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]

Seeds

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