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The SSBU were catering for the younger players on Saturday 29 October with the 2011 Age Group Tournament. This time there were 15 boys and 8 girls. The seeding proved quite accurate for the boy’s singles with the four seeded players reaching the semis and the 2 top seeds making […]
Badminton Scotland are delighted to announce that Glasgow Badminton Academy (formerly Glasgow Chinese Badminton Club) have become the third club in Scotland to achieve the Gold Award as part of the Badminton Scotland Shuttlemark Club Accreditation Scheme. GBA was one of the eight Pathway Clubs nominated as part of the […]
Scottish interest at the YONEX French Open came to end on Thursday after two doubles pairings reached the second round in Paris. Julie MacPherson and Ciara Torrance were in the women’s doubles action at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin and rallied from a game down in their opening contest to […]
Robert moved to Inverness from Fife in December 2019 to live with his partner and after being in the region for 3-months, Covid struck, and we went into lockdown. Lockdown for tough for everyone, but in particular this period gave Robert time to think. He felt Inverness was missing a […]
The SSBU were back on familiar ground on 22 October with the 2008 age group event, held at Wishaw Sports Centre. 21 players took part in the competition, with 14 players in the boy’s singles split into 4 pools with the top 2 in each pool going through to the […]
Scotland were represented in the top 16 of all three doubles disciplines at the Super 750 showpiece, the first tournament in the European swing on the BWF World Tour. First of all, world No.16 Kirsty Gilmour collided with an inspired Ratchanok Intanon in the round of 32 of the women’s singles. […]
Badminton Scotland was represented at the 2022 Yonex Dutch Open by our very own Jim Gauld. Jim was one of four umpires with the greatest number of duties for the week and it culminated with him being selected to Umpire the Mixed Doubles final. This was a great honour as […]
The first SSBU event of the new season took place at Tollcross Leisure Centre on Saturday 15 October. This was a new venue for SSBU due to availability and it proved to be a great day all round. 16 boys and 6 girls competed in the 2005 Age Group event […]
Grimley twins Christopher and Matt produced the standout Scottish performance at the YONEX Dutch Open with a run to the men’s doubles semi-finals. The brothers reached the final four in Almere after some top-class displays, culminating in an 21-18, 21-16 win over Germany’s Bjarne Geiss and Jan Colin Voelker in […]
Glasgow School of Sport are holding their annual Open Day on Saturday 12 November. Talented pupils looking to improve and develop their badminton are welcome to attend. The School of Sport is proud to have supported many of Scotland’s top players including Kirsty Gilmour, Adam Hall, Ciara Torrance, Eleanor O’Donnell […]
We are delighted to announce that nominations are now OPEN for our inagrual Badminton Scotland Awards. View the criteria for all eight award categories and FAQs here. It’s been a busy year for badminton, as restrictions eased and everyone in our community has adapted and risen to the challenge of […]
Please note: The Trust is now closed for all application forms, and we would like to thank all who have applied. We have been inundated with application forms which is exciting and over the coming weeks the Trust will respond to all that have applied. In May 2022, Craig Robertson […]
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