Vera Selby won the final 4–0 against Muriel Hazeldene.

The tournament was sponsored by Embassy and run together with the men's 1976 World Snooker Championship.

[4] The top seed, was Joyce Gardner, the only professional player.

She lost in her first match to eventual runner-up Muriel Hazeldene.

[2][4] Other competitors included the past amateur champions Maureen Baynton and Rosemary De Lasso (née Davies), who both came out of retirement; Marion Westaway from Australia; and two players from Canada, 16-year-old Canadian champion Natalie Stelmach, and Sheila King.