WTA Charity has kindly donated £2,500 to help support Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity.

The Nature Valley Classic is an LTA summer grass court event held at Edgbaston Priory Club every June. It is a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Premier event and is one of the most important tournaments on the WTA women’s tennis tour.

This year’s line-up was the strongest in the tournament’s 38-year history and featured the world’s top three players for the first time ever. World No.1 Naomi Osaka, No.2 Ashleigh Barty and No.3 Karolina Pliskova all played the event, as well as British No.1 Johanna Konta and five-time Wimbledon champion and tennis legend Venus Williams.

As part of the LTA’s mission to open tennis up to a wider audience, the tournament also hosts up to 1,500 school children each year to give them a taste of tennis. LTA regional coaches also ran tennis taster sessions in schools across the city, giving thousands more children the chance to try tennis for themselves.

LTA Tournament Director for the Nature Valley Classic Patrick Hughesman said: “Children are a huge part of this tournament so we’re very pleased to work with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham charity, which does such incredible work helping so many kids and young people across Birmingham. It was great to see so many volunteers from QEHB come to the tournament on our opening day.”

WTA Charities have kindly donated £2,500 to help support Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity “WTA Charities strives to make a positive social impact across the globe by strengthening the communities and supporting charitable efforts of the WTA players, legends and tournaments,” said Ann Austin, Senior Director of Community Development at the WTA. “The LTA has done such great work with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, and we are delighted to support them with a donation which we hope will help in their dedication to kids and families throughout Birmingham.”

If you would like to help support QEHB Charity, please visit: hospitalcharity.org/donate today.

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