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Published: November 03 2025

We are excited to welcome PROtect, LLC, as a new sponsor of Tennis with a Heart, supporting the Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center and the American Heart Association.

Protecting Businesses From Unnecessary Risks

PROtect is a leading national provider of safety, reliability, and compliance services. Serving a diverse array of industries including refining, petrochemical, renewable fuels, manufacturing, food & beverage, fertilizer, and oil & gas, their foundation is built on decades of practical expertise. PROtect specializes in protecting your company from unnecessary risks related to employee injury, property damage, liability, unplanned downtime, and regulatory non-compliance. They are committed to providing best-in-class solutions so you can focus on what you do best: running your business.

Purpose and Principles

What PROtect Does

PROtect offers testing, inspection, safety, engineering, compliance, and consulting services that allows them to effectively mitigate risks and ensure a safe, reliable, and compliant tomorrow.

How PROtect Does It

At the core of PROtect operations lie their guiding principles. They’re driven by their Purpose, prioritizing meaningful impact over mere profit margins. These principles, captured by their five “P”s, define who they are:

• People are their priority. Happy employees mean satisfied customers—it’s that simple.
• Their priority is to be a Partner, not just a vendor.
• Quality, efficiency, and safety are the hallmarks of their Processes.
• They Produce results that benefit their team, clients, and stakeholders.
• They’re committed to ongoing Progress; actively seeking feedback to refine and implement innovative solutions.

PROtect Houston, South
4682 S. Sam Houston Parkway East
Building A
Houston, Texas 77048
(281) 845-8728
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PROtect Corporate Headquarters
3815 S. Midco Street
Wichita, Kansas 67215
(316) 927-4290
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Published: October 19 2025

This is the sixth consecutive year that Viking Engineering has been an active sponsor of the Tennis with a Heart tournament, helping our players have a great event and aiding the Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center and the American Heart Association in their vital work. Viking Engineering has our sincere gratitude for their continuing support.

In contrast to other consulting and engineering firms, Viking and GATE Energy’s philosophy is based on taking an operators perspective to a problem and not limiting themselves to a specific discipline. Taking a larger view of the interactions and intricacies of the system as a whole enables them to develop an optimized solution that crosses many different disciplines and boundaries and provide fit-for-purpose answers to real operating challenges.

A sampling of the scope Viking Engineering can address:

• Design & Engineer It
  • Integrated Fracturing & Stimulation
  • Well Construction & Design
  • Materials & Corrosion
  • Flow Assurance
  • Water Injection Engineering
  • Production Chemistry & Chemical Management
• Build It
  • Operations Readiness & System Studies
  • Stream-Based HAZOP Process
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
  • Initial Startup Planning & Procedures
• Optimize & Maintain It
  • Failure Analysis & Failure Investigation
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Risk Based Inspection (RBI) & Assessment
  • Comprehensive Integrity Management
  • Integrity Management Plan Development
  • Coating & Insulation Services
  • Integrity Engineering Consulting
  • Cathodic Protection Design, Installation & Surveillance
  • Corrosion Management
  • Flow Assurance Modeling
  • Comprehensive Blockage Remediation
  • Water Injection Thermal & Fracture Modeling
  • Nodal Analysis & Modeling
  • Life Extension & Fitness For Service
  • Spill Response & Source Control
  • Water Injection Optimization & Troubleshooting
  • Chemical Injection Optimization & Troubleshooting

Viking Engineering is a team of highly trained and experienced petroleum professionals. Each Viking Principal has over 30 years of hands-on and management experience. This experience covers all phases of petroleum engineering and many technological applications. Viking’s clients include energy companies, independent operators, legal firms, and manufacturing companies.

Viking Engineering
13501 Katy Freeway, Suite 3300
Houston, Texas 77079
(281) 870-4033

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Published: October 14 2025

With great appreciation for their longstanding and continued help with the tournament, we welcome Swagelok^® back as a sponsor for 2025 in support of the Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center and the American Heart Association.

From the exploration of Mars to everyday plant operations, Swagelok has been a partner alongside customers, pushing the boundaries of what is possible. That is their mission. They are always looking for a better way. Their associates are singularly focused on how they can improve their customers’ experience — through new products and alloys, system design and training, or services to manage inventory and overhead.

From the depths of our oceans to the furthest reaches of our solar system, Swagelok performs under pressure. Shop their comprehensive suite of fluid system products suitable for diverse applications in a variety of industries. Their team of field engineers and application specialists can support your business through onsite services, design and assembly services, training, and more.

Swagelok is a values-based company committed to innovation, customer focus, integrity, respect, continuous improvement, and quality. Their products and services are available through more than 200 sales and service centers in 70 countries.

Swagelok Southeast Texas
10110 Fairbanks North Houston Road
Houston, Texas 77064
(713) 527-0233
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Published: October 12 2025

A valued partner of the tournament for several years, SPIR STAR^® AG has returned in 2025 as an event sponsor for the 14th annual Tennis with a Heart tournament, supporting the Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center and the Houston Chapter of the American Heart Association.

