1966 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:	38
Series:	Women's British Open Championships
Location:	London, England
Venue:	Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
Prevseason:	1965
Nextseason:	1967

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]}

Draw and results

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First round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
	Valerie Watson	9-0 9-4 9-1
	Sheila Cooper	9-0 9-0 9-0
	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		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

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	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

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	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

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	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

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Marshall	9-6 9-5 9-1
Craven-Smith	Irving	9-5 9-4 9-2

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Craven-Smith	9-0 9-0 10-8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1966 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: repeat of UK squash final. Trove.
3. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 2 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.