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28th August 2025 by Robert McLean Scotland’s top badminton stars produced a string of encouraging performances at this week’s World Championships in Paris, showing heart, talent, and resilience on one of the sport’s biggest stages. Strong Start on Day One The tournament began on a high for Scotland. Kirsty Gilmour [...]

A smashing group of badminton players have netted a place in the record books. The 157 players from across Scotland broke the Guinness World Record for the most amount of participants in a single badminton rally to launch ticket sales for the Scottish Open Championships and raise money for Down’s [...]

25th August 2025 by Robert McLean Scotland’s top badminton talent begins their World Championships campaign today at the prestigious Adidas Arena in Paris — one of the marquee events on the global badminton calendar. With the world’s elite converging on the French capital, our players are primed and ready to [...]

Coaching Breaks for National Pathway and RPP Coaches

The new season is just around the corner and we have a brilliant event coming up to help kick it off – and launch tickets sales for the Scottish Open! Badminton Scotland is aiming for a place in the record books by attempting to beat the Guinness World Record for [...]

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 [...]