The World Players of Handball is in the midst of our busiest stretch in our 10-year history, as we will have covered, broadcast and hosted 4-Wall, 3-Wall and 1-Wall junior, adult and pro events nearly every week for more than two months starting in the middle of August. The 2015 WPH Outdoor tour wrapped up its regular season at Marina Park with more than 75 junior players under the age of 20 taking Junior WPH clinics and playing in the Back to School singles and doubles at Marina Park, Abe Montijo competed in two Tucson Showdown matches against Daniel Cordova at the Battle of the Border and Jonathan Iglesias at the Tuesday Night Showdown, while his students competed against Junior WPH Juarez and participated in Junior WPH clinics, Paul Brady and Aisling Reilly defended their 4-Wall World Singles Titles, Sean Lenning, Timbo Gonzalez and Danielle Daskalakis earned 1-Wall World Titles, Southern California’s Ezequiel Marin was awarded the WPH Courage Award for his inspiring battle against leukemia and junior leadership at WPH Outdoor events, Junior WPH’s Marco’s Kids headed to Fresno, the WPH 3WallBall Outdoor Championships and Pre-Race and Race 4 Eight V seasons are on the horizon and much more!
Links to the Past Few Weeks
More Than a Game: The Story of Ezequiel Marin: Here
Junior WPH’s Marco’s Kids Head to Fresno: Here
Junior WPH’s Battle of the Border and Calcutta Doubles: Here
Junior WPH Tuesday Night Showdown and Junior Skills Competition: Here
Junior WPH Makes Strides in Tucson: Here
Paul Brady and Aisling Reilly Repeat at the World Championships (4-Wall): Here
Sean Lenning Wins the 1-Wall Small Ball World Title, Timbo Gonzalez and Danielle Daskalakis Win the 1-Wall Big Ball: Here
Juan Santos Slams at Marina Park’s 2015 WPH Outdoor Stop #4 and More Than 75 Juniors Compete in Clinics and Singles and Doubles:
Finals Sunday: Here
Junior Clinic and Semifinals Saturday: Here
WPH’s Pre-Race Stop #1 at the Washington Athletic Club, featuring Sean Lenning, Emmett Peixoto, Daniel Cordova and Erik Torres (September 12): Here
Kadeem Bush is 1-Wall’s Big Blue Baller: Here
Race 4 Eight V Schedule and Courts and Rankings Rules: Here
Upcoming Events and Entry Information:
WPH 3WallBall Outdoor Championships and 1-Wall International Cup (September 24th-27th): Here
Plummer Helluva Family Handball Bash (October 2nd-4th): Here
WPH University of West Florida Argonauts Classic in Pensacola, FL (October 2nd-4th): Here
Simple Green U.S. Open of Handball (October 22th-25th): Here
Tucson Race 4 Eight V Memorial (November 6th-8th): Here
Stay tuned to wphlive.tv for all of the upcoming information from around the world of handball.
David Fink
WPH Senior Writer