England women's national squash team

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England
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Coach Stuart Crawford
Association England Squash & Racketball
World Team Championships
First year1979
Titles8
Runners-up11
Best finish Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1st

The England women's national squash team represents England in international squash team competitions, and is governed by England Squash.

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Since 1979, England has won eight World Squash Team Open titles, although the 1979 team which consisted entirely of English players competed as Great Britain. Their most recent title came in 2014. Additionally, the team has won the European Squash Team Championships on 43 occasions.

Stuart Crawford took over as coach from David Campion in 2024. [1]

Results

World Team Squash Championships

YearResultPositionWLTeams
Flag of England.svg Birmingham 1979 Final Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1st 60 Jayne Ashton, Sue Cogswell, Barbara Diggens, Teresa Lawes, Lesley Moore, Angela Smith
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto 1981 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd 61 Sue Cogswell, Lisa Opie, Angela Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Perth 1983 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd 41 Barbara Diggens, Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie, Angela Smith, Ruth Strauss
Flag of Ireland.svg Dublin 1985 Champions Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1st80 Alison Cumings, Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie, Lucy Soutter
Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland 1987 Champions Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1st80 Alison Cumings, Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie, Lucy Soutter
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Warmond 1989 Champions Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1st60 Alison Cumings, Suzanne Horner, Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney 1990 Champions Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1st50 Suzanne Horner, Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie, Lucy Soutter
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver 1992 Semi Final Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 3rd 51 Cassie Jackman, Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie, Sue Wright
Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey 1994 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd41 Suzanne Horner, Cassie Jackman, Martine Le Moignan, Sue Wright
Flag of Malaysia.svg Petaling Jaya 1996 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd51 Linda Charman, Fiona Geaves, Suzanne Horner, Cassie Jackman
Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart 1998 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd 51 Suzanne Horner, Linda Charman, Jane Martin, Sue Wright
Flag of England.svg Sheffield 2000 Champions Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1st 70 Tania Bailey, Stephanie Brind, Linda Charman, Rebecca Macree
Flag of Denmark.svg Odense 2002 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd 51 Tania Bailey, Stephanie Brind, Linda Charman, Fiona Geaves
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam 2004 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd 61 Jenny Duncalf, Linda Elriani, Fiona Geaves, Cassie Jackman
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Edmonton 2006 Champions Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1st 60 Tania Bailey, Vicky Botwright, Jenny Duncalf, Alison Waters
Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo 2008 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd 61 Tania Bailey, Jenny Duncalf, Laura Lengthorn-Massaro, Alison Waters
Flag of New Zealand.svg Palmerston North 2010 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd51 Tania Bailey, Jenny Duncalf,Sarah Kippax, Laura Massaro
Flag of France.svg Nîmes 2012 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd 51 Jenny Duncalf, Sarah Kippax, Laura Massaro, Alison Waters
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Niagara-on-the-Lake 2014 Champions Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1st70 Emma Beddoes, Laura Massaro, Sarah-Jane Perry, Alison Waters
Flag of France.svg Issy-les-Moulineaux 2016 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd51 Victoria Lust, Laura Massaro, Sarah-Jane Perry, Alison Waters
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dalian 2018 Final Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2nd51 Victoria Lust, Laura Massaro, Sarah-Jane Perry, Alison Waters
Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo 2022 Semi Final Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 3rd 32 Julianne Courtice, Jasmine Hutton, Sarah-Jane Perry, Lucy Turmel
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 2024 Quarter Final5th31 Lucy Beecroft, Jasmine Hutton, Sarah-Jane Perry, Lucy Turmel

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European Team Squash Championships

