- 2008 – Club started with support from Jill O’Neill, Glasgow City out of their Pay and Play sessions. Jill is now a director of Badminton Scotland.
- 2010 – Club officially constituted, affiliated to Badminton Scotland and joins Sports Council for Glasgow.
- 2012 – Glasgow Sport Clubmark Status – officially a “well-run” club
- 2012 – Wins Glasgow Club of the Year, first and only badminton club to win
- 2013 – Disability Badminton starts
- 2014 – First players become members of the junior national squad
- 2014 – Head Coach, Gregor McVean is SportScotland Young Coach of the Year
- 2015 – Club membership hits 70
- 2015 – Babolat sponsors the club for three years
- 2016 – First ranking competition win, first players selected for GNS group teams, 100+ entries from the club into ranking tournaments
- 2016 – Facebook page and website started.
- 2017 – Club wins “Accredited Club of the Year”, Euan Jackson wins “Young Volunteer of the Year” and John Craig wins “Senior Volunteer of the Year” from the Sports Council of Glasgow.
- 2017 – Organises its first tournament (and so far its only one)
- 2018 – First National Champion, Lewis Smith Under 11 Boys Doubles
- 2018 – First player recruited to Glasgow School of Sport. Coral Campbell and Gordon McCrae join our regional group
- 2020 – The Covid Year
- 2021 – First Summer Camp and Scotstoun Mini’s start
- 2021 – Club gains Shuttlemark Bronze
- 2022 – Club gains Shuttlemark Silver; Early session starts and a typical Friday involves 80 players and a dozen coaches and helpers.
- 2023 – John Craig wins Badminton Scotland Volunteer of the Year. First National Singles Champion – Calum Tsang, under 13’s
Head Coaches
Eddie Smith
Stephen Byers
Gregor McVean – 6 years
Josh Neil – 2 years
Aidan Delanay – 4 years
Jodie Harris – 2023 –
Scotstoun Badminton Club – Mary Russell Award Winners
Club members were awarded our region’s most prestigious award for both achievement and improvement in a player over a year.
2020 — Pratyush Singh
2018 — Scott Mackenzie
2016 — Molly Scales
National Champions
Lewis Smith – 2018 Under 11 Boys Doubles
Calum Tsang – 2023 Under 13 Boys Singles
Club Partnerships
The club tries to play its part in the badminton community and works to have effective partnerships in place to develop the club and its players.
We have parents volunteering on the Glasgow & North Strathclyde Group our regional group that organises badminton in our area for Badminton Scotland. Coral manages the group’s senior teams and John manages the group’s junior teams. John is also a director of Badminton Scotland.
We work closely with City of Glasgow Badminton Club, our partner pathway club and Glasgow School of Sport.
Glasgow Sport and Scotstoun Sports Campus are really helpful to the club, and we get great support from Gillian McGuire, from Glasgow Sports badminton development officer.
Glasgow Schools Badminton Association, John manages the school’s teams.
Finally Euan Murray the Badminton Scotland Regional Development Officer provides a link between the club and the governing body.
Last updated 19/04/23