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As National Junior Performance Network Manager the successful candidate will be responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing a 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 participation, […]

Entries are now open for the first two National events of the new season – the U11 National Juniors and the National Masters Championships. The U11 Nationals will be held at Scotstoun’s National Badminton Academy on Sunday 6 October. The closing date for entries is Monday 16 September and further […]

The U17 European Team Championships always looked like it would be a tough challenge for Scotland’s youngsters when the draw pitted them in group 2 with Germany, Ukraine and Slovakia. First up was a clash with a strong Ukrainian side on Friday afternoon, followed by a match-up with second seeds […]

You are invited to apply to be a member of the above squad if you play competitive badminton and wish to increase your knowledge and improve your skills of the game.  Please complete both sides of the application form and send it to Mrs I R Blair. Click here to download […]

Scotland’s top badminton players were joined by seven of Scotland’s Court Officials at the Total BWF World Championships and Para-Badminton Championships in Basel, Switzerland which took place from 19-24th August 2019. The officials, who all also worked at the 2017 Total BWF World Championship in Glasgow, enjoyed the experience of […]

A total of eight Scots travelled to Basel to compete in the BWF World and Para-Badminton World Championships. Four of those players competed in the Para-World Championships with one defying the odds to return to Scotland with some well-deserved silverware. Bobby Laing and his English partner Rebecca Bedford were unseeded […]

Alex Dunn and Adam Hall are out of the TOTAL BWF World Championships after losing to Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan, despite a battling performance in Basel. Following their superb first-round win against Thailand’s Bodin Isara and Maneepong Jongit (ranked 35 places above the Scots), Alex Dunn and Adam Hall, […]

This year, BWF is celebrating the 25th edition of one of the biggest tournaments in the world, the TOTAL BWF World Championships. To celebrate, many former medal winners have been invited to this year’s edition of the Championships, including Billy Gilliland and Joanna Flockhart who were Bronze medal winners of […]

Adam Hall and Alex Dunn are through to the next round of the TOTAL BWF World Championships. The pair were not the big favourites before the match and they have shown exactly what they could do given half a chance. Hall/Dunn went into the clash having been beaten by the higher-ranked […]

Kirsty Gilmour is out of the TOTAL BWF World Championships.  Despite going into the Worlds in top form, and with the confidence gained as a result of some recent excellent results, European Silver medallist, Kirsty Gilmour, was unable to convert her recent successes into a win against Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi […]

Adam Hall/Julie MacPherson have unfortunately exited the TOTAL BWF World Championships in straight games against Japanese opposition. The Scottish pair went into this match ranked No.57 in the World Rankings, while Wakana Nagahara/Takuro Hoki, their opponents from Japan were ranked No. 22, in the World. Despite a challenging first set, […]

Badminton Europe has opened up voting to elect a Para-badminton representative to the European Athletes Commission, and Alan Oliver from Scotland is one of the two nominees. The BEC Athletes’ Commission consists of four members. The nomination of this spot is for a para-badminton player. The role of the BEC Athletes´ […]