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The draw has been made and the final countdown to the return of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships can begin. Scottish players are seeded in four of the five events and poised to challenge for top honours across the board. Two-time champion and Team GB Olympian Kirsty Gilmour is the […]

Following on from the Under 13 and Under 17 events at the start of October, the Yonex East of Scotland Championships for the Under 15 and 19 age groups taking place on the 6th/7th November at the Jack Kane Centre. There was another strong entry for the event and lots […]

Badminton Scotland are saddened to hear of the death of Graham Troke. Ronnie Conway, past president and chair of Badminton Scotland, pays his respects: It was with sadness that I learned of the death of Graham Troke, husband of Diana Troke, current President of Badminton England. Graham had a long […]

Scottish participation in the HYLO Open was brought to a close at the second-round stage as three doubles pairings were beaten on Thursday. Four duos, along with Kirsty Gilmour in the women’s singles, took part in the Super 500 event in Saarbrücken and the Scotland team made a strong start […]

More than 400 players from 35 different countries will descend on Glasgow’s Emirates Arena as the third oldest tournament in world badminton returns.  A strong Scottish contingent are set to shine on home soil with in-form Kirsty Gilmour leading an initial field of 77 entries in the women’s singles.  Reigning […]

Badminton Scotland is seeking to appoint a new Chair of the Engagement Committee. This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to get involved in shaping the future of Badminton in Scotland. Badminton is the second biggest participation sport in the world and we already have well over 150,000 […]

We are recruiting! As National Junior Performance Network Manager, you will be responsible for planning and running our national programme to improve the quality and numbers of young athletes throughout Scotland with high performance potential. Badminton Scotland is the governing body for the sport in Scotland. Its role is to develop […]

Kirsty Gilmour flew the Scottish flag all the way to the women’s singles semi-finals of the Victor Denmark Open after a string of superb performances in Odense. The 28-year-old had come through a number of deciders en route to the last four and pushed her South Korean opponent An Seyoung all the way before going down 13-21, 21-12, 16-21. An took the lead early […]

Badminton Scotland has taken the decision to discontinue the U11 National Championships.   It is our intention to arrange alternative, less formal competitive opportunities for this age group of players, but for a variety of reasons we feel that a National Championships at this age group is no longer appropriate: […]

At the recent Board meeting of Badminton Scotland David Gilmour has decided to stand down from the position of Chair of Badminton Scotland, on a temporary basis, whilst carrying out his new part time role in the Performance Team. The current President Frank Turnbull will take on the role on […]

Badminton Scotland is pleased to announce the appointment Jan Ø. Jørgensen as a consultant coach and David Gilmour as a part time performance coach to the Scottish National squad following a change to the team’s coaching structure. The restructure follows the announcement of Alan McIlvain’s departure at the end of […]

A young Scotland team did themselves proud in their first-ever Uber Cup appearance, ending on a high with a strong showing against Spain. Scotland’s women qualified for the 28th staging of the event – held at the Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark – through their performance at the 2020 European […]