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Mary Wilson picked up two silver medals and one bronze as she continued her quest for Paralympic qualification at the Uganda International over the weekend. Seeded second in the SL4 women’s singles, Wilson won both her group games, although she had to battle hard for her 18-21 21-13 21-18 win […]

The former Badminton Scotland President and Board Member of Badminton Europe received the BEC President’s medal at the BEC Gala on Saturday. The BEC Presidents’ medal is presented for distinguished service to the game in an international context. On Saturday Ritchie Campbell received the medal at the BEC Gala in […]

Badminton Scotland’s Pathway Club Programme has enjoyed a warm reception from many clubs throughout the course of its inaugural season. The application process to join the programme was launched in May last year and a total of 11 clubs from all over Scotland became part of the initiative in season […]

The Para-Badminton players now move on to the third Paralympic qualification event. With Turkey and Dubai completed, the Scottish players will be looking to bounce back and get their quest back on track after tough defeats in the opening rounds. Mary Wilson is the only Scottish player venturing to Africa, […]

Badminton Scotland today announced the team which will travel south to compete in the Under 15 Four Nations Quadrangular, to be held at the University of Warwick from 26-28 April 2019. The squad includes three players – Anthony McGuire, Katrina Chan and Brooke Stalker – who also represented Scotland in […]

Jack MacGregor and England’s Sian Kelly reached the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at the Dutch International over the weekend. They opened their campaign with a 21-11 21-16 win over Kelly’s compatriots Steven Smallwood and Lizzie Tolman in round one before upsetting the formbook in round two by ousting Finnish […]

Join Lanark YMCA Junior Badminton Club on Friday 26th April 2019 at 6.50pm in Lanark Grammar School for an evening of celebration and reminiscing about a man that coached at the club for over 60 years. If you learned to play badminton with Johnny Barrie, Lanark YMCA would like you […]

Badminton Scotland today confirmed the team which will compete at the World Junior Championships, to be held in Russia from 30 September to 13 October 2019. A strong squad comprising four girls and four boys will represent Scotland in Kazan, first of all in the team event until 5 October, […]

Lindsey Ireland successfully defended her under 17 girls’ singles title today at the U13/17 National Junior Badminton Championships at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell. And she went on to win a title treble of singles, doubles and mixed while in the under 13 events Renfrew’s Iona Muir also won […]

Alex Dunn and Adam Hall reached their second semi-final in the space of three weeks at the Finnish Open, being held in Vantaa, Finland from 4-7 April. Dunn and Hall beat England’s sixth seeds Peter Briggs and Gregory Mairs 21-16 21-19 in the quarter-finals to set up a clash against Muhammad […]

Scottish interest has come to an end at the Dubai Para-Badminton International and the Malaysia Open. Kirsty Gilmour was up against He Bingjiao in the second round in Malaysia having ousted Russia’s Evgeniya Kosetskaya in round one but the Chinese World No. 7 was too good and although Gilmour pushed […]

St Andrews University is Scotland’s oldest university and its badminton club has become the first in Scotland to gain the Bronze Award as part of Badminton Scotland’s Shuttlemark Accreditation initiative. Shuttlemark was launched in November 2017. The aim of the programme is to help support clubs in order to develop […]