1969 Men's British Open Squash Championship

June 2015 May 2026 British Open Squash Championships 31 British Open Championships Sheffield, England Abbeydale Park 1968 1970 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.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives 1969 Open Championship Oxfordshire Libraries Seeds 30em IRE Jonah Barrington AUS Geoff Hunt United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb AUS Ken Hiscoe AUS Cam Nancarrow AUS Dick Carter ENG Mike Corby United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik Draw and results https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Squash Rackets The Times Archives 17 May 2015 18 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ live Semi-finals & Final Semi-finals Final 1 ENG IRE Jonah Barrington 4 5 8 5 AUS Cameron Nancarrow 9 9 10 2 AUS Geoff Hunt 9 9 9 3 United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 5 2 5 5 AUS Cameron Nancarrow 4 5 0 2 AUS Geoff Hunt 9 9 9 Section 1 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals 1 ENG IRE Jonah Barrington bye ENG Ken Davidson bye AUS Ray Lewis bye United Arab Republic Mahmoud Kerim bye ENG Mike Hill bye NZL Peter Dibley bye WAL Duncan Davies bye bye 8 United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik 1 ENG IRE Barrington 9 9 9 ENG Davidson 1 0 2 AUS Lewis w/o United Arab Republic Kerim scr ENG Hill 9 9 7 9 NZL Dibley 5 6 9 5 WAL Davies w/o 8 United Arab Republic Shafik scr 1 ENG IRE Barrington 9 9 9 AUS Lewis 1 2 3 ENG Hill w/o WAL Davies scr 1 ENG IRE Barrington 9 9 9 ENG Hill 3 4 2 Section 2 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals 5 AUS Cam Nancarrow 9 2 6 10 9 WAL Peter Stokes 7 9 9 8 7 ENG Stuart Courtney 10 4 9 5 9 NZL Don Burmeister 8 9 6 9 3 RSA 1928 Doug Barrow 9 9 9 ENG Dick Carter 2 7 3 ENG Aly Aspahani bye 4 AUS Ken Hiscoe 9 9 9 IND Abdul Rashid 4 1 1 ENG John Ward bye ENG Paul Millman 8 10 9 4 9 NZL Dardir El Bakary 10 8 2 9 7 ENG Terry Pickering 6 10 9 6 9 RSA 1928 Barry Jones 9 8 1 9 5 5 AUS Nancarrow 8 9 10 9 ENG Courtney 10 5 8 5 RSA 1928 Barrow 6 1 9 9 10 ENG Aspahani 9 9 1 0 8 4 AUS Hiscoe 9 9 9 ENG Ward 1 1 4 ENG Millman 9 9 9 ENG Pickering 0 0 1 5 AUS Nancarrow 1 9 9 9 RSA 1928 Barrow 9 1 4 1 4 AUS Hiscoe 9 9 9 ENG Millman 1 2 5 5 AUS Nancarrow 9 9 2 9 4 AUS Hiscoe 4 1 9 7 Section 3 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals 2 AUS Geoff Hunt bye RSA 1928 Graham MacDonald bye RSA 1928 Dawie Botha bye ENG Philip Ayton bye 7 ENG Mike Corby bye RSA 1928 Derek Broom bye NZL Johnny Isaacs 9 9 10 United Arab Republic K M Ibrahim 6 6 9 PAK Khan Din 9 9 3 9 ENG Tony Breakwell 6 2 9 3 2 AUS Hunt 9 9 9 RSA 1928 MacDonald 5 0 1 RSA 1928 Botha 2 9 8 9 9 ENG Ayton 9 2 10 1 7 7 ENG Corby 0 6 9 9 9 RSA 1928 Broom 9 9 7 3 5 NZL Isaacs 9 9 9 PAK Khan Din 7 6 5 2 AUS Hunt 1 9 9 9 RSA 1928 Botha 1 4 7 7 ENG Corby 4 9 9 9 NZL Isaacs 9 7 1 7 2 AUS Hunt 9 9 3 9 7 ENG Corby 4 7 9 7 Section 4 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter Finals 3 United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 3 9 10 9 United Arab Republic Maged Abaza 9 5 8 6 ENG Clive Francis bye NZL Trevor Johnston 8 9 9 9 ENG Brian Wise 10 6 3 6 IND Jamal Din 8 9 10 2 United Arab Republic Samir Nadim 10 3 8 2 ret 6 AUS Dick Carter 9 9 9 United Arab Republic Mohamed Khalifa 3 0 7 ENG Don Innes bye United Arab Republic Ahmed Nadi 9 9 9 ENG Mike Eggleton 2 4 4 ENG Mike Grundy 9 10 9 AUS Nev Johnson 1 9 1 2 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 9 ENG Francis 0 5 6 NZL Johnston w/o IND Jamal Din scr 6 AUS Carter 6 9 9 9 ENG Innes 9 0 2 3 United Arab Republic Nadi 2 9 9 9 ENG Grundy 9 3 2 3 2 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 3 9 NZL Johnston 6 3 9 4 6 AUS Carter 9 10 9 United Arab Republic Nadi 6 8 5 2 United Arab Republic Taleb 6 10 9 9 6 AUS Carter 9 9 6 4 British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1968 1970 1969 References Category:Men's British Open Squash Championships Category:Squash in England Men's British Open Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship, 1969 Men's British Open Squash Championship, 1969 Men's British Open Squash Championship