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Scottish Disability Sport Week aims to highlight how and why everyone in Scotland with a disability should get active. From Monday 27th November to Sunday 3rd December, there will be a Nationwide celebration of getting active and involved in disability sport in Scotland, through an online campaign called Scottish Disability […]

Badminton Scotland are pleased to announce that we have joined the National LGBTI Sports Group, which is chaired by LEAP Sports, Scotland’s LGBTIQ+ Sports Charity. The National LGBTI Sports Group is a national group which exists to have a strategic overview of matters of LGBTI equality within sport in Scotland. […]

By Gordon Smith There was another exciting round of fixtures in the Gents and Ladies doubles league on Sunday. In Gents Division 1 reigning champions Nomads moved ominously clear at the top of the table with a convincing 6-0 win v David Lloyd In Division 2 Kirriemuir 2 bounced back […]

By RJ Mitchell ELEANOR O’DONNELL is hoping that a promising performance at last week’s Hylo Open can pave the way for a memorable end to 2023. The Scotland international and Mixed Doubles partner of Chris Grimley played in Saarbrucken to negotiate a tough qualifying tie with promising German duo David […]

By Colin Campbell Two weeks on from the Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Under 15 and Under 19 Junior Championships, it was the turn of the Under 13 and Under 17 age groups to demonstrate their skills. As with the previous tournament, play took place at the Jack Kane Centre […]

A huge well done to our Scottish players who were out in Saarbrucken and Budapest last week at the Hylo Open and Hungarian International. Kirsty Gilmour just missed out on a place in the final to Denmark’s Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt (21-16 21-17). Jack MacGregor and Adam Pringle’s run ended in […]

We would like to extend our congratulations to David Gillespie, who collected his award for Disability Sport Coach of the Year award at sportscotland’s COV Awards 2023! David was also the worthy winner of Badminton Scotland’s Volunteer of the Year Award 2023. Both awards reflect the true importance and impact […]

“Prepare yourself and play your best” – Moloy Sarker On Monday, 31 October Rajani Tyagi spoke with Scottish Masters player Moloy Sarker after he played in Badminton Scotland’s recent 2023 Scottish National Masters Championships in Perth. On the show Moloy told Rajani about his experience of playing in this tournament […]

By RJ Mitchell CALLUM SMITH has expressed his delight at the news he has been included in the provisional Scottish Men’s Team for next month’s European Qualifiers at Milton Keynes. The three-times Scottish Singles champion suffered a torn ligament and bone bruising to his right ankle during a training session at […]

A huge well done to Dundee Dragons Wheelchair Sports Club who have won the Community and Clubs Achievement Award at the 2023 Variety Club Disability Sports Awards. On Monday 30 October, Variety (the children’s charity) hosted their inaugural Club Disability Sports Awards 2023. Club legend Kevin Rattray spoke to C4 […]

By Grania Shankley Well done to all players who competed in this weekend’s Scottish National Masters Championships. It was a great event in Perth over two days with over 100 masters players competing in various age categories in MS, WS, MD, WD and XD. Men’s Singles Round Ups Men’s Single’s […]

By RJ Mitchell JULIE MACPHERSON is hoping to make it third time lucky when she pairs up with Ciara Torrance to face Denmark’s No.4 seeded Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen at this week’s Hylo Open. The Scottish champions have already played the Danes in the European Mixed Team Championships and […]