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By RJ Mitchell INGO KINDERVATER has tagged the five tournament European Swing as a “positive” period for our elite players. Badminton Scotland’s Head of Performance has overseen a whistlestop tour of Germany, England, Switzerland, Spain, and France which has been filled with drama, outstanding victories, gut-wrenching defeats but also punctuated […]

A great Easter Weekend was had by all at the 2023 Scottish Hua Xia Cup, held at the Oriam Sports Hall in Edinburgh on 8 and 9 April. We were delighted to see over 80 participants involved in the badminton activity (which was one of four sports played at this […]

A huge congratulations to Peter Chiu who has received confirmation of his appointment as a line judge at the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2023 in Suzhou, China, from 14-21 May 2023. Peter has been an official for Badminton Scotland since February 2016 and has been involved in a number […]

By RJ Mitchell CHRIS GRIMLEY has set a world top-32 ranking as the primary target for his partnership with brother Matthew. The Scottish No.2 men’s doubles pairing currently sit at No.42 in the Badminton World Federation rankings which are updated every Thursday, and this week’s edition could see the twins […]

By Colin Campbell This year’s Yonex East of Scotland Championships were again held at the Oriam, Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre, at Heriot-Watt University. We were very pleased to have an extremely large entry in the tournament which resulted in a large number of extremely competitive games on Saturday. As a […]

In partnership with SEMSA (Scottish Ethnic Minority Sports Association), we are launching our first Women’s Community Badminton Tournament for those age 16+. Book your place now This is a great opportunity to pick up a racket for the first time, compete against others, or maybe you want to get your […]

By RJ Mitchell JULIE MACPHERSON is determined to make it third time lucky when she lines up with Adam Hall to face Commonwealth Games silver medallists Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis at the Orleans Masters this week. The Scots lost out in the semi-finals at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games […]

By RJ Mitchell INGO KINDERVATER has highlighted the need for a positive sign off when the European tournament swing comes to a conclusion with the Orleans Masters this week. A strong Scottish contingent will be competing in the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 event at the Palais des Sports […]

Amazing to see the work of Amina and Badminton Scotland highlighted by the national agency for sport, sportscotland in the article below. Breaking Barriers A new partnership is helping remove barriers to sport for a group of women in Dundee. Badminton Scotland and Amina – The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre […]

The quarter final draw has been made for our inaugural Scottish Cup Competition, with all matches to be played by 23 April 2023. The Scottish Cup is the pinnacle of club badminton and has brought teams from all corners of Scotland to go head to head, competing with other clubs. […]

By Lanarkshire Badminton At the weekend, the Lanarkshire Senior County Team made the trip down to York, North Yorkshire to play their final set of matches as part of the Badminton England Senior County Championships Division 1 North. The matches took place at the York Railway Institute which is a […]

We are delighted to announce that Star Badminton Club will begin sessions at Winchburgh Sport Hub from Monday 17 April 2023. The sessions have been created specifically for juniors (U19) to learn badminton and/or develop on the skills/knowledge you already have. There will be two sessions:  Monday: 17:45-18:45 (Beginner) Monday: […]