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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

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Australia

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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:

Defunct clubs:

France

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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: [1]

Ireland

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

Governing body:

Courts:

Netherlands

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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

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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:

United States

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Ten courts are in use.

Governing body:

Sporting clubs:

Private estates:

Schools and Colleges:

See also

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References

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  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

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