1976 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1976 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 27 February - 4 March 1976. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fifteenth consecutive title defeating Sue Newman in the final.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
48th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley

Seeds
  1. AustraliaHeather McKay (née Blundell)
  2. AustraliaSue Newman
  3. EnglandSue Cogswell
  4. EnglandAngela Smith
  5. EnglandTeresa Lawes
  6. Northern IrelandIrene Hewitt
  7. EnglandJane Courtney
  8. EnglandKaren Gardner

Draw and results

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First round
Player one Player two Score
EnglandSue CogswellEnglandM Robinson9-0 9-0 9-1
EnglandAngela SmithWalesDeanna Murray9-0 9-0 9-1
EnglandTeresa LawesEnglandJ Sheasby9-5 9-2 9-2
Northern IrelandIrene HewittScotlandAlix Bostock9-2 9-6 9-4
EnglandJane CourtneyEnglandE Gubbay9-1 9-0 9-0
EnglandKaren GardnerEnglandRuth Turner9-4 9-3 9-0
EnglandAlex CowieRhodesia Miss Pam Haig9-1 9-4 9-4
EnglandTessa LawrenceEnglandSoraya Haye9-1 9-2 9-2
EnglandBarbara DiggensEnglandAnn Price9-2 9-0 9-7
Rhodesia Mrs Sue PatonRepublic of IrelandBarbara Sanderson9-2 9-3 9-6
EnglandTheo JohnsonEnglandJ Francis9-7 9-2 10-8
EnglandCarol MachinEnglandJ Griffith9-1 9-1 9-4
EnglandFran MarshallEnglandJanet Ledger9-0 9-2 9-2
South Africa Miss D ProsserEnglandJ Flood9-0 9-2 9-1
EnglandLesley MooreEnglandS Findlay9-5 9-0 9-0
EnglandJane PoynderEnglandBobs Whitehead9-3 9-5 9-7
EnglandPatricia MillmanEnglandLynn Crosbie10-9 9-0 6-9 9-2
EnglandJ GraydonEnglandJoyce Tuomey7-9 9-2 9-3 9-3
EnglandP H CampbellEnglandC Wood9-2 10-8 9-3
EnglandDianne CorbettEnglandClair Richards9-2 9-2 9-4
AustraliaDeborah HollandEnglandG Jafier9-3 9-0 9-2
EnglandJane AshtonEnglandP Lenehan9-1 9-3 9-4
EnglandFaith SinclairEnglandJean Reynolds (née McFarlane)10-8 9-0 9-6
Northern IrelandDorothy ArmstrongEnglandC Sullivan9-3 9-4 9-5
EnglandVivian GrisogonoEnglandS Dunford9-3 9-7 9-4
EnglandJoyce Maycockbye
AustraliaHeather McKaybye
AustraliaSue Newmanbye
EnglandA F Morrisbye
EnglandClaire Chapmanbye
EnglandJ Maceybye

Second round
Player one Player two Score
Australia NewmanEngland Moore9-1 9-2 9-1
England CogswellEngland Poynder9-3 9-2 9-1
England SmithEngland Millman9-2 9-1 9-0
England LawesEngland Morris9-1 9-2 9-6
Northern Ireland HewittEngland Graydon9-0 9-1 9-2
England CourtneyEngland Campbell9-0 9-0 9-0
England GardnerEngland Corbett9-4 9-3 9-2
England CowieAustralia Holland9-10 10-8 9-6 1-9 8-10
England DiggensEngland Macey8-10 9-2 9-2 9-4
Rhodesia PatonEngland Ashton7-9 9-7 9-3 10-8
England JohnsonEngland Sinclair9-3 9-6 9-2
England MachinEngland Lawrence9-4 9-5 9-7
England ChapmanNorthern Ireland Armstrong9-7 9-3 5-9 9-4
England MarshallEngland Grisogono9-6 9-2 9-7
England MaycockSouth Africa Prosser10-9 9-1 9-0

Third round
Player one Player two Score
Australia McKayRhodesia Paton9-2 9-2 9-1
Australia NewmanEngland Johnson9-5 9-5 9-2
England CogswellEngland Machin9-5 9-0 9-?
England LawesEngland Chapman9-7 9-1 9-1
England GardnerAustralia Holland9-4 9-5 9-0
England DiggensEngland Courtney9-10 10-9 9-3 9-4
England SmithEngland Maycock2-9 9-2 10-8 9-?
Northern Ireland HewittEngland Marshall9-1 9-2 5-9 10-8

Quarter-finals
Player one Player two Score
Australia McKayEngland Gardner9-0 9-0 9-0
Australia NewmanEngland Diggens9-1 9-2 9-4
England LawesEngland Smith9-5 9-3 7-9 5-9 10-8
England CogswellEngland Hewitt10-8 0 10-8

Semi-finals
Player one Player two Score
Australia McKayEngland Lawes9-2 9-1 9-1
Australia NewmanEngland Cogswell9-0 9-10 9-6 4-9 9-6

Final
Player one Player two Score
Australia McKayAustralia Newman9-2 9-4 9-2

References
  1. "Times Archives 1976 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Heather's title". Trove.
  3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
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