Bolly Cricket 2025
Where Bollywood and Cricket come together!
Women’s cricket event organised by Cricket Scotland and SEMSA.
The Sessions are completely free of cost and run by a professional dance instructor and a cricket coach.
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Annual Awards 2025
SEMSA’s Annual Awards took place on 23rd February at Mr. Singh’s India Restaurant (Glasgow). Please click on the Annual Awards Page to see more information about the event and Award winners!
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International Women’s Day 2025
Thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate our 8th. International Women’s Day with SEMSA. This event was held at the Gaelic school in Glasgow on Sunday 9th March 2025.
This year our VIP speakers were…
Baillie Annette Christie
Provost Mary Montague, East Renfrewshire Council.
Pam Gosal MBE MSP
For Entertainment
Punjabi dances by
Amardeep Kaur
Rani kaur
Bollywood songs by
Savitha Menon
Junior DBS Dance
Choreographed by Tanushree Bhattacharya.
Punjabi Folk song
Romi
Speech on Mental health and Wellbeing by Taj Kooner and Sandip Kaur. Sakoon Mind. A Mental health and Wellbeing charity that specialises in The South Asian community.
We had a variety of stalls
Fashionable, Traditional clothing, shoes and jewellery stall by Anjali.
Bengali jewellery and Garments stall by Gunjun Mukuthi
Fancy Bags by Rani Kaur
British Transport Police Information stall
Mental health and Wellbeing stall by Taj Kooner and Sandip Kaur
Raffle draw was eagerly awaited by the audience and went down a treat by all winners
Participatory dance enjoyed by ladies and children dancing to the music by DJ Rocky.
At the end of the programme, mouthwatering food catered by Ranjit’s kitchen was enjoyed by everyone.
Click on the camera link below to see photos from the event…
Regular Mixed Badminton Meetups
SEMSA runs a mixed (male and female players) Badminton Group every Sunday from 5pm until 7pm at Scotstoun Sports Centre, Glasgow.
There is no joining fee for the group, but there is a cash charge of £6 for attending a session. You can come as an individual player and you will be assigned someone to play against at the meetings.
To join the Group, please contact Greg via WhatsApp on 07866 190137, you will be added to the SEMSA Badminton WhatsApp group where you will be kept up to date with the latest info, including any cancelations. Please message Greg with your name and telephone number to join and receive your welcome message with rules and regulations.
On entry to the sports centre, make your way to the badminton courts and look out for Greg to get you started. If asked, just mention that you are there with the SEMSA badminton group.
Please bring your own badminton racquet if you can, and wear appropriate attire with non-marking court shoes (trainers).
Regular Women-Only Badminton Meetups
SEMSA runs 2 Women-Only Badminton Groups:
Wednesday 8pm-10pm, Glasgow Club Bellahouston
Saturday 9am-11am, Glasgow Club Kelvinhall
There is no joining fee for the group, but there is a cash charge to be paid for every session attended.
£6 for 2 hours
£4 for 1 hour
You can come as an individual player and you will be assigned someone to play against at the meetings.
To join the Group or for more information, please contact Rajani on 07795 057092.
Racquet / shuttles / coaching will be provided. Please wear comfortable playing clothes with non-marking court shoes (trainers), and a water bottle to stay hydrated.
Mixed Doubles Badminton Tournament
February 2025
Congratulations to our winners and runners up at the SEMSA Mixed Doubles Badminton Tournament that took place on 9th Feb at the Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre.
Winners of the Competitive Players Group: Thomas Cairn and Dorothy Jim
Runners Up of the Competitive Players Group: Amanda Li and Shinyi Breslin
Winners of the Social Players Group: Victor Lee and Betty Leu
Runners Up of the Social Players Group: Lewis Cheung and Christina Cheung
To see more photos from the event, please click on the image below…
Sports Council for Glasgow Awards 2024
(Club Sport Glasgow)
22nd November 2024 – Glasgow City Chambers.
SEMSA proudly announces that the ClubSport Glasgow Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 was presented to our very own President, Dilawer Singh MBE.
SEMSA can also proudly announce that they were awarded the Impact Award 2024 by ClubSport Glasgow.
Badminton Scotland Awards 2024
SEMSA representatives attended the Badminton Scotland Awards (November 2024) at the Emirates Arena Glasgow.
