Glasgow Badminton Academy

🏸GBA Weekly round up 🏸
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The first Scottish tournament took place at the weekend after the summer break and it was an exciting weekend for GBA players at the Glasgow Yonex U15 & U19 tournament.

There were some impressive performances throughout the weekend and lots of hard fought battles on court.

Jaagruti Mannem was the star performer winning 2 titles in the U19 event.👌

GBA medalists:

U15
🥇Mixed doubles - Divyam Goyal & Akshara Chavan
🥈Boys doubles - Divyam Goyal & Muhammad Aniq Mohd Fauzi
🥉Boys singles - Divyam Goyal
🥉Boys doubles - Chris Agnew & Kevin Raman

U19
🥇Girls singles - Jaagruti Mannem
🥇Girls doubles - Jaagruti Mannem & Pranavi Singh
🥇Mixed doubles - Max McCabe & Chloe McKenzie
🥈Boys doubles - Max McCabe & Murray Hogg
🥉Boys singles - Nathan Luo
🥉Boys singles - Alfie Sweeney
🥉Boys doubles - Nathan Luo & Melrick Dsouza

Congratulations to all GBA players who competed and excelled. Let’s keep the momentum going and strive for further success.

Many thanks to GBA coach Josh Taylor for providing on court support over the weekend. 👏

Great start to the season for our performance group on Sunday. With some practice and sparring with coach Brooke who is a current national team member. Great preparation ahead of the Glasgow Yonex U15/19.



Followed by some quality practice for our advanced group with current Scottish men's singles champion Callum Smith.

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🏸 GBA Weekly Round up 🏸

Lewis and Jaagruti had the challenge of competing at the European Junior Championships, a great opportunity to test themselves against Europe's best.

Lewis lost a nailbiter 22-20 in the 3rd set to a strong swiss pair in the MD R32 and fought hard in a 2 set defeat to the 9th seeds in the R64 in the XD.

Jaagruti was in singles action where she fought through a tough 3 sets in the earlier round before losing to the 7th seed swiss players in the R32. Jaagruti was also fighting hard on the doubles court where she lost in a close 3 sets to a Swedish pair in the R32

Yonex Junior League

🥈Well done to Jacob Wong who placed 2nd in division 3

🏸 FREE Badminton Taster Sessions with GBA’s Experienced Coaches! 🏸

Glasgow Badminton Academy is opening our doors this September as part of Give It A Go Glasgow – Club Open Doors 2026! 🎉

Open to children aged 4–11. Beginners and experienced players are all welcome! Come along to learn basic badminton skills, enjoy friendly games and meet GBA’s coaches.

*Session 1 - Sunday 13 September*
Junior Badminton Taster
Ages 9–11
12:30pm–2:00pm
Quota: 8 participants

*Session 2 - Sunday 20 September*
Miniton Badminton Taster
Ages 4–8
12:30pm–1:15pm
Quota: 8 participants

📍 Hutchesons’ at Pollok Park
97 Haggs Road, Bellahouston, Glasgow, G41 4RD

✅ FREE to attend
🏸 Rackets provided
🙌 Beginners welcome
👟 Please bring indoor trainers and water

Places are limited – book early to secure your child’s place!

📧 Email [email protected] with:

Child:
* Full name
* Gender
* Date of birth

Parent/Carer:
* Full name
* Email address
* Phone number

Come along, meet our coaches and discover how much fun badminton can be! 💪🏸

With thanks to Glasgow Life Sport, Sportscotland and Active Schools Glasgow for supporting opportunities for young people to get active across Glasgow.

GBA on the European stage

A proud week for GBA as Jaagruti and Lewis are currently representing Scotland at the U19 European Championships.

Representing your country at a major European championship is a fantastic achievement and another important step in their development as young players.

For us, it’s also great for our younger GBA players to see where commitment, hard work and continued development can take you.

We’re proud of Jaagruti and Lewis, but we’re also proud to support the whole Scotland team competing this week.

Enjoy the experience, compete hard and make the most of every opportunity.

Best of luck to Jaagruti, Lewis and everyone representing Scotland!

🏸 GBA Player Spotlight

A huge well done to two of our players, Lewis Smith and Nathan Luo, who have both had some brilliant experiences competing abroad recently! 👏

🏆 Lewis Smith – U19 Irish Open Doubles Champion 🇮🇪

A massive congratulations to Lewis and his doubles partner Alfie Martin on winning the U19 Irish Open Men’s Doubles title!

After reaching the quarter-finals of the All England Junior Championships just a month earlier, it was great to see the boys come back, put in another strong performance and this time go all the way and win the title.

We’re really proud of Lewis and the work he continues to put into his badminton. GBA has supported Lewis through his development, including helping him spend a month training in Bangkok last summer, and it’s brilliant to see that hard work paying off.

Lewis is also now giving something back to the club, volunteering with some of our younger players and starting his own journey on the GBA coaching pathway.

🇨🇳 Nathan Luo – Mingjie Junior Cup Quarter-Finalist

A huge well done to Nathan as well, who recently travelled to China to compete at the Mingjie Junior Cup and had a fantastic tournament, reaching the quarter-finals! 👏

Travelling all the way to China and competing against players from different countries is an amazing experience for a young player. Nathan has been working really hard on his game and it’s great to see him getting opportunities like this and performing so well.

We’re really proud of what he achieved and hopefully there are plenty more experiences like this to come!

Swipe through the post to hear from Lewis and Nathan about their tournaments, what they learned and some advice they have for our younger GBA players. 🏸

And with the new GBA season just about to start, we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone back — as well as plenty of new faces!

If you or your child would like to get involved with GBA this season, get in touch with us and we’ll help you find the right session. 💙💛

Well done again Lewis, and Nathan and shoutout to Alfie Martin 👏🏸