Background
Macree was born deaf, but despite her disability was able to win 8 titles from 24 final appearances during a 17-year career on the WISPA tour from 1993 to 2005.
Macree was born deaf, but despite her disability was able to win 8 titles from 24 final appearances during a 17-year career on the WISPA tour from 1993 to 2005.
She represented England in the World Team Squash Championships and European Team Championships. She reached a career-high world ranking of World Number. 7 in 2003. Macree began playing squash at the age of 14.
Despite her relatively late start in the sport, she took to the game immediately and quickly began winning junior tournaments.
She turned professional in 1993. Throughout her career, Macree was known for being a very combative and forthright player, prone to occasional fits of temper on the court.
In 2002, she received a 42-day ban from the Women"s International Squash Players Association following a heated exchange with a referee at the Singapore Open which ended with Macree calling the official a "Tosser".