1968 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
40th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 16–22 February 1968.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her seventh consecutive title defeating Bev Johnson in the final.^[1][2]

Seeds

1. Mrs Heather McKay
2. Miss Bev Johnson
3. Miss Ann Price
4. Mrs Sheila Macintosh
5. Mrs Gay Erskine
6. Mrs Jill Eckstein
7. Mrs Sylvia McClure
8. Miss Denise Holton

Draw & Results

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First Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell)	Miss A Williams	9-0 9-1 9-0
Miss Bev Johnson	Mrs R Riley	9-5 9-4 9-0
Miss Ann Price	Mrs P A Brown	9-0 9-1 9-0
Mrs Gay Erskine	Miss E Lendrum	9-2 9-7 9-1
Mrs Jill Eckstein	Miss A Geddes	9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss Sylvia McClure	Miss E Taylor	9-2 9-0 9-6
Miss R F Turner	Miss E Carnegie	4-9 9-7 4-9 9-6 9-1
Miss A Norval	Mrs Tessa Lawrence	9-7 3-9 10-9 9-6
Miss Peggy Mason	Miss Daphne Portway	3-9 9-4 1-9 10-9
Miss Margaret Burke	Mrs Di Fuller	9-6 9-7 9-4
Miss Marcia Roche	Mrs J Whitehead	9-3 9-1 9-1
Mrs I V Sanderson	Miss M A Young	9-1 9-1 9-1
Mrs Sheila Cooper	Miss K Gardner	9-5 9-1 9-6
Mrs Claire Chapman	Miss J Mortlock	9-3 9-4 9-1
Miss Cathy Van Veen	Mrs V Manning	9-0 9-0 9-4
Mrs Sheila Ervin	Mrs E M Boswell	9-0 9-6 9-1
Miss Ursula Smith	Mrs S Broadway	9-3 9-1 9-1
Miss M Makower	Miss J Hedges	w/o
Miss A Bixler	Miss C Heath	9-7 9-7 9-1
Mrs Dianne Corbett	Miss Janet Ledger	9-0 9-2 9-2
Miss Mary Alan	Mrs Bobs Whitehead	6-9 1-9 1-8 ret
Mrs Bronwyn Barton	Miss Goldie Edwards	9-6 1-9 9-4 10-8

Second Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)	Miss Marcia Roche	9-3 5-9 9-7 2-9 7-9

Third Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Barton	9-0 9-0 9-3
Johnson	McMullen	9-0 9-3 9-0
Price	Allnut	3-9 0-9 9-1 6-9
Erskine	Cooper	9-2 9-2 9-7
Eckstein	Chapman	1-9 9-0 6-9 9-3 9-6
McClure	Van Veen	0-9 8-10 3-9
Holton	Ervin	9-1 9-0 9-2
Roche	Burke	9-5 9-5 9-5

Quarter Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Holton	9-2 9-0 9-0
Johnson	Van Veen	9-1 9-0 0-9 9-2
Allnut	Eckstein	9-7 9-6 9-7
Erskine	Roche	9-5 3-9 9-6 9-6

Semi Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Erskine	9-0 9-0 9-0
Johnson	Allnut	9-10 9-4 9-2 9-1

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Johnson	9-0 9-0 9-0

References

1. "Times Archives 1968 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Heather McKay scores again". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.