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The RSL BEC (Badminton Europe) Para badminton Event 2022 was organised in close cooperation with the National Badminton Association of Austria, from the 11 – 13 of November 2022. With the caption ‘learning, sharing, and making new friends in the European Para badminton community’, the Badminton Europe event consisted of [...]

By RJ Mitchell While Scottish No.1 Callum Smith will spearhead our entry in the Men’s Singles six other Scots will also be in action. In the top-half of the draw Scottish ranked No.90 Shaun Ally Aamir will face a step up in class against England No.17 Ben Hammond in a [...]

By RJ Mitchell Callum Smith believes that lessons learned in a titanic Commonwealth Games clash with former England No.1 Toby Penty this summer have now given him the impetus to take his game to the next level. The Scottish No.1 will meet Ukraine’s Danylo Skrynnik tomorrow in the first round [...]

The third Perth & Kinross Disability Sport Badminton Championships 2022 took place at Perth College on Saturday 12 November. There was a great turn out with 40 competitors taking part over 7 categories. The furthest travelled was from Shetland, with large contingents travelling through from Glasgow and Edinburgh. Graeme Doig [...]

The 2023 Robert McCoig International Scotland V England will take place in the Sir Craig Reedie Sports Centre, Glasgow on Friday 20 January 2023. View Team Selection. Appeals need to be made by 5PM on Friday 11 November 2022. Appeals will only be considered on the grounds that the selection [...]

This year’s Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Under 13 and Under 17 Junior Championships took place at the new Meadowbank Sports Centre on Saturday and the Jack Kane Centre on Sunday where the majority of the semi-finals and finals took place. Unfortunately, as a result of the small entry in [...]

Article by RJ Mitchell Gilmour’s participation at the Hylo Open in Saarbrucken last week ended prematurely when a hip flexor injury forced her to retire in her second-round match with India’s Malvika Bansod at the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament. It was the latest injury frustration in a [...]

Article by RJ Mitchell There was a strong Scottish entry across the three doubles disciplines of last week’s HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Women’s Doubles saw Ciara Torrance and Julie MacPherson record a fine straight games first round victory over the Polish pairing of Dominika [...]

The Dunfermline Badminton Association Club Challenge Event was at Queen Anne HS Community Use on Saturday 5 November. It was a great success with eight teams battling it out in two divisions of four with the top teams playing the final. The format is five level doubles, and four mixed [...]

The SSBU were catering for the younger players on Saturday 29 October with the 2011 Age Group Tournament. This time there were 15 boys and 8 girls. The seeding proved quite accurate for the boy’s singles with the four seeded players reaching the semis and the 2 top seeds making [...]

Badminton Scotland are delighted to announce that Glasgow Badminton Academy (formerly Glasgow Chinese Badminton Club) have become the third club in Scotland to achieve the Gold Award as part of the Badminton Scotland Shuttlemark Club Accreditation Scheme. GBA was one of the eight Pathway Clubs nominated as part of the [...]

Scottish interest at the YONEX French Open came to end on Thursday after two doubles pairings reached the second round in Paris. Julie MacPherson and Ciara Torrance were in the women’s doubles action at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin and rallied from a game down in their opening contest to [...]