Stické tennis court at Hartham
Stické – a cross between lawn tennis, real tennis & rackets
Stické Tennis is played in an enclosed court smaller than that of real tennis, using a standard lawn racquet and soft balls. The court’s floor and walls are made of 9-foot square wooden artillery targets which meant that the court dimensions were 27 feet by 81 feet.
The Games Origins
Stické was invented by the Royal Artillery in the 1870s as it is similar to rackets and provided good exercise without “the heavy outlay incidental to the construction of a rackets court”. Further expansion of the game took place when Stické moved from the Army into the specially built covered courts on the country house estates.
Stické is still played today by a limited number of enthusiasts. Throughout the world, there are only three courts that remain playable, two of which are in the UK. One is based in Devon at Knightshays Court, and the other is right here at Hartham Park in Corsham. The third one is used for badminton in the Vicergal Lodge complex Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Built in 1904, the Stické tennis Court at Hartham Park merits listing at grade II* and was first listed on 1st August 1986. The date of the most recent amendment was 24th July 2008.
Stické tennis at Hartham
Enquiries & bookings
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