Robyn Blackwood

Robyn Blackwood

Nationality:	New Zealand New Zealand
Birthday:	April 22, 1958
1st professional season:	1979
Resignation:	1985
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Craig Blackwood
successes
Best placement:	3 (1983)
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links )

Robyn Anne Aileen Brownlee , better known as Robyn Blackwood , (born April 22, 1958 in Hamilton ) is a former New Zealand squash player .

Career

Robyn Blackwood took part in the World Cup with the New Zealand national team in 1981 , 1983 and 1985 . After two third places in 1981 and 1983, the team moved into the final of the world championship in 1985. Blackwood lost in the second game of the encounter against England against Lucy Soutter , and the aggregate result was 2-1 in favor of England. Following this tournament, she ended her professional career. In singles, she was three times in a row in the main draw of the World Cup from 1981 to 1985. She achieved her best result in 1983 when she reached the round of 16. The highest ranking in the world rankings, she reached third place in 1983. In 1982 she won the New Zealand national championship against Susan Devoy , in 1980, 1983 and 1985 she was also in the finals of the national championships. Also in 1982 she won the New Zealand Open and finished the year in first place in the national rankings.

Blackwood was one of the founding members of the women 's players' union, the Women's Squash Players Association , formed in February 1984 , and became the first female player to chair it. She has been married to Bruce Brownlee , a former squash player, since 1986 and has three children with him. Her brother Craig Blackwood , who was also her coach for most of her career, was also a successful squash player. In 2013 she was inducted into the New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame . After her career, Blackwood served as the assistant director of Whangaparaoa College .

successes

Vice world champion with the team: 1985
New Zealand Champion : 1982

Web links

Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
Portrait in the New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Joseph Romanos: Long or Short? The Story of New Zealand Squash . 1st edition. New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame , Waitakere 2010, ISBN 978-0-9864615-1-4 , pp. 179-181 .
^ WSA Marks 30th Anniversary. In: squashinfo.com. February 26, 2014, accessed September 6, 2018 .
^ Joseph Romanos: Long or Short? The Story of New Zealand Squash . 1st edition. New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame , Waitakere 2010, ISBN 978-0-9864615-1-4 , pp. 150-153 .

personal data
SURNAME	Blackwood, Robyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brownlee, Robyn Anne Aileen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand squash player
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamilton , New Zealand

[romanos-1] Joseph Romanos: Long or Short? The Story of New Zealand Squash . 1st edition. New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame , Waitakere 2010, ISBN 978-0-9864615-1-4 , pp. 179-181 .

[2] WSA Marks 30th Anniversary. In: squashinfo.com. February 26, 2014, accessed September 6, 2018 .

[3] Joseph Romanos: Long or Short? The Story of New Zealand Squash . 1st edition. New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame , Waitakere 2010, ISBN 978-0-9864615-1-4 , pp. 150-153 .