Highland Badminton Group - Senior Open Championships 2024

Entry is now open for our Senior Open Championships 2024.   Taking place in Moray Sports Centre, Elgin on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May.  

Format as follows:

Level & Mixed Doubles - Saturday 11th May

Singles - Sunday 12th May

To entry click on the link below 

Highland Doubles Ladder - Saturday 25th May 2024

The next Highland Badminton Group Doubles Ladder will take place on Saturday 25th May 2024, in Black Isle Leisure Centre, Fortrose.  

Entry form below with more details.  

Highland Badminton Group News

HBG Junior Restricted - March 2024

Highland Badminton Group held their annual Junior Restricted on Sunday 17th March in Inverness Royal Academy. There was a total of 71 children entered from various locations all over the Highland Badminton Group Area from Barra, Lewis, Skye, Inverness, Moray and Caithness just to name a few!

We had a total of 175 games to be played of 3 age groups on the day, under 13s, under 15 and under 19s. With some great levels of play and some fantastic games and rallies to watch. Huge well done to you all for taking part and special mention to the winners,
especially to our treble’s winners Callum McWhirter, Moray and Chloe Mackenzie, Caithness in the under 19s and Isla Johnson, Moray in the Under 15s. We had two doubles winners also – Sophie Mackay Caithness in the under 13s and Drew Murdoch, Moray in the Under 15s.

Under 13s
Under 13s played a knockout with consolation (so if they lost their first game, they went to the Consolation draw) for all disciplines.
The boys semi-finals were between Finn Wishart, Moray (1) and Liam Wilby, with Finn winning 15-5, 15-7 securing his place in the final. The other one was between Liam Sinclair,  Caithness (2) and Jai Wilkes, Moray (3), Jai winning 15-10, 15-8 making it an all-Moray final with Wilkes winning 15-8, 15-3.

Consolation final was Jamie Rathie, Caithness and Calum Macneil, Barra with Macneil winning 15-3.

The girl’s semi-finals were nearly an all-Caithness affair; the first of the 2 was Caithness club mates Sophie Mackay (1/2) and Lexie Mackenzie with Sophie winning 15-2, 15-7. The 2nd semi-final was Sophie Sinclair, Caithness (3) take on Josie Columbine, Black Isle (1/2) with Sophie winning 15-11, 15-13. Making it at all Caithness final between Sophie Mackay and Sophie Sinclair with Mackay winning 15-13, 15-9.

The Consolation Final was between Madeleine Weir, Inverness and Maura Mackenzie,  Lochcarron with Mackenzie winning 15-4.

Boys Doubles
The first semi-final was between Jai Wilkes & Finn Wishart (1) and Caithness brothers' Cameron & Lachlan Forbes with Wilkes & Wishart winning 15-2, 15-6. The second semi-final was between scratch pairing Cameron Cobban, Inverness & Calum Macneil and Caithness duo Finlay Nicolson & Liam Sinclair (2) with Nicolson & Sinclair securing their place in the final 15-8, 15-11. Well played final by both pairings with Wilkes & Wishart winning 15-7, 15-11.

Consolation Final was the Forbes brothers taking on Ethan and Liam Wilby, Black Isle with the Wilby brothers having the upper hand winning 15-6.

Girls Doubles
The first of the 2 semi-finals was between Sophie Mackay & Myah Macleod (1) both Caithness and Moray’s Bella Hayter & Amie Roger with the Caithness pairing winning 15-6, 15-6. The other semi-final was Caithness’s Sophie Sinclair & Lexie Mackenzie take one Black Isle Josie Columbine & Lochcarron’s Maura Mackenzie (2) with Josie & Maura winning 15-10,

15-12. The Final was then won by Columbine & Mackenzie 15-12, 15-12.

Consolation final was between Bethan Schiller & D’Arcey Taylor and Tiya Agrawal & Luella Fernades with Agrawal & Fernades winning 15-7.

