1976 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
48th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Wembley
 1975 1977 

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]

Seeds

  1. Australia Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell)
  2. Australia Miss Sue Newman
  3. England Miss Sue Cogswell
  4. England Miss Angela Smith
  5. England Miss Teresa Lawes
  6. Northern Ireland Mrs Irene Hewitt
  7. England Miss Jane Courtney
  8. England Miss Karen Gardner

Draw & Results

[3]

First Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Miss Sue Cogswell England Mrs M Robinson 9-0 9-0 9-1
England Miss Angela Smith Wales Mrs Deanna Murray 9-0 9-0 9-1
England Miss Teresa Lawes England Mrs J Sheasby 9-5 9-2 9-2
Northern Ireland Mrs Irene Hewitt Scotland Mrs Alix Bostock 9-2 9-6 9-4
England Mrs Jane Courtney England Mrs E Gubbay 9-1 9-0 9-0
England Miss Karen Gardner England Mrs Ruth Turner 9-4 9-3 9-0
England Mrs Alex Cowie Rhodesia Miss Pam Haig 9-1 9-4 9-4
England Mrs Tessa Lawrence England Mrs Soraya Haye 9-1 9-2 9-2
England Mrs Barbara Diggens England Miss Ann Price 9-2 9-0 9-7
Rhodesia Mrs Sue Paton Republic of Ireland Mrs Barbara Sanderson 9-2 9-3 9-6
England Mrs Theo Johnson England Miss J Francis 9-7 9-2 10-8
England Miss Carol Machin England Miss J Griffith 9-1 9-1 9-4
England Mrs Fran Marshall England Miss Janet Ledger 9-0 9-2 9-2
South Africa Miss D Prosser England Mrs J Flood 9-0 9-2 9-1
England Miss Lesley Moore England Miss S Findlay 9-5 9-0 9-0
England Miss Jane Poynder England Mrs Bobs Whitehead 9-3 9-5 9-7
England Mrs Patricia Millman England Miss Lynn Crosbie 10-9 9-0 6-9 9-2
England Mrs J Graydon England Miss Joyce Tuomey 7-9 9-2 9-3 9-3
England Mrs P H Campbell England Miss C Wood 9-2 10-8 9-3
England Mrs Dianne Corbett England Miss Clair Richards 9-2 9-2 9-4
Australia Miss Deborah Holland England Miss G Jafier 9-3 9-0 9-2
England Miss Jane Ashton England Miss P Lenehan 9-1 9-3 9-4
England Mrs Faith Sinclair England Mrs Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane) 10-8 9-0 9-6
Northern Ireland Mrs Dorothy Armstrong England Mrs C Sullivan 9-3 9-4 9-5
England Miss Vivian Grisogono England Mrs S Dunford 9-3 9-7 9-4
England Mrs Joyce Maycock bye
Australia Mrs Heather McKay bye
Australia Miss Sue Newman bye
England Miss A F Morris bye
England Mrs Claire Chapman bye
England Miss J Macey bye

Second Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Newman England Moore 9-1 9-2 9-1
England Cogswell England Poynder 9-3 9-2 9-1
England Smith England Millman 9-2 9-1 9-0
England Lawes England Morris 9-1 9-2 9-6
Northern Ireland Hewitt England Graydon 9-0 9-1 9-2
England Courtney England Campbell 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Gardner England Corbett 9-4 9-3 9-2
England Cowie Australia Holland 9-10 10-8 9-6 1-9 8-10
England Diggens England Macey 8-10 9-2 9-2 9-4
Rhodesia Paton England Ashton 7-9 9-7 9-3 10-8
England Johnson England Sinclair 9-3 9-6 9-2
England Machin England Lawrence 9-4 9-5 9-7
England Chapman Northern Ireland Armstrong 9-7 9-3 5-9 9-4
England Marshall England Grisogono 9-6 9-2 9-7
England Maycock South Africa Prosser 10-9 9-1 9-0

Third Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia McKay Rhodesia Paton 9-2 9-2 9-1
Australia Newman England Johnson 9-5 9-5 9-2
England Cogswell England Machin 9-5 9-0 9-?
England Lawes England Chapman 9-7 9-1 9-1
England Gardner Australia Holland 9-4 9-5 9-0
England Diggens England Courtney 9-10 10-9 9-3 9-4
England Smith England Maycock 2-9 9-2 10-8 9-?
Northern Ireland Hewitt England Marshall 9-1 9-2 5-9 10-8

Quarter Finals

Player One Player Two Score
Australia McKay England Gardner 9-0 9-0 9-0
Australia Newman England Diggens 9-1 9-2 9-4
England Lawes England Smith 9-5 9-3 7-9 5-9 10-8
England Cogswell England Hewitt 10-8 0 10-8

Semi Finals

Player One Player Two Score
Australia McKay England Lawes 9-2 9-1 9-1
Australia Newman England Cogswell 9-0 9-10 9-6 4-9 9-6

Final

Player One Player Two Score
Australia McKay Australia Newman 9-2 9-4 9-2
Preceded by
1975
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1976
Succeeded by
1977

References

  1. "Times Archives 1976 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Heather's title". Trove.
  3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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