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It has been a successful start to the Scottish Badminton Open 2024 for Scotland’s women’s singles with Lauren Middleton and Abbie Brooks both moving through to the main draw.    Here at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Abbie Brooks was victorious in her second qualifying match of the day against [...]

Matthew Waring has taken his second victory of the day in the mens singles qualifying stages of the opening day of the Scottish Badminton Open 2024. He stepped out strong onto the court to beat England’s Adam Shepherd in the third set. Waring maintained a steady lead throughout the game, [...]

Matthew Waring has become the first Scottish athlete to advance through to the next round of qualifying on the opening day of the Scottish Badminton Open 2024, after a difficult start for Scottish talent at the tournament. Waring faced Irish international Matthew Cheung in the first round of qualifying for [...]

Scottish teammates Angus Meldrum and Katrina Chan have opened this year’s Scottish Badminton Open 2024. The mixed doubles duo faced a tough match against English competitors Ewen Stephen and Anne Hubscher, who began to overwhelm the Scottish pair in the early rounds of the game. Following a difficult start for [...]

The Scottish Open is less than 24 hours away. Today the hall was filled with players from countries around the world practicing, tomorrow the real competition begins with qualification. Qualification games begin at 9AM in the Emirates Arena with over 100 games taking place across the whole day. An intense [...]

Report by Colin Campbell Four 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 badminton prowess. This weekend’s tournament took place at the Jack Kane Centre. Although [...]

Report by: Julie Dunlop Scottish masters committee member. This month, a team of 60 Scottish masters’ players travelled to Newcastle for a triangular against Ireland Select and English Counties. From a Scottish perspective this pilot event had three aims; to give players who don’t normally play internationals a chance to [...]

Alex Dunn and Julie Macpherson play in the mixed doubles final of the Hylo Open today after a incredible run of games in Germany. Speaking to Head Coach Ingo Kindervater he was incredibly pleased with their drive throughout. Prior to the tournament he had noted that Scotland’s athletes would be [...]

The Hylo open over in Germany begins today with multiple  Scottish athlete seeded at a World Tour 300 tournament. Kirsty Gilmour leads the pack as second seed in the womens singles, with Ciara Torrance and Julie MacPherson as third seeds in womens doubles. Alex Dunn and Julie MacPherson in the [...]

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced on Tuesday 22 October that Glasgow would be the Host City for the Games in 2026. It highlighted the need for a much reduced sporting programme due to the costs to deliver the Games. It’s truly disappointing that badminton won’t be part of the [...]