1979 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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]

British Open Squash Championships
51st Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley
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Seeds

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
  Sue King (née Newman)   Barbara Sanderson 9-2 9-1 9-0
  Vicki Hoffman   Rukshana Rashid 9-2 9-0 9-0
  Lyle Hubinger   Katarina Due-Boje 9-1 9-0 9-4
  Barbara Wall   Felicity Hargreaves 9-7 1-9 9-1 9-1
  Margaret Zachariah   J Robinson 9-1 9-0 9-2
  Sue Paton   Shelagh Murray 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Pam Buckingham (née Guy)   Ruth Strauss
  Barbara Diggens   Di Sherren 9-5 9-7 9-2
  Joyce Maycock   Pam Haig 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-6
  Bev Johnson   Ginny Akabane 9-1 9-4 9-4
  Annette Owen   J Griffiths 9-6 9-2 9-5
  Lesley Moore   Denise Holton 9-5 9-2 9-4

Draw and results

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Second round Third round Quarter finals Semi-finals
8   Barbara Wall 9 9 9
  Irene Hewitt 3 1 5 8   Wall 9 9 6 10
9/16   Teresa Lawes 9/16   Lawes 1 6 9 8
  8   Wall
1   Sue King 9 9 9 1   King
  Lesley Moore 1 2 5 1   King 9 10 3 9
  Ruth Strauss   Strauss 1 8 9 7
  Alison Cumings 8   Wall 9 9 9
4   Angela Smith 9 9 9 4   Smith 4 4 7
  Penny Glover 2 0 4 4   Smith 9 9 9
9/16   Sue Paton 9 9 9 9/16   Paton 6 6 1
  Fran Marshall 6 5 3 4   Smith
9/16   Valerie Bridgens 9 9 9 9/16   Bridgens
  Annette Owen 1 5 1 9/16   Bridgens 10 9 0 9 Final
5   Rhonda Thorne 9 9 2 9 5   Thorne 8 7 9 7
  Dianne Corbett 3 6 9 0 8   Wall 8 6 9 9 9
3   Sue Cogswell 9 9 9 3   Cogswell 10 9 4 4 3
  Jane Poynder 2 1 0 3   Cogswell 9 9 9
9/16   S Wright 6 9 9 8 9 9/16   Wright 1 2 1
  J Macey 9 7 6 10 3 3   Cogswell 9 9 9
6   Lyle Hubinger 9 0 9 9 6   Hubinger 1 5 4
  Theo Johnson 6 9 5 6 6   Hubinger
9/16   Barbara Diggens 9/16   Diggens 7 4 6
  3   Cogswell ? ? ?
2   Vicki Hoffman 9 9 9 2   Hoffman ? ? ?
  Sandra Wrench 0 0 5 2   Hoffman 9 9 9
9/16   Margaret Zachariah 9 9 9 9/16   Zachariah 3 3 2
  Renee Aucamp 2 1 3 2   Hoffman 9 3 9 9
7   Anne Smith 9 9 9 7   Smith 7 9 ? 7
  Sue Pexman 1 1 7 7   Smith 9 5 9 9
9/16   Jayne Ashton 9/16   Ashton 5 9 4 5
 

Third place play-off

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

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1979 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Wall takes British title". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1979
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