2025 Race 4 Eight Memorial, November 7-9, 2025
Tucson, AZ, WPH Press –
Enter the November 7-9, 2025 Race 4 Eight Memorial HERE
The tenth annual 2025 Tucson Memorial will feature the R48 Men’s Pros, WR48 and SR48 pros battling for the coveted Race 4 Eight Memorial title in handball’s hotbed.
In addition to the R48 Men’s pros, Women’s Race 4 Eight pros and Senior Race 4 Eight (40+) pros vying for one of the sport’s most prestigious prizes, the 2025 Tucson Memorial will feature divisions for juniors, masters and skill level players.
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 fans who spent their lives playing and supporting in the sport.
The Tucson Memorial was designed by local handball players in early 2015 to honor those in our community that have left us, following the mantra: Life is what you celebrate. Every ounce of it. Even it’s End.
“This is not a somber event, instead it’s a celebration of life and the sport we love most… HANDBALL!!!” exclaimed WPH Executive Director Dave Vincent. “This year’s Memorial, the handball community will be celebrating those that helped progress the game; members of our handball community that have passed; past champions and future players of the game with the Tucson Memorial Handball Tournament!”
2025 Race 4 Eight Memorial Tournament Info
- All players entering the Memorial pro singles and doubles brackets MUST BE current WPH Members
- Tournament Hotel: Homewood Suites by Hilton Tucson/St. Phillips Plaza University, website HERE, walking distance to the tournament, no tournament rate
- Ball: WPH Red 21
- Tournament Directors: WPH
- Defending R48Pro Memorial Champions: Martin Mulkerrins (R48), Ciana Ni Churraoin (WR48), David Fink (SR48)
- 2025 Race 4 Eight Pro Events: R48 Men’s Pro, WR48, SR48
- This event will be filmed and streamed by the WPH Broadcast team
- Rankings points and Prize Money pay-outs courtesy of the World Players of Handball
Enter the November 7-9, 2025 Race 4 Eight Memorial HERE
David Fink
WPH Senior Writer
WPH RACE 4 EIGHT: The World Players of Handball’s Race 4 Eight Powered by ESPN features six Race 4 Eight stops around the country, all culminating with The Player’s Championship in Utah each May. 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. The top 8 elite men will receive bonus cash after the season-ending rankings are tallied up; meanwhile, the top 4 Sr 40+ and Women’s ‘Fab Four’ will also receive bonuses. The amount of these bonuses fluctuate from year-to-year… Please contact the WPH for this season’s bonus structure. Email the WPH for detailed explanations regarding the ranking system, seeds and bonus pay-outs at season’s end: info@wphlive.tv
For more information on the WPH Race 4 Eight title sponsor opportunity, please contact World Players of Handball Executive Director David Vincent at info@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
Tournament seeds reflect rankings at the time of the event but are not the sole determining factor. The WPH retains the discretion to seed players based on their skill level, recent performance, and injury status.
The Executive Director will seed each tournament in a manner that respects the objectivity of the WPH rankings, while acknowledging that some unranked players are strong enough to disrupt the integrity of a draw if not seeded subjectively. Therefore, the seeding process will involve the objective constraint that no ranked player may be seeded ahead of a higher ranked player, while allowing for the subjective seeding of any unranked player the Executive Director deems strong enough to disrupt the draw.