News

Congratulations and a huge well done to both Katrina Chan and Ishbel McCallister who came away with Gold medals following a tough 3-set final against Irish pair Michelle Shochan and Paige Woods. After losing a tight first set 22-20, our Scots showed strength and focus to come back (13-21 and […]

A big thank you to everyone who nominated in our 2023 Awards. Nominations are now closed! With many nominations for volunteers, clubs, coaches and players, we look forward to reading about all the great people who make a difference. These individuals have been recognised by our community as people who […]

By Andy McGilvray for the Daily Record Hamilton could have a future badminton star in their midst after Lewis Carson returned with two gold medals in the sport from the Dwarf Games in Germany. The 11-year-old Hamilton Grammar pupil won gold in singles and doubles badminton, plus 100m relay, silver […]

By Lanarkshire Badminton On Sunday 27th August, the Lanarkshire Junior League – Singles Event got the circuit of Lanarkshire Badminton Group (LBG) competitions for the 2023/24 season underway with 38 players in total competing.  The event took place at the Ally McCoist Sports Complex in East Kilbride which has had […]

By Grania Shankley A huge well done to our Scots Colin Leslie, Andrew Davies, Gregor Anderson and Niall Jarvie who competed in the recent European Para Championships 2023. The Championships took place in Rotterdam from Tuesday 15 – Sunday 20 August. There were ten men’s events, nine women’s events, and […]

By RJ Mitchell ADAM HALL has pinpointed greater consistency as they key takeaway from last week’s Total Energies BWF World Badminton Championships. The Scotland international saw his hopes of a deep run in the Men’s Doubles alongside Alex Dunn snuffed out in the second round when they lost out to […]

On Sunday 27th August at ASW Perth College, Glenearn BC hosted their first ever Women’s Badminton Ladder. Kirsten Lindsay from Glenearn came up with the idea, and the club, and Badminton Scotland were keen to support. Women could enter with a partner or without and were placed into ladder’s depending on […]

Badminton Scotland will be hosting an initial trial for the Lothian Base Regional Performance Squad on Saturday 9th September 2023, with spaces available from 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00 dependant on demand. The Base training programme introduces athletes to the Badminton Scotland Junior Performance Pathway, teaching athletes’ important values, standards and behaviours […]

Congratulations to Granite City badminton club (GCBC) and Inverurie badminton club (IBC) who were recently presented with their Shuttlemark Awards. Granite City BC have now reached Gold status, and Inverurie badminton club has achieved both the Silver and Bronze award. Badminton Scotland CEO, Keith Russell and Steven Cunningham, Regional Development […]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR has shared that when it comes to this week’s Total Energies BWF World Championships in Copenhagen it will be a case of memories are made of this. The Scottish No.1 opened her campaign with a gritty three set victory over old foe Lianne Tan from […]

By Keegan Friel On 19 and 20 August, Scotland hosted the 2023 4 Nations Graded International at the Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre, just outside of Glasgow. This was the third iteration of the event, previously hosted by Ireland in 2019 and Wales in 2022. The 4 Nations Graded International […]

By RJ Mitchell THREE days before the Total Energies BWF World Championships Robert Blair has admitted that a successful campaign in Copenhagen can be “career changing.” Success at the sports now annual contest for global supremacy is something that the Scotland coach knows all about having made the final of […]