1969 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1969 British Open Championship was held at the Abbeydale Park in Sheffield from 21–29 January 1969.
Geoff Hunt won the title defeating Cameron Nancarrow in the final. This was the first time that the event took place outside London. Returning after a seven-year absence the 1962 semi-finalist Dardir El Bakary represented New Zealand instead of Egypt.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
31st British Open Championships
Details
LocationSheffield, England
VenueAbbeydale Park
← 1968
1970 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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Semi-finals & Final

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Semi-finals Final
              
1     Jonah Barrington 4 5 8
5   Cameron Nancarrow 9 9 10
5   Cameron Nancarrow 4 5 0
2   Geoff Hunt 9 9 9
2   Geoff Hunt 9 9 9
3   Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 5 2 5

Section 1

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals
1     Jonah Barrington
bye 1     Barrington 9 9 9
  Ken Davidson   Davidson 1 0 2
bye 1     Barrington 9 9 9
  Ray Lewis   Lewis 1 2 3
bye   Lewis w/o
  Mahmoud Kerim   Kerim scr
bye 1     Barrington 9 9 9
  Mike Hill   Hill 3 4 2
bye   Hill 9 9 7 9
  Peter Dibley   Dibley 5 6 9 5
bye   Hill w/o
  Duncan Davies   Davies scr
bye   Davies w/o
bye 8   Shafik scr
8   Tewfik Shafik

Section 2

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals
5   Cam Nancarrow 9 2 6 10 9
  Peter Stokes 7 9 9 8 7 5   Nancarrow 8 9 10 9
  Stuart Courtney 10 4 9 5 9   Courtney 10 5 8 5
  Don Burmeister 8 9 6 9 3 5   Nancarrow 1 9 9 9
  Doug Barrow 9 9 9   Barrow 9 1 4 1
  Dick Carter 2 7 3   Barrow 6 1 9 9 10
  Aly Aspahani   Aspahani 9 9 1 0 8
bye 5   Nancarrow 9 9 2 9
4   Ken Hiscoe 9 9 9 4   Hiscoe 4 1 9 7
  Abdul Rashid 4 1 1 4   Hiscoe 9 9 9
  John Ward   Ward 1 1 4
bye 4   Hiscoe 9 9 9
  Paul Millman 8 10 9 4 9   Millman 1 2 5
  Dardir El Bakary 10 8 2 9 7   Millman 9 9 9
  Terry Pickering 6 10 9 6 9   Pickering 0 0 1
  Barry Jones 9 8 1 9 5

Section 3

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals
2   Geoff Hunt
bye 2   Hunt 9 9 9
  Graham MacDonald   MacDonald 5 0 1
bye 2   Hunt 1 9 9 9
  Dawie Botha   Botha 1 4 7
bye   Botha 2 9 8 9 9
  Philip Ayton   Ayton 9 2 10 1 7
bye 2   Hunt 9 9 3 9
7   Mike Corby 7   Corby 4 7 9 7
bye 7   Corby 0 6 9 9 9
  Derek Broom   Broom 9 9 7 3 5
bye 7   Corby 4 9 9 9
  Johnny Isaacs 9 9 10   Isaacs 9 7 1 7
  K M Ibrahim 6 6 9   Isaacs 9 9 9
  Khan Din 9 9 3 9   Khan Din 7 6 5
  Tony Breakwell 6 2 9 3

Section 4

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals
3   Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 3 9 10 9
  Maged Abaza 9 5 8 6 2   Taleb 9 9 9
  Clive Francis   Francis 0 5 6
bye 2   Taleb 9 9 3 9
  Trevor Johnston 8 9 9 9   Johnston 6 3 9 4
  Brian Wise 10 6 3 6   Johnston w/o
  Jamal Din 8 9 10 2   Jamal Din scr
  Samir Nadim 10 3 8 2 ret 2   Taleb 6 10 9 9
6   Dick Carter 9 9 9 6   Carter 9 9 6 4
  Mohamed Khalifa 3 0 7 6   Carter 6 9 9 9
  Don Innes   Innes 9 0 2 3
bye 6   Carter 9 10 9
  Ahmed Nadi 9 9 9   Nadi 6 8 5
  Mike Eggleton 2 4 4   Nadi 2 9 9 9
  Mike Grundy 9 10 9   Grundy 9 3 2 3
  Nev Johnson 1 9 1
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1969
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1969 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2015.