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
Location	London, England
Venue	Wembley

Seeds

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

Draw and results

[3]

First round

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

Second round

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

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Paton	9-2 9-2 9-1
Newman	Johnson	9-5 9-5 9-2
Cogswell	Machin	9-5 9-0 9-?
Lawes	Chapman	9-7 9-1 9-1
Gardner	Holland	9-4 9-5 9-0
Diggens	Courtney	9-10 10-9 9-3 9-4
Smith	Maycock	2-9 9-2 10-8 9-?
Hewitt	Marshall	9-1 9-2 5-9 10-8

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Gardner	9-0 9-0 9-0
Newman	Diggens	9-1 9-2 9-4
Lawes	Smith	9-5 9-3 7-9 5-9 10-8
Cogswell	Hewitt	10-8 0 10-8

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Lawes	9-2 9-1 9-1
Newman	Cogswell	9-0 9-10 9-6 4-9 9-6

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Newman	9-2 9-4 9-2

References

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