The 2018 World Championship was played at The Queen’s Club 24, 26 & 28 April Follow the Links to watch the videos on YouTube Day 1 Camden Riviere vs Robert Fahey Sets 1-4 Day 2 Camden Riviere vs Robert Fahey Sets 5-8 Day 3 Camden Riviere vs Robert Fahey Sets 9-12
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Sudden Death Book Signing Event at The Queen’s Club, London
The Ball game in Historical Fiction: Tennis – Palla – Caravaggio to the Aztecs Meet Alvaro Enrigue author of Sudden Death at The Queen’s Club, Friday 3 June 2016. 6:30pm for 6:45pm in the East Court Dedans. The Real Tennis Society invites you to a special book talk and signing event with Alvaro Enrigue in […]
Watch the Videos of the 2016 World Championship, Newport, RI USA
The 2016 World Championship was held at the National Tennis Club 17, 19 & 21 May, 2016. Camden Riviere defeated Robert Fahey 7-2 Sets. The links to the three days are below. Viewing is free but we recommend you make the $20.00 donation through PayPal to help the NTC cover the costs for what is […]
The Second International Conference on the History of Tennis, 17&19 May, 2016, Newport, RI
Lucas Gassel, “David & Bathsheba” (1535), Museum of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, RI USA The Second International Conference on the History of Court Tennis was held in the Casino Theatre of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport RI on the 17 & 19 May, 2016, 10am-1pm. CONFERENCE PROGRAM TUESDAY 17 […]
Exhibition “The Levitsky ‘Light-Painting’ Studio”, Hermitage Museum, St Petersberg
An early photograph produced by the Levitsky Studio was included in the exhibition “The Levitsky ‘Light-Painting’ Studio, Early Russian Photography in the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum (10 January 2015 – 17 January, 2016) “Group portrait of Grand Duke Nikolai Alexandrovich, Duke Nikolai of Leuchtenberg, Otto von Richter, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich and an […]
The Neptune Book of Tennis & Rackets by James Bruce
A wonderful new updated edition of the J.T. Faber Book of Tennis and Rackets has been published. This second update (and third version of this book, first published in 1980 (and 2001) by Lord Aberdare), contains a wealth of new information curated by Jamie Bruce with excellent updated histories of clubs, tournament records and new […]
Cees de Bondt’s Blog
Cees de Bondt has created a new Blog on the Dutch Real Tennis site. There are 15 installments to date based on his research since 2005 on one of the most beautiful and intriguing paintings in the history of tennis. Please click here to view the Blog. “As tennis historian (author of Royal Tennis in Renaissance […]
The 2014 World Championship on YouTube
The 2014 World Championship was held at the Royal Melbourne Club 6-11 May where Rob Fahey defended his title for the 12th time beating the Challenger Camden Riviere. The tennis was expertly covered by FuzzyTV and hosted live on YouTube. Follow the links for the three days of tennis: Tuesday 6 May Day 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Q_D1kZvhI Thursday […]
Michael P. Garnett TENNIS – REFLECTIONS IN TIME
Announcing a new book by Mike Garnett to be published in March 2014! This latest production by Mike Garnett completes the trilogy of tennis history that commenced in 2004 with A Tennis Miscellany, then 2010 with Tennis Anecdotes and Sketches. Revealed here for the first time is information (and many illustrations) of long forgotten tennis courts […]
“Gold Racquet” and “Silver Racquet” Screen Prints
Two new limited edition screen prints by Frederika Adam have been produced by Coriander Studio in support of the Real Tennis Society. Each print (66 x 45 cm), in either dazzling gold or silver ink on Somerset handmade paper, has been issued in an edition of 100 plus 10 Artists Proofs. Each print is £150 […]