Jonah Barrington (squash player)
| Born | 29 April 1941 Morwenstow, Cornwall, England |
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Jonah Barrington MBE (born 29 April 1941)[1] is a retired Irish/English squash player, originally from Morwenstow, Cornwall, England.[2]
Biography
[edit]A Cornish-born Irish squash player and attended Headfort School in County Meath and Cheltenham College, and spent two years at Trinity College Dublin.
Barrington won the British Open (which was considered to be the effective world championship event before the World Squash Championships began) six times between 1967 and 1973, and was known as "Mr. Squash".[3] Barrington was the British national champion in 1980.[4]
In 1982 Barrington co-authored the book Murder in the Squash Court: the Only Way to Win.[5][6][7]
The six-time British Open champion coached Egyptian world no.1 and 2015 British Open champion Mohamed El Shorbagy.[when?] and Israeli squash player Daniel Poleshchuk.[8][9]
Barrington is the father of professional squash player and commentator Joey Barrington.
British Open titles
[edit]| Year | Opponent in final | Score in final |
| 1967 | Aftab Jawaid | 9–2, 5–9, 9–2, 9–2 |
| 1968 | A.A. AbouTaleb | 9–6, 9–0, 9–5 |
| 1970 | Geoff Hunt | 9–7, 3–9, 9–4, 9–4 |
| 1971 | Aftab Jawaid | 9–1, 9–2, 9–6 |
| 1972 | Geoff Hunt | 0–9, 9–7, 10–8, 6–9, 9–7 |
| 1973 | Gogi Alauddin | 9–4, 9–3, 9–2 |
Books
[edit]- 1982, Murder in the Squash Court: The Only Way to Win (with Angela Patmore), London: S. Paul; ISBN 0-09-147560-0
References
[edit]- ^ "Birthday's today". The Daily Telegraph. London. 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
Mr Jonah Barrington, Consultant, England Squash; former squash player, 70
- ^ "Jonah Barrington profile". Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ "Owen Slot studies the qualities of a sporting legend who is keen to put officialdom in its place". The Independent. 13 August 1994. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ "History - British National Squash Champions 1974-2021". British National Squash Championships. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ Jonah Barrington profile, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 20 March 2015.
- ^ Joey Barrington profile Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, wellsjournal.co.uk; accessed 20 March 2015.
- ^ Jonah Barrington profile, isportstore.com; accessed 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Interview: 11 points with Daniel Poleshchuk". 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Poleshchuk is February Player of the Month – Professional Squash Association".
- ^ "British Open Hall of Fame". allambritishopensquash.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
External links
[edit]
- Page at Squashpics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-12-03)
- Sunday Times article 4 April 2010[dead link]
- Jonah Barrington at Squash Info
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