Men’s Badminton Tournament 2024
The tournament was a great success! Please see badminton webpage for more information and photos.
SEMSA September Sports Day 2024
The SEMSA September Sports Day took place in Kelvingrove Park on the 21st of September. A fun time was had by all. Please click on the camera link below to see more photos of the event.
Summer Sports Day 2024
SEMSA in conjunction with Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha and Punjabi Academy Glasgow held the annual sports day at Kelvin Hall on 15th June 2024.
The event was very well attended and everyone had a great time! Many thanks to all the volunteers, parents and children who came along to make the event so enjoyable.
Please click on the link below to see images from the event….
Women’s Community Badminton Doubles Tournament 2024
2nd June 2024
SEMSA organised the 7th Annual Women-only Doubles Badminton Tournament on 2nd June 2024 at Sir Craig Reedie Badminton Centre (SCRBC) in Glasgow. The tournament was the brain-child of SEMSA trustees, Rajani Tyagi. She felt the need to give the club players motivation to continue with regular club sessions. This ethnically diverse women-only tournament was the first of its king Scotland. The idea helps to bring many women from the BME community to play and participate in the tournament as it was organised with women’s cultural needs in mind. This is only possible with SEMSA’s forward-thinking mindset. This could only be achieved with the board members and community understanding each others needs.
The tournament has grown from 2017 to the present day with ever-increasing numbers of players. This is the second time it has been organised in association with Badminton Scotland.
We had ladies participating from all over Scotland. Women came from Isle of Skye, Dundee, Ayrshire and of course, Glasgow, where four clubs were represented. The participant numbers have doubled from last year which was a delightful achievement for the SEMSA board members.
SEMSA were honoured to have VIP, Rachel Sugden attend. She is the 2024 Women’s Singles National Champion. Rachel presented medals to the winners as well as provided a boost to the players.
SEMSA Board Members are delighted to see the progress of this particular event in their portfolio, and strive to continual improvement in future years.
Photographs from the tournament are a testament to the success of this event and can be viewed by clicking on the link below…
Photo credits: Jas Jassal, Amitabh Bhattacharjee, Kamaljit Minhas, Shandana Sarmad
Please click on the camera logo to see more photos from the event.
SEMSA Hill Walking
To promote healthy life style SEMSA organises many activities, hill walking is one of those. Anyone interested to join on Sundays, please contact us on info@semsascotland.com for further details. For the most up to date information about recent outings, please click on the SEMSA Hillwalking page – <—- link — >
Achievement Award 2024
SEMSA International Womens Day event wins the achievement of the month award from ClubSport Glasgow at Decathlon at Braehead on Thursday 18th April.
International Women’s Day 2024
Many thanks to everyone who helped make SEMSA’s International Women’s Day such a success.
Please click on the camera logo to see photos from the event.
Scottish Ethnic Minority Sports Association
The Scottish Ethnic Minority Sports Association (SEMSA) was established in 1990 due to the lack of provisions available to the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities of Glasgow. Since its inception SEMSA has created and provided culturally sensitive sporting opportunities to the (BME) community.
Now SEMSA has taken cognisance of the changing community dynamics and the migration of new communities to the city. As a result of both the demographic change as well as the financial pressure in the current economic climate, SEMSA has evoked a change to a more strategic and inclusive approach.
This inclusiveness allows Scotland’s new and indigenous communities to work towards creating an equal playing field for all communities at both an operational and strategic level. SEMSA recognises the need to challenge and tackle inequality, racism and discrimination in the field of sport as a core element of its work. SEMSA is one of the leading national sports organisation run by, and for BME communities in Glasgow to organise and deliver sporting activities of interest.
The organisation has established a range of programmes and initiatives such as the SASA Football Programme, coaching/capacity building programmes, badminton programmes and national football and badminton competitions. Some of the key areas SEMSA has not only been involved in but has also initiated include : UK Asian Football Championships (UKAC), Glasgow wide BME sports events, annual Summer Academies, development of a BME equalities post in Glasgow City Council, links to new communities and training programme development initiatives.
The Scottish Ethnic Minority Sports Association is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), registered in Scotland, number SC046642 and regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).