Mixed Doubles
The first of the 2 semi-finals was between Caithness’s Liam Sinclair & Sophie Mackay (1) and scratch pairing Macneil, Barra and Mackenzie, Lochcarron with Sinclair & Mackay winning 15-13, 15-12. The other semi-final was between Moray’s Wilkes & Roger v Moray’s Wishart & Black Isles Columbine (2) with Wishart & Columbine winning 15-4, 15-10. The final was
then won by Sinclair & Mackay 15-4, 16-14.

Consolation saw Lachlan Breau & Luella Ferandes take on club mates Oliver Taylor & Madeleine Wier with Taylor & Weir winning 15-14.

  
Under 15s
Under 15s played a knockout with consolation (so if they lost their first game, they went to the Consolation draw) for Singles and mixed doubles. The girl’s doubles were a round robin and boy doubles 2 pools with play-offs.

Boys Singles
First of the two semi-finals was between Drew Murdoch, Moray (1) and Caithness’ Angus Mackay with Murdoch winning 21-7, 21-15. The second seminal final was between Donald Coull, Moray and Matthew Cook, Caithness with Coull winning 21-14, 21-16. The final
between the Moray boys saw Murdoch win 21-19, 21-13.

Consolation was an all-Caithness final between Rory Nicolson and Dhaill Mackay with Mackay winning 21-18, after a good show from both boys.

Girls Singles
The girls semi-finals were nearly an all-Moray affair! First of the two was Rose Christie v Isla Johnston with Johnston winning 14-21, 21-13, 21-16. The second was against Caithness' Erna Thain and Moray’s Anna Howard with Howard winning 21-7, 21-6. Making it an all-Moray final between Johnston and Howard with Johnston winning 21-14, 21-18.

The Consolation was Caithness’ Ashlyn Gunn against Lewis’ Isla Fraser with Gunn winning 21-15.

Boys Doubles
They played this in two pools with the top 2 going through to semi-finals and the bottom two playing off for the consolation. The first semi-final was between Dhaill Mackay, Caithness & Drew Murdoch, Moray and Donald Coull &; Max Kwolik both Moray with
Mackay & Mudoch winning 21-19, 21-16. The second semi-finals between Caithness’ Matthew Cook &; Finlay MacDonald and Rory Nicolson & Angus Mackay. With Nicolson & Mackay winning 21-15, 14-21, 21-12. The Final was a fantastic game of sportsmanship with Mackay & Murdoch winning after 3 sets 19-21, 21-16, 21-19. 

The Consolation final was between Moray’s Kurt Griffiths & Arron Macdougall and Inverness’ Angus Cobban and Caithness’ Owen Malcolm with Moray’s Griffiths & Macdougall winning 21-16.

Girls Doubles
The round robin saw the 4 pairs play each other. With Rose Christie & Isla Johnson both Moray won all 3 of their matches making them the winners followed by Caithness’s Ashlyn Gunn and Lewis’ Isla Fraser who lost only 1 match against Christie & Johnston which was a 3 setter.

The Consolation winners were Anna Howard, Moray & Erna Thain, Caithness.

Mixed Doubles
The first of the semi-finals was between Murdoch & Fraser (1) against Coull & Johnston with Coull & Johnston winning 21-17, 21-15. The second semi-final was Griffiths & Christie v Nicolson & Gunn with Griffiths & Christie winning 21-15, 21-17. The final was then an all Moray final with Coull & Johnston winning 21-14, 21-9.

The Consolation was between Caithness’s Matthew Cook & Sophie Sinclair and Angus Mackay & Erna Thain with Mackay & Thain winning 21-15.

Under 19s
Under 19s played a knockout with consolation (so if they lost their first game, they went to the Consolation draw) for boys singles. The girl’s singles was a round robin, as well as the boys doubles and mixed doubles was 2 pools with play-offs and the girls double was a straight final.

