Jim McNeillage

Jim K. McNeillage (1940 – 20 October 2020) was an international badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography McNeillage played his badminton in Edinburgh and first came to prominence in 1962, winning the mixed doubles title at the Edinburgh tournament. The same year he passed his finals to become a chartered accountant and was predicted to be a future tennis star, playing at the Wimbledon junior championships and gaining a blue at The University of Edinburgh. and being a notable tennis player, it was badminton that he made his name, becoming a Scottish international player.

In November 1969 he was selected for the Scottish Commonwealth Games trials and McNeillage subsequently represented the Scottish team at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he competed in the badminton events.

He won the 1968 Irish Open