Badminton
Introduction to Badminton
Badminton is probably the world’s fastest racquet sport. It’s similar to tennis, in that players compete to hit a shuttlecock back and forth over a high net, but speeds are much faster, with the shuttlecock sometimes flying at up to 300km/h. As a result, the players have to have lightning-fast reactions and incredible agility and stamina, often covering up to six kilometres in a match as they dart back and forth across the indoor courts. For contact details of the National Federation in Ireland please click Full story
Evans faces top seed at Danish Open
Ireland’s No 1 Scott Evans has a tough assignment against top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the quarter-finals of the Danish Open Evans, who is seeded fifth for the tournament, beat two other Danish players to make the last eight. He dropped the opening set of his first round …
Badminton success at Dutch Open
In the Mixed doubles the Irish number one pairing of Chloe and Sam Magee kicked of their campaign with a three set Victory over the Swiss pairing of Anthony Dumartheray and Sabrina Jaquet winning 21-12 21-23 21-16. In the round of 16 they faced a much tougher ask as they …
Badminton – German Open Grand Prix Gold
Scott Evans warmed up for next week’s All England Open Championships with a good run in the German Open Grand Prix Gold in Mulheim. Evans beat Germany’s Lukas Schmidt in the opening round and in his next match, took the first set off third seed Sho Sasaki from Japan ranked …
European Badminton Team Event
Ireland has started their European mixed team championships with a 4-1 victory over a strong Finland line up. Ireland had a number of good wins in the opening match including Scott Evans Irish number one beating one of Europe’s best players in Ville Lang. Lang is ranked 10 places higher …
Olympians Take Titles
In the 2013 Irish Nationals Men’s Singles final, Olympian Scott Evans beat Tony Stephenson 21-17 21-8. Fellow Olympian Chloe Magee followed beating Sinead Chambers 21-10 21-12. Inspired by the Olympians the under 15 National Championships running alongside the seniors saw Dublin’s Sam McKay beat Ulster’s Chin Nam Soong 21-9, 21-6 …
Olympians Target National Titles
Double Olympian Scott Evans hopes to add to his collection of seven Irish titles when he plays in the Irish National Badminton Championships in Lisburn this weekend. Evans is in confident form after winning the men’s singles title at the Cyprus International in Nicosia last week. He has a tough …
Evans wins first title of 2013
After winning the Irish Open in December 2012, Irish number one Scott Evans has continued his good form as he won the 25th Li-Ning Winter Sun Cyprus International 2013 beating Andrew Smith (Eng) in 2 straight sets Mens Singles: Irish number one Scott Evans has looked in great form as …
Reidy to lead Badminton Performance Programme
Ex-pro player and Olympian Tom Reidy is the new high performance director of Badminton Ireland. The appointment follows a decision by Badminton Ireland to strengthen its high performance team after the London Olympics where, for a second, time, two Irish players had qualified. Reidy, originally from Adare, Co …
Evans delighted with home win
Ireland’s Scott Evans win in the men’s singles at the Carlton Irish Badminton Open in Dublin yesterday was the first home victory in this competition for almost forty years. It was an emotional win for Evans, a double Olympian, who made the final in 2008 and has reached six other European circuit …
Irish Open Badminton
Scott Evans and Chloe Magee both comfortably won their opening round matches at the Carlton Irish Badminton Open in Baldoyle this morning. Evand beat Maxime Michel 21-14, 21-11 in his opening round match. He players qualifier Daniel Groom of England later this afternoon (17.30) for a place in tomorrow’s quarter-finals. …
London 2012