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The second Central Badminton Association Smash In2 doubles festival was held at Grangemouth High School on 02 September 2018. The event was attended by players of all levels from different clubs and social groups playing in central Scotland who enjoyed competitive games at their own pace. The event took the […]

A mixed day in international competition saw contrasting fortunes with some good results for Scotland’s senior internationalists in Belgium but results in Estonia more disappointing. At the Belgian International in Leuven, Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson continued their fine form and scored an easy first round win over Michael Roe […]

Scotland’s next generation of stars continued their good form today at the European Junior Championships in Estonia. Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew beat Austria’s Nicolas Rudolph and Serena Au Yeong 21-19 21-19 to progress to the third round where they will face English fifth seeds Ethan Van Leeuwen and Sian […]

A grand total of 14779 hard fought points were scored during the Glasgow U13 / U17 Championships at the weekend. In the under 17 boys’ singles Callum Smith took on Michael McGuire in the final, with Callum winning 21-17 22-20. Callum had defeated Kenneth Cheung in his semi-final and Michael […]

Over 90 competitors took part in Highland Badminton Group restricted tournament held in  Orkney at the weekend. Players from Shetland, Western Isles, Inverness, Caithness, Ross-shire  and Orkney descended on the Pickaquoy  Leisure  Complex, in Kirkwall for the 2 days of competition. This is the second year Orkney Badminton Association hosted […]

Joshua Apiliga, Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew got off to the best possible start in the individual events of the 2018 European Junior Championships. In the singles, Apiliga scored a comfortable 21-10 21-10 win over Israeli Maxim Grinblat. Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew also won comfortably, beating Mihnea Craciun and […]

Scotland’s run in the team event of the European Junior Championships came to an end today, but Robert Blair’s young squad can hold their heads high despite defeat to top seeds Denmark. Scotland were originally scheduled to play second seeds France in today’s quarter-final but mistakes in the live draw […]

The search for volunteers for the Scottish Open Badminton Championships is now underway following the opening of the application process. The third oldest event in world badminton, the Scottish Open will be played over five days from 21-25 November at the Emirates Arena. During this time approximately 300 athletes from […]

Scotland’s next generation are just one win away from a medal, having reached the quarter-finals of the U19 European Junior Team Championships being held in Tallinn, Estonia. The young Scots won all four of their matches to top group eight, justifying their status as one of the 5/8 seeds and […]

Scotland opened their European Junior Team Championships campaign with a resounding win today, beating Croatia 4-1 in Tallin, Estonia. Rachel Sugden got the team off to a perfect start, beating Ira Misir 21-14 21-9 before Scotland were pegged back when Luka Ban overcame Christopher Grimley in a marathon singles match […]

Scotland’s Christopher Grimley has today been named in the Team GB squad to compete in the Youth Olympic Games next month. The British Olympic Association named Grimley and England’s Grace King as the badminton contingent in a 42-strong squad which will compete in 17 of the 32 sports on the […]

The Glasgow 2018 European Championships may still be fresh in the memory but Badminton Scotland and the City of Glasgow are already looking forward to the next big event. The Scottish Open Badminton Championships will be held at the Emirates Arena from 21-25 November 2018 and Kirsty Gilmour is already […]