway, Lothian, West [...]

29th July 2025 by Robert McLean Scotland’s brightest young badminton stars are set to take centre stage this week as they travel to Birmingham for the prestigious All-England Junior Championships—one of the standout events on the international junior calendar. As part of the Badminton Europe Junior International Series, the tournament [...]

20th International Island Games Part 3: Highlights and Reflections from the Badminton Coordinator By Elaine Gray | Kirkwall, Orkney Blessed with days of glorious sunshine, the badminton events represented the culmination of two years of meticulous preparation and teamwork. The local committee, volunteers, and the broader badminton community all contributed to [...]

20th International Island Games Part 2: The Battle for Individual Brilliance Begins By Ryan McCuaig | Kirkwall, Orkney After the thunderous team battles that kicked off the 20th International Island Games, the badminton courts in Kirkwall were far from quiet. With the echoes of foghorns still ringing in the rafters [...]

24th July 2025 by Robert McLean Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour endured a tough start to her campaign at the Victor China Open, falling in straight sets to India’s emerging star Unnati Hooda. The 17-year-old showcased a level of maturity and composure beyond her years, outplaying the experienced Gilmour 21-11, 21-16 in a [...]

By Ryan McCuaig Every two years, island communities from across the globe come together for a unique celebration of sport, culture, and camaraderie — the Island Games. Organised by the International Island Games Association (IIGA), the Games are a biennial multi-sport event featuring teams from non-sovereign islands and territories (populations [...]

22nd July 2025 by Robert McLean Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour is set to take centre stage this week at the Victor China Open, one of the most prestigious and high-stakes events on the badminton calendar. Held in Changzhou, this HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000 event is the final Super 1000 [...]

Jody Groundwater and Rebecca Reid have made history by winning Orkney’s first ever badminton medal at the Island Games. The pair landed a bronze in the Women’s Doubles after losing to Faroese pair Miriam Grotinum and Bjarnhild Buo Justinossen in the semi-final 21-13, 21-9. Jody and Rebecca earlier beat Shetland’s [...]

17th July 2025 by Robert McLean It was a challenging opening round for Kirsty Gilmour at the Japan Open, as she faced off against Japan’s own Tomoka Miyazaki – the in-form world number 6 and one of the brightest young stars on the BWF World Tour. Despite the tough draw, Gilmour [...]

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15th July 2025 by Robert McLean Scotland’s number one women’s singles player, Kirsty Gilmour, has been handed one of the most daunting opening round assignments at the DAIHATSU Japan Open 2025, where she will face the electric home favourite and world number 6, Tomoka Miyazaki, in the round of 32. The [...]