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Congratulations to Brooke Stalker (Webber Badminton) who lifted two Silver Medals at the Badminton England Gold U17 held at the National Badminton Centre.  Brooke lost out in both Girls Doubles and Mixed Doubles with some good performances throughout the weekend. Edinburgh’s Ishbel McCallister reached the Semi-finals in the Girls Singles […]

World No.19 Kirsty Gilmour broke her duck at the sport’s oldest tournament with a confident first-round victory over Beiwen Zhang. Gilmour first appeared at the event in 2013 and has played there eight times without claiming a victory, a duck she broke with a 21-16, 21-13 triumph inside 30 minutes. […]

The closing date for entries to the U13/17 National Junior Championships has been extended. The deadline for entering is now 23.59hrs on Wednesday 16 March, so if you haven’t already entered there is still time to get your entry in. Click here for further information on how to enter. Also […]

As the season begins to hot up, some of Scotland’s top international players were out in Mulheim this week for the 2022 YONEX Gainward German Open. The standout performance came from Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson who had a tournament to be proud of, making a deep run in the […]

LGBT+ History Month runs every February and aims to promote equality and diversity through visibility, awareness and education. Promoting inclusivity within your club will benefit everyone and by creating an environment that is accepting and open to everyone, your club is increasing opportunities for people to get involved in the […]

Kickstart – the Governments Kickstart scheme helps unemployed young people, aged 16-24, to secure quality 6-month placements for 25 hours a week. We’re proud to have signed up to this, have already welcomed two young people into our organization, and now have the opportunity for another lucky individual to join […]

It’s been a busy start to the year for many and the north of Scotland is no exception. We caught up with Jane Grant, Regional Development Officer for the Highlands and Islands, on the breadth of badminton being delivered across her area. Jane is just back from a trip to […]

We are recruiting for two Regional Development Officers in: Lothians & Borders Highland & Islands It is an exciting time to get involved in Badminton with lots of activity and clubs now back playing.  Our ambition is to be the biggest participation sport in the country, bringing people and communities […]

There was Scottish interest in the Andalusian U17 Spanish Open held in Benalmadena from 11-13 February, with Iona Muir and Callan Short participating in  their first U17 competition on the European circuit. Dundee’s Short progressed to the third round, knocking out the 12th seed in the process, before coming undone […]

The Yonex Scottish National Badminton Championships ended with a world class men’s doubles final today as Alex Dunn and Adam Hall regained the trophy they last won in 2020 at Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth. In a final contested by the Scottish Open men’s doubles champions of 2019 (Dunn and […]

The line-ups for the semi-finals of the men’s and women’s singles and doubles were confirmed today at the Yonex Scottish National Badminton Championships at Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth.   In the men’s singles top seed Callum Smith and second seed Joshua Apiliga both progressed with relative ease, neither player […]

Top class badminton returns to Bell’s Sports Centre this weekend as Scotland’s best players arrived in Perth to compete in the Yonex National Badminton Championships. Action got underway this afternoon in men’s singles qualifying with four places up for grabs in the main draw. Evan Kenny overcame a strong challenge […]