As part of its calendar of badminton carnivals, BADMINTONscotland are proud to announce that, in association with Bank of Scotland, the first ever Scottish carnival aimed at young disabled badminton players is set to take place on Thursday 15^th May at Glasgow’s Scotstoun Leisure Centre.

There was success for Scotland’s veterans in Dublin at the weekend as they swept to their third victory in as many years in the annual Veterans Triangular International.

Contested between Scotland, Ireland and Wales for the Chick Doyle Perpetual Trophy, it is the 3^rd staging of the annual match. Scotland won the inaugural event in 2006 and have successfully defended their title twice since then.

Struan Ross and Julie Macpherson are both chasing title doubles when the Bank of Scotland Under 11 National Badminton Championships take place at the National Badminton Academy, Scotstoun, Glasgow on Saturday May 17.

There are 73 entries from all over Scotland for the Championships and the seeds were announced today.

Ross, from Inverness, is top seed in the boys’ singles event, which has attracted a massive 43 entries while Edinburgh’s Macpherson is favourite in the girls’ singles, which has 29 entries.

Congratulations to Lanarkshire on their promotion to the Premier B division of the Inter County Championships.

Having won Division 1A, Lanarkshire travelled down to Milton Keynes to compete in a round robin play-off against the winners of divisions 1B, 1C and 1D to determine who would be promoted to Premier B next season.

The Victor Dutch International 2008 was held over the weekend of 24-27 April and there were three Scottish players competing in one of the final tournaments of the European circuit before breaking for the Olympic period.

In the men’s doubles, partners Thomas Bethell, of Livingston, and Watson Briggs, of Renfrew, lost out in the first round 21-15 21-18 to Danish pair Christian John Skovgaard and Morten Spurr Madsen, who then lost to eventual winners, German second seeds, Kristof Hopp and Ingo Kindervater.

This weekend sees the next generation of Scots badminton stars follow on from their excellent results at the Bank of Scotland home countries quadrangular, when they play at the Wigan Yehlex Under 18 circuit, which kicks off on Saturday 3 May.

Kirsty McGlynn, who finished as runner up in the girls doubles at the quadrangular this weekend, from Greenock and Catriona Lawlor, will be taking part in the girls singles at Wigan. Both will also take part in the doubles tournament, Lawlor partnering Ayrshire’s Kaity Hall, with McGlynn’s having put in an open entry after her original partner, Gillian Sloan, pulled out.