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Well done to Western BC, County BC, Nairn BC and Drongan BC who are through to the semi-finals of The Scottish Cup. The quarter finals were played throughout April with clubs travelling across Scotland to play for a place in the semis. The standard of play was excellent and it’s […]

We all have a role to play in keeping sport fair and clean. Badminton Scotland is proud to reaffirm our commitment to clean sport by backing UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) Clean Sport Week campaign. Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness week championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with sports […]

For the last six weeks, Jodie Black has been on placement with Badminton Scotland, working on performance testing for our Regional Performance Squads (RPS) as part of her Applied Sport and Exercise Science study at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Having played badminton for 10 years, Jodie reached out to […]

By RJ Mitchell IN many sports appreciation for revered individuals takes the form of them being referenced as a “one club” person when length of service to their particular sporting institution reaches double digits. In this respect Badminton Scotland are delighted to shine a light on arguably the most outstanding […]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR has described The Scottish Open as the tournament “every Scottish badminton player wants to say they have won.” The world’s third oldest badminton tournament will return to the Emirates Arena this October 5th to 8th and Gilmour, who is a two-time winner of the event, […]

By Euan Murray (RDO West) The 2023 West Open Disability Badminton Tournament (WODBT) took place on Saturday 13th May 2023 at Scotstoun Leisure Centre in Glasgow. The 2022 event had taken place earlier in the season back in October however this year’s event had been planned for May due to […]

Congratulations to Forfar BC who have been presented with their Bronze Shuttlemark Award by Badminton Scotland CEO, Keith Russell. Forfar BC are the 1st club in Angus, 10th club in Midland region and 26th club in Scotland to achieve Shuttlemark Bronze Club Award. Forfar Badminton Club was first established in […]

Renowned international tournament The Scottish Open Badminton Championships will return to Glasgow this autumn BADMINTON SCOTLAND is delighted to announce the return of The Scottish Open Badminton Championships at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena from 5 – 8 October 2023 after an absence of two years. The prestigious tournament was first played […]

By Keegan Friel Langside Badminton League held their end-of-season tournament, Thornlee, at the Sir Craig Reedie (Cockburn) Badminton Centre on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 May. Langside provides competitive badminton for players based in Glasgow’s southside, East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire. Thornlee has been taking place every year since 1975, […]

By Lanarkshire Badminton It was a weekend of celebration and joy for the Lanarkshire Senior County Team.  The team gained promotion to the Championship as part of the Badminton England Senior County Championships from Division 1 North.  This was a special occasion to cherish with the team rounding off in […]

Join in the fun and learn new badminton skills in a friendly and welcoming environment! P4-S6 TUESDAY’S 6PM-7PM (23 May – 27 June) Grangemouth High School This after school club will take place on Tuesdays at Grangemouth High School 6pm – 7pm and is an ASN/Disability Badminton club for children […]

Patrick MacHugh and Robert Dunn are running a Summer Training Camp (for all abilities) for 8 weeks from June 25th – August 13th 2023, at Hutchesons, Pollok Park. There will be 2 sessions on each Sunday (9-11 & 11-1). After signing up for the Summer Camp the coaches will allocate […]