1966 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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]

British Open Squash Championships
38th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1965 1967 →

Seeds

1. Heather McKay
2. Anna Craven-Smith
3. Jenny Irving
4. Fran Marshall
5. Bev Johnson
6. Sheila Macintosh
7. Ann Price
8. Margaret Burke

Draw and results

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First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Jenny Irving	Valerie Watson	9-0 9-4 9-1
Fran Marshall	Sheila Cooper	9-0 9-0 9-0
Bev Johnson	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	Lorna Greville-Collins	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

Player one	Player two	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

Player one	Player two	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

Player one	Player two	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

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

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Craven-Smith	9-0 9-0 10-8

Preceded by 1965	British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1966	Succeeded by 1967

References

1. "Times Archives 1966 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "repeat of UK squash final". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.