British Open Squash Championships defending champion and a single challenger (the third match was never required, as the ultimate champion won the first two matches on each of the occasions in which the final was played with this format). The championship has been played using a 'knockout' format since 1948. 2) Peter Nicol changed his nationality in 2001. 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
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay Isabel Ecclestone Mackay Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (November 25, 1875 – August 15, 1928), born Isabel Ecclestone Macpherson, was a Canadian writer. Mackay was born on November 25, 1875 in Woodstock, Ontario. She was the daughter of Donald McLeod MacPherson, an early Scottish settler of Oxford County, and Priscilla Ecclestone of England. Mackay was educated at the Woodstock Collegiate Institute. At the age of 15 she started writing for Canadian newspapers and magazines. From 1890 to 1909 Mackay contribute to the "Woodstock Daily Express" using the pseudonym "Heather". Mackay married Peter John Mackay, a court stenographer, in 1895. Together they had