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Bone wins Foster for Harrow
Report on the 2004 Public Schools Championships at the Queens Club
[19 Dec 2004] Joe Bone [Harrow]won the Foster Cup beating Alex Hackett[Radley] in straight games 15/8, 15/8,15/4. More

Hat Trick for Guy Smith-Bingham
Report on the 2004 Amateur Singles
[13 Dec 2004] Guy Smith-Bingham defeated US Amateur Champion Rupert Owen-Browne in straight games 16/13,15/5,15/5 to win his third consecutive Amateur Championship More

Smith-Bingham aiming for quick compensation
Preview of the 2004 Lacoste Amateur Singles
[1 Dec 2004] Guy Smith-Binghamwho is seeded 1,should stage a successful defence of his Lacoste Amateur Singles title. More

Foster makes the climb look easy
Report on the second Leg of the eliminator for the World championship
[28 Nov 2004] Harry Foster defeated Guy Smith-Bingham by four games to love 15/9,15/10,15/9,15/0 in the second leg to win the Eliminator for the World Championship by five games to four. More

Owen-Browne takes US Amateur
Report on the 2004 US Amateur
[26 Nov 2004] Rupert Owen-Browne beat Jonathan Larken by three games to one,15/5,16/13,13/15,15/13 at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia to win his seond US Amateur title. More

Smith-Bingham wins first round
Report on the 1st Leg of the Elimnator for the World Singles Challenge
[22 Nov 2004] Guy Smith-Bingham beat Harry Foster by four games to one 13/16,15/4,15/10,15/1,15/10,to take a strong lead into the second leg at Queens Club. More

St Pauls make the most of home court advantage
Report onthe Schools match between St Pauls and Haileybury
[19 Nov 2004] St Pauls beat Haileybury by four matches to none More

Smith-Bingham and Foster battle to challenge Robinson
Preview of the eliminator for the World Championship
[16 Nov 2004] Harry Foster and Guy Smith-Bingam play an eliminator for the right to challenge Alister Robinsonfor the vacant World Title. It takes place over two legs at Haileybury and Queens on the 20th and 27th of November More

Larken and McLernon take US season opener
Report on the New York Silver Racquet
[15 Nov 2004] Jonathan Larken and Mike McLernon beat Guy Devereux and Robin Geffen 3/0 to win the New York silver Racquet More

Smith-Bingham takes first Invitation
Report on the KBC Peel Hunt Invitation Singles
[8 Nov 2004] Guy Smith-Bingham beat Alex Titchener-Barrett three games to one at Queens Club to win his first Invitation Singles More

Marlborough take Noel Bruce for the 1st time
Report on the 2004 Public Schools Old Boys Doubles
[1 Nov 2004] Alister Robinson and Guy Barker[Marlborough] won the Noel Bruce Cup beating Charlie Danby and Harry Foster [Harrow] in four straight games. It was Marlboroughs first win in this competition, which began in 1929. More

Invitation Singles
Preview and draw for the KBC Peel Hunt Invitation Singles
[27 Oct 2004] Ali Robinson and Guy Smith-Bingham look likely to be the winners of their groups in this seasons Invitation Singles, sponsored by KBC Peel Hunt. If they do meet in the final it may be a pointer to the World Championship in January. More

Rackets Golf
2004 Sport for Sport Rackets Golf Day
[22 Oct 2004] Tim and Charlotte Cockroft organised the 2004 Rackets Golf Day at the Berkshire Golf Club to raise money for young racketeers More

Marlborough to take first Noel Bruce
Preview of the 2004 Public Schools Old Boys Doubles
[21 Oct 2004] Ali Robinson and Guy Barker will be keen to become the first Old Marlburian winners of the Noel Bruce Cup for Public Schools Old Boys Doubles More

Treble for Boone, no Oscar but plenty of Ham
Report on the Masters Championships
[18 Oct 2004] Willie Boone won the Masters Over 40s singles,Over40 Doubles with David Makey and the Over 50 Doubles with Aidan MacEchern. David Watkins and Howard Angus won the Over 60s Doubles. More

Boone aims for triple crown
Preview of the Masters Championships
[14 Oct 2004] Willie Boone is top seed in the Over 40s Singles and Doubles and Over 50s Doubles in the Masters Championships at Queens Club over the weekend of the 16-17th October. More

Eton sweep Marlborough, away.
Report on the match between Marlborough and Eton
[13 Oct 2004] Marlborough,at home,lost all 4 matches to a confident Eton performance. More

Club players take center stage.
Queens weekend and Harrow Hammer preview
[4 Oct 2004] The usual suspects take part at Queens; at Harrow the winner is likely to be paired with home Pro John Eaton, Tim Cawston from Winchester or Steve Tulley from St Pauls. More

Harrow defeat Cheltenham
Report on the 1st pairs match at Harrow
[1 Oct 2004] Joe Bone and Will Fortune of Harrow made the most of their home court advantage to beat Cheltenhams James Rock and Sam Mason, 18/13,15/9,15/9,15/8 in the 1st pairs match. More

Gone Away
A Preview of the 2004/2005 Rackets Season
[27 Sep 2004] This season will see challenges for the World Championships in both singles and doubles. It will also be the first season for twenty years that James Male will not be competing for major honours. More

2004-2005 Fixtures
T&RA publishes this seasons fixture list
[18 Jul 2004] The fixture list for the 2004/2005 season has now been released by the T&RA. More

World Challenges
The Eliminator and Challenges for the World Singles and Doubles
[15 Jul 2004] Dates and Venues for these matches have now been decided More

Male takes US Open
[5 Apr 2004] Report on the 2004 US Open

Wellington take Milne Hue Williams
[4 Apr 2004] Report on the final of the Under 24 Old Boys Doubles Championship

Division of the spoils
[29 Mar 2004] Results from the Public Schools Doubles Championships

Robinson and Barkers solid defence of title
[24 Mar 2004] Report on the 2004 Lacoste British Open Doubles

Western Triumph defies the Odds
[16 Mar 2004] Report on the 2004 Western Open in Detroit

Robinson and Barker aim for double
[14 Mar 2004] Preview of the Lacoste Open Doubles Championship

A Tribute to a True Champion
[3 Mar 2004] An appreciation of Stanley Pearson by Tom Elliott

Barker and Robinson win thriller
[24 Feb 2004] Report on the Lacoste Amateur Doubles

Gold for Devereux
[22 Feb 2004] Report from the Tuxedo Gold Racquet

Pick your Partners
[16 Feb 2004] Preview of the 2004 Lacoste Amateur Doubles

Robinson wins first Open
[9 Feb 2004] Report on the 2004 Lacoste British Open Singles

A very open Open
[28 Jan 2004] Preview of the Lacoste Open Singles

Larken takes Canadian
[26 Jan 2004] Report form the 99th Canadian Amateur Championships

Smith retains Scott-Chadd Cup
[25 Jan 2004] Report and results from the Professionals Singles Championships at St Pauls

Atlantic Travellers
[19 Jan 2004] Preview of the Canadian Amateur Championships and the Professional Singles

Angus takes singles and doubles
[12 Jan 2004] Report and results from the Over 40s and 50s Championships

Smith-Bingham wins US Amateur Title
[12 Jan 2004] Result from the United States Amateur Singles

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