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Adam Hall and Alex Dunn made history as they became the first Scots to win the Scottish Open men’s doubles for 36 years on a thrilling final day at the championship. Not since Billy Gilliland and Dan Travers held the famous trophy aloft in 1983 have a home pairing seized [...]

It proved a Saturday night to remember for Adam Hall and Alex Dunn as they waltzed their way into the men’s doubles final at the Scottish Open with an imposing win over Taipei duo Chiang Chien-Wei and Ye Hong Wei. The popular pairing glowed under the Emirates Arena lights, dismissing [...]

Adam Hall powered into two semi-finals on the Saturday afternoon of the Scottish Open as he secured men’s and mixed doubles victories with partners Alex Dunn and Julie MacPherson. The 23-year-old was in resurgent form in front of a raucous Emirates Arena crowd, first toppling Danish duo Daniel Lundgaard and [...]

Matthew and Christopher Grimley lit up night two of the Scottish Open with an imperious 21-15 21-10 triumph over English pairing Ethan Van Leeuwen and Rory Easton, cruising into the men’s doubles quarter-finals and sending a statement of intent to the rest of the competition. It was a dominant showing [...]

The home favourites and number three seeds were in scintillating form at the Emirates Arena, securing a well-earned 21-17 21-19 victory to battle through what looked to be one of the most difficult first round draws possible. Christiansen and Daugaard soared to glory at the championship in 2016, defeating Hall [...]

Two Scottish pairings delighted the home crowd as they progressed into the second round on an entertaining first evening at the Scottish Open, capping off a mixed day of action for the local contingent. Alex Dunn and Ciara Torrance got the party started with a convincing 21-11 23-21 triumph over [...]

The Scottish duo edged out a pulsating 22-20 19-21 21-17 victory over Wales’ Tsung Fong Mo and Victor Pang in the qualifiers, using the energy of the partisan home crowd to creep over the line after at one point surrendering a one-game lead. The precocious pairing will now face England’s [...]

The wait for the 2019 Scottish Open is almost over, with players, officials, volunteers and fans all poised for what promises to be a fascinating four days of action at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena. And this year’s event looks set to be one of the biggest and most star-studded yet, attracting [...]

The draw for the Scottish Open Badminton Championships has taken place, as players from across the globe prepare to battle at the Emirates Arena from 21-24 November 2019. Qualification draws have been announced alongside the seedings and main draws, after 306 athletes from 40 countries entered the third oldest tournament [...]

Badminton Scotland is the governing body for the sport in Scotland.  Its role is to develop participation, memberships and performance, and accelerate the growth of the sport in Scotland.  The organisation has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming the biggest participation sport in Scotland and to achieve this the [...]

We were delighted to welcome competitors from as far afield as Orkney to Northumberland. As always, spectators witnessed a very high standard of badminton in all four age groups over the course of the weekend culminating in some very competitive semi-finals and finals on Sunday. There were no triple winners [...]

It was with sadness that I learned of the death of Lawrie Clark. Bittersweet, because aged 90, living at home with wife Pru and in full possession of his faculties, Lawrie could hardly complain about his allotted span. It set me thinking about the first time I met him back [...]