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By RJ Mitchell TODAY marks the one year signpost until Badminton Scotland hosts the 2024 leg of the 4 Nations Para Badminton International from 19-24 June 2024 at Glasgow’s internationally renowned Emirates Arena. With the countdown officially on… we caught up with Badminton Scotland’s National Para Coach Kirsty Flockhart, who […]

sportscotland Coaching, Officiating & Volunteering (COV) Awards are back for 2023! It was certainly an inspiring and deserving moment last year when Rajani Tyagi was awarded Community Club Coach of the Year at the COV Awards. To build on this achievement of recognising key people within the badminton community, we […]

On Sunday 4 June 2023 we held our Annual General Meeting at Perth Collage. Interim Chair Frank Turnbull gave his final report as his term comes to an end. Frank has been on the board for nearly 7 years as Vice President, President and latterly Interim Chair. Frank has been a key figure […]

Ahead of their matches at the Indonesia Open 2023, proud Solibad ambassadors Adam Hall and Kirsty Gilmour visited one of the villages in Indonesia that the badminton charity Solibad give resources to – Bekasi, just a 30-minute drive from the famous Istora Arena. “Visiting the village was a truly eye […]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR is relishing her meeting with ‘team mate’ Beiwen Zhang in the first round of the Kapal Api Group Indonesia Open in Jakarta. The duo both play for Vendsyssel in the Danish ‘Badmintonligaen’ and have become good pals on the international circuit. But when Kirsty meets […]

Youngsters from West Fife primary schools served up an action-packed day of badminton at a recently held festival. The West Fife Primary Schools’ Badminton Championships was organised with help from Badminton Scotland RDO Jane Russell and brought together kids from 12 schools to showcase their talents on the court. Supported […]

This year’s 4 Nations Graded International will be held at the Sir Craig Reedie Centre in Glasgow on 19 & 20 August 2023. After the success of the first 2 events in Ireland in 2019 and Wales last year, this year it is Scotland’s turn to host the event and […]

Well done to Gillian Allan who has been recognised as a stand out volunteer by Glasgow Life in their National Volunteers’ Week (1st – 7th June 2023). National Volunteers’ Week (1st – 7th June 2023) is an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering […]

Scotland’s national agency for sport, sportscotland, has today announced record annual investment figures to support the delivery of sport and physical activity. Across 2023/2024 sportscotland will invest up to £36.7million in Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport (SGBs), local authorities and wider national partners – an 8.6% increase on the previous […]

Following SEMSA’s first Women’s Community Badminton Tournament, Presenter Rajani chats with some of the players involved to find out how they got into badminton, what they enjoyed most about the day and what it was like going from casual club sessions to playing in a tournament. Thanks for sharing Rajani […]

Well done to Glasgow Disability Badminton Club who have signed up to Badminton Scotland’s Shuttlemark Inclusive Disability Charter (SIDC). About Glasgow Disability Badminton Club Glasgow Disability Badminton Club, also widely known as GDBC, was formed in January 2009, specifically for athletes with learning and/or physical disabilities who wanted to try […]

Today we’ve introduced our own Tournament Software site https://badmintonscotland.tournamentsoftware.com/ Since 2008, Tournament Software has been Badminton Scotland’s system for organising competitions, supporting online entry, storing and displaying results, managing rankings, sending competition-related emails and everything else that makes competitions go smoothly for our players. It will be familiar to regular […]