The Riva Classic is a group of college baseball buds that have been gathering since 2005 to celebrate friendship, life, and the simple joy of each others company.

Each year, since 2005, the Rollins College crew gathers at different locations to play golf, drink and simply laugh life's struggles away.

The gang played together in the late 1980's and early 1990's. Basically, when you go to a school in the south and play baseball, that is all you do. So the gang was together morning, noon and night.

In 2005, one of the gang (that would be me, Brian) was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I basically lost a year of my life battling this sucker but came out of it with flying colors.

I decided that life was way to short and that it was time to reach out to long lost friends that where such a big part of my life and those experiences.

Once I contacted one (Jimmy Chaka), this whole thing blew up into one of the greatest experiences of my life. A small group gathered the first year in Connecticut (Thanks Jim and Dekes) and from there the flood gates opened into a yearly gathering of college buddies for 3 to 4 days of golf, drinking and amazing amounts of laughter.

It has been a  truly amazing experience and many would say it is a great form of therapy. This group is proof that friendship and support are so important in leading a fulfilling life!

Welcome to The Riva Classic WebSite!