The phrase "a position to contest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone having the ability or opportunity to challenge or dispute something, such as an idea, decision, or competition.
Example: "After reviewing the evidence, she felt she was in a position to contest the ruling made by the committee."
Alternatives: "an opportunity to challenge" or "a chance to dispute".
"There's no way anyone else would be in a position to contest it".
Islanders, in the Adams and Patrick Divisions, have better records and are in a position to contest the Canadiens.
Yet such is the decline of the Conservatives as an electoral force since the 1970s and 1980s that they are not in a position to contest seriously anything like the number of seats they must win.
Neither is in a position to contest any individual events, as their time out since Rio means they have no qualifying points, although Laura won the British omnium championship in mid-February.
Finally, the editorial skirted the real issue, which deserves attention from the media and from Congress: the relentless efforts by some adoption lawyers to find ways around the federal laws that protect both Native American families and military fathers who are deployed and thus not in a position to contest attempted adoptions.
However, a T12 athlete Smyth will be in a position to contest both 100m and 200m events in Rio.
As a result, by 1158 Harald Maddadsson was undisputed Earl of Orkney, with neither the King of Scots nor the King of Norway in any position to contest his power.
Like other activists at the time, the anthology's editors took a strong position to contest an oppressive social, cultural, and political framework, and their position was and remains controversial.
I wanted to win today, I felt really strong and was in a great position to contest the sprint thanks to the unbelievable efforts of my team.
Those of us who have not heard the evidence presented to the committee are in a weak position to contest its judgment.
Cavendish added: "I felt really strong and was in a great position to contest the sprint thanks to the unbelievable efforts of my team.
