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Badminton Scotland Vacancy: Inclusion Officer It is an exciting time to get involved in Badminton with lots of activity going on.  Our ambition is to be the biggest participation sport in the country, bringing people and communities together through Badminton.  We are on an exciting journey to show that Badminton [...]

Badminton Scotland Vacancy: Competition Co-ordinator It is an exciting time to get involved in Badminton with lots of activity going on. Our ambition is to be the biggest participation sport in the country, bringing people and communities together through Badminton. We are on an exciting journey to show that Badminton [...]

Today, Badminton Scotland’s RDO West, Euan Murray visited Catrine Games Hall in East Ayrshire for the adult disability badminton session which is part of the ‘Things Tae Dae Social Hub’. Things Tae Dae Social Hub is a group based in Cumnock area for adults with learning disabilities. The group take [...]

On Wednesday 3 May, Maree Todd, Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport and Badminton Scotland CEO Keith Russell visited SEMSA’s (Scottish Ethnic Minority Sports Association) badminton session at Bellahouston. The session is run weekly by sportscotland’s 2022 Community Club Coach of the Year, Rajani Tyagi. Rajani is a [...]

Edinburgh Badminton Academy are looking to hire a full time badminton coach. Please see the details of the role below: Edinburgh Badminton Academy is one of the UK’s leading badminton clubs with over 600 members and 40 coaches. We are looking for an enthusiastic full time badminton coach to join [...]

By Lanarkshire Badminton We recently spoke to Jill Smith, Director of Coaching at Badminton Academy Social Enterprise (BASE) and Group Convenor at Lanarkshire Badminton Group who helped organise another successful Demo Night with Kirsty Gilmour, BASE’s Managing Director, Danny Robson (former Senior National Squad player) and Erin McIlvaney who took [...]

A huge congratulations to our U15s who finished in 2nd place at Bangor University Sport in Wales at the weekend! You’ve done us proud! What a great experience for everyone involved. Report below by Badminton Wales As we headed in to May, the best u15 players from the 4 Home [...]

Our U15 Quad team have started strong in Wales, beating Ireland 8-1 with an excellent performance from all players! Next, the team took on Wales with fantastic 7-2 victory. It’s great to see our players getting off to a confident start away from home and of course nailing the team [...]

By Brian Donaldson (Regional Development Officer for Highlands, Islands and Moray) #GoPlayBadmintonInGuernsey2023 With a little over ten weeks to go until the Opening Ceremony at the NatWest International Island Games XIX (Sat, 8 Jul 2023 – Fri, 14 Jul 2023), the level of excitement for Badminton players, coaches and managers [...]

The best of luck to our U15 Quadrangular team who left for Wales from Glasgow Central this morning! The U15 Quad will feature teams from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. The team event starts tomorrow, followed by the individual event on Saturday and semi-finals/finals on Sunday. Play your best everyone [...]

By RJ Mitchell With the next HSBC WBF World Tour event just under a month away, the countdown to the Perodua Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur is one which is filled with intense preparation, activity, and planning. Everything is being done to get our elite players in the best shape, [...]

A huge congratulations to Dan Travers who was awarded BEC Senior Player of the Year on Saturday at the 2023 BEC Congress. This award honours his outstanding achievement of winning the 2022 European Senior Championships in men’s singles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles (65+). A special mention and well done [...]