Bothwell's Kirsty Gilmour was the star performer as Scotland's badminton players claimed six medals at the UK Schools' Games in Bristol.

Gilmour claimed gold n the doubles with Kirsty McGlynn (Greenock) and added a silver medal in the girl's singles to underline her standing as one of Scotland's brightest young talents.

In the singles final, Gilmour, the Bank of Scotland Scottish Under-17 Champion, took the opening game against Emily Westwood, but eventually lost 21-13 10-21 17-21 to her English opponent.

But there was a turnaround in the doubles with the two Kirstys falling a game behind before hitting back to defeat England's Sinead Chambers and Ruth Doddis 18-21 21-14 21-14.

Scotland added a second silver medal in the boys' doubles with Patrick Machugh (Kinross) and Craig Morrison (Motherwell) reaching the final before going down 21-16 14-21 19-21 to England's Sam Dobson and Steven Cappleman.

Another three Scottish couples reached semi-finals to earn bronze medals -   Morrison and Emma Gallacher (Wishaw) in the mixed doubles, Craig Pollock (Longniddry) and Michael Campbell (Edinburgh) in the boys' doubles and Gallacher and Fiona Archibald (Larkhall) in the girls' doubles.