{{Short description|Scottish international badminton player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Adam Flockhart | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | birth_date = c.1943<ref name=TS67>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19670130/194/0011 |title=Flockhart's tenacious display |work=The Scotsman |date=30 January 1967 |page=11 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Badminton | club = Dunfermline BC | medaltemplates = }}
'''Adam Flockhart''' (born c.1943) is a former international badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
== Biography == Flockhart was a member of the Dunfermline Badminton Club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19780210/415/0021 |title=Adam Flockhart (left) |work=The Scotsman |date=10 February 1978 |page=21 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> In 1966, shortly after the 1966 British Commonwealth Games, he was listed as a possible for the 1970 British Commonwealth Games<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19661126/244/0010 |title=Badminton |work=The Scotsman |date=26 November 1966 |page=10 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> and made his international debut in January 1967.<ref name=TS67/>
He was the 1968 and 1969 East of Scotland champion<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19691206/445/0016 |title=Top seeds in East badminton finals |work=The Scotsman |date=6 December 1969 |page=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> and the 1969 North of Scotland Cchampion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19690310/279/0013 |title=Helen takes 2 Titles |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=10 March 1969 |page=13|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> In November 1969 he was selected for the Scottish Commonwealth Games trials.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19691108/222/0011 |title=Fit Barbara will play for Ireland |work=Ireland's Saturday Night |date=8 November 1969 |page=11|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref>
Flockhart subsequently represented the Scottish team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19700526/314/0012 |title=Swimming for their country |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=26 May 1970 |page=12 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19700616/238/0011|title=They'll carry Scotland's hopes |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |page=11 |date=16 June 1970 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> where he competed in the badminton events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3037/56/all |title=Scotland Edinburgh 1970 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=13 January 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927020033/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3037/56/all |archive-date=2021-09-27}}</ref>
He married fellow badminton player Joanna Liddle in 1968,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=3UmwkohasDSLb%2FXRsKROLA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=13 January 2026|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> and settled in Dunfermline after the marriage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19761030/315/0015 |title=Flockharts go marching on |work=The Scotsman |date=30 October 1976 |page=15 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19810128/198/0017 |title=Flockhart returns |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=28 January 1981 |page=17 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref> Their son Bruce Lockhart won the Scottish National Badminton Championships eight times and their grandson Calum Flockhart won the 2025 Midland Silver Badminton Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/sport/25527103.west-fife-badminton-player-calum-flockhart-wins-title-double/ |title=West Fife badminton player Calum Flockhart wins title double |website=Dunfermline Press |date=8 October 2025 |access-date=13 January 2026}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flockhart, Adam}} Category:Badminton players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Category:Scottish male badminton players Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)