Great Glen Badminton Club

Players from Elgin City Badminton Club and Great Glen Badminton Club joined forces to play a friendly competition against Western Isles players in Ullapool on 24th August.

Many thanks to Shona (GGBC), Lloyd (Elgin) and Jay (Western Isles) for organising this. The matches were fought hard but in the end "GlenElgin" came on top.

We gathered in a pub after the competition and had a wonderful time, what a lovely bunch of folks. Can't wait for the next one!

Photo credit- WIBA

Highland Badminton Group - Doubles Ladder Entry Form Saturday 24th August 2024 10am-1pm Black Isle Leisure Centre, Deans Road, Fortrose, IV10 8TJ ENTRIES CLOSE ON Saturday 17th August 2024. Entry Fee £10 PER PERSON - to be paid by Bank transfer at time of entry Bank Details Highland Badminton Group Sort Code: 82-60-16 Account Number: 60039930 Ref: Do...

COMING SOON!
Adult Badminton Coaching with Steve MacGregor, free of charge for club members, suitable for beginners/intermediate, 5 weeks of training, book online or on the app!

Thanks Barra Badminton Club for hosting our Treasurer Mark tonight. You are welcome to join us anytime 🏸 Barra Badminton Club

We had our first session in our new home on Tuesday. Good turn out despite holiday season.

Fancy joining a friendly and competitive club in Inverness. We are nearly full for social but have spaces in the intermediate/advanced group. 🏸

Moving home(s)🎉🥳

We are delighted to announce that we’ll have two sessions a week from July to cater for all levels. New members welcome. Please get in touch if you’re interested.

We have some great news, the club has secured another 2 year sponsor, with Natural Power. GGBC are introducing leisurewear in the form of a black hoodie with the GGBC badge and your initials on the front and the sponsor logo on the back. We think they look fantastic (have a look at the design in the order form) ! :)

The hoodie will be available to order immediately so please send your size and the initials you’d like by filling in the order form below. Please be aware that we need a minimum order of 20 tops before we can move this forward.

You are not only getting a GGBC hoodie you are supporting the future of the club.

The great news is that these are for anyone who wants one not just members as we want our club to be a club that is recognised wherever we go.
The tops are available in men’s, woman’s and junior sizes.

The hoodies are Yonex and fantastic quality.

Price £45 per top.

Please have your order in by Saturday June 15th.

"Hoodie Order Form" at: https://form.jotform.com/241576185071054

Many thanks,
GGBC Committee

First time in Inverness. Great Glen have secured a £3m lottery funding for a purpose build badminton centre. 🏸

We are delighted to announce that we have two new sponsors ( Compass and Natural Power) on board who are making a positive difference to our local community. All our sponsors have made a commitment to support our club through their sponsorship for the next two years. Their support will help us to grow the club and badminton in Inverness.

COMPASS Building and Construction Services - COMPASS has a wealth of experience in a wide range of construction sectors and can accommodate projects of any scale in the Highlands.

http://www.compassbuild.co.uk/

NATURAL POWER - Creating a world powered by renewable energy. Their missions include to provide expert advice and specialist services to low carbon projects, to champion renewables, to make a positive impact on the planet for the generations that follow.

https://www.naturalpower.com/uk

We are also delighted that two sponsors from last year have renewed their support:

THE 1:1 DIET BY CAMBRIDGE WEIGHT PLAN - DEBBIE , CONSULTANT
Debbie is an experienced full time Multi Award Winning consultant helping clients achieve their goals to a healthier and slimmer life.

https://tr.ee/1nsnF5aoM7

MARK SPROULE JOINERY -
We have continued support from one of the club's founding members.

https://www.facebook.com/marksthejoiner/?locale=en_GB

We would like to take this opportunity to say huge thanks to all our sponsors.

Skye and Lochalsh Badminton Association held the Skye Championships at the weekend. 8 members of Great Glen made the journey over to Portree to compete in the competition with all 8 bring medals home.

The men’s and women’s singles were held on the Friday evening. After battling through the rounds the men’s final was contested between Callum Craig and Steve McGregor. After some great rally’s Callum Craig came out on top winning in 2 sets, 21-8, 21-9.

The women’s singles was a round robin with Shona Ruesch winning all her matches and taken the top spot 🏆

Saturday saw the level doubles and mixed doubles being played with all 8 members taken part. The men’s doubles final was played off again Callum Craig and Rob Hutchison against Adam Wesley and Steve McGregor. Callum and Rob took the match in 2 winning 21-11, 21-10. Making it two out of two wins for Callum.

