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This weekend the 2024 Lanarkshire U15/19 Junior Open took place at the Badminton Scotland Sir Craig Reedie Centre in Glasgow – unfortunately we were unable to secure a venue in Lanarkshire. In total there were 68 entries (slightly down from last year) across 10 events and 5 disciplines including singles, […]

Isla Scott is one of the upcoming Learning Disability badminton players in Scotland. Having originally been an athlete with Pitreavie Athletic Club, Isla took up badminton 2 years ago. She was introduced to the sport by experienced coach Isa McArthur and badminton became her favourite sport. Isla now plays 4 […]

Throughout the 4 Nations Para Badminton International event taking place at the Emirates Arena from the 19th – 23rd June, Badminton Scotland will also be hosting a number of free development activities to encourage greater participation of disabled people in badminton. All participants will also gain access to the main venue to […]

The Dundee Area Badminton season culminated with the final of the T Duncan & Co Handicap Cup final between David Lloyd and Nomads.   This was an intriguing contest between First Division champions Nomads and 2nd Division newcomers David Lloyd with Nomads requiring to overcome an 18 point deficit.   […]

It was the last day of fixtures in the T Duncan & Co Gents and ladies league season. Nomads Badminton Club ladies team entered the leagues for the first time and only had to fulfil their final fixture v reigning champions NCR Badminton Club to claim the title.  Both teams […]

Badminton Scotland is proud to reaffirm our commitment to clean sport by backing UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) Clean Sport Week campaign from 13 – 17 May 2025. Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness week championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with sports across the UK. This year’s Clean Sport […]

The final event of the SSBU season was the Primary Championships. These were scheduled to be held at Bells Sports Centre, Perth, but this booking was cancelled by the centre as flood damage has made it unusable. The move to Stirling posed quite a few problems as the primary championships […]

There was an exciting T Duncan & Co Handicap Cup semi final as First Division champions Nomads took on 2nd Division champions Carnoustie.  Carnoustie were without star performer Maria Boyd, but apart from that the team were on their usual lines, whilst Nomads were able to field First Division Players […]

  Last month the Scottish National Junior Badminton Championships took place for the under 13s and Under 17s categories, as the best of the age categories compete for the National champion title. Under 17s In the Under 17s categories the pressure was on for many of the defending champions. Deepti […]

BADMINTON SCOTLAND CEO Keith Russell has highlighted the upcoming 4 Nations Para Badminton International from 19-23 June at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena as the perfect opportunity to showcase the world’s best Para Badminton players. As part of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) inaugural Para Badminton World Tour, the 4 Nations is, […]

It is with great sadness that Badminton Scotland note the passing of Ellen Howat.   Ellen was passionate about badminton and for many years served as the convenor of Midlands Badminton Group. She was also an active linejudge, officiating at local, national and international events.   Ellen’s other passion was […]

There was a big clash in the T Duncan & Co Gents doubles Division 1 as the top two, Nomads and NCR clashed and it was reigning champions Nomads who were victorious with a 3-0 victory in an exciting tussle. Nomads started strongly winning the opening two games but it […]