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Congratulations to Glasgow School of Sport S4 Pupil Pranavi Singh who won Girls Singles at the Badminton England Gold U17 Competition in Manchester at the end of June. The event was held in Manchester and included many of England and Scotland’s young players. Pranavi beat fellow Scot Tushara Senthilrajaram 21/12 […]

The Lanarkshire Badminton Group has just launched the Lanarkshire Junior League (August 2023) competition on Tournament software. The format is the same as previous years with junior players from 7 to 18 being eligible to play in a one event in a pools-based format. We are inviting players from previous […]

By RJ Mitchell BADMINTON SCOTLAND are delighted to share that two of our most promising juniors have just enjoyed the chance to compete in Japan’s prestigious Shonai Invitational tournament in Tsuruoka City. Our two outstanding under-16 players Deepti Vijayakumar and Lingyun Xiao rubbed shoulders with the top-eight Japanese junior players […]

After the success of our inaugural awards in 2022, we want to continue to celebrate and recognise the contribution of our incredible players, coaches, volunteers, officials and those who are making a difference to badminton in Scotland. In 2023 our community has continued to make our sport inclusive and welcoming […]

We would like to say a very warm welcome to Kevin Scott who has been appointed as Badminton Scotland’s new Chair. As our new Chair, Kevin will lead the Board over the next 4-year cycle to oversee strategy, including the transformation of our membership and build on the diversity and […]

BY RJ Mitchell MATTHEW GRIMLEY has revealed that winning mind games could be the key to a successful World Championship campaign. With just five weeks until the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark, plays host to the Total Energies BWF World Championship, for what will be the fifth time the event […]

Official CommonwealthSport.com Response to Victoria Government 2026 Commonwealth Game Host Withdrawal We were informed today that the Victorian Government has walked away from their agreement to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. This is hugely disappointing for the Commonwealth Sport Movement, for athletes around the Commonwealth and the Organising Committee who […]

By RJ Mitchell CHRIS GRIMLEY has admitted it will be very much a case of points mean prizes at the Yonex US Open this week. Chris and brother Matthew suffered a tight first round loss in last week’s Yonex Canada Open but with the event enjoying Super 500 status the […]

Over 88 years ago, on 5 July 1934, that the International Badminton Federation (now BWF) was founded. In recognition of this significant date, and to make this a day of celebration for badminton globally, World Badminton Day is held annually on 5 July. In 2022, more than 200 World Badminton […]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR claimed her eighth major games medal in Krakow with the bronze accolade being the third of that nature to add to a collection of five silver medals claimed from Commonwealth Games, European Games and European Championships respectively. Projecting forward, Kirsty is adamant that there is […]

By RJ Mitchell ADAM HALL has revealed there is no danger of a look back in anger when it comes to the Men’s Doubles bronze he won at last week’s European Games. Adam and Alex Dunn came up just short (13-21, 21-16, 10-21) against favourites and top seeds Kim Astrup […]

By Badminton England and Badminton Scotland What a week of badminton action we witnessed at the 2023 European Games! While our athletes express that there were many ups and downs, as spectators and fans we truly admire the preparation, determination and high-level performance of all our athletes throughout the competition […]