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

Five courts are in use.

Governing body:

• Australian Real Tennis Association

Sporting clubs:

• Ballarat Tennis Club, Ballarat, Victoria: 1 court in use
• Glenfern Retreat Real Tennis, Romsey, Victoria: 1 court in use
• Hobart Real Tennis Club, Hobart, Tasmania: 1 court in use
• Sydney Real Tennis Club, Sydney, New South Wales^[3]
• Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) Real Tennis Section, Melbourne, Victoria
• Real Tennis Perth, Perth, Western Australia
• Royal Melbourne Tennis Club, Melbourne, Victoria: 2 courts in use

France

Two real tennis courts are in use; five trinquet courts are in use in south-west France.

Governing body:

• Comité Français de Courte-Paume (French Real Tennis Committee)

Sporting clubs:

• Association du jeu de paume de Navarre, Pau: trinquet court
• Cercle du jeu de paume de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau: 1 court in use
• Jeu de paume et squash Bordeaux-Mérignac, Bordeaux: demolished 2013
• Société sportive du jeu de paume et de racquets, Paris: 1 court in use

Ireland

No courts are in use, but two exist in unplayable condition.

Governing body:

• Irish Real Tennis Association

Netherlands

No courts are in use.

Governing body:

• Nederlandse Real Tennis Bond (Netherlands Real Tennis Association)

Sporting clubs:

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

United Kingdom

Twenty-seven courts are in use.

Governing body:

• Tennis and Rackets Association

Sporting clubs:

• Bristol and Bath Tennis Club, Bristol: 1 court in use
• The Fairlawne Estate, Plaxtol, Kent: 1 court Private
• Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club, Falkland, Fife, Scotland: 1 quarré court in use
• Hardwick House Tennis Club, 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, Manchester, Greater Manchester: 1 court in use
• Marylebone Cricket Club, St John's Wood, London: 1 court in use
• Middlesex University Real Tennis Club, Hendon, 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, Hayling Island, Hampshire: 1 court in use

Schools and Colleges:

• Cambridge University Real Tennis Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: 2 courts in use
• Canford School, Wimborne Minster, Dorset: 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
• University of Exeter Real Tennis 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)

United States

Ten courts are in use.

Governing body:

• United States Court Tennis Association and U.S. Court Tennis Preservation Foundation

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:

• Greentree. Manhasset, New York: court not in use

Schools:

• Georgian Court University. Lakewood, New Jersey: 1 court in use

References

McNicoll, Kathryn (2005). Real Tennis, pp. 38–39. Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-7478-0610-1.

External links

• Real Tennis Online
• 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