Day 3 Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 11/9/25 R48 Men’s Pro Final Martin Mulkerrins and Ray Ure met for third time in a Race 4 Eight final in the last 14 months, with Martin winning both encounters in two games. Martin would be seeking a defense of his Memorial title, while Ure would be seeking his first Race title. Ure tackled Mulkerrins in the first game, never allowing him into the rallies. Ure hit five ace serves in the first, with many others serves that were just barely returned. Ure led Mulkerrins 14-1 in just six minutes, stunning the handball-crazed...

Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 11/9/25 The 2025 Race 4 Eight Memorial produced sensational handball from the R48, WR48, and SR48 pros, with Ray Ure capturing his first Race 4 Eight title in his fourth final, Niamh Heffernan adding to her 2025 WR48 Player’s Championship with her second title at the 2025 Memorial, and David Fink winning his sixteenth SR48 title. Ure’s first Race title catapulted his from #7 to #5 in the rankings, while Leo Canales’s dramatic quarterfinal comeback against Danos Cordova shot him back into the Race 4 Eight top three....

Day 2 Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 11/8/25 R48 Men’s Pro Quarterfinals Martin Mulkerrins was steady and in control in the first quarterfinal match of the morning against Sean Lenning. Mulkerrins struck three aces and 29 rally-ending shots against just six errors in the two-game sweep. Lenning committed 18 costly errors in the two games, but still managed a near comeback from match point down in the second game, trailing 12-14 and tying the game at 14. Mulkerrins did not panic, eventually winning the game in overtime. “Everyone kind of knew with Sean...

Day 1 Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 11/7/25 The tenth annual 2025 Tucson Memorial marks the ninety-eighth event in the history of the Race 4 Eight tour, with the tour spanning 17 states in the R48’s first fourteen seasons. The 2025 Tucson Memorial features the largest prize purse of the 2025/26 Race 4 Eight handball season with one of the best fields in recent Race 4 Eight history. The Tucson Memorial was created in 2015 to honor handball friends and family who were sadly lost, a tradition that has evoked wonderful memories of handball players and...

WPH Press, Tucson, AZ December 13-14, 2025 3-Wall Icebreaker  WPH Press, Tucson, AZ – Enter the December 13-14, 2025 Icebreaker HERE The World Players of Handball is thrilled to present the December 3-Wall Icebreaker at the WPH’s Clark Park on December 13-14, 2025, with the game’s best small ball and big ball stars aiming to etch their names onto the Clark Park Wall of Fame. The December 2025 Icebreaker will offer men’s small ball singles, women’s small ball singles, A small ball singles, big ball singles,...