1976 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
48th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Wembley
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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. Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell)
2. Miss Sue Newman
3. Miss Sue Cogswell
4. Miss Angela Smith
5. Miss Teresa Lawes
6. Mrs Irene Hewitt
7. Miss Jane Courtney
8. Miss Karen Gardner

Draw & Results

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First Round

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