Standard Athletic Club

Welcome to the SAC

The Standard Athletic Club is hidden in the forest of Meudon and easily accessible from Paris.

We are an international English-speaking sports and social Club set in exceptional surroundings.

This Club is the perfect place for all the family to play sports or just relax and enjoy the social life.

If you would like to find out more, send an email to the Club at or call us on 01 46 26 16 09.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR CLOSURE

As happens every year, the Club will be closed over the holiday period while our staff take a vacation and we complete the end-of-year audit of bar stocks, with the Club Censor, our internal auditor.
The Club will be completely closed from Wednesday, December 24, until Friday, January 2, 2026, inclusive, reopening on Saturday, 3 January
(Note that the Bar will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, 22 & 23 December)
We wish you all a wonderful holiday season.

Some dates for your diaries

24/12: Club closed for Christmas
03/01/26: Club reopens
11/01/26: English Breakfast
20/01/26: Bridge AGM & Tournament
24/01/26: Burns Night Dinner

Our annual Christmas Dinner was on Saturday, 13 December 2025

Great turnout - 86 attendees. The Queen’s room had beautifully decorated tables, and the food was delicious. Huge thanks to Mario, Rym, Carole and the bar staff dream team: Mattea, Gabrielle, Theo and Thomas.
See the main article for some pictures.

See some pictures of our Christmas Carols held on Sunday 14 December

We had our annual Christmas Carol singing on Sunday, 14 December at 5 pm. See the main article for some pictures and videos.

Old Rackets Tournament (21/9): prize winners show that fashion and tennis run in the family

Our annual Old Rackets Tournament took place under the last rays of summer sunshine on Sunday, 21 September with the Marrison and Prat families carrying off the fashion and sporting trophies.

Under the masterful organisation of Philippe Ayme-Jouve, it was Benoit Prat and his nephew Antoine (see photo in main article) who triumphed in the final. Runners-up were Kevin Jackson and Henrik Jessen.

As for the most elegantly dressed racketeers, it was Georgina Marrison with son Hugo who stole the show in their 1920s-style tennis kit. Suzanne Lenglen and Fred Perry would have been proud.

A big thank you to all who took part and to Mario Figueira de Ornelas for his super organisation of the Classic Car Day, providing an excellent backdrop -- among other things! -- to our tennis tournament,

The Tennis Committee