1947 Men's British Open Squash Championship three games to nil before securing the Open Championship with a hard fought second leg win. 1947 Men's British Open Squash Championship The 1947 Open Championship was between the defending champion Jim Dear of the Queen's Club and the professional champion Mahmoud Karim of Egypt. The Amateur Championships returned in December 1946 and the Professional Championships returned in March 1947, so there had not been time to organise a 1946 Open Championships. However the first leg of the 1947 Open Championships finally took place on 17 December at the Lansdowne Club with the second leg held at the Royal Automobile
Heather Ratnage Black Heather Ratnage Black Heather Ratnage-Black (born 1973) is a flight lieutenant of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) Skeleton Association. She is currently a coach for the RAF Skeleton Association, a senior Skeleton athlete and chairperson of the Combined Services Skeleton Association. Ratnage-Black grew up in the North East of England, in Norton-on-Tees; attending Bede College in Billingham; before studying Geography at the University of Wales, Lampeter. She has been in the RAF since graduating from Lampeter, where she became involved in the Skeleton sport. In more recent years she has been studying at The Open University for a degree