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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 [...]

The closing date for entries to both the Scottish National Disability Badminton Championships and the Scottish 4 Nations Disability Championships is Friday 11 January 2019. Any player who intends to enter either of these events should submit their entry on or before this date. The National Disability Championships will be [...]

The Babolat Dunfermline Open Badminton Championships return to Carnegie Leisure Centre on Saturday and Sunday 12th and 13th January. A strong field in the Men’s Singles is led by current holder of the event and nominee for Badminton Europe Young Player of the Year Award, Christopher Grimley. His strongest opposition [...]

The Yonex Scottish National Championships will be held at Bell’s Sports Centre, Perth, from 1-3 February 2019. The premier event on the domestic Scottish badminton calendar, the Nationals brings together the best players from all over the country. Competition is spread across three days and five events, with men’s and [...]

Kirsty Gilmour’s Ahmedabad Smash Masters finished their group campaign with two losses, but despite losing both her matches Gilmour showed she is more than capable of competing with the best. On 4 January against the Awadhe Warriors Gilmour was first up for the Smash Masters, facing world No. 10 Beiwin [...]

Christopher Grimley has been nominated for the Badminton Europe Young Player of the Year award. He is one of four candidates to have been nominated – the others are Frenchmen Fabien Delrue and Arnaud Merkle as well as Line Christophersen of Denmark – with the award to be made at [...]

Kirsty Gilmour’s Ahmedabad Smash Masters are sitting in third place in the Indian PBL, being held from 22 December – 13 January. Gilmour is the only Scot and one of only six British players – Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith (Bengaluru Raptors) and Raj Ouseph and Chris and Gabby Adcock [...]

Tradition in the Highlands & Islands has mostly been ‘Badminton season runs from September to March’ Not so now- with regular badminton camps happening over the summer, from Mallaig, Inverness, Caithness, Kinlochbervie, Dingwall, Fortrose, Gairloch the season is extending until end of May  and resuming  in August. Local leisure centres [...]

Lorna Halley has become the latest Scottish Technical Official to attain the status of BEC Certified Umpire. Halley has become one of Scotland’s most established and respected umpires over recent years. Initially gaining experience officiating as a linejudge at numerous events throughout the country, she quickly progressed to umpiring regional [...]

Badminton Scotland’s Shuttlemark initiative enjoyed a successful first year with no fewer than 12 clubs achieving one of the awards. The latest were Caithness Badminton Association, Shetland Badminton Association and Inverness City, all of whom achieved their awards in November, following hot on the heels of DABA Junior and Perth [...]

Julie MacPherson and Holly Newall continued their fine run of form at the weekend, reaching the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the Yonex Italian International in Milan. They opened their account with a 21-13 21-19 win over Annabella Jager and Franziska Volkmann of Germany to reach the second round [...]

Julie MacPherson and Holly Newall are the last Scots in contention at the Yonex Italian International being held in Milan this week. Since re-forming as a partnership the pair have enjoyed some good results, culminating in winning the Welsh International at the beginning of December and they wasted no time [...]