Sphairee

Sphairee is a miniature form of tennis developed in Australia.

[1] Sphairee derives its name from the Greek word for ball sphaira.

[1] In 1998, it was reported that the game had ebbed and it was played in 15 primary and high schools in Tasmania and on the first Tuesday of each month at the Greenwich Community Centre on Sydney's lower north shore.

[2] The game has been played in Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

[1] The game has also been played since at least the 1970s at Camp Ponacka, a boys camp just south of Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, and includes four single-knockout elimination tournaments for the Munnfellow Cup every summer.