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1974 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 1974 Benson & Hedges British Open Championships was held at Abbeydale Park in Sheffield from 31 January - 8 February 1974. Geoff Hunt won his second title defeating Mo Yasin in the final with a walkover. Mohammed Yasin had to concede the final because of a badly sprained ankle and therefore did not compete, this was the first time a final could not be held since 1934. As a consolation the crowd was treated to Hunt against Barrington in an exhibition match. Seeds Draw and results Final Geoff Hunt Geoffrey Brian Hunt, (born 11 March 1947), is a retired Australian Squash (sport), squash player who is widely considered to be one of the greatest squash players in history. He was ranked the World No.1 squash player from 1975 to 1980. He ... beat Mohammed Yasin w/o Section 1 Section 2 References {{Men's British Open Squash Men's British Open Squash Championships Squash in England 1974 in squash 1974 in British sport 1970s in Sheffield Sports comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Open Squash Championships
The British Open Squash Championships is the oldest tournament in the game of squash. It is widely considered to be one of the two most prestigious tournaments in the game, alongside the World Squash Championships (prior to the establishment of the World Squash Championships which was called the World Open at the time) in the 1970s, the British Open was generally considered to be the ''de facto'' world championship of the sport. The British Open Squash Championships are often referred to as being the ''" Wimbledon of Squash"''. History While there had been a professional men's championship for some years, the 'open' men's championship (for both professionals and amateurs) was not inaugurated until 1930. Charles Read, British professional champion for many years, was designated the first open title holder. Would-be challengers were required to demonstrate they were capable of mounting a competent challenge as well as guaranteeing a minimum 'purse' (prize money) of £100 (which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kingston (squash Player)
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Aftab Jawaid
Aftab Jawaid (also transliterated Aftab Javed; ur, آفتاب جاوید) is a former squash player from Pakistan, who was one of the game's leading players in the 1960s. He won the British Amateur championship three times (in 1963, 1964 and 1965) and finished runner-up at the British Open three times (in 1966, 1967 and 1971). He arranged the PIA squash tour and was the national coach. He was born in Gurdaspur Gurdaspur is a city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, between the rivers Beas River, Beas and Ravi River, Ravi. It houses the administrative headquarters of Gurdaspur District and is in the geographical centre of the distr ..., 1937 and nowadays he resides in Manchester. He has a son and two daughters. References External links * Pakistan Squash Part 4 – from the-south-asian.comSocialPk Pakistani male squash players Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Pakistan-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajjad Muneer
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Bryan Patterson (squash Player)
Bryan Patterson is an ex professional squash player from the United Kingdom. He reached number 16 in world rankings and number 2 in the UK. In addition to playing a pioneering role in domestic and international circuits, he has given much of his time to charitable and educational endeavours. Bryan Patterson is currently Squash Director at City Squash in The Bronx, New York The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York .... References External links * English male squash players Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Bruce-Lockhart
Alistair Kim Bruce-Lockhart (16 June 1946 – 15 January 1980) was a Scottish professional squash player from the Bruce Lockhart family. Bruce-Lockhart was born in Woking, Surrey, England, the son of educationist Rab Bruce Lockhart, who played rugby for Scotland. His grandfather John Bruce Lockhart was a dual rugby-cricket international for Scotland and headmaster of Sedbergh School. His uncle Logie was also a Scottish rugby international while his great-uncle Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart was a diplomat, spy and rugby footballer. From age 4 to 8, he lived in Ontario, Canada, before moving to Wanganui, New Zealand, and eventually returning to the United Kingdom. He was educated at Sedbergh School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read Medieval and Modern Languages. After receiving coaching from Dick Hawkey he began playing squash for Cambridge and the Hampstead Club. In 1968, he was capped by Scotland and played 59 times for his country. He participated in the Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Morgan (squash Player)
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Torsam Khan
Torsam Khan (sometimes spelled "Torsan Khan") was a squash player from Pakistan. He belonged to a Pashtun family from Nave kali, Peshawar, Pakistan. He is the son of the 1957 British Open champion Roshan Khan, and the older brother of Jahangir Khan, who went on to become arguably the greatest squash player of all time. Torsam was groomed as a squash player by his father. In 1979, Torsam reached a career-high ranking of World No. 13 and was elected President of the International Squash Players Association. However that November, at the age of 27 and seemingly in excellent health, Torsam suffered a heart attack during a tournament match in Australia and died suddenly. His death profoundly affected his younger brother Jahangir, who was aged 15 at the time. Recently Jahangir revealed in a documentary telecasted on GEO Super that at the time of his death, Torsam had been on the verge of quitting as a player in order to concentrate on coaching Jahangir. Jahangir considered quitting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Sims (squash Player)
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Sharif Khan
Sharif Khan (born 1945) is a Pakistani-Canadian retired professional squash player. He is widely considered to be one of the all-time great players of hardball squash (a North American variant of squash played with a faster-moving ball and on slightly smaller courts than the international "softball" squash game). He was the dominant player on the hardball squash circuit throughout the 1970s. Sharif was born in Pakistan, and is the son of the legendary squash player Hashim Khan (who dominated the international squash game in the 1950s). Biography Sharif is the eldest of Hashim Khan's 12 children, and a member of the Khan squash family. At the age of 11, he was awarded a squash scholarship at Millfield School in Somerset, England. Despite having almost no knowledge of the English language when he arrived, he performed well academically and also developed into an outstanding squash player who, by 1962, had won every public school title open to him including the public schools und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Davidson (squash Player)
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H Razek
H, or h, is the eighth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''aitch'' (pronounced , plural ''aitches''), or regionally ''haitch'' ."H" ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); ''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "aitch" or "haitch", op. cit. History The original Semitic letter Heth most likely represented the voiceless pharyngeal fricative (). The form of the letter probably stood for a fence or posts. The Greek Eta 'Η' in archaic Greek alphabets, before coming to represent a long vowel, , still represented a similar sound, the voiceless glottal fricative . In this context, the letter eta is also known as Heta to underline this fact. Thus, in the Old Italic alphabets, the letter Heta of the Euboean alphabet was adopted with its original sound value . While Etruscan and La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
