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Kirsty Gilmour got off to the best possible start today at the Malaysia Open, being held in Kuala Lumpur from 2-7 April. Scotland’s number 1 beat Russia’s Evgeniya Kosetskaya 22-20 21-16 in the first round to set up a second round encounter against China’s He Bingjiao, the player she famously […]

The reigning under 13 and under 17 girls’ singles champions were put on course for a potential semi-final showdown when the draws for the Under 13/17 National Junior Badminton Championships were made today. Lindsey Ireland, the only defending champion in the tournament, is top seed in the under 17 girls’ […]

The first Tokyo 2020 Qualification event on the Para-Badminton International circuit was always going to be a high level event. Regardless of current rankings we knew that we would see an increase in level as well as numbers, especially from the dominant nations such as China, Indonesia and India. And […]

On Saturday 23 March 2019 Inverness Leisure Centre hosted the Highland & Islands Restricted Championships with the U18 singles held in Inverness Royal Academy to accommodate the high entry. The tournament was split over 3 age groups: U12, U15, U18 drawing in 117 players from all over the Highlands, Moray […]

Christopher and Matthew Grimley scored one of the most impressive wins of their young careers today when they knocked out the men’s doubles second seeds at the Polish International. The twins, who only turned 19 last month, stunned Denmark’s David Daugaard and Frederik Sogaard, a pair who reached the final […]

Three of Scotland’s top disability badminton players have kicked off their bid for Paralympic qualification this week at the 5th Turkish Para-Badminton International, being held in Antalya. Lesley Johnstone, Alan Oliver and Mary Wilson are all hoping to qualify to represent Team GB in Tokyo next year when badminton makes […]

Lindsey Ireland was today confirmed as the top seed in the Under 17 girls’ singles at the National Junior Badminton Championships, to be held at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell on 6 and 7 April 2019. The Aberdeen based player is the only defending champion in either age group, […]

Some thirty years ago, a young Bob Gilmour was instrumental in bringing his 1st division Ayr rugby team across to Islay after striking up a friendship with Kevin Campbell who was a member of the Islay rugby team. About a year ago, Bob met up with Kevin again on a […]

With Para-Badminton being included in the Paralympics for the first time in Tokyo, we will keep an eye on those Scottish players who are going on the road to try and qualify. The period of qualification will go from March 2019 to May 2020 and will start with events in […]

Defending champion Kirsty Gilmour has been confirmed as top seed in the women’s singles at the Yonex Scottish National Championships, to be held at Bell’s Sports Centre, Perth, from 1-3 February 2019. It will be Gilmour’s first competitive outing on home soil since retaining her women’s singles crown at the […]

Kirsty Gilmour scored her best result in international competition in 2019 today when she won a silver medal in the women’s singles at the Orleans Masters. But despite a tough battle lasting an hour, Scotland’s No.1 couldn’t quite take the top spot on the podium as Japanese player Saena Kawakami […]

Kirsty Gilmour has reached the quarter-finals of the women’s singles at the Orleans International, while Alex Dunn and Adam Hall are also still in contention at the quarter-final stage of the men’s doubles. Gilmour won her opening women’s singles tie in convincing fashion, downing Canadian Brittney Tam 21-12 21-10. Her […]