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Matthew Waring, Alfie Martin and Tushara Senthilrajaram all bagged a hat-trick of titles today at the U13/17 Scottish National Junior Badminton Championships at the Sir Craig Reedie Centre in Glasgow. Waring was on fire in the final of the U17 boys’ singles, dominating Lewis Coghill to take the gold having [...]

Badminton is firmly back on the cards in the West region and there has been an abundance of activity since the start of the season. We caught up with Euan Murray, Regional Development Officer for the West region on the state of play in his corner of the country. Following [...]

With the recent surge in Covid cases it felt inevitable this would lead to a number of late withdrawals, we wish all affected a quick recovery. Despite this, a strong entry gathered at NICC Perth over 26th/27th March to compete in the U15/U19 Midland Junior. Lingyun Xiao claimed a fine [...]

The 2022 U15 Quadrangular will take place in Dublin, Ireland,  from 28th April – 1st May 2022. The team selected for the U15 Quadrangular is as follows:  Boys: Callum McWhirter Arnav Saraswat Tushar Senthilrajaram Lewis Smith Lingyuan Xiao Non-Travelling Reserve:               Lucas Chin   Girls: Abigail Barrie Tushara Senthilrajaram Pranavi Singh [...]

Iona Muir is well placed as top seed to defend her singles title as the U13/17 National Junior Championships get underway in Glasgow this weekend. Muir took both the U15 and U17 Singles titles last year and is on fine form following her U17 Spanish Open gold last month. The [...]

Kirsty Gilmour reached the semi-finals of the Swiss Open after a fearless fight against some of the world’s best players. The eighth seed started her campaign with a straightforward win over Japan’s Asuka Takahashi before taking a close match against India’s Ashmita Chaliha. Iris Wang was next to face the [...]

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 [...]