Kirsty Gilmour (Bothwell) won the girls’ singles, and Caitlin Pringle (Glasgow) and Emma Cook (Muachline) claimed the doubles’ title as Scotland’s youngsters showed impressive form at the UK Schools’ Games in Cardiff.

Gilmour, the Bank of Scotland Under-19 and Under-17 Champion, finished runner-p in the singles last year and this time she went one better by defeating Wales’ Jordan Hart 21-9 21-13 in a one-sided final that lasted just 22 minutes.

Pringle and Cook were also in great form as they cruised to a 21-16 21-16 victory in the girls’ doubles final over the top English pair of Holly Smith and Claire Weaver.

Gilmour, who attends the Glasgow School of Sport at Bellahosuton Academy and will be16 later this month, has already won the Langenfield Cup in Germany and she already has her sights firmly set on the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Scottish players also made it through to the semi-finals in the other events. In the boys’ singles, Gregor McVean (Mauchline) lost out 16-21 15-21 to the eventual runner-up, Rhys Walker (England) and he then joined Matthew Carder (South Queensferry) in a close 16-21 21-16 14-21 loss to George Li and Tom Wolfenden in the doubles. 

In the mixed doubles semi-finals, Carder and Gilmour went out 14-21 19-21 to the Walker and his English partner, Mina Clark.