Russell Hogg

Dunfermline-born Hogg started playing badminton with the age 10. His father Harry Hogg was the Defence of Ministry worker. Hogg spent two years in Mauritius and after that he studied in St Leonard's Primary, Dunfermline, where his mother Moira was a teacher. It was his father, also a badminton coach, who introduced him to the sport. Hogg was exceptionally hard-working, developing his game at Alloa Badminton Club to win European gold medal in the under-14 category. Although he played badminton, he was an enthusiastic cricket player too. He had represented Scotland's under-16s and served as captain of Fife County Cricket Club for a season. Hogg finally found his way into the badminton and began developing his game to be the country's elite doubles player. He won Scottish national junior championships for 5 times. He left school around 1986 to work in administration with the Ministry of Defence at Rosyth Dockyard and it was the same time that he made his Scotland debut. Between 1988 and 2002 he won the National men's doubles championships for 10 times, eight of them with Kenny Middlemiss. He also won the mixed doubles title twice with Kirsteen McEwan. On the world tournament circuit he reached a career best of No. 8 in mixed doubles and No. 17 in men's doubles. After retiring from playing career he worked for North Ayrshire Leisure as badminton development manager before joining the Badminton Scotland staff in November 2004 as national development manager. His wife Julie Hogg whom he met while he was 12 was also the badminton player. Hogg was third most-capped player in the country, with 117 appearances, and had the hands-on experience that also made him a respected coach and mentor. He mentored the Scottish team in the 2012 Olympic Games. Hogg died on 17 September 2012, aged 44, due to skin cancer.^[2][3]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Irish International	Anthony Gallagher	Kenny Middlemiss   Dan Travers	6–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1990	Gibraltar International	Ian Teasdale	Ricardo Fernandes   Jose Sim Sim	15–2, 15–5	Winner
1992	Gibraltar International	Richard Outterside	–, –	–, –	Winner
1992	Iceland International	Kenny Middlemiss	Simon Archer   Julian Robertson	9–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1992	Amor International	Kenny Middlemiss	Broddi Kristjánsson   Árni Þór Hallgrímson	15–4, 15–12	Winner
1993	Gibraltar International	Paul Hutchinson	Kelvin Edwards   Paul Ruthven	15–5, 7–15, 15–1	Winner
1997	Portugal International	Kenny Middlemiss	Hugo Rodrigues   Fernando Silva	Walkover	Runner-up
1997	Slovenian International	Kenny Middlemiss	Harald Koch   Jürgen Koch	18–14, 15–5	Winner
1999	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Kenny Middlemiss	Aras Razak   Henrik Sørensen	10–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1999	Scottish International	Kenny Middlemiss	Michael Lamp   Jonas Rasmussen	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2000	New Zealand International	Robert Blair	John Gordon   Daniel Shirley	16–17, 7–15	Runner-up
2000	Irish International	Robert Blair	Alastair Gatt   Craig Robertson	15–12, 12–15, 5–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Gibraltar International	J Steen	Ian Teasdale   R. Ambrose	12–15, 15–9, 7–15	Runner-up
1993	Gibraltar International	Julie Hogg	Paul Steel   Sue Tromp	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1997	Portugal International	Karen Peatfield	Kenny Middlemiss   Elinor Middlemiss	Walkover	Winner
1997	Slovenian International	Jillian Haldane	Kenny Middlemiss   Elinor Middlemiss	10–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1997	Scottish International	Tracy Dineen	Lars Paaske   Jane F. Bramsen	6–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1998	Irish International	Alexis Barlow	Ruud Kuijten   Manon Albinus	7–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2000	Slovenian International	Kirsteen McEwan	Mathias Boe   Britta Andersen	9–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2000	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Kirsteen McEwan	Björn Siegemund   Nicol Pitro	5–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2000	Irish Open	Kirsteen McEwan	Graham Hurrell   Sara Hardaker	15–9, 15–8	Winner
2001	Slovenian International	Kirsteen McEwan	Nikolai Zuyev   Marina Yakusheva	5–7, 3–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2002	Croatian International	Kirsteen McEwan	Travis Denney   Kate Wilson-Smith	7–3, 8–6, 7–2	Winner

• Russell Hogg at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Russell Hogg at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)