2013 Palmetto Championships
Presented By Chick-fil-A of Anderson
Has New Dates
Memorial Day Weekend....May 24 - 28, 2013

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T. L. Hanna Wins 26th Hall of Fame Classic Tennis
in Belton September 29 - 30, 2012

T. L. Hanna's girls tennis team won titles in 4 of 7 flights to capture the 26th Hall of Fame Classic high school tennis tournament played in Belton September 29 - 30, 2012. This was T. L. Hanna's first tournament title since 1987, the tournament's first year. Irmo captured 26 points for second place, and Dutch Fork (last year's champion) finished third with 25 points. Ivey Welborn and Natalie Ivey led T. L. Hanna with titles in both singles and doubles. This was Welborn's second straight year to win titles at #1 singles and #1 doubles.

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Archived Photos & Details of Previous Hall of Fame Classics

Belton, South Carolina: Free public tennis but not during church
Article reprinted with permission from Tennis stories,
July 22, 2012

Stories of people's lives in tennis

First Baptist Church of Belton owns the land across the street, where the Belton Tennis Center is located. The church leases the property for $500 a year to the privately funded public Tennis Center, where anyone from anywhere can play anytime for free on the courts, any day of the year. Except Sunday before noon.

“You can’t play while church is going on,” said Rex Maynard, who runs Maynard’s Home Furnishings nearby. “I’ve walked out of the Baptist church some morning and somebody’s over there playing tennis. And I’m over there saying, ‘I’m sorry, you can’t play till after noon.’

“Somebody from out of town doesn’t know. They don’t mean any harm. They just saw tennis courts and went and played.”

Maynard (above in red, with Drew Durden at the Special Populations Unified Doubles [SPUD] tournament in Belton) began playing tennis at 8 years old.

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Never PLayed Tennis Before?

If have never played tennis before and would like to learn, you can get a beginner package of three lessons for just $15 from the Belton Tennis Association's Director of Tennis, Jonathan Rice. Call 328-8097 for more information or to sign up for classes.

56th Palmetto Championships
held in Belton June 2 - 7, 2012

The 2012 Chick-fil-A of Anderson Palmetto Championships ended with one new tournament record and two more tied records. This year's tournament featured 431 entries. Matches were played on 54 courts at 12 different sights in Belton and Anderson. Rain delayed play two hours on Monday morning, and six hours Tuesday, but additional courts were put back in play and matches were played into the evening so the tournament finished on schedule with the singles finals Thursday morning and doubles finals Thursday afternoon. The tournament played 128 matches Tuesday after 2:00, a significant accomplishment.

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Archived Photos & Details of Previous Palmetto Championships Tournaments

Belton Hosts SPUD Tournament July 29 - 30, 2011

Belton hosted the second USTA Southern SPUD Tournament July 29 & 30 at the Belton Tennis Center and Leda Poore Park. The tournament featured doubles play with special athletes playing with unified partners. 50 athletes from North and South Carolina and Georgia participated, and were divided into six teams. The teams t-shirts were color coordinated. Each athlete played 3 matches during the tournament.

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SPUD Story in the Anderson Independent-Mail

Pictures from the SPUD Tournament