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Badminton is the most popular sport in Asia. It is the fastest racket sport in the world, provides a great work out and is easy to play whatever age you are. In Asia, a lot of people play at professional level but even more play for pleasure, to get some [...]

Christopher and Matthew Grimley scored their first podium result in senior international competition over the weekend when they won men’s doubles silver at the Portuguese International Championships. The 19-year-olds have plenty of experience competing in the latter stage of competitions, having won silverware in various international junior events, but this [...]

Badminton Scotland is sad to announce the death of Chris Hann a stalwart of the badminton scene in North East Fife. Chris will always be associated with NEFBA Jaguars. He worked tirelessly for badminton and for NEFBA. He was instrumental in ensuring the club became one of the first in [...]

Holly Newall scored a good win in this morning’s women’s singles first round, beating Getter Saar of Estonia 21-14 21-18. But she faces a tough test this evening if she wants to progress to the quarter-finals, with a clash against top seed Porntip Buranaprasertsuk to negotiate. Newall had won through [...]

The U13/17 National Junior Championships will be held at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Motherwell, on 6 & 7 April 2019. The closing date for entries is Monday 18 March 2019 – any player who intends to enter should do so by this date. Click here for further information including how to enter

Joshua Apiliga and Rachel Sugden both won title trebles at the U15/19 West of Scotland Championships, held on 2 & 3 March at the Sir Craig Reedie Centre in Glasgow. Top seed Apiliga had to battle hard for his U19 boys’ singles crown, coming from behind to beat Callum Smith [...]

Badminton Scotland’s Shuttlemark initiative has made a strong start to the new calendar year. Three clubs – Cults Junior and 71 Club from the Grampian region as well as Orkney Badminton Association from the Highlands – have achieved one of the awards for the first time, joining the 12 other [...]

The Yonex East of Scotland Championships will be held on 16 & 17 March 2019 at the Jack Kane Sports Centre in Edinburgh. The closing date for entries is Friday 1 March 2019. Any player who intends to enter should do so by this date. More information about how to enter [...]

Badminton Scotland is pleased to announce that up to two coaches will be nominated to attend the 2019 Badminton Europe Summer School for coaches. The 38th edition of the Summer School will take place in Podčetrtek, Slovenia from 6 – 13 July 2019. Who is it for?  Level 1+ or Level 2 [...]

Rachel Sugden was the only person to retain a title at the tournament at the weekend – she played very well throughout the whole weekend and defeated no. 2 seed Lauren Middleton in the final of the ladies’ singles. Rachel, with partner Alice Campbell, just lost out to Caitlin Pringle [...]

Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson reached the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at the 2019 Austrian Open, being held this week in Vienna. The Scottish sixth seeds beat China’s Yuan Ao and Wu Qianqian 21-14 21-17 in their opening match, following that up with a good 21-12 21-17 win over Danes [...]

Players from Lothian Disability Badminton Club enjoyed a successful weekend at the Scottish 4 Nations Disability Championships, held at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility from 15-17 February. Several of Lothian’s players were multiple medal winners with three – Fiona Christie, Richard Lean and Michael McCraw – winning title trebles. In the [...]