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By Hugh Ainsley With Wishaw being unavailable SSBU moved to Penicuik for the 2006 Age Group event on 24th November. There were 21 players but plenty of close matches with a large number of games taking 3 sets to complete. The boys singles had 12 entries. The pools finished fairly [...]

Huge well done to winners of the Senior Inter Group, LOTHIAN! After a full day of match action, Lothian Badminton win the Inter Group after beating Lanarkshire 5-4 in the final. Amazing team effort from all players today and a big thank you to all volunteers who helped the event [...]

Bruce Flockhart attended the recent Swedish Youth Games in Malmo – his first trip with players as the National Junior Squad (NJS) lead coach and a return to a venue where he played his first international event when he was 14! We caught up with Bruce plus a few of [...]

Get involved in SEMSA’s annual badminton tournament – it’s a great way to put your practice to test and even win medals! There is the option to sign up for beginner/intermediate) plus choose ‘playing partner required’ if you’re looking to team up with someone – who knows you might just [...]

In T Duncan & Co. Gents Division 1, reigning champions Nomads maintained their 100% record at the top of the table with an excellent 5-0 win v Carnoustie. Johnny Reeve and Richard Steven starred for Nomads with 3 wins each, with Richard and team-mate Simon Krols topping the rankings. There [...]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR has admitted that she will go into her opening round of the Li-Ning China Masters against He Bing Jiao with a clean slate. The Scot will face World No.6 Jiao with a head-to-head rating of two-a piece – the last meeting coming three years back [...]

By RJ Mitchell CHRIS GRIMLEY has described victory in the AIG FZ Forza Irish Open as the finest hour for his partnership with twin brother Matthew Grimley. The Scots confounded the recent form book to defeat red hot Danish duo Andreas Sondergaard and Jesper Toft 22-20, 16-21, 21-17 in an [...]

By Hugh Ainsley On 18th November the SSBU held their 2009 Age Group event at Wishaw. There were 33 players taking part in total with 19 entries for the boys singles. Newcomer Avi Mittal played well beating the seeded Rory Meldrum in the first round of the knock-out and then [...]

Good luck to our Scottish squads out in Malmö this week, accompanied by coaches Bruce Flockhart (U17), Julie Hogg (U15), Lena Robertson (U13) and Craig Robertson (U13/15). Play your best and enjoy the tournament! Schedules & Results Team Tournament SYG 2023 U13 Team Tournament SYG 2023 U15 Swedish Youth Games [...]

By Gordon Smith The T Duncan & Co ladies league is looking very strong this year and there was a cracking seaside derby between Carnoustie and Monifieth Grove which ended in a deserved share of the spoils. Louise Masey and Ellen Watson secured the draw for Monifeth Grove with a [...]

By Grania Shankley Today, Sheila Hynes celebrated her 90th birthday with family and friends at a surprise gathering at Scotstoun. The celebration was a true recognition of her lifetime dedication and passion for badminton over the years both as a player and volunteer. Mother of three, grandmother to seven – [...]

By RJ Mitchell ADAM PRINGLE is hoping to continue his hot streak at this week’s AIG FZ Forza Irish Open. The Scotland international reached the semi-finals of the recent Victor FZ Forza Hungarian International earlier this month when he partnered Rachel Andrew and Jack MacGregor to the last four of [...]