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Holly Newall won her first Yonex Scottish National singles title at Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth this afternoon while Alex Dunn and Adam Hall won the men’s doubles title for the third time in as many years. Having finished as runner-up on her three previous appearances in the singles final [...]

Defending men’s singles champion Kieran Merrilees is through to another semi-final at the Yonex Scottish National Championships. The seven-time champion was ruthless in his progress, sailing into the last four by winning his three matches without dropping a set including a comprehensive 21-6 21-17 defeat of three-time champion Craig Goddard [...]

Having been involved in badminton for the past seven decades, Cooke became the first professional badminton coach in Scotland in 1977. The avid sport fan coached a whole range of players including those who played recreationally, as well as at the highest level. Badminton Scotland chief executive Keith Russell is [...]

The reigning champions are top seeds and will be aiming to win the men’s doubles title for the third consecutive time come finals day on Sunday 2 February. The pair have been enjoying an outstanding run of form on home soil – the last time they played a ranking event [...]

The 2020 Yonex Scottish National Championships are approaching fast and will be held at Bell’s Sports Centre, Perth, from 31 January – 2 February 2020. Tickets on sale here with a 50% discount available on season tickets to Badminton Scotland’s clubs and members. For non-members tickets can be accessed here. Members of Badminton Scotland [...]

The players who are selected to travel, with coach, Andy Bowman, are as follows (listed alphabetically) Girls: Katrina Chan      (Glasgow) Ishbel McCallister (Edinburgh) Vibha Raman (Edinburgh) Brooke Stalker (Dunfermline)   Boys Lewis Coghill (Glasgow) Joe Esson (Glasgow) James Miller (Edinburgh) Matthew Waring (Motherwell)   The nominated non-travelling reserves are Iona [...]

Five boys and three girls travelled to Stockton on Tees to take part in the Teeside U17 Silver on Saturday 1 February with great results. First events were women’s doubles and men’s singles. Sophie Barrie and Katie Stewart won their pool and then overcame fellow Scot Amy Craig in the [...]

As more clubs open and more coaches are trained, the new SIDC will increase the accessibility and inclusivity of such opportunities, encouraging growing numbers of people to get involved. Clubs who are interested in the scheme can apply if they are Shuttlemark Bronze, Silver or Gold accredited, and they fulfil [...]

Joshua Apiliga and Brooke Stalker both claimed a hat-trick of titles at today’s U15/19 National Junior Badminton Championships at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell. Stalker successfully defended last year’s title treble of under 15 girls’ singles, doubles and mixed while in the under 19 events Apiliga upgraded the two [...]

The club has had a few venues through the years – Bruce Street Drill Hall, Elgin Street Drill Hall, Rosyth Institute to name some of them. On looking through the club records a number of familiar names from the past are mentioned – David Gow, Hunter Prain, Fraser Gow, Joanna [...]

Colin had recently retired but was still active in badminton. Colin had been heavily involved in supporting the development of junior and schools’ badminton over the years and held several roles in LASBA, the LBG and the SSBU. For many years Colin was the focus the school’s badminton team events [...]

It was good to see a couple of local pairs entering and experiencing a higher level of competition. The semi-finals played on Sunday resulted in a hard fought win for top seeds Josh Apiliga & Rachel Sugden over Callum Smith & Erin Waddell and in the other half of the [...]