YearResultTeamRef
1978 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Teresa Lawes, Lesley Moore, Averil Morris [3]
1979 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Teresa Lawes, Lesley Moore, Averil Morris [4]
1980 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Barbara Diggens, Lesley Moore [5]
1981 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Barbara Diggens, Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie [6]
1982 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Ruth Strauss [7]
1983 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Ruth Strauss [8]
1984 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Alison Cumings, Angela Smith, Nicky Spurgeon [9]
1985 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Alexandra Cowie, Alison Cumings, Nicky Spurgeon, Lucy Soutter [10]
1986 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Alison Cumings, Martine Le Moignan, Lucy Soutter, Ruth Strauss [11]
1987 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Suzanne Burgess, Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie [12]
1988 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Alison Cumings, Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie, Melanie Warren-Hawkes [13]
1989 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Alison Cumings, Suzanne Horner, Martine Le Moignan, Lucy Soutter [14]
1990 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Cassie Jackman, Susan Langley, Donna Vardy, Sue Wright [15]
1991 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Cassie Jackman, Martine Le Moignan, Lucy Soutter [16]
1992 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Fiona Geaves,Cassie Jackman, Martine Le Moignan, Sue Wright [17]
1993 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Cassie Jackman, Suzanne Horner, Sue Wright [18]
1994 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Fiona Geaves, Cassie Jackman, Suzanne Horner [19]
1995 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Fiona Geaves, Cassie Jackman, Sue Wright [20]
1996 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Fiona Geaves, Suzanne Horner, Cassie Jackman, Jane Martin [21]
1997 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Linda Charman, Fiona Geaves, Jane Martin, Sue Wright [22]
1998 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Linda Charman, Cassie Jackman, Jane Martin, Sue Wright [23]
1999 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Tania Bailey, Stephanie Brind, Suzanne Horner, Cassie Jackman [24]
2000 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Tania Bailey, Stephanie Brind, Cassie Campion, Linda Charman [25]
2001 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Tania Bailey, Linda Charman-Smith, Fiona Geaves [26]
2002 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Stephanie Brind, Cassie Campion, Linda Charman-Smith, Fiona Geaves [27]
2003 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Linda Charman, Cassie Jackman, Rebecca Macree, Jenny Tranfield [28]
2004 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Vicky Botwright, Linda Charman, Jennifer Duncalf, Cassie Jackman [29]
2005 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Vicky Botwright, Jennifer Duncalf, Linda Elriani, Alison Waters [30]
2006 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Tania Bailey, Vicky Botwright, Jennifer Duncalf, Linda Elriani [31]
2007 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Tania Bailey, Vicky Botwright, Jennifer Duncalf, Laura Lengthorn, Alison Waters [32]
2008 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Vicky Botwright, Jennifer Duncalf, Laura Massaro, Alison Waters [33]
2009 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Tania Bailey, Jennifer Duncalf, Laura Massaro, Alison Waters [34]
2010 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Tania Bailey, Jennifer Duncalf, Sarah Kippax, Dominique Lloyd-Walter [35]
2011 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Emma Beddoes, Jennifer Duncalf, Sarah Kippax, Dominique Lloyd-Walter [36]
2012 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Jennifer Duncalf, Sarah Kippax, Laura Massaro, Alison Waters [37]
2013 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Jennifer Duncalf, Laura Massaro, Sarah-Jane Perry, Alison Waters [38]
2014 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Emma Beddoes, Laura Massaro, Sarah-Jane Perry, Alison Waters [39]
2015 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Emma Beddoes, Jennifer Duncalf, Victoria Lust, Sarah-Jane Perry, Alison Waters [40]
2016 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Victoria Lust, Laura Massaro, Sarah-Jane Perry, Alison Waters [41]
2017 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Victoria Lust, Fiona Moverley, Sarah-Jane Perry, Alison Waters [42]
2018 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Victoria Lust, Laura Massaro, Sarah-Jane Perry, Alison Waters [43]
2019 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Victoria Lust, Laura Massaro, Sarah-Jane Perry, Millie Tomlinson [44]
2022 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Jasmine Hutton, Gina Kennedy, Sarah-Jane Perry, Lucy Turmel [45]
2023 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Lucy Beecroft, Jasmine Hutton, Gina Kennedy, Lucy Turmel [46]
2024 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Jasmine Hutton, Gina Kennedy, Sarah-Jane Perry, Lucy Turmel [47]
2025 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Grace Gear, Jasmine Hutton, Gina Kennedy, Sarah-Jane Perry [48]

See also

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