British Open Squash Championships British Open Squash Championships The British Open Squash Championships is the oldest and most established 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 Open (prior to the establishment of the World Open 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 now often referred to as being the ""Wimbledon of Squash"". While there had been a professional men's championship for some years, the 'open' men's championship (for
Kim Mackay Kim Mackay Ronald William Gordon Mackay (3 September 1902 – 15 January 1960), known as Kim Mackay, was a British Common Wealth Party and Labour Party politician known for his federalist views. Born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Mackay studied law and education at the University of Sydney. In 1926, he became a part-time history lecturer at St. Paul's College, and in 1932 he was a co-founder of the Australian Institute of Political Science, which argued for reform of the Australian Constitution. Encouraged by Labour MP Stafford Cripps, Mackay moved to England in 1934, and began practising law. He stood