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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 [...]

It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Bert Munro, who died suddenly following a heart attack on Saturday 27 April aged 77. In recent years Bert turned to bowls as his main sporting interest, but he was involved with badminton for many years in a variety [...]

The selection criteria and appeals procedures for the Olympic and Paralympic Games have now been confirmed. Click here for further information

On Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April 2019 Black Isle Leisure Centre hosted the Highland Championships.  Over 74 competitors entered all vying for the coveted titles in singles, doubles and mixed events. With all formats being elimination A, B and C which guaranteed 3 matches per player in each event, [...]

A young Scotland side travelled south over the weekend to compete in the annual Under 15 4 Nations Quadrangular, being held at the University of Warwick. And they returned with three bronze medals between them, two of which were won by Noah Sarvesvaran. He won the first of his medals [...]

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 [...]