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Kirsty Gilmour is through to the quarter-finals of the women’s singles at the European Championships.   Gilmour shrugged off the challenge of Bulgaria’s Linda Zetchiri, winning 21-8 21-9 in just 28 minutes to set up a showdown against eighth seed Lianne Tan.   It will be the sixth time Gilmour [...]

Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour opened her campaign at the 2021 European Championships with a solid win over Sabrina Jaquet in Kiev yesterday. The fourth seed beat the Swiss 21-10 21-15 at the Palace of Sports to set up a clash with Bulgarian Linda Zetchiri later today as she looks to add [...]

Commonwealth Games Scotland, in partnership with the Team Scotland Youth Trust and sportscotland, is seeking to recruit an outstanding person to lead the Achieve 2022 Programme, a mentor led programme to enable young athletes and coaches to gain critical knowledge and experience of a multi-sport environment. For more information and to [...]

Scotland’s national agency for sport is set to provide an additional £450,000 in funding for three sports as part of its ongoing commitment to supporting the sporting system during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The funding from sportscotland is being invested in Badminton Scotland (£120,000), the Camanachd Association (£80,000) and Scottish [...]

It is with sadness that Badminton Scotland announce the death of a true badminton enthusiast, Ian Henderson. Ian loved badminton and played throughout his life up until his 80th birthday. Thereafter he still attended the club regularly, encouraging youngsters and helping less experienced players. He was a member of Dunfermline [...]

Due to the current situation with Covid-19 and the guidance provided by the Scottish Government and sportscotland, we have taken the decision to formally cancel all remaining competitions in the 2020/21 season, with the exception of the four undernoted events. The following events will instead be rearranged to dates later [...]

The 2021 RSL Badminton Europe Summer School will once again take place in Podcetrtek, Slovenia from 3-10 July 2021. Full information is contained here. Each home nation is entitled to nominate a maximum of 6 players and 4 coaches for the Summer School, though it is not guaranteed that everyone [...]

Leading figures from across Scottish sport have met to discuss the continued impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the role the sport sector will play in the nation’s long-term recovery from the pandemic. Members of the Scottish Governing Bodies Chief Executive Officers Forum were joined by Minister for Public Health and [...]

An outstanding performance by Scotland at the finals of the European Mixed Team Championships saw them just miss out on a famous win over top seeds Denmark. The Danes, European champions since 2015, scored a narrow 3-2 win to finish top of Group 1, ending Scotland’s campaign in the process. [...]

Scotland staged a remarkable comeback to win their first match at the European Mixed Team Championships, being staged in Vantaa, Finland this week. Having lost the men’s and women’s singles ties Scotland’s finest found themselves trailing 2-0 to hosts Finland before Christopher Grimley and Adam Hall stopped the rot, winning [...]

Scotland’s best shuttlers travelled to Finland last week ahead of the European Mixed Team Championships finals, taking place in Vantaa from 16th-20th February. It’s the first time Scotland have played in the final stages of the competition since 2015. That year, the Scots reached the quarter-finals before defeat to a [...]

Several events which were postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have now been rearranged to take place later in the calendar year. The events in question, along with the revised dates and venues, are: 14-15 August 2021: U13/17 National Junior Championships (Sir Craig Reedie Centre, Glasgow) 21 or 22 [...]