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By Gordon Smith The matches keep coming thick and fast in the Gents and ladies double leagues. In the ladies league, despite it being so early in the season, newcomers Nomads look strong favourites for the title as they followed up their opening day 6-0 win over champions NCR with […]

By RJ Mitchell Badminton Scotland’s Head of Performance Ingo Kindervater looks ahead to December’s Women’s and Men’s European Team Championship qualifiers, including squad selection and the different challenges of teams travelling to Azerbaijan and Milton Keynes, England. The Women’s qualifier in Azerbaijan will see Scotland compete in Group 4 with […]

Badminton Scotland is the governing body for the sport in Scotland, based at 40 Bogmoor Place, Glasgow, G51 4TQ.  Its role is to develop participation, memberships and performance, and accelerate the growth of the sport across the country. To find out more about Badminton Scotland use this link: https://badmintonscotland.org.uk/ Job […]

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 […]