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By Ross Foley Saturday 28th January saw athletes from all around Scotland compete in the National Disability Badminton Championships held at Dalkeith School Campus. 40 athletes competed across 5 different categories to battle it out to become National Champion. This tournament is always one to look forward to on the [...]

Last week, 12-year-old Erin McIlvaney met up with Scottish no.1 Kirsty Gilmour for a coaching session ahead of representing Team GB & NI at the 24th World Transplant Games in Perth Australia, from 15 – 21 April 2023. At just six months old, Erin needed a new liver and it [...]

On 2 February, a very excited and focussed contingent of young badminton players flew out to Benalmadena to compete in the Under 17 Spanish Open 2023. Callum Jack, Fraser Banks and Lanna Campbell participated in this very popular event in Southern Spain from 3-5 February. Lanna secured a place in [...]

By RJ Mitchell KEITH RUSSELL has revealed his delight at the outstanding weekend of badminton produced by the Scottish National Badminton Championships with a record 136 competitors across the five disciplines at Scotstoun. There was genuine world class quality on display in the Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Doubles finals, though [...]

By RJ Mitchell It may have been 115 years since the first Scottish National Badminton Championships but the 2023 edition provided a tournament packed with drama, tears and lung-bursting action which will rarely have been bettered in terms of compelling competitive content since those sepia dimmed and distant days. With [...]

By RJ Mitchell INGO KINDERVATER believes that this weekend’s Scottish National Championships will provide unique challenges for both the hunted and the hunters. During a storied career Badminton Scotland’s Head of Performance represented Germany on 97 occasions while amassing an impressive haul of national titles in both Men’s and Mixed [...]

The Lothian School Championship U13 and U17 age group took place on Sunday 29 January at The Penicuik Centre. We’d like to say a huge well done to everyone who took part in the competition and congratulations to the winners. We would also like to say a special thank you [...]

By RJ Mitchell EIGHT-TIME Scottish women’s badminton champion Kirsty Gilmour has been side-lined from this weekend’s National Championships at Scotstoun due to a back injury. The World No.17 suffered the injury in training yesterday and it would appear to be a reoccurrence of the issue which almost forced the 29-year-old [...]

Well done to Iona Muir who got to the final of the women’s singles in the Swedish U17 International (Friday 27 – Sunday 29 January 2023). Iona was recognised as Junior Performance Athlete of the Year at our inaugural awards and it’s great to see her not only competing at [...]

Badminton Scotland are looking for an energetic, motivated person who enjoys working in a varied and dynamic role. Working with the Performance Coaching team , Senior Leadership Team, Board members and  Performance athletes, the successful candidate will have a proven track record of providing an excellent standard of organisational and [...]

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 [...]