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We would like to extend our congratulations to Julie Hogg, who was awarded The Badminton Scotland Performance Coach of the Year 2022 at our inaugural awards, and has also received recognition through parliamentary motion, lodged by Claire Baker MSP (Scottish Labour), Mid Scotland and Fife Region. The letter outlined Julie’s [...]

By RJ Mitchell Alex Dunn has vowed not to let a back injury sustained on Scotland’s recent Far East swing ruin his bid to land a fifth Scottish national men’s doubles titles with Adam Hall. The duo will face tough opposition in the face of Matthew and Chris Grimley who [...]

By RJ Mitchell BOB BLAIR has described the far east swing that has seen our best players compete in Malaysia and India over the last couple of weeks at two of the biggest tournaments on the HSBC BWF World Tour as “invaluable”. The action in Kuala Lumpur and New Delhi [...]

What a weekend and great to see so many Scottish medals – a fantastic achievement! Well done to all involved and a special thanks to tournament organisers, volunteers and Morag and her team of officials, all who ensure events like this run smoothly and are enjoyable for everyone. See the [...]

The U15/U19 Midland Junior Championships took place at NICC Perth on 21 and 22 January 2023. In the U15 age group Tushara Senthilrajaram claimed an impressive treble, with Arnav Saraswat and Alfie Martin taking 2 titles each. Both U15 GD and BD events were played as a round robin pool [...]

This week it was the turn of the younger players born 2011 and later to play in the SSBU age group event at Wishaw. See the results on Tournament Software. 23 boys took part in the boys singles and 5 girls across all events. In the boys event the seeded [...]

A great performance from our Scottish players in the 2023 Scottish International Masters Championships but England come out on top.   Badminton Scotland president Carolyn Young presents the trophy to Badminton England captain, Mike Nevett See the results on Tournament Software Pictured above: Team captains Craig Robertson (Scotland) and Mike [...]

Scottish National Badminton Championships 2023 Tickets are now on sale for the premier event on the domestic Scottish badminton calendar from 3-5 February. The tournament consists of five events: men’s and women’s singles and doubles, as well as mixed doubles. All events will be played over the course of the [...]

By RJ Mitchell JULIE MACPHERSON is hoping that the battle scars of last week’s defeats in the Malaysian Open can make the difference in New Delhi this week at the Yonex Sunrise Indian Open. MacPherson suffered a gut-wrenching three set defeat in the mixed doubles with partner Adam Hall after [...]

By RJ Mitchell BOB BLAIR is hoping that the experience gleaned from last week’s Malaysian Open can prove crucial to an improved Scottish showing in India when the Yonex Sunrise Indian Open gets underway tomorrow. The extreme air conditioning in the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur meant that depending on which [...]

It was back to Wishaw on 14 January for SSBU with two age groups held on the one day. 44 players in total took part with most of the entries in the younger age group. 2005 Age Group Event For the 2005 boys singles there was a pool of 5 [...]

The following dates have now been confirmed for the qualifying rounds of our new national club competition: The Scottish Cup. North Qualifier: 12 February 2023 – Moray Sports Centre East Qualifier: 11 February 2023 – St George’s School, Edinburgh West Qualifier: 5 March 2023 – Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre, Glasgow Tournament Software [...]