Boys Singles
The two semi-finals were Callum Mcwhirter, Moray (1) and Caithness’s Alexander Mackay with Mcwhirter winning 21-4, 21-3. The second semi-final was between Skye’s Calum Mackenzie (2) and William Sendall, Black Isle with Sendall winning 15-21, 22-20, 22-20. The Final against Mcwhirter and Sendall was well played but number 1 seed Callum dominated winning 21-9, 21-10.

The Consolation winner waws Isak Jones, Moray beating Qida Du, Caithness 21-18.

Girls Singles
Number 1 seeds Chloe Mackenzie, Caithness won the singles, winning all her games the hardest being against the runner-up in the singles and club mate Ava Cook number 2 seed who won all her games apart from that against Mackenzie, Mackenzie won 21-11, 21-16.  The consolation winner was Chloe Begg also Caithness.

Boys Doubles
Number one seeds Mcwhirter and Mackenzie won all their games comfortably to lift the title. Brody Mackenzie, Caithness teamed up with William Sendall, Black Isle and they came runners-up winning 3 out of 4 of their games. The Consolation winners were Caithness pair Alexander Mackay & Lewis Malcolm.

Girls Doubles
Saw an all-Caithness final between number 1 seeds Mackenzie and Cook against Hallie Bremner and Carla Edwards with Cook and Mackenzie winning 21-3, 21-14.

Mixed Doubles
Top pool A was 1 seeds Mcwhirter & Mackenzie only dropping 9 points over their 4 games, securing their semi-final place. Also, in the pool securing a semi-final place was Caithness Alexander Mackay & Freya Mackay. Pool B saw Calum Mackenzie &; Ava Cook take top
position and Malcolm & Bremner take 2 securing their placed in the semi-finals. The first of the two was between Mcwhirter & Mackenzie and Malcolm & Bremner, Mcwhirter &Mackenzie winning 21-2, 21-3. The second Semi-final was Mackay & Mackay against Mackenzie & Cook with Mackenzie &; Cook winning 21-13, 21-8. The Final then between Mcwhirter & Mackenzie and Mackenzie & Cook was a good game with Mcwhirter & Mackenzie winning 21-10, 21-6.

The Consolation Final was between Caithness’s Brody Mackenzie & Carla Edwards and Ronin Kean & Chloe Begg with Kean & Begg winning 21-11.

Well done to all the competitors and thank you to the IRA for the venue.

Full Results
Under 13
Boys Singles
Winner – Jai Wilkes, Moray
Runner-up– Finn Wishart, Moray
Consolation – Calum Macneil, Barra
Girls Singles
Winner – Sophie Mackay, Caithness
Runner-up – Sophie Sinclair, Caithness
Consolation – Maura Mackenzie, Lochcarron
Boys Doubles
Winners – Jai Wilkes & Finn Wishart, both Moray
Runner-ups – Finlay Nicolson &Liam Sinclair, both Caithness
Consolation – Ethan and Liam Wilby, both Black Isle
Girls Doubles
Winners – Josie Columbine, Black Isle & Maura Mackenzie, Lochcarron
Runner-ups – Sophie Mackay & Myah Macleod, both Caithness
Consolation – Tiya Agrawal & Luella Fernades, both Inverness
Mixed Doubles
Winners – Liam Sinclair & Sophie Sinclair both Caithness
Runner-ups – Finn Wishart, Moray & Josie Columbine, Black Isle
Consolation – Oliver Taylor, Black Isle & Madeleine Wier, Inverness
Under 15
Boys Singles
Winner – Drew Murdoch, Moray
Runner-up – Donald Coull, Moray
Consolation – Dhaill Mackay, Caithness

