List of real tennis organizations

Real tennis in Paris, 17th century.
Middlesex University
Bristol and Bath
Canford
Falkland Palace
Harbour Club (now closed)
Hardwick House
Hyde
Jesmond Dene
Manchester
Newmarket and Suffolk
Petworth House

Real tennis organizations: a list of associations and clubs for the sport of real tennis.

General

  • International Real Tennis Professionals Association[1]
  • Ladies Real Tennis Association[2]

Australia

4 courts are in use, with 2 more to be opened.

Governing body:

  • Australian Real Tennis Association[3]

Sporting clubs with own courts:[4]

Other Sporting clubs:

  • Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) Real Tennis Section, Melbourne, Victoria

Currently closed club:

  • Cope-Williams Real Tennis Club, Romsey, Victoria

Defunct clubs:

France

Three real tennis courts are in use; four trinquet courts are in use in south-west France.

Governing body:

Sporting clubs:

  • Jeu de paume et squash Bordeaux-Mérignac, Bordeaux: 1 court in use
  • Cercle du jeu de paume de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau: 1 court in use
  • Société sportive du jeu de paume et de racquets, Paris: 1 court in use
  • Trinquet St. André, Bayonne: 1 trinquet court in use
  • Trinquet Gartxot, La Bastide-Clairence: 1 trinquet court in use
  • Association du jeu de paume de Navarre, Parc Beaumont, Pau: 1 trinquet court in use
  • Trinquet Dongaitz, Urrugne: 1 trinquet court in use

There is also a plan to restore a court currently in an unplayable condition in Chinon: [1]

Ireland

No courts are in use, with two in unplayable condition.

Governing body:

Courts:

Netherlands

No courts are in use, with one in unplayable condition.

Governing body:

Sporting clubs:

  • Real Tennis Club Huis ter Kleef, Haarlem: historic court in need of restoration

United Kingdom

Twenty-eight courts are in use. There is also a court in unplayable condition in Troon, Scotland.

Governing body:

Sporting clubs:

Private estate:

Schools and Colleges with own courts:

Schools and Colleges which play at other courts:

  • University of Exeter Real Tennis and Rackets Club, Exeter, Devon (currently plays at Hyde Tennis Club)
  • University of Durham Real Tennis Club, Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne (currently plays at Jesmond Dene Tennis Club)
  • Newcastle University Real Tennis Club, Newcastle upon Tyne (currently plays at Jesmond Dene Tennis Club)
  • University of St. Andrews Real Tennis Club (currently plays at Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club)
  • University of York Real Tennis Club, York (currently plays at Jesmond Dene Tennis Club)

United States

Ten courts are in use.

Governing body:

Sporting clubs:

Private estates:

Schools and Colleges:

See also

  • iconTennis portal

References

  1. ^ "Home". irtpa.com.
  2. ^ "Home". lrta.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Australian Real Tennis clubs". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Australian Real Tennis clubs". Australian Real Tennis. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Home". sydneyrealtennis.com.au.

McNicoll, Kathryn (2005). Real Tennis, pp. 38–39. Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-7478-0610-1.
Register of real tennis courts, current and historical

External links

  • International Real Tennis Professionals Association
  • Map of real tennis courts worldwide from the CURTC website
  • A History of Tennis
  • Real Tennis & Rackets TV
  • The Real Tennis Society/Societe Historique Jeu de Paume