The classic book A Manual for the Apprentice of the Game of Real Tennis has now been published in English, with translation by the IRTA’s Alastair Robson. In a review for The Dedanist, Martin Village described it as ‘a gem of a book’, and notes Alastair’s ‘acute translation and consistently informative, wry, footnotes’.

A Manual for the Apprentice of the Game of Real Tennis is available from Ronaldson Publications at £7.50 (plus £2.50 P+P); proceeds from sales will go to the new Bordeaux club. Please contact the publishers at at ronpubs@gmail.com.