WPH Outdoor kicks off its big ball season in Santa Fe Springs, California, at Los Nietos Park, March 12th & 13th, when big ball three wall will be displayed among the trees and green grass in this family park.
WPH Outdoor will provide ranking points similar to the indoor 4 wall small ball professional handball tour, also administered by the WPH, where players will accumulate points based on their tournament results in up to two divisions per event (three in Vegas/Sept).
Eye-wear is mandatory, Junior WPH/Pro Player clinics and entry information will be posted on r2sports.com (search handball), wphlive.tv and wphoutdoor.com, for all stops throughout 2016.
Preliminary Gold Cup/WPH Outdoor Race to Las Vegas Schedule for 2016:
CUP STOP ONE
March 12th-13th WPH Outdoor 3 Wall Big Ball Spring Classic
Location: Los Nietos Park, 11143 Charlesworth Rd, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Entry Info: HERE> (r2sports.com) Use the tabs on this page to find tournament information, fees, hotel discounts, prize money and format questions/contact info.
Highlights: Big Ball 3 Wall singles & doubles w/Full Ranking Points, Trophy, Cash & Yellow Jersey for all “A” Brackets (Singles & doubles); Junior WPH Pro Player clinics/Junior Entry Fee Reduced.
Format: Can play two events (one singles/one doubles); Best two of three games, no rally scoring to 12 pts; two time outs per game; 3 minute break between games; Doubles features only one server; no two wall serves; no second serves (one chance to get the ball into play).
Contact: Tom Flores @ flores@wphoutdoor.com
CUP STOP TWO
April 9th-10th WPH Outdoor 1 Wall Big Ball Challenge
Location: Golden Park, 8840 Golden Ave, Downey, CA 90242
Entry Info: HERE> (r2sports.com) Use the tabs on this page to find tournament information, fees, hotel discounts, prize money and format questions/contact info.
Highlights: Big Ball 1 Wall singles & doubles w/Full Ranking Points, Trophy, Cash & Yellow Jersey for all “A” Brackets (Singles & doubles); Junior WPH Pro Player clinics. Full Points will be offered in “A” singles & doubles.
Format: Can play two events (one singles/one doubles); Best two of three games, no rally scoring to 12 pts; two time outs per game; 3 minute break between games; Doubles features only one server; no two wall serves; no second serves (one chance to get the ball into play).
Contact: Tom Flores @ flores@wphoutdoor.com
CUP STOP THREE
April 15th-17th WPH R48Pro Small Ball 4W Tour Stop #6 & Big Ball 4 Wall Xrossover
Location: Sports Mall, 5445 S 900 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84117
Entry Info: HERE> (r2sports.com) – Use the tabs on this page to find tournament information, fees, hotel discounts, prize money and format questions/contact info.
Highlights: Big Ball 4 Wall (indoor) w/Full Ranking Points, Trophy, Cash & Yellow Jersey. Play in a small ball pro money event (pro/am doubles or qualifier) and your second entry fee is waived (see Vincent for details); Junior WPH Pro Player clinics
Format: TBD
Contact: David Vincent @ vincent@wphlive.tv or Tom Flores @ flores@wphoutdoor.com – JR WPH Clinics and Event Questions: David Fink @ fink@race4eight.com
CUP STOP FOUR
May 20th-22nd WPH Outdoor 3 Wall Big Ball Sin City Shootout
Location: WPH/WOR/3WB VIP Courts, 1811 South Commerce Street, Las Vegas, NV 89102
Entry Info: HERE> (r2sports.com) – Use the tabs on this page to find tournament information, fees, hotel discounts, prize money and format questions/contact info.
Highlights: Amazing Hotel Discounts with the Stratosphere Hotel – Big Ball 3 Wall singles & doubles w/Full Ranking Points, Trophy, Cash & Yellow Jersey for all “A” Brackets (Singles & doubles). Special “C” Winner-Takes-All
Format: Can play two events (one singles/one doubles); Best two of three games, no rally scoring to 12 pts; two time outs per game; 3 minute break between games; Doubles features only one server; no two wall serves; no second serves (one chance to get the ball into play).
Contact: Tom Flores @ flores@wphoutdoor.com
CUP STOP FIVE
Sept 22nd-25th WPH Outdoor Race2Vegas Cup Championship & 1 Wall International Challenge
Location: Stratosphere, 2000 Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada 89104
Entry Info: HERE> (r2sports.com) Use the tabs on this page to find tournament information, fees, hotel discounts, prize money and format questions/contact info.
Highlights: Double Points awarded toward Final Cup Race Standings; using results from 1 Wall, 3 Wall (Big and Small); a player can use the best three results from four-way play toward final rankings.
Juniors: Divisions offered, plus pro clinics each day
Rules & Format: Best two out of three, no rally scoring (traditional scoring) to 12 pts; two time outs per game; 3-minute break between games; Doubles features only one server; no two wall serves; no second serves (one chance to get the ball into play); eye wear mandatory.
Prizes: Bonus Payouts to the top four finishers in the WPH Outdoor Race2Vegas Cup Series final rankings (Men and Women’s “A”); Yellow Jerseys for all prize division winners!!!!; Trophies for all finalists
See event page on R2sports for payouts!
Contact: Tom Flores @ flores@wphoutdoor.com
Season Ending Bonus Payouts for the Race2Vegas final cup rankings: (Awarded @ the Simple Green US Open *Player must attend the SG US Open to qualify for their bonus)
Men’s A (pro) Champions: 1st $1,000, 2nd $500, 3rd $400, 4th $350
Women’s A (pro) Champions: 1st $1,000, 2nd $500, 3rd $400, 4th $350
STOP SIX
(Not a Cup Stop, but will count as double points toward the rankings)
Simple Green US Open of Handball – October 20th-23rd, Fountain Valley, CA (This is a WPH Outdoor Ranked Event, but not a Cup Series Stop). See r2sports.com for prize money & tournament info Entry Form HERE>