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As part of our ongoing commitment to safeguarding, here are some suggested questions for you to evaluate and shape a safe culture in your clubs and groups. Self-evaluation information It is an essential step to give clubs and groups the chance to reflect and put mechanisms in place to help […]

The first SSBU event of the year was held at Wishaw on 7th January. There were 21 players and the event went very well. The event was for players born 2010 or later and the boys singles went pretty much according to seeding with Charlie Junnor and Reyansh Arora reaching […]

By RJ Mitchell ROBERT BLAIR has confirmed his belief that Scotland have the quality to target a medal when they head for France in 2023 to compete in the European Mixed Team Championships. Last time around the Scots finished a creditable fifth in Finland but after watching his charges emerge […]

Referee Marcel Schormans requested to have his final event as a referee in Scotland at the European Mixed Team Championships Qualifier 2022 which was held from 15-18 December at The National Badminton Academy, Scotstoun, Glasgow. Marcel has been involved in officiating for 38 years and has been at events in […]

2010 Age Group: 17 December 16 boys and 8 girls entered the 2010 Age Group event on 17th December at Wishaw. Unfortunately, 2 boys and one girl had to withdraw before the event. The four seeded boys got through the pools to the A knock-out, but Neeve Lukhi (Scotstoun) was […]

By RJ Mitchell ADAM HALL hailed Scotland’s qualification for the European Mixed Team Championships as one of the proudest days of his international career. The 26-year-old played a key part in getting his country across the line against determined Swedish opposition at Scotstoun when he partnered Julie Macpherson in the […]

By RJ Mitchell DAVID GILMOUR has admitted that Scotland’s second European Mixed Team Championship Subgroup One tie with the Czech Republic will represent a step up in class. With the Scots defeating Luxembourg 5-0 on Thursday and their Czech rivals posting a similar success against the same opposition in last […]

By RJ Mitchell CALLUM SMITH has pronounced Scotland’s 5-0 victory over Luxembourg in the opening tie of their Group 4 Subgroup Two European Mixed Team Championships qualifiers as the perfect start. Smith had missed a sizeable chunk of preparation due to a flu bug which had left him bed bound […]

The first pilot Sunday doubles event was held by Glasgow & District Churches Badminton Association (GDCBA) at the Sir Craig Reedie Centre, on the evening of 11th December 2022. The event started at 6.30pm until 8.30pm, and everything went well. This is a fun pilot event to establish, if there […]

It was a successful weekend for our Scots down at the UK Para Badminton Championships, held at the English Institute Sport in Sheffield from 9-11 December. Classification took place on the Friday and Gregor Anderson received his first official classification as WH2. Gregor was runner up in WH2 Men’s Singles […]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR has pronounced herself fit and raring to go as she gets ready to spearhead Scotland’s bid to qualify for the European Mixed Team Championships sponsored by VICTOR and NCS Office Systems at the National Badminton Academy, Scotstoun in Glasgow. The Scots who finished fifth two years back in […]

The champions of the last National Championships of 2022 were crowned today at the Sir Craig Reedie Centre in Glasgow. In the U19 age group the impressive Iona Muir followed up the U15 treble she won last year with a double at U19 level this year – an outstanding achievement […]