SPIR STAR^® AG, headquartered in Rimbach-Mitlechtern, Germany, is your specialist for the manufacture of thermoplastic ultra-high-pressure hoses with spiralized steel-wire reinforcement for a working pressure range of 250 to 4.000 bar (5,800 to 58,000 psi) and inner diameters ranging from 3 to 32 millimeters.

The company began in 1981 as part of PAPUREX GmbH in Mörlenbach-Mumbach. At that time, they manufactured ultra-high-pressure hoses using special machinery the company had designed and built itself. The hoses were sold under the brand name of SPIR STAR®. Production grew so rapidly that in 1987 the company relocated to a new production site in nearby Mörlenbach. Due to continued growth, the division of thermoplastic ultra-high-pressure hose production was spun off completely in 1989 and SPIR STAR® Druckschläuche GmbH was founded.

The company’s internationalization and thus increasing demand eventually enabled the company to relocate to its present facility in 2001. Since then, ultra-high-pressure hoses have been produced with state-of-the-art machinery and equipment and the hoses have become a staple in the Waterblast, Hydraulics, Oil & Gas and Automotive industries. In addition to this, the continuous development of new and innovative hose types ensures the company’s sustainable presence in its relevant markets.

For more than 30 years, SPIR STAR^® has been offering premium product quality—made in Germany—combined with forward-looking innovation and outstanding customer service.

SPIR STAR^® AG
Office for the Americas
10002 Sam Houston Center Drive
Houston, Texas 77064
(281) 664-7800
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Published: October 09 2025

For 2025 and our 14th annual event, we’re pleased to welcome back a longtime friend of the tournament, PAC Stainless Ltd.—a trusted leader in stainless steel and specialty tubing—as a supporting sponsor.

Since 1976, PAC Stainless has consistently provided quality stainless tubular products and top-tier customer service to the industrial marketplace. The company services a wide variety of industries including oil and gas, petrochemical, power generation, high purity, food and beverage, marine, fabrication, and renewable energy.

More than just a product supplier, PAC Stainless strives to be a solutions provider. Value added services allow them to further define our position in the supply chain as an invaluable, long term partner to our customers.

Customers across industries recognize that there’s more to the PAC Promise than simply laying in inventory. The product expertise, high level of customer-focused service, and general know-how shine each time you connect with us. There is no substitute for the decades of experience found in the employees at PAC and the peace of mind that comes with choosing to work with tubing experts.
   —Senior Account Manager, PAC Seattle Branch

PAC Stainless
5259 Brittmoore Road
Houston, Texas 77041
(713) 466-6160

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Published: October 07 2025

We’re pleased to welcome back a longtime friend of the tournament, HYDAC Technology Corporation (HYDAC International GmbH), as a supporting sponsor for 2025.

HYDAC provides fluid power solutions to OEMs, manufacturers, and end users of a variety of heavy duty mobile and industrial equipment. These solutions increase the efficiency, longevity and safety of fluid power systems—even under extreme conditions.

Founded in Saarland in 1963 as “Gesellschaft für Hydraulikzubehör” (Company for Hydraulics Accessories) and run as a family company, HYDAC has never stopped improving. HYDAC now has 50 international subsidiaries, roughly 500 sales and service partners, 14 product lines, and more than 9,500 employees worldwide.

You can rely on HYDAC’s expertise in hydraulics, systems, and fluid engineering. They are committed to providing all-inclusive solutions that span industrial sectors, are sustainable and, above all, are customer-oriented.

HYDAC Corporation Sales Office & Operations
510 Stonegate Drive
Katy, Texas 77494
(281) 579-8100

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Published: October 06 2025

Higginbotham, the insurance, financial, and HR services company, joined us in 2023 and 2024 in support of the Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center and the American Heart Association, and we are excited they have returned as an Aces Level sponsor in 2025. “Aces” is our premium level sponsorship package.

Whether you’re searching for customized insurance, human resources, or financial solutions to protect your home, car, health, business, or employees, Higginbotham specialists are here to serve you, the people you care about, and your success.

Higginbotham’s mission is to exceed the expectations of their employees, clients, carriers, and communities in a partnership to deliver a Single Source for insurance and financial services.

With Higginbotham, you’re not a policy number. You’re a person.

Maybe you’re a business owner with a growing enterprise. Maybe you’re an employer who wants to equip your workers so they provide your customers with the best service possible. Maybe you’re a provider for your family. Higginbotham gets to know your priorities because they’re not just in the business of selling insurance—they’re in the business of forming relationships.

Higginbotham
11700 Katy Freeway, Suite 1100
Houston, TX 77079
(713) 952-9990

Visit the Higginbotham corporate Website to learn more, and see the Houston office for your insurance, financial, and HR services needs.
 

