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1985 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 1985 Women's 7-Up World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1985 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Dublin in Ireland during August 1985. Susan Devoy won the World Open title, defeating Lisa Opie in the final. Seeds Draw and results Notes Susan Devoy won her first World Open and would go on to win four in total. See also * World Open *1985 Men's World Open Squash Championship References External linksWomen's World Open {{Women's World Open Squash World Squash Championships 1985 in squash Squash 1970s in Dublin (city) Squash tournaments in Ireland Squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ... 1985 in women's squash International sports competitions hosted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Open (squash)
The World Squash Championships are squash events for men and women organised by the Professional Squash Association. The men's event was first held in 1976 in London, England and the women's was inaugurated in 1976 in Brisbane, Australia. Overview The British Open had for many years been generally considered to be the sport's effective world championship, and this continued to be the case until the World Open (now called World Championship) was established. The women's World Championship was held once every two years until the early 1990s, when it became an annual event. The men's event has been held every year since 1976, except for a two-year gap in 2000 and 2001 when it was not held due primarily to difficulties in securing sponsorship. In recent years, the men's World Championship has been part of the PSA World Series. Results Men's Finals Source: Women's finals Source: ''Note:'' * Vicki Hoffman was known as Vicki Cardwell from 1982 * Cassie Jackman was also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Blackwood
Robyn Anne Aileen Blackwood (born 22 April 1958) is a New Zealand former professional squash player. Blackwood was born on 22 April 1958 in Hamilton, New Zealand. She was the women's New Zealand number one and sister of the world ranked Craig Blackwood, and lived in Queensland. She represented New Zealand in the 1981 Women's World Team Squash Championships and 1983 Women's World Team Squash Championships. She married Bruce Brownlee Bruce Brownlee is a New Zealand former professional squash player. Brownlee was introduced to squash by his father Colin in Rotorua. In 1976 he won the British Amateur Championship. Brownlee won one New Zealand Open Championship and two national ... who was also a leading squash player. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackwood, Robyn New Zealand female squash players 1958 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Fitzgerald
Sarah Elizabeth Fitz-Gerald AM (born 1 December 1968) is an Australian women's squash player who won five World Open titles – 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002. She ranks alongside Janet Morgan, Nicol David, Susan Devoy, Michelle Martin and Heather McKay as the sport's greatest female players of all time. Career Fitz-Gerald was born in Melbourne, Australia, a hotspot for squash talent. In 1987, she won the female World Junior Championship and was the Australian Junior Female Athlete of the Year. It was also during this year that she represented Australia at the 1987 Women's World Team Squash Championships finishing runner-up to England. In 1992 she was selected once again to represent Australia in the 1992 Women's World Team Squash Championships and this time Australia became the world champions. Remarkably Fitzgerald would go on to win a total of seven World Team Championships. She won numerous titles in the early 1990s, but 1996 proved to be her breakthrough year. She be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Cogswell
Sue Cogswell (born 7 September 1951 in Birmingham) is a retired squash player from England. She was runner-up at the 1979 Women's World Open Squash Championship, where she lost in the final to the Australian player Heather McKay 6–9, 9–3, 9–1, 9–4. Cogswell was also a three-time runner-up at the British Open, losing in the final to McKay in 1974, to Barbara Wall in 1979, and to Vicki Cardwell Vicki Cardwell BEM (née Hoffmann, born 21 April 1955, in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former World No. 1 squash player from Australia. She was one of the leading players on the international squash circuit from the late-1970s through to t ... in 1980. Cogswell won the British National Squash Championship title five times in 1975 and 1977–79. Cogswell was part of the winning British team during the 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships and runner-up in the 1981 Women's World Team Squash Championships. References External links * 1951 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline McCullough
Caroline Jane McCullough Everhard (September 14, 1843 – April 14, 1902) was an American banker and suffragist, president of the Ohio Suffrage Association. Early life Caroline Jane McCullough was born on September 14, 1843, in Massillon, Ohio, to Nancy Warriner (née Melendy) and Thomas McCullough. Her father was a bank president. She attended Massillon High School. One of her teachers at school in Massillon was abolitionist Betsy Mix Cowles Betsy Mix Cowles (February 9, 1810 – July 25, 1876) was an early leader in the United States abolitionist movement. She was an active and influential Ohio-based reformer, and was a noted feminist and an educator. She counted among her friends .... As a teenager, she attended a lecture by Lucretia Mott, adding another example of female activism to her early experiences. She graduated valedictorian from Brooke Hall in Media, Pennsylvania, in 1862. Career In 1885, Caroline McCullough Everhard was appointed to her late father's position ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Wallace
