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The Rackets Committee of the T&RA together with the North American Racquets Association have turned down two challenges from Guy Smith Bingham and Neil Smith for the Rackets Singles World Championship for the season 2003/04.

In so doing, the Association are mindful of Paragraph One of the Guidelines which reads as follows:

The role of the Governing Bodies is to decide, based on results, whether the World Champion is the best player in the World. If there is any doubt, then a challenge should be played against a worthy challenger.

In the opinion of both Governing Bodies, James Male remains, beyond doubt, the best player in the World and the evidence supporting this is his successful defence of the World title, together with his win over a very strong field in the Invitation Singles.

In arriving at this decision both NARA and the T&RA recognise that one of the best opportunities to judge an aspiring challenger is for that challenger to have a chance to play and defeat the World Champion in a qualifying tournament during the regular season. If, during the forthcoming season, the champion is unavailable to play in qualifying tournaments, then it is reasonable to suppose that doubt must follow that he is still the best player. In this event, the Governing Bodies will be seeking to identify the best qualified challenger(s) at the end of the 2003/04 season to put forward for World Championship involvement.

Rackets Doubles World Championship

The T&RA and NARA have turned down challenges from Neil Smith/Tim Chisholm and Tim Cockroft/Rupert Owen-Browne. The challenge from Guy Barker/Ali Robinson has been confirmed and they will play the champions James Male/Mark Hue Williams in New York on 8 November 2003 and at Queens on 15 November 2003.

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