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Published: September 23 2025

Join us November 15 for the Houston tennis event of the fall benefiting the Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center and the American Heart Association

Victor and Helga Pinones and the fabulous Giammalva Racquet Club are hosting our 14^th annual charity tournament on Saturday, November 15. Are you ready for a beautiful fall day full of good tennis, good food, good friends, and good fun, all for for a very, very good cause? All proceeds will benefit the Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center and the Houston Chapter of the American Heart Association.

Team and individual player registrations are open now. And learn more about how your company can sponsor Tennis with a Heart.

For our 14^th year the tournament is once again presented thanks to Ocean Edge Services and TechipFMC, and supported by our amazing sponsors.

Since its inception in 2011, the Tennis with a Heart charity tournament has grown to become an autumn milestone on the Houston area tennis calendar and has—thanks to our presenters, sponsors, volunteers, team captains, and players—raised over $414,000 for nonprofit organizations vital to Houstonians’ health and well-being.

The tournament will start bright and early Saturday, November 15, at the Giammalva Racquet Club in northwest Houston. The format is a fun, quick-paced, and simplified combination of World Team Tennis and USTA League formats with team matches consisting of one line each of men’s and women’s doubles, plus two lines of mixed doubles. We always work to ensure that every team will play a minimum of 12 individual matches.

Teams will compete in NTRP 3.5, 4.0, and Open divisions. Breakfast and lunch will be served, with refreshments and hydration provided all day long. You’ll get to play plenty of tennis, have a lot of fun in great Houston November weather, see old friends, and make new ones. All participating players will receive the now-famous and collectible tournament T-shirt, and there will be trophies for all the players on each winning team.

Best of all, all proceeds from Tennis with a Heart go to fund the important work of the Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center and the Houston Chapter of the American Heart Association. No administrative or personnel fees are collected from the event. We’re all volunteers. Our sponsorships and tournament fees cover direct expenses only, with every remaining dime going to our charities.

Register to play in the tournament or become a sponsor today!

Group photo of players at the 2024 Tennis with a Heart Tournament

The Tennis with a Heart charity tournament organizers and volunteers and pleased to welcome BriceBarclay as a new supporting sponsor, helping us achieve our fundraising goal for the Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center and the Houston Chapter of the American Heart Association.

Instruments and Controls for Pressure, Temperature, Flow, and Electrical Applications

Since 1948, BriceBarclay has served as a manufacturer’s representative and wholesale distributor providing customers with prompt quotations, product expertise, and a large inventory of products ready for same day shipment. From their headquarters in Stafford, Texas (Houston area) and their branch office in Plano, Texas (Dallas area), they service customers in all 50 states and 61 countries. Their product lines include instrumentation, valves, and controls for pressure, temperature, electrical, flow, and level applications across a wide range of industries.

BriceBarclay is driven by four core principles:

Integrity: BriceBarclay’s founder, Gene Brice, put it simply — “Do the right thing!” After more than 70 years in business, integrity is still non-negotiable at BriceBarclay.

Customer Service: They care about getting their customers what they need. Their sales team will be responsive to your inquiries and helpful with your questions. And when you need your order yesterday, they will be relentless expediters.

Expertise and Experience: The BriceBarclay sales team has earned their reputation for extensive product and application knowledge. They hire only the best people and train them to be top performers. With an average of ≈20 years of experience selling instrumentation, controls, and valves, their salespeople have the answers to your questions.

Long-Term Partner: BriceBarclay is proud to be a multi-decade partner to many of their customers and manufacturers. Despite this shared history, they know that every inquiry is an opportunity and a responsibility to continue to earn the trust of their long-term partners. Whether you are a brand-new customer or have come to them for years, please call today and put BriceBarclay to the test. They look forward to doing business with you for years to come.

BriceBarclay
4301 Greenbriar Drive
Stafford, Texas 77477
(800) 231-7174

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Returning as a supporting sponsor of the tournament in 2024 is Tiger Offshore Rentals. Their support of our players and our charities is sincerely appreciated.

When it comes to supplying essential offshore equipment, you need a company that gets the job done right.

Tiger Offshore Rentals is a leading international provider of specialty rental equipment to the upstream offshore oil and gas market.

Their fluid tanks and logistics equipment solve their clients’ daily demands to safely move, transport and store drilling fluids and liquids.

Their logistics equipment moves key assets such as pipe, dry sack material, groceries and supplies to and from the drilling and production sites.

They provide cargo carrying units, baskets, boxes, containers, tanks and vessels that are DNV 2.7-1, DNV 2.7-3, EN12079, IMDG (T-11), T7, T4, ASME VIII, IBC, IM101, MPT, USCGA, ISO, UN31H2/HM-181E NORMAN 05/DPC, ANTT Resolution 420, USDOT and UN31A approved.

These units are designed for offshore dynamic lifting in accordance with API RP 2A.

Their motorized equipment such as vacuums, pressure washers, steam cleaners and pumps assist in maintenance or support of rig and platform daily operations.

Tiger Offshore Rentals
1313 Gulf Street
Beaumont, Texas 77701
(409) 951-4048

Visit the Tiger Offshore Rentals website to learn more.