1969 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:	41
Series:	Women's British Open Championships
Location:	London, England
Venue:	Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
Prevseason:	1968
Nextseason:	1970

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

Draw and results

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First round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
Heather McKay (née Blundell)		bye
		bye
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)	Di Fuller	9-0 9-2 9-2
Claire Chapman	Sheila Cooper	9-4 9-5 9-1
Cecilie Fleming	M Moon	9-0 9-2 9-7
Ann Price	S Peach	9-7 9-2 10-8
Margaret Burke	J Hall	9-3 9-0 9-1
Sylvia McClure	Janet Ledger	9-2 9-0 9-1
	J F Lawrence	9-4 9-4 9-3
Barbara Sanderson	C Machadow	w/o
Jane Poynder	Beryl Hayward	9-0 9-0 9-0
A Norval	R Rowles	9-0 9-2 9-2
Dianne Corbett	Miss L Stork	9-0 9-4 9-2
Ann Jee	C Cole	w/o
Barbara McMullen	Daphne Portway	9-1 9-0 9-0
S Burley	Vicky Lunt	9-7 9-1 4-9 5-9 10-8
Thea Moore	P Goodall	7-9 9-0 9-7 9-4
Jane Barham	J Turner	9-3 9-1 9-4
Goldie Edwards	L Fanoni	9-3 9-2 9-1
Ruth Turner	D Ibrahim	9-2 9-2 9-1
Soraya Haye	Mary McNally	2-9 7-9 9-4 2-8 ret
Joy Alexander	Mandy Holdsworth	9-2 9-1 9-3
A Hardy Smith	E Ward	9-0 9-2 9-1
Annette Picton	M Lambert	w/o
E M Boswell	A Sinclair	9-6 6-9 9-6 9-7
Bobs Whitehead	B Whitehouse	w/o
Valerie Watson	J Pallister	9-2 9-2 9-3
V Corbett	Peggy Mason	9-2 9-3 6-9 9-6
Y Watkins	M Makower	9-1 9-1 9-4
Brenda Carmichael	Marjorie Townsend	9-3 9-2 7-9 9-1
M E Case	Sue Stott	5-9 9-6 9-0 8-10 9-2

Second round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Corbett	9-1 9-2 9-0
Burke	Burley	9-2 9-0 9-3

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Sanderson	9-0 9-0 9-0
Fleming	Alexander	6-9 9-7 10-8 1-9 9-4
McClure	McMullen	9-1 9-4 9-1
Macintosh	Corbett	9-1 9-0 9-0
Marshall	Jee	9-0 9-1 9-2
Burke	Carmichael	10-8 9-6 9-2
Price	Watson	9-5 9-4 9-3
Chapman	Edwards	9-0 9-3 9-5

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Fleming	9-1 9-0 9-2
Marshall	Price	9-6 9-1 9-1
McClure	Chapman	9-3 9-3 9-2-9 5
Macintosh	Burke	9-6 9-7 9-7

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Macintosh	9-0 9-0 9-0
Marshall	McClure	9-4 4-9 9-1 9-4

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Marshall	9-2 9-0 9-0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1969 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Eighth title for Mrs McKay. Trove.
3. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 3 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.