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
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