Badminton Euro 2002 - Scotland

13. - 20. april, Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden

The Scottish Team

As announced on 12. marts 2002

Men Home town

Alistair Gatt Edinburgh Russel Hogg Dumfermline Graig Robertson Paisley Graham Simpson Dumfries Graeme Smith Glasgow

Women Home town

Susan Hughes Newton Mearns Kirsteen McEwan Barrhead Fiona Sneddon Lochgelly Sandra Watt Edinburgh Yuan Wemyss Dumfries

Comments from Badminton Scotland

When the announcement was made:

Scotland will be without the services of National Championt Bruce Flockhart, but Chinese-born Yuan Wemyss is set to make her European Championship debut for her adopted country in Malmo, Sweden from April 13-20.

Flockhart turned down selection as he is due to become a father for the first time at the end of this month, although he will be available for the Commonwealth Games in Manchester this summer. For Dumfries-based Wemyss, who is the Scottish singles, ladies doubles and mixed doubles champion, the event is a chance to prove her Games medal credentials. She teams up with the 1998 bronze medallist, Sandra Watt, in the doubles.

Scotland retained a second division place in Glasgow 2 years ago, and will be relying on at mixture of youth and experience in a bid to improve on a 13th place ranking.

Alastair Gatt and Russell Hogg have both been mainstays of the Scottish team for almost a decade, while teenager Susan Hughes, a Stirling University student, will be out to clinch her first Commonwealth Games place.

Lochgelly's Fiona Sneddon, who became the younges ever Scottish cap when she played as a 16-year-old in the 1998 Europeans in Bulgaria, continues her comeback following the birth of her daughter, Anna, six months ago.

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