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2024 R48 Montana Red Death Full Preview

Missoula, MT, WPH Press, 1/29/24-

The 2024 R48 Montana Red Death marks the 85th event in the history of the Race 4 Eight tour, with the tour spanning eighteen states in the R48’s first eleven seasons. The 2024 R48 Montana Red Death will feature many of the top pros on the Race 4 Eight Men’s Pro tour, headlined by R48 #1 pro Lucho Cordova (MEX), R48 #2 Danos Cordova (MEX) an R48 #3 pro Martin Mulkerrins (IRE).

The Elite 8 pros will be joined by a strong group of challengers led by former Race 4 Eight finalist Vic Perez (CA), Missoula’s Race 4 Eight star John Chapman (MT), Red Death co-tournament director Abraham Montijo (AZ), Next Gen Race stars Jab Bike (CA), Mark Doyle (IRE), Ivan Burgos (CAN) Diarmuid Mulkerrins (IRE) and Race 4 Eight veterans Max Langmack (AZ), Jeff Streibig (MO), Niall O’Connor (IRE) and Loren Collado (CA).  

In the Red Death’s first year as an official R48 stop in 2018, the Montana Red Death was voted “Race 4 Eight Newcomer Stop of the Year” by the Race 4 Eight pros and was a serious contender for Race 4 Eight stop of the year. Complete with endless hospitality, enthusiastic and knowledgeable fans, and a beautiful facility, the 2024 Montana Red Death promises to be an outstanding event.

Check out all of the important 2024 R48 Montana Red Death tournament information below:

2024 R48 Montana Red Death

  • Date: February 2-4, 2024
  • Site: Peak Racquet Center, 4990 Buckhouse Ln., Missoula, MT 59804
  • Tournament director: WPH + Sean Sandau and Paul Polzin
  • Tournament sponsor: JR WPH
  • Pro Events: R48 Men’s pro singles
  • List of R48 Montana R48 Men’s pro champions: Carroll (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
  • Defending Montana Red Death R48 champion: Carroll
  • Number of ranked R48 pros entered: 18

More info on the 2024 Montana Red Death, including starting times and to follow the brackets HERE

Montana Red Death R48 Press Release HERE

2024 Montana Red Death Broadcast Schedule on ESPN+: Saturday, February 3, 10 am-7 pm MST, Sunday, February 4, 10 am-1 pm MST.

Current Race 4 Eight Rankings HERE

Handball Terminology + Instruction and R48 Rules HERE

Race 4 Eight Pro Player Bios HERE

DF’s R48 Fun Facts and Trends + Race 4 Eight History of Champions HERE

2023/24 Race 4 Eight schedule HERE

WPH Coaching Center Instructional Videos HERE

2023 JR WPH Portfolio HERE

Support the sport and become a WPH Patreon HERE

WPH RACE 4 EIGHT: The World Players of Handball’s 2023/24 Race 4 Eight XIII Powered by ESPN features Race 4 Eight stops in Oregon, Arizona, Missouri, Montana and Mexico, all culminating with The Player’s Championship in Utah in May of 2024. Similar to NASCAR’s Nextel Cup and the FedEx PGA Playoffs, players earn points in the Race 4 Eight’s regular season stops to qualify for the season-ending Player’s Championship and bonus prizes.

For more information on the WPH Race 4 Eight title sponsor opportunity, please contact World Players of Handball Executive Director David Vincent at dave.vincent@wphlive.tv or World Players of Handball Development Director David Fink at david.fink@wphlive.tv. For more information on the World Players of Handball, please visit wphlive.tv

David Fink

WPH Senior Writer


Missoula Montana – Red Death ESPN+ Broadcast Schedule

WPH R48Pro Stop #5 (Season XIII) – Feb 3rd & 4th, 2024

 

Saturday, February 3, 2024                        (All Times Mountain Standard)

10:00     Men’s Quarterfinals TBD

11:00     Men’s Quarterfinals TBD

12:00     Men’s Quarterfinals TBD

13:00     Men’s Quarterfinals TBD

14:00     Men’s 5th or 9th Place Semis TBD

14:45     Men’s 5th or 9th Place Semis TBD

15:30     Men’s Semifinals TBD

16:30     Men’s Semifinals TBD

Sunday, February 4, 2024                           (All Times Mountain Standard)

10:00     Men’s 9th Place Final TBD

10:45     Men’s 5th Place Final TBD

11:30     Men’s Pro Final TBD

 

Watch all the action by subscribing to ESPN+ or become a WPH Patreon Pledge Supporter to get inside clips, rare interviews and video links of earlier rounds:  patreon.com/wphlive

DV: David Vincent formed the World Players of Handball in 2005 and ushered live handball viewing into our living rooms for the first time. Since its inception, the World Players of Handball has broadcast over 1,500 matches live. Dave Vincent serves as the lead play-by-play announcer for virtually all matches, combining his unique perspective and personality with a lifetime of handball experience. DV brings 25 years of broadcast radio experience (in Oregon and California) to World Players of Handball & ESPN broadcasts and provides professionalism and wit to the amazing game of handball. DV also serves as the Executive Director of the World Player of Handball at the WPH headquarters in Tucson, AZ, working daily to grow the game of handball through innovation.
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