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TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE WORK OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SPORTS CLASSIC WHICH FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS HAS PROVIDED PREMIER RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR ADULTS OVER FIFTY YEARS OF AGE, AND TO CONGRATULATE THE SENIOR SPORTS CLASSIC FOR ESTABLISHING A SENIOR SPORTS HALL OF FAME INTO WHICH THE 2008 MEMBERS WILL BE INDUCTED AT A CEREMONY HELD AT FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY ON MAY 15, 2008.
Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to learn that the induction ceremony for the 2008 members of the South Carolina Senior Sports Classic Hall of Fame will be held at Francis Marion College on May 15, 2008; and
Whereas, the South Carolina Senior Sports Classic held its first event in 1981 on the campus of Francis Marion University with some eighty senior athletes and has continued annually in May, National Senior Citizens month, with an average of six hundred athletes competing; and
Whereas, conducted statewide at twenty sites, local games average two hundred fifty participants, making a total of four thousand participants annually, and local champions advance to the state competition. Those winners advance to the National Senior Olympics held every other year; and
Whereas, participants can choose from an array of events, ranging from basketball to horseshoes to track and field events; and
Whereas, the goals of the South Carolina Senior Sports classic include maintaining and improving the health and wellness of South Carolina's older adults by providing more quality competitive athletic and recreational experiences that focus on the need for regular and daily exercise; and
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly are grateful for the broad athletic programs offered to senior citizens of our State under the auspices of the South Carolina Senior Sports Classic and commend the Sports Classic for its wonderful work that benefits so many senior participants in South Carolina. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize and honor the work of the South Carolina Sports Classic which for twenty-one years has provided premier recreational experiences for adults over fifty years of age, and congratulate the Senior Sports Classic for establishing a Senior Sports Hall of Fame into which the 2008 members will be inducted at a ceremony held at Francis Marion University on May 15, 2008.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Phebe Holcombe, president of the South Carolina Senior Sports Classic, Incorporated.
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