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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, [...]

Badminton Scotland CEO Keith Russell is standing down as CEO and will depart from the organisation on 31st March 2025. After six years in the post, Keith determined it was time to pursue new challenges and allow the appointment of a new CEO to oversee and take forward a long-term strategy [...]

Kickstarting the Scottish National Championships Finals was the Mixed Doubles Final. Over on Court 1 Adam Pringle and Julie Macpherson faced Christopher Grimley and Ciara Torrance in an exciting game. At first it was a pretty even start to the match. However, Grimley and Torrance quickly began to break away [...]

Wishaw played host to an action-packed day of badminton on February 8th, as 28 talented young players competed in the 2011 Age Group event. The competition was fierce across all categories, with thrilling matches and impressive performances from rising stars. Boys’ Singles The boys’ singles event saw an impressive 18 [...]

The Gents doubles league dominated the Dundee Area Badminton fixture list this week, with some important and exciting matches. In Division 2, David Lloyd moved 3 points clear at the top, but were made to work hard for a narrow 3-2 win over bottom club The Firies.   David Lloyd [...]

Badminton Scotland are mourning Elinor Paterson, who recently passed away after a short illness. Elinor worked for Badminton Scotland as Coaching and Events administrator for a number of years, retiring in 2018. She was part of the Key Personnel Team which ran the annual Scottish Open Championships, and she was [...]

Day two of the Scottish National Championships are underway at the National Badminton Academy in Glasgow. After an exciting first day of action, this promises to be another thrilling day of competition. This is an exciting Nationals for Lewis Smith, with it being his first time seeded. One of the [...]

There was another round of fixtures in the Gents and Ladies doubles league this week. There was an exciting encounter in Division 1 as Nomads and NCR shared the spoils.  This was level pegging throughout with a win apiece in each of the opening 2 round of games and a [...]

The Nationals are back for 2025 in a few days with exciting entries across the seedings. First time seeds, defending titles, legends of the game all will be competing for that all important National Title. You can still get your tickets now: The 2025 Scottish National Badminton Championship – Lokkaroom [...]

U17 Round Up It was a dominant weekend for Alfie Martin who enjoyed treble success in the Victor Midland Junior Championships held at NICC Perth. The BS saw the top 2 seeds meet in the final, with Alfie defeating Max McCabe (2) in straight sets. In one of the best [...]

A whopping 307 players travelled from all around the globe (and also down the road) to compete at the 2025 Scottish International Masters Championships. This year was so big two venues had to be utilised – Sir Craig Reedie Centre and the Glasgow School of Sport a unique opportunity to [...]

The 25th Annual Robert McCoig Match between England and Scotland took place in the Sir Craig Reedie Centre yesterday hosting 43 events across nine age categories.  Whilst England did take a determined victory of 33-10, many of the games were three enders and boasted some of the most competitive contests [...]