Girls Singles
Winner – Isla Johnston, Moray
Runner-up – Anna Howard, Moray
Consolation – Ashlyn Gunn, Caithness
Boys Doubles
Winners – Drew Murdoch, Moray & Dhaill Mackay, Caithness
Runner-ups – Rory Nicolson & Angus Mackay, both Caithness
Consolation – Kurt Griffiths & Arron Macdougall, both Moray
Girls Doubles
Winners – Isla Johnston & Rose Christie, both Moray
Runner-ups – Ashlyn Gunn, Caithness & Isla Fraser, Lewis
Consolation – Erna Thain, Caithness & Anna Howard, Moray
Mixed Doubles
Winners – Donald Coull & Isla Johnston, both Moray
Runner-ups – Kurt Griffiths & Rose Christie, both Moray
Consolation – Angus Mackay & Erna Thain, both Caithness
Under 19
Boys Singles
Winner – Callum Mcwhirter. Moray
Runner-up – William Sendall, Black Isle
Consolation – Isak Jones, Moray
Girls Singles
Winner – Chloe Mackenize, Caithness
Runner-up – Ava Cook, Caithness
Consolation – Chloe Begg, Caithness
Boys Doubles
Winners – Callum Mcwhirter, Moray & Calum Mackenzie, Skye
Runner-ups – William Sendall, Black Isle & Brody Mackenzie, Caithness
Consolation – Alexander Mackay & Lewis Malcolm. Both Caithness
Girls Doubles
Winners – Chloe Mackenzie & Ava Cook, both Caithness
Runner-ups – Carla Edwards & Hallie Bremner, both Caithness
Mixed Doubles
Winners – Callum Mcwhirter, Moray & Chloe Mackenzie, Caithness
Runner-ups – Calum Mackenzie, Skye & Ava Cook, Caithness
Consolation – Ronin Kean & Chloe Begg, both Caithness

HBG Under 13s & Under 17s Open Championships 2024

On Sunday 11th February, saw Highland Badminton Group held their Annual Under 13s and Under 17s Tournament, in Inverness Leisure Centre, with players from all over Scotland entered. A total of 45 players entered across both age groups.

With Highland Area players securing the treble , in the under 13s Sophie Mackay from Caithness and in the Under 17s Caithness’s Chloe Mackenzie and mixed Partner Callum Mcwhirter, Elgin also securing the treble.

Under 13s

Boys singles was a knock-out with consolation. The semi-finals were between Aarav Sinha (number 1 seed) from Aberdeen saw of Aaditya Shah 21-12, 21-6. The second semi-final was between Aayush Nagdeve also Aberdeen against number 2 seed Kanishk Tata also Aberdeen with Kanishk coming out top 21-12, 21-17. The final was well fought by both boys then with number 1 seed winning 21-18, 21-17.  The Consolation Final was between Ethan Wilby from Dingwall against Liam Sinclair, Caithness, Liam winning 21-9.

Girls Singles followed the same format. The first semi-final saw Number 1 seed Sophie Mackay, Caithness play Inverness’s Luella Fernandes, Sophie winning 21-2, 21-5. The second semi-final was second seed Josie Columbine from the Black Isle v Myah Macleod from Caithness with Josie winning 21-16, 21-8. The final was well played by both girls with Sophie taking the win 21-15, 21-19. The Consolation was between Loch Carron’s Maura Mackenzie and Caithness’ Sophie Sinclair with Maura winning 21-16.

The level Doubles in the under 13s was played in round robin format. With some great games in both the girls’ and boys’ sections.
Boys Results

Winners Aayush Nagdeve & Aarav Sinha both Aberdeen not losing a game

Runners-up Atharv Sharma, West of Scotland Group and Liam Sinclair, Caithness winning 3 out of their 4 games.

Girls Results

Winners Sophie Mackay & Myah Macleod both Caithness winning all their games

Runners-up Sophie Sinclair & Lexie Mackenzie both Caithness winning 2 out of their 3 games.

Mixed Dobles saw us back to the knockout with consolation format. The semi-finals were Number 1 seeds Sophie Mackay & Liam Sinclair Both Caithness against Moray’s Finn Wishart and Rene Curtis with Sophie and Liam winning 21-4, 21-13. The second semi-final saw second seeds West of Scotland’s Atharv Sharma & Black Isle’s Josie Columbine take one Moray’s Jai Wilkes and Amie Roger, with Josie & Atharv securing their place in the final 21-10, 21-7. The final was a fair match between the 2 pairs. Sophie & Liam winning the first set 21-17 then losing the 2nd 14-21, making it a nail biting third set, had us all sitting on the edge of our seats but Sophie and Liam came out with the win 24-22. Securing the third win of the date for Sophie! The consolation final was between Inverness’s Magnus Henderson & Lella Fernandes and Black Isles Conor Gallacher & Madeleine Weir with Conor and Madeleine winning 21-15.

