Hobart Real Tennis Club
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The Hobart Real Tennis Club is one of the oldest sporting clubs in the Southern hemisphere
, having been founded in 1875. The court is located at 45 Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania
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It is the oldest real tennis
club in Australia
and one of the oldest existing clubs in the real tennis world.
Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
, having been founded in 1875. The court is located at 45 Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
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It is the oldest real tennis
Real tennis
Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original indoor racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis , is descended...
club in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and one of the oldest existing clubs in the real tennis world.