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By Laura Muir Northumberland Badminton Association hosted their annual Masters Tournament from 3-5 November 2023 at their purpose-built venue, Tyneside Badminton Centre, in the west of Newcastle. Preceding the main tournament was an international match for most age groups 35+, with players either representing English Counties or Ireland Select. A [...]

By RJ Mitchell RACHEL SUGDEN is determined to regain some vital momentum at the AIG FZ Forza Irish Open this week in Dublin. After impressive quarter-final runs at the Scottish and Czech Opens, Rachel lost out in the first round at the FZ Forza Norwegian International to England’s Miu Lin [...]

By Perth & Kinross Disability Sport Well done to all who were involved in the Perth & Kinross Disability Sport badminton championships this weekend at Academy of Sport and Wellbeing, UHI Perth delivered in partnership with Glenearn Badminton Club and Badminton Scotland. View all images from P&KDS There were lots [...]

By Hugh Ainsley On Saturday 11 November, it was the turn of the younger players born 2012 or later to play in the SSBU event at Wishaw. There were 28 players in total. The boys singles had 21 entries. There were no great surprises in the pool matches but in [...]

By Gordon Smith The matches keep coming thick and fast in the Gents and ladies double leagues. In the ladies league, despite it being so early in the season, newcomers Nomads look strong favourites for the title as they followed up their opening day 6-0 win over champions NCR with [...]

By RJ Mitchell Badminton Scotland’s Head of Performance Ingo Kindervater looks ahead to December’s Women’s and Men’s European Team Championship qualifiers, including squad selection and the different challenges of teams travelling to Azerbaijan and Milton Keynes, England. The Women’s qualifier in Azerbaijan will see Scotland compete in Group 4 with [...]

Badminton Scotland is the governing body for the sport in Scotland, based at 40 Bogmoor Place, Glasgow, G51 4TQ.  Its role is to develop participation, memberships and performance, and accelerate the growth of the sport across the country. To find out more about Badminton Scotland use this link: https://badmintonscotland.org.uk/ Job [...]

Scottish Disability Sport Week aims to highlight how and why everyone in Scotland with a disability should get active. From Monday 27th November to Sunday 3rd December, there will be a Nationwide celebration of getting active and involved in disability sport in Scotland, through an online campaign called Scottish Disability [...]

Badminton Scotland are pleased to announce that we have joined the National LGBTI Sports Group, which is chaired by LEAP Sports, Scotland’s LGBTIQ+ Sports Charity. The National LGBTI Sports Group is a national group which exists to have a strategic overview of matters of LGBTI equality within sport in Scotland. [...]

By Gordon Smith There was another exciting round of fixtures in the Gents and Ladies doubles league on Sunday. In Gents Division 1 reigning champions Nomads moved ominously clear at the top of the table with a convincing 6-0 win v David Lloyd In Division 2 Kirriemuir 2 bounced back [...]

By RJ Mitchell ELEANOR O’DONNELL is hoping that a promising performance at last week’s Hylo Open can pave the way for a memorable end to 2023. The Scotland international and Mixed Doubles partner of Chris Grimley played in Saarbrucken to negotiate a tough qualifying tie with promising German duo David [...]

By Colin Campbell Two weeks on from the Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Under 15 and Under 19 Junior Championships, it was the turn of the Under 13 and Under 17 age groups to demonstrate their skills. As with the previous tournament, play took place at the Jack Kane Centre [...]