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Plenty of Scots face a sizeable challenge at the Scottish Open but Ciar Pringle and Jack MacGregor arguably have the toughest draw of all the homegrown players. They will face England’s Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge, Commonwealth Games gold medallists and number one seeds, in the opening round of the […]

Three Scottish pairs are still in contention in the individual events of the World Junior Championships. Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew are still going strongly in the mixed doubles while Christopher and Mathew Grimley and Lauren Middleton and Sarah Sidebottom are in contention in the boys’ and girl’s doubles respectively. […]

On Friday 30th November, 6 Scottish LD (Learning Disability) athletes (3 female and 3 male) will travel to Lisburn, Northern Ireland to play a badminton match against 6 Irish LD athletes. This is a pilot development project  that we hope will one day develop into a 4 Nations Quadrangular event  […]

Two homegrown pairs are hoping to spring some surprises in front of the Glasgow crowd in the mixed doubles at the Scottish Open Badminton Championships. Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson take on Canada’s Nyl Yakura and Kristen Tsai in the first round while Alex Dunn and Eleanor O’Donnell will face […]

2018 saw the first Yonex East of Scotland Junior tournament to take place following the closure of Meadowbank Sport Centre. Given the size of the entry, two venues were required to host the event, with the main location being the Jack Kane Centre and St Augustine’s School being used for […]

She may be the reigning women’s singles champion, but Kirsty Gilmour knows she can take nothing for granted at this year’s Scottish Open against a field packed with world-class talent. The Glasgow-based 25-year-old defeated Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt to finally claim the title last year, having previously suffered several near misses […]

The Glasgow crowds at last year’s Scottish Open Badminton Championships were left speaking Double Dutch after the exploits of the Netherlands’ finest at the Emirates Arena. Dutch duos were victorious in each of the three doubles competitions, with Jelle Maas and Robin Tabeling taking the men’s, Selena Piek and Cheryl […]

Scotland finished as the second highest European team and twelfth overall in the World Junior Mixed Team Championships Three good wins in the opening three matches guaranteed Scotland would finish at least second in Group F and a 5-0 defeat to third seeds Korea confirmed the Scots as group runners-up. […]

Glasgow School of Sport is having its annual open day on Saturday 17 November 2018. The School of Sport at Bellahousten Academy is a National Centre of sporting excellence, funded by the Scottish Government. Sport pupils follow specialist training together with a balanced curriculum of academic studies and applications are […]

With the reigning champions, a pair ranked in the top ten in the world and the European silver medallists all in the field, the women’s doubles could prove to be the most fiercely-contested of all the events at the upcoming Scottish Open Badminton Championships. Bulgarian sisters Stefani and Gabriela Stoeva […]

Scotland’s juniors continued their fine form at the World Junior Team Championships yesterday with comprehensive wins over the Czech Republic and Spain. A 4-1 defeat of Spain was followed by a 5-0 whitewash of the Czechs to leave the Scots second in Group F on game difference behind joint third […]

cotland got off to a winning start yesterday at the Li Ning BWF World Junior Championships in Canada. The young Scots opened their Mixed Team campaign with a comprehensive 4-1 win over Slovakia, winning every match except the girls’ doubles, by which time the overall result was secure. Matthew Grimley […]