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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 [...]

Scotland’s next generation of stars enjoyed a successful campaign at the U19 Irish Open in Dublin over the weekend. Adam Pringle claimed a brace of titles, winning men’s doubles with Joshua Apiliga and mixed with Rachel Andrew, while Lauren Middleton and Sarah Sidebottom reached the final of the women’s doubles [...]

Kirsty Gilmour reached the semi-finals of the Barcelona Spanish Masters with a superb win over Japan’s world No.13 Sayaka Takahashi. In some stifling Spanish heat it took Scotland’s No.1 almost an hour to overcome her opponent. Gilmour, seeded sixth, trailed the Japanese second seed for most of the first game [...]

Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson scored a superb win at the Barcelona Masters today, beating Robin Tabeling and Cheryl Seinen of the Netherlands to reach the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles. And later in the afternoon Kirsty Gilmour joined them after the women’s singles sixth seed beat Mette Poulsen 21-15 [...]

Kirsty Gilmour got her Barcelona Masters campaign off to a winning start this afternoon with a comfortable first round victory. Scotland’s sixth seed needed just 29 minutes to see off the challenge of Czech player Katerina Tomalova, despite a slow start which left her trailing 7-1 in the first game. [...]

The draws for the 2018 European Junior Championships have been released and Scottish duo Matthew and Christopher Grimley have top seeding in the boy’s doubles competition. Christopher is also seeded fourth in the boy’s singles. Courtesy of their seeding, Matthew and Christopher will have a bye in the first round [...]