# 1966 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1966 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 13–18 February 1966.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fifth consecutive title defeating Anna Craven-Smith in a repeat of the 1965 final.

## Seeds

* Heather McKay
* Anna Craven-Smith
* Jenny Irving
* Fran Marshall
* Bev Johnson
* Sheila Macintosh
* Ann Price
* Margaret Burke

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Jenny Irving | Valerie Watson | 9-0 9-4 9-1 |
| Fran Marshall | Sheila Cooper | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Bev Johnson | Janet Ledger | 9-1 9-2 9-0 |
| Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) | S Broadway | 9-1 9-1 9-4 |
| Ann Price | M R Broughton | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
| Margaret Burke | M Makower | 9-3 9-0 9-0 |
| Diane Corbett | J Hall | 9-3 9-3 9-0 |
| Barbara McMullen | Marjorie Townsend | 9-1 9-7 10-9 |
| Brenda Carmichael | Lorna Greville-Collins | 9-2 9-2 9-3 |
| Judy Wright | B Savage | 9-3 9-1 9-2 |
| Jean Wilson | Bobs Whitehead | 2-9 9-5 9-3 9-3 |
| Claire Chapman | F M Roulston | 9-1 9-1 9-2 |
| June Swindell | R Cooper | w/o |
| Peggy Mason | S Foss | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
| M A Young | C Gillies | 9-7 9-1 9-6 |
| S M Holmes | Barbara Sanderson | 10-8 10-8 6-9 9-6 |
| Alisa Tietjens | Daphne Portway | 9-1 9-2 10-8 |
| J Dixon | A S Williams | 10-8 9-4 4-9 9-1 |
| L Manning | P Edwards | 9-5 9-5 9-0 |
| C R Bourdon | P Pratt | 7-9 8-10 9-5 9-5 9-7 |
| M Taylor | J Turner | 9-4 8-10 9-6 8-10 9-7 |
| Di Fuller | S M Atherden | 9-0 9-5 9-1 |
| D Bramfit | Soraya Haye | w/o |
| Joy Alexander | M J Bassett | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| S Lancaster | S S Youatt | 9-4 7-9 9-1 9-2 |
| M Alan | T Masters | w/o |
| Heather McKay (née Blundell) | | bye |
| Anna Craven-Smith | | bye |
| A Norval | | bye |
| K J Dempsey | | bye |
| Celeste Dickson | | bye |
| J Danks | | bye |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Norval | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Craven-Smith | Dempsey | 9-0 9-1 9-0 |
| Irving | Mason | 9-0 9-4 9-1 |
| Marshall | Young | 9-0 9-1 9-0 |
| Johnson | Holmes | 9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| Macintosh | Tietjens | 9-3 9-2 9-2 |
| Burke | Dixon | 9-0 9-2 9-5 |
| Price | Manning | 10-9 9-3 9-2 |
| Corbett | Dickson | 9-4 9-2 9-0 |
| McMullen | Bourdon | 9-3 9-1 9-0 |
| Carmichael | Taylor | 9-3 9-1 9-0 |
| Wright | Fuller | 10-8 9-1 2-9 9-2 |
| Wilson | Bramfit | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Chapman | Alexander | 9-6 9-2 9-2 |
| Swindell | Lancaster | 0-9 4-9 9-0 9-3 9-6 |
| Danks | Alan | 9-3 ret |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Corbett | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Craven-Smith | Danks | 9-1 9-0 9-2 |
| Marshall | Wright | 9-2 9-1 9-3 |
| Irving | Wilson | 9-3 9-7 9-4 |
| Macintosh | Swindell | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Johnson | McMullen | 9-4 7-9 9-5 9-1 |
| Burke | Carmichael | 9-6-9-4 9-1 |
| Price | Chapman | 9-6 9-6 1-9 9-4 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Johnson | 9-0 9-1 9-2 |
| Craven-Smith | Macintosh | 9-5 8-10 9-1 9-0 |
| Marshall | Burke | 9-2 5-9 9-3 9-0 |
| Irving | Price | 9-1 9-2 9-2 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Marshall | 9-6 9-5 9-1 |
| Craven-Smith | Irving | 9-5 9-4 9-2 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Craven-Smith | 9-0 9-0 10-8 |
| Preceded by1965 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1966 | Succeeded by1967 |