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The 2021 European U17 Championships will be held in Podcetrtek, Slovenia from 3-12 September.  The Team Event runs from Friday 3 to Tuesday 7 September; and the Individual Event from Tuesday 7 to Sunday 12 September. Scotland’s team for the Championships is now confirmed as: Men Finlay Jack Evan Kenny […]

               Kickstart Opportunity 6 month Job Placement –Performance Assistant Location – Glasgow with flexible homeworking 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 and are looking forward to […]

Kickstart Opportunity 6 month Job Placement – Engagement Department Assistant Location – Glasgow with flexible homeworking 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 and are looking forward […]

Kickstart Opportunity 6 month Job Placement – Administrative Assistant Location – Glasgow with flexible homeworking 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 and are looking forward to […]

The action is well underway in Tokyo with Team GB kicking off their Olympic campaign on Saturday. Saturday saw Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith get off to a great start with a win against France’s Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue. The pair secured their opening victory, taking the first match […]

The 2021 European U17 Championships will be held in Podcetrtek, Slovenia from 3-12 September.  The Team Event runs from Friday 3 to Tuesday 7 September; and the Individual Event from Tuesday 7 to Sunday 12 September. Following two weekend selection competitions, and the official Team Selection meeting held on Wednesday […]

Team GB’s badminton stars have learned the identity of the international rivals awaiting them at Tokyo 2020 in the BWF’s Olympic draw. Returning Olympian Kirsty Gilmour has been handed a difficult task and faces fourth seed Akane Yamaguchi in her own backyard in Group L. She has played the Japanese […]

The Grampian RDO, Joe Robinson, had the pleasure of presenting A.B.A with their Silver Shuttlemark Certificate on Friday at one of their club nights, A.B.A become the first club in the North East region to achieve the Silver Award and the 22nd club in Scotland to become a part of […]

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today named the seven players who will compete at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as the badminton squad is announced. Lauren Smith and returning Olympic medallist Marcus Ellis earn an automatic qualification place in the mixed doubles after finishing in eighth spot on […]

Festival Fortnight is Scotland’s annual LGBTIQ+ sports festival. The festival takes place between 17th – 30th June and provides something for everyone, featuring a combination of sporting, cultural, academic, social and recreational events. Festival Fortnight takes place annually, and aims to increase the participation and visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]

Having waited just over 15 months since the end of the last junior tournament to be staged in Scotland (SSBU Secondary Championships – 8th March 2020), Iona Muir ventured south to take part in the Badminton England U15 tournament at  National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes. 358 miles is a […]

Summary of regulations U10 / U11 / U12 / U13 / U14 / U15 / U16 Coaching breaks not to be allowed at any of these age group tournaments U17 / U18 / U19 and Senior Tournaments Coaching breaks to be allowed throughout the duration of the event at Grade […]