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Rankings Updated
Updated Rankings Pre-Salt Lake City: SR40+, Elite Women & Pro Men
by DVThe tightest Race4Eight Rankings the tour has ever seen, as we head into the final stop of the season, are now available and there’s a mix-up at the top! Martin Mulkerrins returns to the #1 position -and- jumps the Cordova Brothers in the process; meanwhile, Lucho (Luis Cordova) drops out of the top spot for the first time since March of 2023. Remember, Salt Lake City brings “double Points” for not only the pro men, but the women and senior 40+ divisions. So, what does that mean for the top 8 players entering Salt Lake City? ...
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Stop #8 Season Finale
2024 WPH Aces Player’s Championship – R48Pro Stop #8: May 3-5
by DVSalt Lake City, UT, WPH Press (Featuring The Elite Eight Men, Women’s Best and Senior 40+ Pros) The 2024 WPH Race 4 Eight Salt Lake City Aces Player’s Championship will provide professional handball’s greatest showcase, featuring the R48, WR48, and SR48 battling for Player’s Championships, the most coveted prize in professional handball. Top amateur and skill level players will join the world’s best professional players at one of the sport’s greatest events. “We point towards the Aces Player’s Championship all season,”...
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R48Pro Results
Race 4 Eight Results: 2011-2024
by DVRace 4 Eight R48, WR48 & SR48 Champions and Finalists Race 4 Eight Season I: 2011-12 R48 Men’s Pro Plummer Bash (ID): Luis Moreno (AZ) def Naty Alvarado, Jr. (CA) 21-7, 21-17 U.S. Open (CA): Robbie McCarthy (IRE) def Charly Shanks (IRE) 21-15, 18-21, 11-9 Tucson (AZ): Luis Moreno (AZ) def Sean Lenning (WA) 21-19, 21-4 Fresno (CA): Sean Lenning (WA) def Naty Alvarado, Jr. (CA) 25-8, 25-23 Atlanta (GA): Luis Moreno (AZ) def Naty Alvarado, Jr. (CA) 25-22, 23-25, 25-18 Salt Lake City (UT): Luis Moreno (AZ) def Sean Lenning (WA) 25-5, 25-8 LAAC...
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Season 13 Schedule
2023/24 Race 4 Eight Schedule
by DVTucson, AZ, WPH Press, 6/6/23 The World Players of Handball and its sponsors are thrilled to present the thirteenth Race 4 Eight season, starting this October in Portland and ending in May of 2024 in Salt Lake City. The 2023/24 Race 4 Eight season will feature eight events, with the tour traveling to the St. Louis Hinder Club for the first time in January and returning to handball hotspots in Portland, Tucson, Missoula, Juarez, and Salt Lake City. The Race 4 Eight tour kicked off at the Plummer Bash in Idaho in October of 2011 and has hosted eighty...
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Stop #7 Wraps
2024 R48LTE USHA Hall of Fame: Mulkerrins Wins Number 8
by DVDay 3 Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 4/14/24 R48 Final: Martin vs. Lucho Sunday’s Hall of Fame final pitted two of the Race 4 Eight’s greatest champions in pursuit of not only the Hall of Fame title, but positioning themselves for the season-end Player’s Cup for the number one player on tour. Despite being ranked in the top three on the tour for most of the past two seasons, Lucho and Martin had only met four times since October of 2022 and just once this season. Mulkerrins led those four recent meetings 3-1, including a win this season’s first...
Updated Rankings Pre-Salt Lake City: SR40+, Elite Women & Pro Men
The tightest Race4Eight Rankings the tour has ever seen, as we head into the final stop of the season, are now available and there’s a mix-up at the top! Martin Mulkerrins returns to the #1 position -and- jumps the Cordova Brothers in the process; meanwhile, Lucho (Luis Cordova) drops out of the top spot for the first time since March of 2023. Remember, Salt...