In a collaborative effort over the Labor Day weekend, Livermore Valley Tennis Club, Ruby Hill Golf Club and Castlewood Country Club will host what has become the Bay Area’s largest amateur doubles tennis tournament.
The Tri Valley Doubles Championships started as a small tennis mixer five years ago to raise money for the Valley Humane Society. It has since grown into the Bay Area’s biggest event of its kind.
The event now raises money not only for Valley Humane but for several other local “no kill” animal shelters.
Last year’s tournament featured more than 300 players. This year’s event should be even larger with players flying in from as far as Florida and South Carolina to play.
The tournament is unique in that it not only has play at all levels, but that families are encouraged to play together no matter what age old.
“I think what has made the tournament so successful is not only a cause that people can get behind, but that we have encouraged juniors to play with adults so it has been a tournament with few generation gaps,” tournament director Kevin Pope said.
“The tournament has not only received support from the tennis playing community, but from businesses both local and nationally,” he added.
For more information, visit www.trivalleydoubleschampionships.com.
