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The Tayside & Fife RDO, Jane Russell, had the pleasure of presenting St Andrews University BC with their Silver Shuttlemark Certificate on Friday at their club night. The university have embraced the BADMINTONscotland accreditation scheme and it has helped them improve their club governance structures, helped them link in with […]

Badminton Scotland are pleased to announce the appointment of Nicky Waterson as Head of Engagement. Nicky is a highly respected leisure professional who has held senior positions in local authority and leisure trusts for many years. Most recent roles have included Director of Operations at Edinburgh Leisure and Sports Operations […]

The Yonex East of Scotland Championships will be held on 7 & 8 March at he Jack Kane Sports Centre in Edinburgh. The closing date for entries was Friday 21 February, but the organisers are still accepting late entries. If you would like to enter, click here for further information

This year’s tournament saw an increase in entries and some fantastic matches over the weekend. Lauren Middleton won the first of the afternoon’s finals when she defeated Basia Grodynska in the women’s singles. Later in the afternoon Lauren and Basia teamed up in the women’s doubles but lost out in […]

Please be aware of a reconfirmed date change for the Scottish Open 2020! A few months ago Badminton Scotland rearranged the Scottish Open so that it would run from 22-25 October, due to the original dates clashing with the COP26 COP 26 (2020 United Nations Climate Change Conference) as you may be aware […]

Scotland Women secured their first badminton team medal but their journey at the 2020 European Men’s and Women’s Team Championships came to an end with a 3-1 defeat to Germany. Kirsty Gilmour got the contest off to a perfect start with victory, but three consecutive defeats brought Scotland’s brilliant week […]

Scotland Women are guaranteed their first badminton team medal after they stormed to a 3-0 win over Russia in the quarter-finals of the 2020 European Men’s and Women’s Team Championships in France. Julie MacPherson sparked jubilant scenes on the court as she scored the winning point – a victory that sees […]

All rights are reserved to Badminton Europe. Original article to be found here. “An amazing success story in today’s women’s quarterfinals is the presence of Scotland, who qualified as best runner-up. Today they faced a strong Russian team who won a bronze medal in their native Kazan two years ago. Kirsty Gilmour […]

Scotland Women advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2020 European Men’s and Women’s Team Championships after claiming the best group runners-up spot. Victories over Norway, Poland and Spain put Scotland in a great position to top Group 7 in Lievin, France only to lose to Sweden on Thursday. But having […]

Kirsty Gilmour had a tough start playing against the former world champion Carolina Marin, losing  21-14 21-13. However that defeat was soon forgotten when Holly Newall overcame Manuela Diaz 21-12 21-4 to level the match. Rachel Sugden then took the opportunity to put Scotland ahead beating Ania Setien 21-13 21-14. […]

The BEC Summer School is a one-week training camp. It is a combination of a training camp for talented junior players and a coach education course open to all European nations. The event is run by Badminton Europe (“BE”), in cooperation with carefully selected high profile staff coaches. The attached […]

The BEC Summer School is a one-week training camp. It is a combination of a training camp for talented junior players and a coach education course open to all European nations. The event is run by Badminton Europe (“BE”), in cooperation with carefully selected high profile staff coaches. The attached […]