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SCOTTISH Under-17 champion Iona Muir is hoping that a strong performance at this week’s Bulgaria Under – 17 International can help provide her with a happy ending to her time in the age group. Iona, who is from Renfrew, has been under-17 national champion for the last three years but […]

By Badminton England Team GB’s badminton squad continued their strong start to the European Games group stage with four wins from six matches on the second day of action in Krakow. Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith enjoyed a statement victory over German fourth seeds Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Lohau, coming […]

By Badminton England Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith made a victorious start to the defence of their European Games crown on a successful opening day of action in Krakow. The pair needed just 24 minutes to overcome Slovenia’s Miha Ivancic and Petra Polanc in their Group D opener, comfortably taking […]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR has revealed her pride at the five strong Scottish contingent that will mean a historic 50/50 split with their English counterparts as the constituent parts of the Team GB badminton team who start their 2023 European Games campaign in Kraków today. Last time around in […]

By RJ Mitchell CIARA TORRANCE has revealed her determination to medal at next week’s European Games Badminton Championships. Ciara and partner Julie MacPherson have been drawn in Group B of the Women’s Doubles competition and will jet out to Krakow, Poland, alongside Kirsty Gilmour, Alex Dunn, and Adam Hall as […]

By RJ Mitchell ALEX DUNN believes that the four tournament far east swing which has just culminated with the Indonesia Open has confirmed that his partnership with Adam Hall is now a clear and present danger to the very best duos in men’s doubles. During the last month there have […]

Dundee City Disability Sport Badminton Championships 2023 Dundee City Disability Sport, in partnership with Leisure and Culture Dundee, and supported by Scottish Disability Sport and Badminton Scotland are delighted to host Discovery Games. We all extend a warm welcome to all players, family and friends to the 24th year of […]

By Jill Smith Badminton Scotland are committed to achieving its vision of Badminton being the biggest participation sport in Scotland bringing people and communities together through Badminton and Lanarkshire Group are in support of that vision. Lanarkshire Group Committee have met in person since the beginning of the season utilising […]

By RJ Mitchell TODAY marks the one year signpost until Badminton Scotland hosts the 2024 leg of the 4 Nations Para Badminton International from 19-24 June 2024 at Glasgow’s internationally renowned Emirates Arena. With the countdown officially on… we caught up with Badminton Scotland’s National Para Coach Kirsty Flockhart, who […]

sportscotland Coaching, Officiating & Volunteering (COV) Awards are back for 2023! It was certainly an inspiring and deserving moment last year when Rajani Tyagi was awarded Community Club Coach of the Year at the COV Awards. To build on this achievement of recognising key people within the badminton community, we […]

On Sunday 4 June 2023 we held our Annual General Meeting at Perth Collage. Interim Chair Frank Turnbull gave his final report as his term comes to an end. Frank has been on the board for nearly 7 years as Vice President, President and latterly Interim Chair. Frank has been a key figure […]

Ahead of their matches at the Indonesia Open 2023, proud Solibad ambassadors Adam Hall and Kirsty Gilmour visited one of the villages in Indonesia that the badminton charity Solibad give resources to – Bekasi, just a 30-minute drive from the famous Istora Arena. “Visiting the village was a truly eye […]