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By Grania Shankley Our Scotland men’s team rounded off their European campaign with a 4-1 win against Slovakia in their final games of the year. In the opening game it was point-for-point between Joshua Apiliga and Milan Dratva (of Slovakia), however it was Josh who prevailed and found his rhythm [...]

By RJ Mitchell LAUREN MIDDLETON has ranked her 2024 European Women’s Team Championship finals qualification clinching victory as a career high moment. The Scotland international kept a cool head as she regained composure after dropping the second set against Estonia’s Catlyn Kruus to claim the decisive success in the third [...]

Shared article from BWF Website A LONG TRADITION IN SHOWCASING THE CREAM OF BADMINTON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2023 TEXT BY DEV SUKUMAR | BADMINTONPHOTO When Hangzhou was announced as the host city of the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals (2023-2026), it became part of a journey that can be traced back to [...]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR has admitted that she will need to be on top of her game when she faces Estonian No.1 Kristin Kuuba in tomorrow’s decisive 2024 European Women’s Team Championship Group 4 qualification meeting with the Eastern European state. The Scottish No.1 was her usual imperious self [...]

By Grania Shankley Scotland’s European Men’s Team Championships Qualification campaign is well underway in Milton Keynes and up first for Scotland was Ukraine in Group 5, Sub Group 1. Young talent, Matthew Waring was called upon, taking on Kyrylo Leonov in the men’s singles. We caught up with Matthew on [...]

By RJ Mitchell CIARA TORRANCE has described the Scottish Women’s badminton team’s 5-0 success over hosts Azerbaijan in the opening Group 4 tie of the 2024 European Women’s Team Championship qualifiers as the perfect start. A place at next year’s finals in Lodz, Poland, is up for grabs and with [...]

By RJ Mitchell IN part 2 of his preview of the 2024 European Men’s and Women’s Team Championship Qualification,  Badminton Scotland’s Head of Performance Ingo Kindervater has turned his attention on our men’s team’s hopes of success in Milton Keynes. The Scottish men open their Group 5, Subgroup 1 campaign [...]

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By RJ Mitchell AHEAD of the 2024 European Men’s and Women’s Team Championship Qualification process, Badminton Scotland’s Head of Performance Ingo Kindervater has shared his hopes and ambitions for this week’s action. In the first of a two part interview Ingo assesses the Scottish Women’s trip to Azerbaijan where they [...]

The Lanarkshire Badminton Group has just launched the Lanarkshire Junior League – January 2024 competition on Tournament software.  The format is the same as previous years with junior players from 7 to 18 being eligible to play in a one event in a pools-based format. We are inviting players from [...]

By RJ Mitchell CALLUM SMITH has pronounced his successful comeback at the YONEX Welsh International Championships as the perfect dress rehearsal for this week’s European Men’s Team Championship qualifiers. The Scottish champion made his return to the competitive match court in Cardiff last week following an absence of just under [...]

By Gordon Smith It was a busy day for David Lloyd on Sunday with 2 T Duncan & Co mixed doubles fixtures with mixed fortunes. First up was a home tie with St Andrews University in the afternoon, where they ran out 7-0 winners. Alison Hay, Scott Packwood and Jordan [...]