Under 17s

Boys Singles

The singles followed the same format as the under 13s, the first semi-final saw Elgin’s Callum Mcwhirter take on Glasgow’s Freddie Harris with Callum wining 21-6, 21-9. The second seminal final saw Skye’s Calum Mackenzie take on Aberdeen’s Aditya Nagdeve in a nailing biting 3 setter with Calum securing his place in the final 21-18, 19-21, 21-18. The all-Highland final saw Callum Mcwhirter take the win 21-9, 21-3. The consolation final was also an all-Highland Final between Adam Ringstead from Benbecula and William Sendall from the Black Isle with William winning 21-14.

Girls Single followed the same format. The first semi-final was between number 1 seed Thenoo Amnamalai from Glasgow and Ava Cook from Caithness with Thenoo winning 21-12, 21-6. The second semi-final was between number 2 seed Chloe Mackenzie, Caithness and Chloe Begg also Caithness, with Mackenzie taking the win 21-2, 21-0. The final was a good performance of play with Chloe taking the win 21-14, 17-21, 21-2. The consolation final was between Moray’s Sophie Howard and Kaiya Wilkes with Sophie winning 21-6.

Level Doubles

The boys’ doubles played a round robin with Callum Mcwhirter Elgin and William Sendall from the Black Isle not dropping a set winning all 4 games with easy, securing them the doubles win. The runners up were Aberdeen’s Aditya Nagdeve and Aayush Sinha who won 3 out of their 4 matches, with tight contested one with Skye’s Calum Mackenzie and Adam Ringstead, Benbecula 18-21, 21-18, 30-29.

Girls’ doubles saw a straight final between Chloe Mackenzie & Ava Cook, both Caithness against Caithness’ Chloe Begg and Moray’s Kaiya Wilkes. Chloe & Ava taking the win 21-4, 21-9.

Mixed Doubles saw a round robin format with number one seeds Chloe Mackenzie and Callum Mcwhirter winning all games convincingly with only dropping 14 points over the 6 sets played, they were both on fire and both securing their treble win of the day!  Runners-up were Ava Cook and William Sendall winning 2 of 3 matches.

Full List of Results

Under 13s

Boys Singles

Winner Aarav Sinha

Runner-Up Kanishk Tata

Consolation Winner Liam Sinclair

Girls Singles

Winner Sophie Mackay

Runner-Up Josie Columbine

Consolation Winner Maura Mackenzie

Boys Doubles

Winner Aayush Nagdeve & Aarav Sinha

Runner-Up Atharv Sharma and Liam Sinclair

Girls Doubles

Winner Sophie Mackay & Myah Macleod

Runner-Up Sophie Sinclair & Lexie Mackenzie

Mixed Doubles

Winner Liam Sinclair & Sophje Mackay

Runner-Up Atharv Sharma & Josie Columbine

Consolation Winner Conor Gallacher & Madeleine Weir

Under 17s

Boys Singles

Winner Callum Mcwhirter

Runner-Up Calum Mackenzie

Consolation Winner William Sendall

Girls Singles

Winner Chloe Mackenzie

Runner-Up Thenoo Annamalai

Consolation Winner Sophie Howard

Boys Doubles

Winner Callum McWhirter & William Sendall

Runner-Up Aditya Nagdeve & Aayush Sinha

Girls Doubles

Winner Chloe Mackenzie & Ava Cook

Runner-Up Chloe Begg & Kaiya Wilkes

Mixed Doubles

Winner Callum McWhirter & Chloe Mackenzie

Runner-Up William Sendall & Ava Cook