1979 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:51
Series:Women's British Open Championships
Location:London, England
Venue:Wembley
Prevseason:1978
Nextseason:1980

The 1979 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 23 February - 2 March 1979. The event was won by Barbara Wall who defeated Sue Cogswell in the final.[1] [2]

First round

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width=270Player onewidth=270Player twowidth=150Score
Sue King (née Newman) 9-2 9-1 9-0
9-2 9-0 9-0
9-1 9-0 9-4
9-7 1-9 9-1 9-1
J Robinson 9-1 9-0 9-2
9-0 9-0 9-1
Pam Buckingham (née Guy) Ruth Strauss
9-5 9-7 9-2
4-9 9-7 9-3 9-6
9-1 9-4 9-4
9-6 9-2 9-5
9-5 9-2 9-4

Draw and results

Third place play-off

Angela Smith beat Vicky Hoffman 9-1 9-7 9-10 9-1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Times Archives 1979 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. Web site: Wall takes British title. Trove.
  3. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 6 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.