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By Gordon Smith Round up for 4 February 2024. It was an exciting weekend in the T Duncan & Co Gents leagues as the top 2 went head to head in two of the Divisions. In Division 1, both NCR and Nomads went into the top of the table clash [...]

This Thursday 8th February, the U18 Junior National Squad Select were faced up against the British Police in a team match held at Scotstoun Badminton Academy. This presented a fantastic opportunity to compete in a team setting and allowed the coaches to provide junior players with in-competition feedback against experienced [...]

Badminton Scotland are excited to launch our dedicated ‘Introduction to LGBTIQ+ Inclusion’ e-learning course on the sportscotland Brightspace platform.   In November 2023, Badminton Scotland joined the National LGBTI Sports Group chaired by LEAP Sports. This set in place our commitment to working more closely with LEAP Sports as a [...]

Fresh investment for Scotland’s national sports scholarship programme with launch of Winning Students 100 Following a new injection of funding from sportscotland and the Scottish Funding Council, Scotland’s national sports scholarship programme for talented student athletes has relaunched as Winning Students 100. Helping student athletes balance their studies with high performance [...]

By RJ Mitchell INGO KINDERVATER believes the 2024 Scottish Nationals have provided concrete proof of the young talent surging through the Badminton Scotland system and is now making its presence firmly felt in the senior game. Following an outstanding weekend of action at the National Badminton Academy, Scotstoun, our Head [...]

By Lanarkshire Badminton When and how did you first get involved in badminton? Got involved in Dalziel High School at the school club in 3rd Year (around 1966) and played through to 6th Year. Meanwhile in 1969 I joined Classon Badminton Club in Motherwell which was an active church club [...]

Shout out to Alfie Martin and Calum Tsang who competed at the recent Spanish Open U15 Well done to Alfie who reached the semi final and received a bronze medal) at the recent Spanish Open

Badminton is the 2nd biggest participation sport in the world and we are looking for the right person to join our team to develop innovative engagement strategies to connect up the sport and showcase our growing community and world class players. It is an exciting time to get involved in [...]

By RJ Mitchell BADMINTON SCOTLAND president Carolyn Young has shared her delight at a weekend of memorable badminton following the completion of the 2024 Scottish National Championships at Scotstoun. 103 entrants battled it out across all five disciplines, in which some of the most established stars in Scottish badminton found [...]

Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. Happening every year, it’s a day for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives. Time to Talk Day 2024 will take place 1 February 2024. It’s run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness and it’s delivered [...]

By RJ Mitchell MATTHEW GRIMLEY has revealed that a week-long training stint with England top dogs Sean Vendy and Ben Lane has provided the perfect preparation for his bid to claim a second men’s Scottish National Doubles Championship title with brother Chris. The English duo lead the race for qualification [...]

Well done to everyone who was involved in the recent Disability Badminton National Championships and congratulations to all winners A big thank you to our wonderful volunteer photographer Jim Innes who has now shared images from over the weekend for everyone to enjoy View all images Find out more Results [...]