Lesley Moore (squash player)

Lesley Moore

Country	England
Born	Q2.1951 Runcorn, England
Medal record Representing   Great Britain Women's squash World Team Squash Championships 1979 Birmingham Team Representing   England European Team Championships 1978 Amsterdam Team 1979 Hamburg Team 1980 Helsinki Team

Lesley Moore (born Q2.1951) is a former English professional squash player. ^[1] She helped Great Britain become world team champions and also represented England at field hockey.

Biography

Moore was born in Runcorn and educated at Helsby Grammar School. In squash, she represented Nottinghamshire at county level and played league squash for Nottingham Squash Club. ^[2]

In 1974, she was a physical education teacher at Clifton Hall Girls' Grammar School and had also played field hockey for England at U23 level. ^[3] The same year she received a call up for the full England team for a tour of Canada. ^[4] After the tour she took up a position at Bellerive FCJ Catholic College. ^[5]

In 1975, she gave up teaching and hockey to concentrate on squash. ^[6] She subsequently lived in New Zealand and Australia for a short time before returning to Runcorn and then Birmingham and playing for Edgbaston Priory. ^[7]

Moore helped Great Britain become world champions at the 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Birmingham. The other team members consisted of Sue Cogswell, Angela Smith, Teresa Lawes, Barbara Diggens and Jayne Ashton. ^[8] She reached the ranking of No.3 in the British rankings later that year and No.2 by the end of 1980.

Moore also won three gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships during the 1978 European Squash Team Championships, 1979 European Squash Team Championships and 1980 European Squash Team Championships. ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. "Profile and world ranking". Squash Info. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
2. "Squash" . Grantham Journal. 22 October 1971. Retrieved 4 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Non-stop Lesley in vital games for Notts" . Nottingham Evening Post. 13 March 1974. Retrieved 4 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Lesley in England tour squad" . Nottingham Evening Post. 9 April 1974. Retrieved 4 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Jjolly hockey sticks as lesly flies off to Canada tour" . Runcorn Weekly News. 8 August 1974. Retrieved 4 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Lesley quits her job for squash" . Nottingham Evening Post. 6 September 1975. Retrieved 4 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Lesley's long fight to reach the top" . Liverpool Echo. 20 March 1978. Retrieved 4 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Squash Girl in Form" . Runcorn Guardian. 30 March 1979. Retrieved 4 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
10. "Women's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 4 July 2025.