Maybank Tennis Center Reopens After Renovations
Dust off your tennis racquets! The Maybank Tennis Center has reopened after an extensive renovation, supported in part by the Charleston Parks Conservancy and generous sponsors.
Work on the center began in June and was completed in October. The results are six hard courts (six of the eight courts were demolished and rebuilt) and three clay courts. The courts were about 40 years old and in need of significant repair.
The Charleston Parks Conservancy and friends of the Maybank Tennis Center raised more than $16,000 for the additional clay courts.
Other facility improvements included:
• Raised all the court elevations and installed two detention ponds onsite to reduce flooding and improve drainage in the facility.
• Additional parking to accommodate the two new courts. In total there are 49 parking spots, enough to accommodate the normal day-to-day tennis players.
• New lighting for all of the hard courts, sidewalks, drinking fountain and landscaping.
By November, the clay courts will be completed and ready for play. There will be a 6-foot fence constructed along Fleming Drive to help buffer road noise. And there will be a permanent plaque recognizing the facility’s founder, Burnett Maybank, who completed the tennis center in 1972. It was sold to the City of Charleston in 2000.
A big thanks to the sponsors and supporters who made this project possible:
CHAMPION $5,000 or more
Residents of Bishop Gadsden
Lee Boatwright
John and Lucia Childs
Elizabeth Hostutler
Jean Howe
Katie Kelsey
Frank Meade
Louise Ravenel
M.F. Scrantom
Kurt Wassen
ADVANTAGE 2,499 – $1,000
Dr. and Mrs. G. Thomas Finnegan
The Miller Family/Kickin’ Chicken
The Quirk-Garvan Fund
In Honor of Lee Reed
PLAYER $999 – $500
In Memory of Peter Weiland
Jeffrey Richards
Thomas Thornhill
LOVE $499 – $100
Raymond Anton
Vicente Antonetti
John Barnwell
Terrance Brown
Carpet Baggers Floor Covering
Boyce Cox
James Craigie
Edwina Dechamplain
Roy Dewberry
Henry and Rita Donato
John Girault
Laurel Hays
Ross Hostetter
Joseph John
Ed Loeber
Frederick Mcmahon
Gerald Mcmahon
E. Clark Morrison
Correna Panagiotou
Sara Jane Reynolds
Eugene Santos
Jerry Simmons
John and Brittany Wallace
Lamar Watkins
Jeanette Weiland
Bonum Wilson
William Wise
Wilson & Heyward LLC
BASELINE $99 – $10
Anonymous
Henry Bouton
Jerry Ciota
Tricia Cordina
Ernie Edge
Betsy Gaskins
Jean Howe
David Knott
Paige Osbon
Kelsie Page
Robert Sinteff
John Tibbetts
J. Tipton
Robert Want
Jeannette Wilson
Richard Wood