List of real tennis organizations explained
Real tennis organizations: a list of associations and clubs for the sport of real tennis.
General
Australia
4 courts are in use, with 2 more to be opened.
Governing body:
Sporting clubs with own courts:[4]
Other Sporting clubs:
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:
There is also a plan to restore a court currently in an unplayable condition in Chinon: https://paumefrance.com/les-clubs/7-projet-d-un-nouveau-club-a-chinon
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:
- Bristol and Bath Tennis Club, Bristol: 1 court in use
- Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club, Falkland, Fife, Scotland: 1 quarré court in use
- Hardwick House, Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: 1 court in use
- Hatfield House Tennis Club, Hatfield, Hertfordshire: 1 court in use
- Hyde Tennis Club, Bridport, Dorset: 1 court in use
- Jesmond Dene Tennis Club, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland: 1 court in use
- Leamington Tennis Court Club, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: 1 court in use
- Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club, Salford, Greater Manchester: 1 court in use
- Marylebone Cricket Club, St John's Wood, London: 1 court in use
- Moreton Morrell Tennis Court Club, Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire: 1 court in use
- Newmarket and Suffolk Real Tennis Club, Newmarket, Suffolk: 1 court in use
- Petworth House Real Tennis Club, Petworth, Sussex: 1 court in use
- Prested Hall Racket Club, Feering, Essex: 2 courts in use
- Queen's Club, West Kensington, London: 2 courts in use
- Royal County of Berkshire Real Tennis Club, Holyport, Berkshire: 1 court in use
- Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London: 1 court in use
- Seacourt Tennis Club, Hayling Island, Hampshire: 1 court in use
Private estate:
Schools and Colleges with own courts:
- Cambridge University Real Tennis Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: 2 courts in use
- Canford School, Wimborne Minster, Dorset: 1 court in use
- Middlesex University Real Tennis Club, Hendon, London: 1 court in use
- Oratory Tennis Club, Reading, Berkshire: 1 court in use
- Oxford University Real Tennis Club, Oxford, Oxfordshire: 1 court in use
- Radley College, Radley, Oxfordshire: 1 court in use
- Wellington College Real Tennis Club, Crowthorne, Berkshire: 1 court in use
Schools and Colleges which play at other courts:
United States
Ten courts are in use.
Governing body:
Sporting clubs:
- Aiken Tennis Club, Aiken, South Carolina: 1 court in use
- Tennis and Racquet Club, Boston, Massachusetts: 1 court in use
- Racquet Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: 1 court in use
- International Tennis Club of Washington, McLean, Virginia: 1 court in use
- National Tennis Club, Newport, Rhode Island: 1 court in use
- Racquet and Tennis Club, New York, New York: 2 courts in restricted use
- Racquet Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1 court in use
- Tuxedo Club, Tuxedo, New York: 1 court in use
Private estates:
Schools and Colleges:
References
McNicoll, Kathryn (2005). Real Tennis, pp. 38–39. Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications. .
Register of real tennis courts, current and historical
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Home . irtpa.com.
- Web site: Home . lrta.org.uk.
- Web site: Australian Real Tennis clubs . International Real Tennis Professionals Association . 5 October 2023.
- Web site: Australian Real Tennis clubs . Australian Real Tennis . 5 October 2023.
- Web site: Home . sydneyrealtennis.com.au.
