British National Squash Championships British National Squash Championships The British National Squash Championships are the national squash championships for players from the United Kingdom & Ireland. They are held annually in early February and have been held at the National Squash Centre at Sportscity in Manchester since 2003. The 2012 men's final was contested between the reigning World Champion and World No.1, Nick Matthew, and the reigning World No.2, James Willstrop. Matthew won 3–1 to claim his fourth British National title. The 2012 women's final was won by Laura Massaro 3–1 against the 2008 & 2010 Champion, Alison Waters, who was returning after a
Karen Thuesen Massaro and form in complex ways. In 1966, Massaro graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo with a BS in art education. The following year, she continued her graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Initially she completed schooling for her teaching license and became an elementary school art teacher in Warwick, New York from 1966–67. Massaro then went back to school and earned her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Wisconsin—Madison in 1972. While pursuing her MFA, Massaro began experimenting with clay. After receiving her master's degree, she began teaching ceramics to her