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By RJ Mitchell JOSH APILIGA has added a fourth victory over English opposition to his impressive tally as he defeated Harry Jones 21-18, 21-16 to make the second round of the Scottish Open for the first time. The 22-year-old is rapidly developing into the Hammer of the English after he [...]

By RJ Mitchell JOSH APILIGA has branded his qualification for the main draw of the Scottish Open as the biggest achievement of his career – to date. The 22-year-old had to do it the hard way gamely fighting his way through three rounds of qualifying before befuddling the eighth seeded [...]

By RJ Mitchell KATRINA CHAN has admitted that her first Scottish Open has left her with plenty to learn from. The 17- year-old, who is one of the most promising talents within the Scottish elite system, faced England’s experienced Zi Yang in the opening round and put up an impressive [...]

By RJ Mitchell MATTHEW WARING has promised to play with “No Fear” when he faces England’s No.8 seeded Nadeem Dalvi in the second round of the 2023 Scottish Open qualifiers at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow later today. The 17 year-old Scottish No.2 came through an at times brutal encounter with [...]

By RJ Mitchell ADAM PRINGLE is hoping he can use this week’s Scottish Open to provide a platform to break the top-100 in both Men’s and Mixed Doubles. The 22-year-old will team up with Jack MacGregor ranked 129 in the Men’s Doubles while he is ranked 118 partnering Rachel Andrew [...]

By RJ Mitchell RACHEL SUGDEN has revealed that competing in this year’s Scottish Open will help her finally put unfond memories of her first Scottish Open appearance to bed. Two years ago the Balloch badminton ace was forced to scratch from the opening round of her first ever Scottish Open [...]

By Hayley Milne (for the Herald Online) Original article and video However far their careers in elite sport may take them, home will always hold a special appeal for Matthew and Christopher Grimley. You could almost throw a blanket over their particular corner of Glasgow and cover most of the [...]

U15/U18 Restricted Inter Groups: Glasgow and North Strathclyde won both the U15 and the U18! Runners up for the day were Lothian in U15 and West in U18s. By G&NS We’re delighted to report that both the group’s under 15 and under 18 team’s won the inter-group competition on Sunday [...]

The Lanarkshire Badminton Group has just launched the 2023 edition of the Lanarkshire Social Doubles. Players interested in playing can enter via Tournament Software.  You can also enter using a paper file. This non ranking event is unique in that it enables doubles teams from the same or mixed genders [...]

By Gordon Anderson 60 players from across Scotland, with ages ranging from 16 to 70+, gathered at the Academy of Sport & Wellbeing (Perth) on Saturday 23 September for the 2nd running of the Midland Doubles Grade B Tournament. All events were played in pools initially, with pool position determining [...]

The 2023 Perth & Kinross Disability Sport Badminton Championships, in partnership with Glenearn Badminton Club, Badminton Scotland and Scottish Disability Sport takes place on Saturday 11 November 2023 at Academy of Sport & Wellbeing, UHI Perth. Register online here.  As always, there is no cost to participate and we have to thank and acknowledge Stagecoach for their continued support [...]

By RJ Mitchell MATTHEW WARING believes his preparation for the Scottish Open qualifiers has been benefited by his recent jousts with Europe’s best juniors. The 17 year-old has played two of the top four under-19 players in Europe in recent weeks and despite still shaking off the after effects of a chest [...]