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By RJ Mitchell ELEANOR O’DONNELL is hoping that a strong showing at the Irish Open has given her the perfect platform to achieve selection for the European Mixed Team Championships qualifiers in Scotstoun next month. The Paisley born doubles ace produced a strong showing with England’s Lizzie Tolman in the […]

Western Isles Badminton Association hit the big screen following their challenge match with the Glasgow All Stars. The event was set up to give The Western Isles team practice and experience against strong teams ahead of the Island Games in Guernsey next year. Well done to everyone involved and a […]

Intermediate Inter Area (November 13) 4 teams gathered at the Sir Craig Reedie Centre to contest the Intermediate Inter Area event. There were many close matches and the match scores in the early rounds did not show clearly how closely contested some of the games had been. The teams from […]

The RSL BEC (Badminton Europe) Para badminton Event 2022 was organised in close cooperation with the National Badminton Association of Austria, from the 11 – 13 of November 2022. With the caption ‘learning, sharing, and making new friends in the European Para badminton community’, the Badminton Europe event consisted of […]

By RJ Mitchell While Scottish No.1 Callum Smith will spearhead our entry in the Men’s Singles six other Scots will also be in action. In the top-half of the draw Scottish ranked No.90 Shaun Ally Aamir will face a step up in class against England No.17 Ben Hammond in a […]

By RJ Mitchell Callum Smith believes that lessons learned in a titanic Commonwealth Games clash with former England No.1 Toby Penty this summer have now given him the impetus to take his game to the next level. The Scottish No.1 will meet Ukraine’s Danylo Skrynnik tomorrow in the first round […]

The third Perth & Kinross Disability Sport Badminton Championships 2022 took place at Perth College on Saturday 12 November. There was a great turn out with 40 competitors taking part over 7 categories. The furthest travelled was from Shetland, with large contingents travelling through from Glasgow and Edinburgh. Graeme Doig […]

The 2023 Robert McCoig International Scotland V England will take place in the Sir Craig Reedie Sports Centre, Glasgow on Friday 20 January 2023. View Team Selection. Appeals need to be made by 5PM on Friday 11 November 2022. Appeals will only be considered on the grounds that the selection […]

This year’s Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Under 13 and Under 17 Junior Championships took place at the new Meadowbank Sports Centre on Saturday and the Jack Kane Centre on Sunday where the majority of the semi-finals and finals took place. Unfortunately, as a result of the small entry in […]

Article by RJ Mitchell Gilmour’s participation at the Hylo Open in Saarbrucken last week ended prematurely when a hip flexor injury forced her to retire in her second-round match with India’s Malvika Bansod at the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament. It was the latest injury frustration in a […]

Article by RJ Mitchell There was a strong Scottish entry across the three doubles disciplines of last week’s HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Women’s Doubles saw Ciara Torrance and Julie MacPherson record a fine straight games first round victory over the Polish pairing of Dominika […]

The Dunfermline Badminton Association Club Challenge Event was at Queen Anne HS Community Use on Saturday 5 November. It was a great success with eight teams battling it out in two divisions of four with the top teams playing the final. The format is five level doubles, and four mixed […]