1978 Women's British Open Squash Championship

April 2022 British Open Squash Championships 50 Women's British Open Championships London, England Wembley 1977 1979 The 1978 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 24 February - 2 March 1978. Heather McKay (née Blundell) announced that she was semi-retired and would not compete in the British Open again after a remarkable run of sixteen consecutive title wins. The 1978 event was won by Sue Newman who defeated Vicky Hoffman in the final.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives 1978 Open Championship Oxfordshire Librarieshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC&dat=19780226&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 1978 british Open Trove Seeds 30em ENG Sue Cogswell AUS Sue Newman AUS Margaret Zachariah AUS Vicki Hoffman AUS Anne Smith AUS Barbara Wall ENG Angela Smith AUS Lyle Hubinger Draw and results https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Squash Rackets The Times Archives 5 August 2015 18 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ live First round Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG Sue Cogswell AUS Sue Newman ENG Eve Methven 9-3 9-4 9-7AUS Margaret Zachariah ENG Vivian Grisogono 9-1 9-5 9-5AUS Vicki Hoffman ENG J Jester 9-0 9-0 9-0AUS Anne Smith ENG Theo Johnson 9-4 9-3 9-4AUS Barbara Wall SWE Tina Dahl 9-0 9-0 9-4ENG Angela Smith AUS Lyle Hubinger ENG E Bowles 9-0 9-3 9-2ENG Barbara Diggens AUS Janet Honeycombe 9-0 10-8 9-1AUS Rhonda Shapland ENG Fran Marshall 10-8 3-9 9-6 0-3NZL Jenny Webster NZL Pam Buckingham ENG Lesley Moore NIR Irene Hewitt ENG J Sutton SWE Katerina Due-Boje NZL Robyn Davis NZL Jane Wood WAL Deanna Murray ENG A F Morris ENG J Malan ENG J Griffiths ENG S Dunford ENG Jayne Ashton ENG Teresa Lawes ENG Joyce Maycock Second round Player OnePlayer TwoScoreAUS Cogswell AUS Newman ENG Wood 9-4 9-5 9-6AUS Zachariah WAL Murray 9-4 9-7 9-2AUS Hoffman ENG Dunford 9-4 9-2 9-0AUS Smith Anne ENG Malan 9-0 9-1 9-0AUS Wall ENG Griffiths 9-3 9-0 9-3ENG Smith Angela AUS Hubinger ENG Morris 9-1 9-2 9-2NZL Webster ENG Hewitt 7-9 9-5 9-0 9-3NZL Buckingham ENG Sutton 9-2 9-1 9-2AUS Shapland SWE Due-Boje 9-4 9-0 9-5ENG Moore NZL Davis 9-6 5-9 9-5 9-1ENG Maycock ENG Ashton ENG Diggens ENG Lawes Third round Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG Cogswell ENG Moore 9-1 9-5 9-0AUS Newman ENG Maycock 9-0 9-5 9-1AUS Zachariah AUS Shapland 7-9 0-9 2-9AUS Hoffman NZL Webster 9-0 9-4 9-3AUS Smith Anne ENG Ashton 7-9 10-8 8-10 6-9AUS Wall ENG Diggens 1-9 9-6 10-9 9-5ENG Smith Angela ENG Lawes 9-3 9-4 9-1AUS Hubinger NZL Buckingham 9-2 5-9 9-5 9-4 Quarter finals Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG Cogswell AUS Hubinger 9-6 9-5 9-3AUS Newman ENG Smith Angela 9-2 9-1 9-7AUS Hoffman ENG Ashton 9-1 9-0 9-4AUS Wall AUS Shapland 3-9 4-9 8-10 Semi finals Player OnePlayer TwoScoreAUS Newman AUS Shapland 9-5 6-9 10-9 9-4AUS Hoffman ENG Cogswell 9-6 9-5 9-3 Final Player OnePlayer TwoScoreAUS Newman AUS Hoffman 9-4 9-7 9-2 British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1977 1979 1978 References Category:Women's British Open Squash Championships Women's 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 Women's British Open Squash Championship