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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 [...]

Robert moved to Inverness from Fife in December 2019 to live with his partner and after being in the region for 3-months, Covid struck, and we went into lockdown. Lockdown for tough for everyone, but in particular this period gave Robert time to think. He felt Inverness was missing a [...]

The SSBU were back on familiar ground on 22 October with the 2008 age group event, held at Wishaw Sports Centre. 21 players took part in the competition, with 14 players in the boy’s singles split into 4 pools with the top 2 in each pool going through to the [...]