The women’s doubles was a tougher draw. Cara Strath and Jo Wesley made it through to the final narrowly missing out to Carla and Jenny 21-12, 21-12.

By early afternoon the mixed doubles started. With a good number of entries no match was going to be easy. After watching some really good badminton, both in the main draw and consolation, James Brown and Cara Strath made it though the consolation final, winning against Danny Steele and Kirsty McDougall 16-21, 21-13, 21-10. The main draw was hard fought all the way to the final in both halves of the draw, which seen Callum Craig and partner Doreen Macphie take on Steve McGregor and Shona Ruesch. A third final of the weekend for both Callum and Steve. After a great match and 3 sets 23-21, 17-21, 21-14 Steve and Shona came out winners.

Well done to everyone who took part. A special mention to both Steve and Callum for making all 3 finals and Shona for making 2 finals and a semi final. 🥇🏆🥇

We look forward to coming back next year.

One of the highlights of the tournament schedule is the Caithness Open for its quality of play and hospitality. Eight players from GGBC participated over the weekend. Special mention to Rob Hutchison and Callum Craig for winning the men's double consolation final, and
Steve McGregor and Shona Ruesch for being runners up in the mixed double consolation final. Meantime Suzanne Henderson won bronze in the Yorkshire Masters. Well done to all who played and congratulations to the winners.

GGBC Restricted Competition

We had our internal competition on 27th February 2024. Players from our 'competitive group' and our 'social and development group' took part.

It was a round robin format with nine rounds in total. Each player played with eight different partners and against sixteen different opponents during the evening. A pair consisted of one player from the competitive group and another player from the development group.

The top four from each group after counting the aggregate score was as follows:

Competitive –
1. Steve
2. Mark
3. Suzanne
4. Alex

Social and Development –
1. Chris
2. Craig
3. James
4. Keith

Number 1 from competitive played with number 2 in S&D and vice versa for the cup final.
For the plate, number 3 in competitive played with number 4 from S&D and vice versa.

Cup final winners –
Steve and Craig

Runners up –
Mark and Chris

Plate winners –
Suzanne and Keith

Runners up –
Alex and James

It was a thoroughly enjoyable three hours of badminton. There were some really good matches and in the end only one or two points separated most players.
A special mention to Milo who was awarded the “most improved player” of 2023.

Well done to all those who participated and congratulations to the winners. Let’s have a great 2024. 🥳🥇🏆🥈🏸

HBG Senior Open Championships 2024 | Badminton Scotland Tournament Order Saturday 11th May 2024 will be Level Doubles followed by Mixed Doubles. Sunday 12th May 2024 will be the Singles. All Players must be affilated to Badminton Scotland. B Grade Event

Entry is now open 🏸

The entry from is out for the Highland Badminton Group ladder held in the Black Isle Leisure Centre on Sunday 11th February 🏸

Contact Robert Hutchison for more info

📣 2024 Memberships 📣

Membership is now due for the 2024 season.

Adult Member £45
Junior Member £25

By purchasing a membership you are helping to secure the future of our club 🏸

What a weekend it was. Eight of Great Glen Badminton Club players traveled down to Glasgow to play in the Scottish International Masters event at the weekend. Suzanne Henderson, Robert Hutchison, Steve McGregor, Nidhi Rajan, Shona Ruesch, Mark Sproule, Adam Wesley and Jo Wesley. With many more from the Highlands taking part too.

A special mention to Mark Sproule, entering his first Masters event in the 35+. Mark and Ukrainian partner Olha Buvaieva finished third in what was a very hard age group.

A very special mention to Robert Hutchison and partner Debbie Craig and Suzanne Henderson and her partner Mark McKay. Both of whom played off in the final of the 45+ with Suzanne and Mark coming out on top and taking the gold 🥇

Well done to everyone who took part 🏸

Scores and Results: https://badmintonscotland.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/1146bb4e-0383-4971-a1b0-f36dbccdc7f3/matches/20240119

Entry is now open for the Dundee Bronze on the 18th February 🏸

Dundee Bronze Feb 2024 | Badminton Scotland

A massive well done to our very own Great Glen player and club Secretary Nidhi Rajan on passing his Level 1 badminton course.

2023 is drawing to an end so we’d like to take this time to wish everyone a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you all in 2024

Merry Christmas from everyone at Great Glen Badminton Club 🎄

We will be back for our first session after the New Year on Tuesday 9th January.
See you then 🏸

Scottish International Masters in January. Closing date for entries:- 15th December 🏸

Well done to everyone that took part in today’s Scottish Cup held at Moray Sports Centre.

Special well done to the North qualifiers, St Magnus and Granite City.
Good luck in the next round 🏸