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8 & 9 April Four sports: Badminton, Basketball, Football and Table Tennis Oriam Sports Hall. Badminton entries for team event: minimum four men and two women per team. Format 5 disciplines: WS, MS, XD, WD, MD. Contact: Wang Xuan by scanning the WeChat code or email Rita Yuan Gao Rita@badmintonscotland.org.uk [...]

From Monday 27 to Friday 31 March, Badminton Scotland are proud to be hosting the third course in a series, as part of the Badminton Europe (BEC) Advance project at the Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre. The project will be attended by 8 tutors including our Head of Performance, Ingo [...]

Don’t miss the East of Scotland Championships! Enter online or via paper entry now. Events : MS/WS/MD/WD/XD 8 & 9 April Oriam, Heriot-Watt Uni Closing 27 March Enter now  Please note: players must be affiliated to Badminton Scotland to enter the event.

Badminton Scotland would like to say a huge thank you to Jan Ø. Jørgensen who has stepped down from his role as a consultant coach for the Scottish National squad. Jørgensen joined our performance coaching team in October 2021 ahead of an important stage in the qualification for the 2022 [...]

BY RJ MITCHELL ROBERT BLAIR believes the Yonex All England Championships have proven that the gap between our game’s leading players and the biggest names in badminton is narrowing. A strong Scottish contingent posted a mixture of impressive victories and promising performances at the Utilita Arena Birmingham last week with [...]

By RJ Mitchell ALEXANDER DUNN is hoping that last week’s career best win at the All England Championships can provide the perfect platform for a glory run in Switzerland this week. Alex and Adam Hall defeated World No.10 ranked Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho 21-15, 21-14 in the [...]

By Hugh Ainsley It was the turn of the primary pupils to play in the inter area event at Wishaw on 18 March. 4 teams entered – West, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Lanark. After much discussion it was decided to have 13 rubbers per match with 3 boys singles, 3 girls [...]

The very best of luck to Iona Muir who has travelled out to Suwalki in Poland this weekend for the U17 International! Let’s go Iona! Today’s matches: WS-U17 Round of 64 Iona MUIR [8] v Karolina WIECZOREK WD-U17 Round of 32 (POL) Oliwia KANIK/Karolina WIECZOREK (CZE) Barbora BURSOVÁ/Iona MUIR Schedule [...]

Plenty of young Scottish talent to keep an eye on at this weekend’s Spanish Junior Open. Good luck to our players out in Oviedo! Today’s matches: MS-U19 Round of 64 Richard Adams v Alejandro Gallego MS-U19 Round of 64 Mario Banzo v Josh Taylor MS-U19 Round of 64 Theo Johnston [...]

By RJ Mitchell JULIE MACPHERSON has likened the Yonex All England Championships to a home tournament such is the support she enjoyed from fans at the Arena Birmingham last year. During her 2022 Mixed Doubles campaign with Adam Hall, the Edinburgh born ace claimed the scalps of the formidable Chinese [...]

German Open 2023 and All England Preview: Ingo Kindervater BY RJ MITCHELL ON the eve of the All England badminton championships, Ingo Kindervater has issued a glowing endorsement of why badminton’s most historic tournament continues to occupy a unique place in the sport’s consciousness. The inaugural edition of the All [...]

By Hugh Ainsley The SSBU Secondary Schools National Championships were held on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 March. With Bells Sports Centre in Perth no longer being available for the event, the committee have been struggling to find a venue suitable for the championships – this year we decided to [...]