The Belmont

Half the fun is getting there.

The Belmont is a leather duffle made for weekends when the match is out of town. In the Andar Sporting Club lineup, it’s the bag that gets packed the night before a tournament and waits by the front door before anyone’s had coffee. Saturday starts with an early draw and ends with the whole group crowded around a table at the hotel, replaying every close call.

By the second day, it’s been tossed in a trunk and set down beside more than one court, and it’s still ready for more. The wide zip top makes repacking quick when checkout comes too soon, and the buckled straps go long for the walk across the parking lot or short for a quick grab. Come Sunday night, it rides home in the back seat carrying a weekend’s worth of stories.

Good company travels well.