About Us

Six players with close ties to the Wilmington community propose this project with the aim of promoting court tennis, growing its player base, and making the sport more accessible.

  • Hunter Bolling - Manager Sales Development at Brightcove

  • Ross Bolling - Assistant Professional at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia

  • Mason (“Max”) Drake - Partner at Akerman LLP

  • Henry Smith - Business Development Analyst at Wisdom-io

  • Halsey Spruance - Director Emeritus of the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

  • William Spruance - Associate at Morris Kandinov LLP

For inquires, please contact us at brandywinecourttennis@gmail.com.

About Court Tennis

Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called "lawn tennis") is derived. It is known as court tennis in the United States, royal tennis in England and Australia, and courte-paume in  France (to distinguish it from longue-paume, and in reference to the older, racquetless game of jeu de paume, the ancestor of modern handball and racquet games). There are approximately 45 active real tennis courts in the world, located in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, and France.