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Well done to County BC who won The Scottish Cup on 27 May 2023! Drongan BC picked up silver and Western BC were awarded the bronze medals. Shout out to underdogs Nairn BC who gave their all throughout the competition, finishing in 4th place. It was a great day for [...]

By RJ Mitchell JULIE MACPHERSON has shared the moment her season was almost put in jeopardy when she suffered a training accident just ahead of her four tournament far east swing. The Scottish Mixed doubles champion was in Kuala Lumpur completing her first training session for the Perodua Malaysian Masters [...]

By RJ Mitchell INGO KINDERVATER believes our elite players are ready to face the challenge of a daunting four tournament swing in the Far East which has started this week with the Perodua Malaysian Masters in Kuala Lumpur. Earlier this morning, despite an ankle injury to Julie MacPherson which has [...]

By Lanarkshire Badminton The 2023 Lanarkshire U13/17 Junior Open, hosted by Lanarkshire Badminton Group took place over the weekend at John Wright Sports Centre in East Kilbride. This year’s event included a record entry of 81 participants across 10 events making it a fantastic spectacle for everyone involved. It was [...]

By Euan Murray (RDO West) On Sunday, around 40 players ranging from 10 to 17 years old travelled to Atlantis Leisure Centre in Oban for the first ever Argyll Junior League Singles Event. Players travelled from across Argyll & Bute including Oban, Bute, Cowal, Mull, Campbeltown and also Glasgow.  There [...]

By RJ Mitchell CHRIS GRIMLEY believes that a semi-final run for his partnership with brother Matthew at the I Feel Slovenia Yonex Open has provided a solid return to the fray after the Grimley’s May training block. Although the Scots were seeded No.1 and cut an impressive swathe through the [...]

Well done to Western BC, County BC, Nairn BC and Drongan BC who are through to the semi-finals of The Scottish Cup. The quarter finals were played throughout April with clubs travelling across Scotland to play for a place in the semis. The standard of play was excellent and it’s [...]

We all have a role to play in keeping sport fair and clean. Badminton Scotland is proud to reaffirm our commitment to clean sport by backing UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) Clean Sport Week campaign. Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness week championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with sports [...]

For the last six weeks, Jodie Black has been on placement with Badminton Scotland, working on performance testing for our Regional Performance Squads (RPS) as part of her Applied Sport and Exercise Science study at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Having played badminton for 10 years, Jodie reached out to [...]

By RJ Mitchell IN many sports appreciation for revered individuals takes the form of them being referenced as a “one club” person when length of service to their particular sporting institution reaches double digits. In this respect Badminton Scotland are delighted to shine a light on arguably the most outstanding [...]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR has described The Scottish Open as the tournament “every Scottish badminton player wants to say they have won.” The world’s third oldest badminton tournament will return to the Emirates Arena this October 5th to 8th and Gilmour, who is a two-time winner of the event, [...]

By Euan Murray (RDO West) The 2023 West Open Disability Badminton Tournament (WODBT) took place on Saturday 13th May 2023 at Scotstoun Leisure Centre in Glasgow. The 2022 event had taken place earlier in the season back in October however this year’s event had been planned for May due to [...]