Granite City Badminton Club

🏸 GRANITE CITY WEEKEND ROUND-UP & WHAT’S COMING UP 🏸

A fantastic weekend for Granite City, with our players competing across several tournaments and bringing home some brilliant results! 👏

🟠 SATURDAY — GLASGOW COPPER

Men’s
🥈 Joseph Sellors & Jason Lee — Runners-up in the B Draw

Ladies
👏 Alma Malloy & Jo — Semi-finalists

Mixed
👏 Joseph Sellors & Alma Malloy — Semi-finalists
🥈 Jason Lee & Jo — Runners-up

🔵 ABERDEEN PRE-SEASON OPEN TOURNAMENT

🥈 Runners-up
Calum Davidson & Andrew McDonald

Calum and Andrew finished runners-up to Kyle Duguid (Forfar/Granite City) & Matthew Stallard (Forfar).

Congratulations to Kyle and Matthew on taking the title! 🏆

🟣 SUNDAY — ABERDEEN PRE-SEASON MIXED TOURNAMENT

🏆 WINNERS
Calum Davidson & Ning Burr

A fantastic result for Calum and Ning! 👏

🟢 ISA TOURNAMENT

🏆 Winners
Alma Malloy & Andrew Thomson

🥈 Runners-up
Calum Davidson & Arianne Rose Palo

Consolation Draw

🏆 Winners
Tayden Yuen & Louise Andrew

🥈 Runners-up
Kerry Taylor & Kinga Ligman

🎓 LEVEL 1 COACHING SUCCESS

A huge congratulations to Andrew Thomson, Jason Lee, Joseph Sellors and Alma Malloy, who have all successfully passed their Level 1 coaching course! 👏🏸

Fantastic to have another four qualified coaches within the club and helping us continue to develop our players.

📅 WHAT’S COMING UP THIS WEEK

🏸 Tuesday 25 August — Open Division 1
Granite City A 🆚 Granite City B
📍 Aberdeen Grammar School
⏰ 8:00pm

🏸 Friday 28 August — Ladies Division 2
Cruden Bay 🆚 Granite City B
📍 Port Errol School
⏰ 7:15pm

🏸 Sunday 30 August — Open Division 4
Granite City E 🆚 Inverurie B
📍 International School
⏰ 5:00pm

A busy start to the new league season ahead! 💪

Good luck to all of our teams this week! 💙🏸

💙🖤 WHAT’S COMING UP THIS WEEK AT GRANITE CITY? 🖤💙

First, a look back at some great results from last weekend’s EBA Copper! 🏸

🏆 LAST WEEK’S RESULTS

MIXED DOUBLES
🥈 Ben Cassie & Louise Andrew — Runners-up of the Main Draw
🏆 Calum Davidson & Ning Burr (Inverurie) — Consolation Winners

MEN’S DOUBLES
⭐ Calum Davidson & Joseph Sellors — Reached the semi-finals, losing to the eventual winners.

Well done to everyone who competed! 👏

💙🖤 COMING UP THIS WEEK 🖤💙

League action gets underway on Friday with an all-Granite City clash! 🏸

📅 Friday 21st August
⏰ 7:00pm
📍 Lochside Academy

🏸 Granite City Mixed A 🆚 Granite City Mixed B

Then we have plenty of Granite City representation at Banks O’Dee over the weekend for the Aberdeen Pre-Season Tournament!

🏸 SATURDAY — MEN’S DOUBLES

• Ben Cassie & Murray Paterson
• Sam Langlois & Andrew Thomson
• Calum Davidson & Andrew McDonald
• Steve Cunningham & Keith Milne (Inverurie)
• Kyle Duguid & Matthew Stallard (Forfar)
• William Izatt & Ethan Flett
• Robbie Milne & Syon Rananaware

🏸 SUNDAY — MIXED DOUBLES

• Calum Davidson & Ning Burr (Inverurie)
• Ben Cassie & Jo Dummett
• Mattie Jonk & Kerry Taylor (Cruden Bay)
• William Izatt & Vineha Vipularajah
• Ethan Flett & Uche Żukowska
• Syon Rananaware & Cerys Sullivan
• Abdul Rehman & Callie Burr (Inverurie)

💙🖤 GRANITE CITY SUNDAYS ARE BACK! 🖤💙

Sunday also sees the return of both our Junior and Adult sections at the International School of Aberdeen! 🎉🏸

👥 Juniors: 15:30–17:00
👥 Adults: 17:00–19:30

🏆 Our adult session will be a fun handicap tournament to welcome everyone back and kick off the new season!

