The championship for women was inaugurated just 25 years ago for which a knock-out tournament was selected.
This book vividly recounts these clashes between the best players in the world, helping to preserve the colour and character of the champions before they fade into history.
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Graham has published this volume independently, however copies are available from Ronaldson Publications to customers within the UK.
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The First Beautiful Game tells the personal stories behind real tennis, the ancient forerunner of lawn tennis. Its obsessives and eccentrics reveal why they play this extraordinary sport, what it means to them, and the unexpected lessons they have learned about ambition, passion, respect and love.
Roman Krznaric is a former journalist and academic who now researches and writes on the art of living. He is one of the top ten amateur real tennis players in the world. Visit his website at www.romankrznaric.com.
'This book is the first to capture the real spirit of the game and its players. It's unique.' - Rob Fahey, Real Tennis World Champion
'This is much more than an enchanting guide to the game of kings. Whatever your favourite sports may be, Roman Krznaric shows you how to expand the enjoyment you derive from them. A warm and imaginative book, full of surprises.' - Theodore Zeldin, author of An Intimate History of Humanity
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This is still considered the best book for someone coming fresh to the game. An unexpected result of the publication was that other authors, unable to interest commercial firms to produce books on a minority sport, approached "RonPubs" to publish their books.
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Hardback standard edition. Limited edition also available (see below).
New courts, new uses for courts, new users of courts: David Best and Brian Rich have uncovered some fascinating new material on the establishment of tennis in certain parts of the country; on tennis's cycles of popularity and decline; on how and why courts were used for other activities and on some of the colourful characters who have graced the tennis courts over the years - and much more. In their research they have unearthed around fifty previously unknown tennis courts. This highly readable and beautifully produced book will be of huge interest to all lovers of this wonderful game.
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This book examines how writers of different periods have enriched and enlivened their work through tennis imagery, metaphor, and analogy. Additionally, an Index to Allusions to Tennis in English Literature lists every literary reference to real tennis known by the author from the fourteenth century to the present – by far the most comprehensive catalogue of its kind to date.
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Produced by Shire Publications and authored by our own Kathryn McNicoll, this
book is an ideal starting guide to Real Tennis.
Whether you're a newcomer to the game, bewildered by the huge Tennis subculture,
or a die-hard fan with a handicap of 20 and a fervent desire to find out
more about the variations played around the world, this book is for you!
A Great Christmas present for any of your friends who do not yet play Real Tennis.
Published 2006
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The modern game of Lawn Tennis is not much more than a hundred years old and evolved from Real (Royal or Court) Tennis. In 1555 Antonio Scaino, an Italian theologian, wrote an account of the game as it existed in the 16th century. Dr. Roger Morgan has researched the subject for many years and this book records his findings on the development of the game. For many years it was believed that tennis was first played in monastery cloisters, but Dr. Morgan produced strong evidence that the game started in the streets, among the shops and houses, not just a sport of kings and noblemen but a "people's game". A wide variety of games has sprung from the earliest forms of hand-ball, shown on a freize dated 510 BC on a Grecian tomb. These games range from the pilota played in Spain to the jeu carre of Falkland Palace; from Kaatsen in Holland to Parkspel in Sweden; from Longue Paume in France to Palla in Tuscany, and many others. The laying of chases is not just a perculiarity of Real Tennis, but a feature of many other european ball games. The origins of scoring love - 15 - 30 - 40 - deuce - advantage - game and other terms familiar at Wimbledon are explained in detail. The book is lavishly illustrated, with over 140 paintings, many of them in colour, drawings, woodcuts, and engravings from galleries and libraries across Europe. Published 1984.
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Dr. Morgan died in 2003, but his definitive work on the history and development of Real Tennis will continue to be studied by players and historians alike.
Published 2000
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The author's research has taken him all over London, uncovering a wealth of material that is new to the tennis fraternity. The result is a fascinating book, covering nearly 500 years from the era when Hampton Court Palace was Cardinal Wolsey's private palace up to the present day.
Published 2003
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David Best's history of the T&RA, written to celebrate the Association's centenary in 2007, chronicles its history from that boom period through two world wars, the Great Depression and dwindling media interest in the game to the encouraging growth in the last two decades of the twentieth century. We are proud to present a special limited edition of this book with a leather-bound cover, marbled end papers and gilt-edged leaves, with each copy signed by the author.
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