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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 [...]

The draw has been made for the 2022 Yonex Scottish National Badminton Championships, which begin later this week and return to the Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth. In the women’s singles event, Alexandria’s Rachel Sugden is the top seed, aiming to retain the championship she won for the first time [...]

Last week, our CEO Keith Russell had the pleasure of presenting Scotstoun Badminton Club with their Silver Shuttlemark Certificate during the club’s session.  Scotstoun Badminton Club are the 23rd club in Scotland to become a part of the Shuttlemark accreditation scheme, the 12th club in Scotland to achieve the Silver [...]

With additional Covid safety measures in place to comply with current restrictions on indoor events, 40 players from all across the country competed at NICC Perth in the 2022 u17 Midland Junior Championships. No1 seeds Katrina Chan/Ishbel McCallister took the honours in the first final of the weekend, defeating 2nd [...]

The former para-badminton national team head coach, Kaity Hall, has been nominated for Badminton Europe’s Diversity Award. Like many great Scottish players, Hall started her badminton career at the Games Hall in Mauchline. Playing after school and during the holidays, her love for badminton grew under the watchful eye of [...]

  Held in the Carnegie Centre on 7th, 8th & 9th January the tournament attracted an entry of over 70 players travelling from as far afield as the Borders, to the North of Scotland including Orkney. A very strict Covid protocol was in place preventing the presence of spectators but [...]

Badminton Scotland is pleased to announce the appointment of Josh Neil as National Junior Performance Network Manager. Josh first joined Badminton Scotland as competitions coordinator in 2019 following his early retirement from the Senior National Squad as a full time athlete. He also coaches the West of Scotland Regional Performance [...]