A busy weekend ahead — best of luck to everyone competing! 💪🏸

Hopefully plenty of good badminton and some strong results to report afterwards! 💙🖤

WHAT’S COMING UP THIS WEEK AT GRANITE CITY? 💙🖤

Before we look ahead, a mention for Murray Spence and Leona Rhind, who travelled to Wales last week to compete in the Four Nations Tournament! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A fantastic opportunity to compete at that level and great to see Granite City represented! 👏

This week, attention turns to the EBA Copper, with plenty of Granite City players taking to the courts! 🏸

MEN’S DOUBLES
🏸 Joseph Sellors & Calum Davidson
🏸 Jason Lee & Lewis MacDonald (71 Club)

LADIES’ DOUBLES
🏸 Jo Dummett & Ning Burr
🏸 Alma Malloy & Pauline Maclean

MIXED DOUBLES
🏸 Jason Lee & Alma Malloy
🏸 Joseph Sellors & Jo Dummett
🏸 Ben Cassie & Louise Andrew
🏸 Calum Davidson & Ning Burr (Inverurie)

A busy weekend ahead — best of luck to everyone competing! 💪

Hopefully plenty of good badminton and some strong results to report afterwards!

Granite City Club Shop Now Open!

We’re delighted to announce that Granite City Badminton Club has partnered with Storm to launch our brand new online club shop.

Members can now order official Granite City clothing directly online, with a range of high-quality apparel available for training, matches and everyday wear.

Available now:

* 👕 Performance T-Shirts
* 👕 Technical Training Tees
* 👕 Polo Shirts
* 🧥 Midlayers
* 🧥 Hoodies
* 🩳 Training Shorts
* 👖 Stadium Pants
* 🧥 Puffer Jackets

There are options for both men and women on selected items, with a wide range of sizes available.

Whether you’re representing the club at league matches, training sessions or simply want to show your support away from the court, there’s something for everyone.

Browse the full range here:

https://www.stormhockeylimited.com/shop/teamwear/ZXA2A2HLESF45GQP4VH57KZD?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc

We’re excited to see more members wearing Granite City colours throughout the season and would like to thank Storm for working with us to make this possible.

If you have any questions about sizing or ordering, please get in touch.

Granite City are delighted to announce the continued sponsorship of shuttles for the 2026/2027 season! Alan Duncan of AD Marine (Scotland) Ltd has kindly sponsored the team shuttles for a second year as both parties continue their partnership - this is for all ladies, open and mixed teams!

This is a result of a great effort behind the scenes to continue to make this happen as the club continues to grow and work with local businesses to deliver badminton to the wider community of Aberdeen and beyond.

Please check out our sponsors AD Marine (Scotland) Ltd here: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/alan-duncan-62120a135

🏸 Summer Badminton at Banks O’ Dee Sports Centre! 🏸

We’re delighted to announce that Granite City Badminton Club will be running both junior and adult sessions throughout the summer at our old home, Banks O’ Dee Sports Centre.

🏸 Junior Session
🕒 3:00pm – 5:00pm

🏸 Adult Session
🕔 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Whether you’re looking to improve your game, get back on court over the summer, or simply enjoy some great badminton, we’d love to see you there!

⚠️ Before signing up through Spond, please send the group a message first. This helps us manage numbers and ensure everyone is booked into the appropriate session.

We look forward to welcoming both new and existing players throughout the summer!

🏆 GCBC 2025/26 Award Winners & End of Season Tournament Results 🏆

End of Season Doubles Tournament
🏆 Main Draw Winners: Calum Davidson & Caledonia Burr
🥈 Runners-up: Jake Lawrie & Scott Dawson

🏆 Consolation Draw Winners: Alma Malloy & Sarah Gray
🥈 Runners-up: Jamie King & William Izatt

Captains’ Choice Awards
Men’s A – Neil MacLean
Men’s B – Sam Langlois & Andrew Thomson
Men’s C – Andrew McDonald
Men’s D – Jason Lee
Men’s E – Abdul Rehman
Ladies A – Chloe Brookhouse
Ladies B – Alma Malloy
Mixed A – Sam Langlois
Mixed B – Chloe Brookhouse
Mixed C – Alma Malloy

Club Awards
🏆 Men’s Player of the Year – Andrew Thomson
🏆 Ladies Player of the Year – Leona Rhind
📈 Most Improved Adult – Jason Lee
📈 Most Improved Junior – Ethan Flett
🌟 Junior of the Year – Vineha Vipultarajah
🤝 Rob Wheadon Award – Jayne Lloyd
🎭 Oscar Award – Alma Malloy

Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everyone who made the 2025/26 season another fantastic one for GCBC! 🏸🖤🤍🩵

👏 Great result for the Mixed C team last night!

A strong 7–2 win over Cruden Bay B capped off a great night for the team 💪

Thanks to Joseph, Jason and debutist Jake for stepping up and getting the job done.

But the real highlight was seeing three of our junior girls making their senior team debuts — and all three picking up a win on the night! 🌟

A fantastic achievement and a brilliant sign for the future of the club.
The future is looking bright 💙🤍

🚨 Silverware Klaxon 🚨

Another good news story as the GCBC trophy train keeps on rolling 🏆

The Open Cs clinched the Open Division 3 title with a 7–2 win over Inverurie B, making it a perfect 9 wins from 9 this season 💪

No drama to report either… for once 😉

A special mention to Chloe for getting a win on her C team debut tonight 👏

Huge thanks to Andy, Andrew, Calum, Kyle, Lachlan, Jason, Joseph, Leona and Chloe for making this season such a success!

Division 2 awaits 😁

And we’ll be expecting Inverurie A to perform a guard of honour in two weeks’ time 😉