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Daniel Bethell is set to represent Team GB in Paris in just a few weeks time, but how has his Para Badminton Championship campaign been going? Playing for the first time this morning against Mathieu Thomas of France, Bethell had a confident game. Winning 21-6 in his first round and [...]

Thursday morning saw Scotsman Colin Leslie begin his men’s SL 3 campaign, losing out to 2024 World Championship bronze medalist Kumar Nitesh of India 10, 3 to 21, 21 in a valiant effort.   Elsewhere, double Olympic gold medalist Sarina Satomi was victorious in her WH 1 clash with Irish [...]

Scottish youngster Andrew Davies faced English Paralympian Krysten Coombs in his opening match at the 4 Nations Para Badminton Championships this afternoon. The match, in which Coombs emerged victorious, was a close battle between the two competitors. The opening rally lasted approximately a minute with neither player looking like they [...]

The afternoon session saw 2022 World Championship bronze medalist Mohammad Ikhwan Ramli get his tournament off to a winning start in the WH 1 Group A, beating Osamu Nagashima of Japan 16, 21, 21 to 21, 9, 10. Fellow Japanese star Daiki Kajiwara fared better though, with the Olympic gold [...]

It’s been a busy morning at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow as the 4 Nations Para Badminton Championships have gotten underway. In WH 2 Group A, It was a dominant showing from Yu Sooyoung of Korea in the first game, beating Switzerland’s Luca Olgiati 21, 21 to 2, 8. His [...]

This weekend the 2024 Lanarkshire U15/19 Junior Open took place at the Badminton Scotland Sir Craig Reedie Centre in Glasgow – unfortunately we were unable to secure a venue in Lanarkshire. In total there were 68 entries (slightly down from last year) across 10 events and 5 disciplines including singles, [...]

Isla Scott is one of the upcoming Learning Disability badminton players in Scotland. Having originally been an athlete with Pitreavie Athletic Club, Isla took up badminton 2 years ago. She was introduced to the sport by experienced coach Isa McArthur and badminton became her favourite sport. Isla now plays 4 [...]

Throughout the 4 Nations Para Badminton International event taking place at the Emirates Arena from the 19th – 23rd June, Badminton Scotland will also be hosting a number of free development activities to encourage greater participation of disabled people in badminton. All participants will also gain access to the main venue to [...]

The Dundee Area Badminton season culminated with the final of the T Duncan & Co Handicap Cup final between David Lloyd and Nomads.   This was an intriguing contest between First Division champions Nomads and 2nd Division newcomers David Lloyd with Nomads requiring to overcome an 18 point deficit.   [...]

It was the last day of fixtures in the T Duncan & Co Gents and ladies league season. Nomads Badminton Club ladies team entered the leagues for the first time and only had to fulfil their final fixture v reigning champions NCR Badminton Club to claim the title.  Both teams [...]

Badminton Scotland is proud to reaffirm our commitment to clean sport by backing UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) Clean Sport Week campaign from 13 – 17 May 2025. Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness week championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with sports across the UK. This year’s Clean Sport [...]

The final event of the SSBU season was the Primary Championships. These were scheduled to be held at Bells Sports Centre, Perth, but this booking was cancelled by the centre as flood damage has made it unusable. The move to Stirling posed quite a few problems as the primary championships [...]