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By RJ Mitchell It may have been 115 years since the first Scottish National Badminton Championships but the 2023 edition provided a tournament packed with drama, tears and lung-bursting action which will rarely have been bettered in terms of compelling competitive content since those sepia dimmed and distant days. With […]

By RJ Mitchell INGO KINDERVATER believes that this weekend’s Scottish National Championships will provide unique challenges for both the hunted and the hunters. During a storied career Badminton Scotland’s Head of Performance represented Germany on 97 occasions while amassing an impressive haul of national titles in both Men’s and Mixed […]

The Lothian School Championship U13 and U17 age group took place on Sunday 29 January at The Penicuik Centre. We’d like to say a huge well done to everyone who took part in the competition and congratulations to the winners. We would also like to say a special thank you […]

By RJ Mitchell EIGHT-TIME Scottish women’s badminton champion Kirsty Gilmour has been side-lined from this weekend’s National Championships at Scotstoun due to a back injury. The World No.17 suffered the injury in training yesterday and it would appear to be a reoccurrence of the issue which almost forced the 29-year-old […]

Well done to Iona Muir who got to the final of the women’s singles in the Swedish U17 International (Friday 27 – Sunday 29 January 2023). Iona was recognised as Junior Performance Athlete of the Year at our inaugural awards and it’s great to see her not only competing at […]

Badminton Scotland are looking for an energetic, motivated person who enjoys working in a varied and dynamic role. Working with the Performance Coaching team , Senior Leadership Team, Board members and  Performance athletes, the successful candidate will have a proven track record of providing an excellent standard of organisational and […]

We would like to extend our congratulations to Julie Hogg, who was awarded The Badminton Scotland Performance Coach of the Year 2022 at our inaugural awards, and has also received recognition through parliamentary motion, lodged by Claire Baker MSP (Scottish Labour), Mid Scotland and Fife Region. The letter outlined Julie’s […]

By RJ Mitchell Alex Dunn has vowed not to let a back injury sustained on Scotland’s recent Far East swing ruin his bid to land a fifth Scottish national men’s doubles titles with Adam Hall. The duo will face tough opposition in the face of Matthew and Chris Grimley who […]

By RJ Mitchell BOB BLAIR has described the far east swing that has seen our best players compete in Malaysia and India over the last couple of weeks at two of the biggest tournaments on the HSBC BWF World Tour as “invaluable”. The action in Kuala Lumpur and New Delhi […]

What a weekend and great to see so many Scottish medals – a fantastic achievement! Well done to all involved and a special thanks to tournament organisers, volunteers and Morag and her team of officials, all who ensure events like this run smoothly and are enjoyable for everyone. See the […]

The U15/U19 Midland Junior Championships took place at NICC Perth on 21 and 22 January 2023. In the U15 age group Tushara Senthilrajaram claimed an impressive treble, with Arnav Saraswat and Alfie Martin taking 2 titles each. Both U15 GD and BD events were played as a round robin pool […]

This week it was the turn of the younger players born 2011 and later to play in the SSBU age group event at Wishaw. See the results on Tournament Software. 23 boys took part in the boys singles and 5 girls across all events. In the boys event the seeded […]