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1969 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
41st Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1968
1970 →

The 1969 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 11–16 January 1969.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her eighth consecutive title defeating Fran Marshall in the final.[1][2]

Seeds

Draw and results

[3]

First round

Player one Player two Score
AustraliaHeather McKay (née Blundell) bye
EnglandFran Marshall bye
EnglandSheila Macintosh (née Speight) EnglandDi Fuller 9-0 9-2 9-2
EnglandClaire Chapman EnglandSheila Cooper 9-4 9-5 9-1
New ZealandCecilie Fleming EnglandM Moon 9-0 9-2 9-7
EnglandAnn Price EnglandS Peach 9-7 9-2 10-8
AustraliaMargaret Burke EnglandJ Hall 9-3 9-0 9-1
ScotlandSylvia McClure EnglandJanet Ledger 9-2 9-0 9-1
EnglandJanice Townsend EnglandJ F Lawrence 9-4 9-4 9-3
Northern IrelandBarbara Sanderson AustraliaC Machadow w/o
EnglandJane Poynder EnglandBeryl Hayward 9-0 9-0 9-0
EnglandA Norval EnglandR Rowles 9-0 9-2 9-2
EnglandDianne Corbett South Africa Miss L Stork 9-0 9-4 9-2
EnglandAnn Jee EnglandC Cole w/o
EnglandBarbara McMullen EnglandDaphne Portway 9-1 9-0 9-0
EnglandS Burley EnglandVicky Lunt 9-7 9-1 4-9 5-9 10-8
AustraliaThea Moore EnglandP Goodall 7-9 9-0 9-7 9-4
EnglandJane Barham EnglandJ Turner 9-3 9-1 9-4
United StatesGoldie Edwards EnglandL Fanoni 9-3 9-2 9-1
EnglandRuth Turner EnglandD Ibrahim 9-2 9-2 9-1
EnglandSoraya Haye EnglandMary McNally 2-9 7-9 9-4 2-8 ret
EnglandJoy Alexander EnglandMandy Holdsworth 9-2 9-1 9-3
EnglandA Hardy Smith EnglandE Ward 9-0 9-2 9-1
EnglandAnnette Picton EnglandM Lambert w/o
EnglandE M Boswell EnglandA Sinclair 9-6 6-9 9-6 9-7
EnglandBobs Whitehead EnglandB Whitehouse w/o
EnglandValerie Watson EnglandJ Pallister 9-2 9-2 9-3
EnglandV Corbett EnglandPeggy Mason 9-2 9-3 6-9 9-6
EnglandY Watkins EnglandM Makower 9-1 9-1 9-4
ScotlandBrenda Carmichael EnglandMarjorie Townsend 9-3 9-2 7-9 9-1
EnglandM E Case EnglandSue Stott 5-9 9-6 9-0 8-10 9-2

Second round

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Corbett 9-1 9-2 9-0
Australia Burke England Burley 9-2 9-0 9-3

Third round

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay Northern Ireland Sanderson 9-0 9-0 9-0
New Zealand Fleming England Alexander 6-9 9-7 10-8 1-9 9-4
Scotland McClure England McMullen 9-1 9-4 9-1
England Macintosh England Corbett 9-1 9-0 9-0
England Marshall England Jee 9-0 9-1 9-2
Australia Burke Scotland Carmichael 10-8 9-6 9-2
England Price England Watson 9-5 9-4 9-3
England Chapman United States Edwards 9-0 9-3 9-5

Quarter-finals

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay New Zealand Fleming 9-1 9-0 9-2
England Marshall England Price 9-6 9-1 9-1
Scotland McClure England Chapman 9-3 9-3 9-2-9 5
England Macintosh Australia Burke 9-6 9-7 9-7

Semi-finals

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Macintosh 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Marshall Scotland McClure 9-4 4-9 9-1 9-4

Final

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Marshall 9-2 9-0 9-0
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1969
Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1969 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Eighth title for Mrs McKay". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.