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Badminton Scotland has a superb playing facility at our headquarters in Govan. Consisting of 6 championship standard courts they are available to individuals and clubs.   We urgently require staff to oversee the operation of the facility on a flexible basis.   There is an immediate requirement for this Saturday [...]

Paisley-born solicitor advocate Ronnie Conway has announced his decision to step down from his position as Chair of Badminton Scotland. He won 10 Scotland caps between 1971-1978 and contested three national singles finals, winning the title against friend and rival Tony Dawson in 1978.  Along with fellow internationalist Jim Ansari, [...]

A fantastic entry comprising 150 players over 4 age groups and from all over Scotland took part in this event over the weekend. There was a high standard of play with many players winning 2 events. The closest to a treble was Jodie Black, who lost the U17 Singles to [...]

The Scottish International Masters Championships was held at the Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre in Glasgow over the weekend of 18-20 January. More than 170 players from eight countries were competing but there were plenty of home champions among the international competitors. In the inaugural 35+ age group events Suzanne [...]

The Ashaway Midland Open Junior will be held at Grangemouth Sports Complex on the weekend of 19th & 20th January. With an entry of 150 players over 4 age groups, this ’A’ Grade event will see Scotland’s top juniors compete for the honours. Players living within the Midland Group (Dundee [...]

BADMINTONscotland is able to nominate a maximum of six players to attend the 2019 Badminton Europe Summer School.  The 37th edition will take place in Podčetrtek, Slovenia from 6-13 July 2019. Please note that (a) there is no financial support available for the Summer School, so it will be an [...]

When we started teaching badminton at Merkinch Primary School the rackets we had were old and mostly broken. Now, with the support of Badminton Scotland, we have a well-resourced and well attended Badminton Club in its third year. Badminton Scotland, and in particular Jane Grant, has been a wonderful advisor [...]

Badminton Scotland is the national governing body for badminton in Scotland.  We now wish to appoint a Head Coach who will have the unique opportunity to deliver the high performance element of Badminton Scotland’s Strategic Plan. The key responsibility will be to ensure that high performance players and coaches are [...]

On 2 & 3 February we are running two club development workshops, in conjunction with Scottish Archery. The workshops are both in Perth, with Volunteer Management being held at Dewars Centre from 12.30-16.00hrs on Saturday 2 February and Club Development Planning taking place at Bell’s Sports Centre from 10.00-12.00hrs on [...]

Christopher Grimley retained his Men’s Singles title with an easy final win over second seed Joshua Apiliga, although he was tested in his semi final, when Callum Smith took the second game and forced him to a decider. Although not seeded in the Women’s Singles due to a drop in [...]

Kieran Merrilees today confirmed his retirement from full time professional badminton. He has been by far Scotland’s best male singles player over the last decade and his announcement comes just over a week after he claimed the men’s singles title at the Yonex Scottish National Championships. Merrilees stopped training full [...]

Alice Campbell and Rachel Sugden won the girls’ doubles at the Hungarian Junior International over the weekend. They had a first round bye before beating Slovakian duo Natalia Tomcova and Lucia Vojtekova 21-17 21-12. That sent them into a quarter-final clash against second seeds Nina Becker and Hannah Jaenichen of [...]