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- ↑ "Director Information Badminton Association of England". Companies House.
- ↑ Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton, page 86. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
- ↑ ""Hollow victory for Stevens." Times, 11 Dec. 1972, p. 13". Times Digital Archive.
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