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

Seeds

  1. Sue King (née Newman)
  2. Vicki Hoffman
  3. Sue Cogswell
  4. Angela Smith
  5. Rhonda Thorne (née Shapland)
  6. Lyle Hubinger
  7. Anne Smith
  8. Barbara Wall

Margaret Zachariah (9/16)
Valerie Bridgens (9/16)
S Wright (9/16)
Sue Paton (9/16)
Teresa Lawes (9/16)
Barbara Diggens (9/16)
Jayne Ashton (9/16)

Pam Buckingham (née Guy) (9/16)

First round

[3]

Player one Player two Score
Sue King (née Newman) Barbara Sanderson9-2 9-1 9-0
Vicki Hoffman Rukshana Rashid9-2 9-0 9-0
Lyle Hubinger Katarina Due-Boje9-1 9-0 9-4
Barbara Wall Felicity Hargreaves9-7 1-9 9-1 9-1
Margaret Zachariah J Robinson9-1 9-0 9-2
Sue Paton Shelagh Murray9-0 9-0 9-1
Pam Buckingham (née Guy) Ruth Strauss
Barbara Diggens Di Sherren9-5 9-7 9-2
Joyce Maycock Pam Haig4-9 9-7 9-3 9-6
Bev Johnson Ginny Akabane9-1 9-4 9-4
Annette Owen J Griffiths9-6 9-2 9-5
Lesley Moore Denise Holton9-5 9-2 9-4

Draw and results

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

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

References

  1. "Times Archives 1979 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Wall takes British title". Trove.
  3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
Preceded by
1978
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1979
Succeeded by
1980
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