1973 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British squash event November 2017 November 2017 British Open Squash Championships 45 Women's British Open Championships London, England BP Club, Lower Sydenham 1972 1974 The 1973 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Lower Sydenham, London from 2–8 March 1973.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives 1973 Open Championship Oxfordshire Libraries Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her twelfth consecutive title defeating Cecilie Fleming in the final. The final match lasted just sixteen minutes as McKay once again continued to easily outplay all opposition.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136965295 McKay wins title again Trovehttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19730309/614/0031 Heather sets new squash record Birmingham Daily Post 9 March 1973 31 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 May 2026 Seeds 30em AUSHeather McKay (née Blundell) AUSSue Newman NZLCecilie Fleming ENGJane Barham NZLPamela Buckingham NZLJenny Webster RSA 1928 Ingrid Potgieter ENGClaire Chapman Draw and result https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Squash Rackets The Times Archives 4 August 2015 18 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ live First round Player onePlayer twoScoreAUSHeather McKay (née Blundell) byeAUSSusanne Newman byeNZLCecilie Fleming ENGS B Groves 9-2 9-0 9-2ENGJane Barham ENGM Clemens 9-3 9-0 9-1NZLPamela Buckingham ENGJ L Rafter 9-0 9-0 9-0NZLJenny Webster SCOBrenda Carmichael 4-9 9-6 3-9 9-0 9-1RSA 1928 Ingrid Potgieter ENGKaren Gardner 9-3 9-4 9-6ENGClaire Chapman byeENGDianne Corbett PAKRukshana Rashid 9-2 9-3 9-3ENGFran Marshall ENGM Scott-Miller 9-4 9-3 9-0NZLJenny Grieve ENGGillian Finch 9-3 9-0 9-0ENGSue Pexman ENGJ Chamberlain w/oENGJane Poynder ENGS Findlay w/oENGJean Wilson ENGAnn Price w/oENGAlex Cowie Zambia Joyce Maycock 9-2 9-10 9-7 9-5ENGSue Cogswell ENGC R Bourdon 9-1 9-0 9-2ENGBobs Whitehead ENGBarbara Diggens 9-2 6-9 8-9 10-8 9-0ENGRuth Turner ENGAnn Jee 2-9 9-7 9-6 9-3ENGDi Fuller ENGLesley Moore 9-5 9-4 9-5ENGTheo Veltman ENGSoraya Haye 9-6 9-2 10-8ENGPeggy Mason ENGB Kirk w/oENGJanet Ledger ENGJ Pallister 10-8 9-6 9-5ENGTessa Lawrence ENGM Brodie 1-9 9-3 9-3 9-1ENGS Dunford ENGM D Furness 9-3 9-5 9-7RSA 1928 Valerie Bridgens ENGA M Sinclair 9-5 9-5 9-0ENGJanice Wainwright byeENGClair Richards byeRSA 1928 Denise Holton byeIREJanet Ward byeNZLTeresa Lawes byeENGE Davies bye Second round Player onePlayer twoScoreAUS McKay ENG Davies 9-0 9-3 9-0AUS Newman IRE Ward w/oNZL Fleming ENG Lawrence 10-8 9-4 9-1NZL Buckingham ENG Pexman 9-3 10-8 9-1NZL Webster ENG Richards 9-0 9-0 9-0RSA 1928 Potgieter RSA 1928 Bridgens 9-7 9-4 9-3ENG Marshall ENG Turner 9-3 9-4 9-2RSA 1928 Holton NZL Lawes 9-6 9-0 7-9 9-7 Third round Player onePlayer twoScoreAUS McKay ENG Wainwright 9-0 9-0 9-1NZL Fleming ENG Wilson 9-2 3-9 9-4 9-2AUS Newman RSA 1928 Holton 9-4 9-7 9-3ENG Barham NZL Grieve 8-10 9-1 9-4 9-0NZL Buckingham ENG Cogswell 9-2 9-4 9-3NZL Webster ENG Veltman 9-3 9-3 10-9RSA 1928 Potgieter ENG Cowie 9-4 9-3 7-9 9-7ENG Marshall ENG Chapman 9-0 9-3 0-9 4-9 10-8 Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScoreAUS McKay ENG Marshall 9-0 9-1 9-3NZL Fleming NZL Webster 9-2 4-9 1-9 9-1 9-3AUS Newman RSA 1928 Potgieter 9-10 9-5 9-1 3-9 9-2NZL Buckingham ENGBarham 9-6 9-4 8-10 9-1 Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScoreAUS McKay NZL Buckingham 9-2 9-0 9-0NZL Fleming AUS Newman 1-9 7-9 9-7 9-2 10-8 Third-place play-off Player onePlayer twoScoreAUS Newman NZL Buckingham 9-5 9-2 9-5 Final Player onePlayer twoScoreAUS McKay NZL Fleming 9-1 9-0 9-1 British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1972 1974 1973 References Category:Women's British Open Squash Championships Category:Sydenham, London British Open Squash Championship Women's British Open Squash Championship Category:Squash competitions in London Women's British Open Championship British Open Championship Women's British Open Squash Championship