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Badminton Scotland are developing a Club Competition Programme, with the event planned to start in 2020. We want to encourage more people to play in a club environment to create a thriving community of clubs throughout the country, providing opportunities for players of all abilities. The thoughts and opinions of [...]

The fourth Central Smash In2 Badminton Festival was held on Sunday 2nd June at Grangemouth Sports Complex. The festival was to encourage more junior and adult players to play badminton in the Central area and this time the event added both social and competitive junior events. The junior event had [...]

Organisation – Badminton Scotland Position – Chairperson Remuneration – This is a voluntary position, reasonable expenses will be reimbursed Location – Badminton Scotland’s Head Office is in Glasgow, but the role will involve a degree of travelling Contract type – this is a fixed term position for an initial period [...]

Badminton Scotland have today confirmed the appointment of Ingo Kindervater as Head of Performance. Kindervater will relocate from Germany, where he is currently National Doubles Coach for the German Badminton Association, taking up his new position in Scotland on 1 July. He will be responsible for leading and implementing Badminton [...]

Badminton Scotland has been keen to make the sport more accessible throughout the country and by working closely with local communities we have made real progress in delivering more opportunities throughout one of the most geographically challenged of regions – the highlands and islands. Various courses have been organised and [...]

We are excited to announce that applications are open for year 2 of the Pathway Club Programme, enabling Badminton Scotland to add to the 11 pathway clubs that are already in place. The Pathway Club Programme has been running for a full season.  Following a review with current pathway clubs, [...]

The Glasgow International Youth Championships reached a successful conclusion on Sunday 19th May with an action-packed day of badminton at the National Badminton Academy at Scotstoun. All of the players who made it through to Finals Day were supported by a large and very vocal crowd, creating a tremendous atmosphere [...]

The British Olympic Association today confirmed its selection for the Minsk 2019 European Games, with eight badminton stars set to represent Team GB in Belarus as part of the 101 deep multi-sport squad. The badminton line-up features six of Team GB’s Rio 2016 Olympians; Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour – GB’s leading [...]

Badminton Scotland today confirmed the team which will travel to Gniezno in Poland from 30 August until 7 September to compete at the U17 European Championships. Four boys and four girls will represent Scotland, first in the team event until 3 September, followed by the individual events which culminate on [...]

Rachel Sugden scored the pick of the results for Scotland in a good weekend of international competition. The 17-year-old from Alexandria won the women’s doubles and reached the final of the mixed at the Alpes International U19 in Voiron, France. Sugden was seeded fourth in the women’s doubles alongside England’s [...]

From Friday 17th – Sunday 19th May, Glasgow will host the 7th edition of the Glasgow International Youth Championships. Dating back to 2013, the tournament has steadily increased in popularity with many top international junior badminton players coming to compete at U13 & U15 level. 2019 promises to be the [...]

Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson reached the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles at the Li Ning Denmark Challenge over the weekend. The Scots opened their campaign with a hard-fought 25-23 21-15 win over Denmark’s Sebastian Bugtrup and Ditte Soby before a more straightforward 21-15 21-12 win over another Danish pair [...]