1966 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1966 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 13–18 February 1966.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fifth consecutive title defeating Anna Craven-Smith in a repeat of the 1965 final.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
38th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1965
1967 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
 Jenny Irving  Valerie Watson 9-0 9-4 9-1
 Fran Marshall  Sheila Cooper 9-0 9-0 9-0
 Bev Johnson  Janet Ledger 9-1 9-2 9-0
  Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)  S Broadway 9-1 9-1 9-4
 Ann Price  M R Broughton 9-0 9-0 9-3
 Margaret Burke  M Makower 9-3 9-0 9-0
 Diane Corbett  J Hall 9-3 9-3 9-0
 Barbara McMullen  Marjorie Townsend 9-1 9-7 10-9
 Brenda Carmichael  Lorna Greville-Collins 9-2 9-2 9-3
 Judy Wright  B Savage 9-3 9-1 9-2
 Jean Wilson  Bobs Whitehead 2-9 9-5 9-3 9-3
 Claire Chapman  F M Roulston 9-1 9-1 9-2
 June Swindell  R Cooper w/o
 Peggy Mason  S Foss 9-1 9-0 9-0
 M A Young  C Gillies 9-7 9-1 9-6
 S M Holmes  Barbara Sanderson 10-8 10-8 6-9 9-6
 Alisa Tietjens  Daphne Portway 9-1 9-2 10-8
 J Dixon  A S Williams 10-8 9-4 4-9 9-1
 L Manning  P Edwards 9-5 9-5 9-0
 C R Bourdon  P Pratt 7-9 8-10 9-5 9-5 9-7
 M Taylor  J Turner 9-4 8-10 9-6 8-10 9-7
 Di Fuller  S M Atherden 9-0 9-5 9-1
 D Bramfit  Soraya Haye w/o
 Joy Alexander  M J Bassett 9-0 9-1 9-1
 S Lancaster  S S Youatt 9-4 7-9 9-1 9-2
 M Alan  T Masters w/o
 Heather McKay (née Blundell) bye
 Anna Craven-Smith bye
 A Norval bye
 K J Dempsey bye
 Celeste Dickson bye
 J Danks bye

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Norval 9-1 9-0 9-1
  Craven-Smith   Dempsey 9-0 9-1 9-0
  Irving   Mason 9-0 9-4 9-1
  Marshall   Young 9-0 9-1 9-0
  Johnson   Holmes 9-1 9-1 9-1
  Macintosh   Tietjens 9-3 9-2 9-2
  Burke   Dixon 9-0 9-2 9-5
  Price   Manning 10-9 9-3 9-2
  Corbett   Dickson 9-4 9-2 9-0
  McMullen   Bourdon 9-3 9-1 9-0
  Carmichael   Taylor 9-3 9-1 9-0
  Wright   Fuller 10-8 9-1 2-9 9-2
  Wilson   Bramfit 9-0 9-0 9-2
  Chapman   Alexander 9-6 9-2 9-2
  Swindell   Lancaster 0-9 4-9 9-0 9-3 9-6
  Danks   Alan 9-3 ret

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Corbett 9-0 9-2 9-0
  Craven-Smith   Danks 9-1 9-0 9-2
  Marshall   Wright 9-2 9-1 9-3
  Irving   Wilson 9-3 9-7 9-4
  Macintosh   Swindell 9-1 9-2 9-1
  Johnson   McMullen 9-4 7-9 9-5 9-1
  Burke   Carmichael 9-6-9-4 9-1
  Price   Chapman 9-6 9-6 1-9 9-4

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Johnson 9-0 9-1 9-2
  Craven-Smith   Macintosh 9-5 8-10 9-1 9-0
  Marshall   Burke 9-2 5-9 9-3 9-0
  Irving   Price 9-1 9-2 9-2

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Marshall 9-6 9-5 9-1
  Craven-Smith   Irving 9-5 9-4 9-2

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Craven-Smith 9-0 9-0 10-8
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1966
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1966 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "repeat of UK squash final". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.