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164 Scottish Students head to Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen this weekend through forecast snow and ice for the Scottish Student Sport Badminton Championships 2023 – taking place Friday 10th and Saturday 11th March. by Ryan McCuaig (Sports Chair, Scottish Student Sport, Badminton) The Scottish Student Badminton Community will be returning [...]

Entries are open for the inaugural Yonex West of Scotland U15/U19 Junior Championships, to be held at the Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre in Glasgow.  25 and 26 March  Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre, Glasgow. ⏰ Closing 13 March This is an A Grade event, with many titles being won in [...]

IN the second of our two-part feature series on outstanding young Scottish Badminton talents we shine the spotlight firmly on Robroyston’s Katrina Chan. BY RJ Mitchell IT was arguably the most dramatic moment of the 2023 Scottish National Badminton Championships and one that summed up the intense emotions that are [...]

By RJ Mitchell Adam Hall is hoping that a case of home comforts can boost his hopes of a glory run at the Yonex German Open which starts tomorrow. Last year Hall and partner Julie MacPherson put a highly impressive sequence of results together to make the semi-finals of the [...]

By Euan Murray (RDO West) Yesterday, the stage was set for what would become a intense and fast paced day of clubs competing in the Scottish Cup West Qualifier with the opportunity to progress to the Quarter Finals with 3 places up for grabs. The venue of choice was the [...]

The U13/U17 Midland Junior Championships took place at NICC Perth on 4 and 5 March, with 68 players from across Scotland (incl. 1 from Guernsey!) providing two busy days of play. U17 Age Group In the U17 age group, Lewis Smith and Lingyun Xiao featured in all three finals with [...]

Badminton Scotland is looking to recruit an inspiring strategic leader as Chair of the Board. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the transformation of Badminton Scotland through our next phase of development. The main purpose of the role is to provide leadership to Badminton Scotland to deliver its strategic [...]

The Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Council Awards for 2022 took place last night (1 March 2023) at Queen Anne High School, recognising the individuals, teams, clubs and volunteers for their achievements over the last 12 months. We want to extend a huge congratulations to Julie Hogg who received the [...]

On Wednesday 1 March it was the turn of the secondary schools to take part in the Gibb Memorial Quaich. There were 2 groups. 4 teams played in the under 14 event and 5 in the senior. For both events there were 10 rubbers per match each rubber being one [...]

Well done to all players who took part in the West Lothian Secondary School Championship on Saturday 25 February. It was great to see so many of you involved with exciting matches from start to finish, and congratulations to the winners! A special thanks to organisers Kathryn Graham from Active [...]

Glasgow Yonex Championships First senior titles for Muir and Waring. Iona Muir had missed out on the Nationals due to injury but stormed back to take her first senior title at the Glasgow Yonex Championships, beating Vibha Raman in the final. The men’s singles final was a repeat of a [...]

IN the first of a two part special feature, we will be showcasing two of Scottish Badminton’s rising stars who shared a breakthrough Scottish Nationals Championship which has firmly announced them as outstanding talents on the national stage. We begin with Matthew Waring, the 16-year-old Lanarkshire schoolboy who reached the [...]