Heather Wallace (born December 4, 1961, in Kitwe, Zambia) is a former professional female squash player who represented Scotland and Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... during her career. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in July 1993. She represented Scotland during 1981 Women's World Team Squash Championships. References External links * 1961 births Living people Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in squash Squash players at the 1995 Pan American Games Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian people of Zambian descent Canadian female squash players Scottish female squash players Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games {{UK-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Maycock
Joyce may refer to: People * Joyce (name), list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * Joyce, (born 1948), Brazilian singer-songwriter * James Joyce (1882–1941), Irish modernist writer Places * Joyce, Washington, an unincorporated community in the United States * Mount Joyce, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Joyce Peak, Ross Island, off the coast of Victoria Land * Joyce Glacier, Victoria Land * Lake Joyce, Victoria Land * Joyce Country, a region in counties Galway and Mayo in Ireland * 5418 Joyce, a main-belt asteroid Business * Joyce, house brand of Hong Kong company Joyce Boutique * JB Joyce & Co, an English clockmaker * Joyces 365, a supermarket chain based in Galway, Ireland * Amstrad PCW personal computer, sold under license in Europe as the "Joyce" Other uses * Hurricane Joyce (other), multiple storms * USS ''Joyce'' (DE-317), a destroyer escort that served in World War II * Joyce (programming language) * Joyce Theater, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Geaves
Fiona Geaves (born 6 December 1967, in Gloucester, United Kingdom) is a former professional squash player from England. She played on the professional tour from 1987 to 2006, winning six tour titles, reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in 2001, and remaining in the world's top-20 for an unbroken stretch of 19 years. Geaves won the British National Squash Championship title in 1995. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Geaves won Bronze Medals in both the women's doubles and mixed doubles. Now Fiona works at the Heights Casino in Brooklyn, New York. She is the head coach and has started a doubles career with fellow coach Meredith Quick. World Team Championships Finals: 3 (0 title, 3 runner-up) See also * Official Women's Squash World Ranking The Official Women's Squash World Ranking is the official world ranking for women's squash. The ranking is to rate the performance level of female professional squash player. It is also a merit-based method used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Martin
Michelle Susan Martin, OAM (born 29 April 1967) is an Australian former professional squash player who was one of the game's leading players in the 1990s. She was ranked number one in the world from 1993 to 1996 and again in 1998 and 1999, and won three World Open titles and six British Open titles. Biography and career Martin was born on 29 April 1967 in Sydney, as the fourth of six children. Her older brothers Brett and Rodney also went on to be top professional players. Her parents, who had built the Engadine Squash Centre below their family home, introduced her to the game when she was three years old. She would often play squash with her family after school, and at the age of eight, she came second in the state under-13s championship. She moved with her family to Brisbane In 1980, and attended Everton Park State High School. She joined the Australian Institute of Sport's squash unit shortly after its establishment in 1985, and was part of the program for the rest of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Drady
Danielle Harte (, also Dradey-Hart, formerly Martin; born 13 October 1967) is an Australian former professional squash player, who was ranked the World No. 2 woman player in March 1990. Biography Drady is a Māori Australian from the Ngāti Maru iwi (tribe). Her mother Prue Drady migrated to Australia in 1961 from the Wātene family Mātai Whetu marae near Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. She is a cousin of Hemi Taylor, a rugby union player for the Wales national team. Born in Sydney and growing up in the Gold Coast, she became interested in squash as a young child when she started tagging along with her mother to her twice-weekly social squash gatherings at a local club. She won the Queensland under-12 championship in 1978, and then went on to claim state and national championships and an under-19 world team crown in her junior years. In 1984, she joined the Australian Institute of Sport in Brisbane. Drady turned professional in 1987, and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Byrne (squash Player)
Mary Byrne may refer to: * Mary Byrne (mayor) (1917–2004), mayor of Galway *Mary Byrne (singer) (born 1959), Irish singer, 2010 ''The X Factor'' UK contestant * Mary Ann Byrne (1854–1894), Irish nationalist * Mary Elizabeth Byrne (1880–1931), Irish author and linguist * Mary Freeman Byrne (1886–1961), American author *Mary Gregg Byrne (born 1951), American portraitist, illustrator, and landscape artist *Mary Byrne (witness), Irish woman considered to be the chief witness of the apparition at Knock, County Mayo *Mary Martha Byrne (born 1969), American actress *Mary Rose Byrne (born 1979), Australian actress * Mary Green (painter) (1766–1845), British painter born Mary Byrne See also *Mary Burns (other) Mary Burns (1821–1863) was an Irish partner of Friedrich Engels. Mary Burns may also refer to: * Mary Burns (soldier), soldier in the United States Civil War * Mary Burns Laird, Scottish feminist activist * Marilyn Burns (Mary Lynn Ann Burns, ... * Byrne (sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila White (squash Player)
Sheila White may refer to: * Sheila White (actress) (1948–2018), English actress * Sheila White (activist) Sheila White (born 1988) is an African-American anti–sex trafficking activist, and a former human trafficking victim herself, from The Bronx, New York City. Background White grew up in a dysfunctional home and, during her teen years, was placed ... (born 1988), American human trafficking victim * Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White, a 2006 case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States {{hndis, White, Sheila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |