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By West of Scotland Badminton Group The Yonex West of Scotland U13/U17 Junior Championships were held this weekend (2 & 3 December) at the Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre in Glasgow. The weekend was filled with a lot of great games! Full results below: U13 BS – Arjan Bhattiprolu BS [...]

By Grania Shankley After their “career best win” at the AIG FZ Forza Irish Open less than three weeks ago… Christopher and Matthew Grimley have done it again, this time in Cardiff at the Welsh International. A huge well done to Matt and Chris who have built momentum into the [...]

Badminton Scotland is committed to promoting equality and addressing any issues of discrimination in our sport. We understand that some of this information is personal and sensitive in nature. However, capturing this information helps to get a picture of the diversity within our Badminton Scotland community. From that, we can [...]

By Lanarkshire Badminton From humble beginnings as a young boy from Bellshill to representing Scotland as a player at various badminton events to coaching within a high performance environment, Andy has amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience in the sport and shared his journey with us. Q&A with Andy [...]

St George’s School & Badminton Scotland Partnership Serves Up Unique Girls’ and Women’s Badminton Opportunities We are delighted to announce our new partnership! Over the course of our first year in partnership together we are planning some exciting opportunities to get involved around International Women’s Day in 2024. This will [...]

By Craig Robertson In November 2022, a request went out for volunteers to join a think tank to improve masters’ badminton in Scotland, followed by a post about forming a group to work on taking a masters’ team abroad. Volunteers met a few times to understand the main issues, find [...]

By Grania Shankley From 24-26 November, Badminton Scotland hosted the UK Para Badminton Championships 2023 for the first time at Tollcross International Swimming and Leisure Centre. The tournament brought together 65+ Physical Disability (PD) and Learning Disability (LD) athletes over three days to play in over 30 events. For some [...]

Well done to Ishbel McCallister & Brooke Stalker who reached the final of the Women’s Doubles in Trencin, Slovakia following a three set thriller against Croatia’s Ivanovicova/Vybochova in the semi final. Ishbel and Brooke faced LEE Pin Yi/TPELIAO Jui-Chi in the final but the Chinese Taipei pair carried the edge [...]

By Craig Robertson The Swedish Youth Games took place in Malmo from 16th – 19th November with the u13/15 Team and Individual event and also the U17 Badminton Europe Circuit event.  Players competed in the 20-court Malmo Badminton Centre over the three days in an event that attracted players from [...]

By RJ Mitchell RACHEL ANDREW is determined to use this week’s Yonex Welsh International challenge to end 2023 on a Mixed Doubles high. The Scotland international and sidekick Adam Pringle had a hugely impressive run to the semi-finals of the Victor FZ Forza Hungarian International Championships earlier in the month. [...]

By Grania Shankley When participating in any sport there are many barriers to overcome, challenges to face and situations that can put people out of their comfort zones. Talking about and understanding these barriers is important so that everyone can feel included, seen and heard and participate with confidence. We [...]

By RJ Mitchell MATTHEW WARING has admitted that 2023 will always be a year to remember for him. The Lanarkshire Lad started off by making the final of the Scottish Men’s singles championship where he lost out to defending champion Callum Smith while only a 16-year-old. Then after joining up [...]