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Chronology
1960 - 1973 Winner of the Australian Amateur Championships
1961 - 1973 Winner of New South Wales Championships
1961 - 1973 Winner of Victorian Championships
1962 - 1977 Winner of the British Open Championships
1965 Married Brian H McKay
1967 Awarded ABC Sportsman of the Year
1969 Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
1976 Winner of the World Squash Championship
1977 Winner of the American Championship
1979 Winner of the American Amateur Racquetball Championship
1979 Winner of the World Squash Championship
1979 Awarded Member of the Order of Australia
1980 Winner of the Canadian Racquetball Championship
1980 - 1981 Winner of the American Professional Racquetball Champs
1982 - 1985 Winner of the Canadian Racquetball Championships
1984 Winner of the American Professional Racquetball Championship
1985 - 1998 Squash Coach with the Australian Institute of Sport
1999 - Inducted into the WISPA Hall of Fame
2000 Awarded the Australian Sports Medal
2005 Inducted into the Squash Australia Hall of Fame
2006 Winner of Australian Tennis, 65 years singles |
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Heather joins Janet Shardlow and Susan
Devoy as the first members of WISPA's Hall of Fame in 1999 |
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Heather's
dominance in women’s squash is a matter of historical record,
winning 16 consecutive British Opens from 1962 to 1977 - an
absolutely incredible feat - and 14 straight Australian Amateur
Championships from 1960 to 1973. 
The
Australian public has acknowledged Heather’s significant
contribution to Australian sport with Heather being inducted into
the Australian Hall of Fame as a “Legend”. She is also a member of
the World Squash Federation and WISPA Hall of Fame.