Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 12/9/24
The fourth Race 4 Eight Icebreaker, ninety-first Race 4 Eight event, and twenty-seventh overall Icebreaker kicks off at the WPH’s Clark Park on Saturday, December 14, with the game’s best outdoor stars aiming to etch their names onto the Clark Park Wall of Fame. Joining the R48 stars will be the best big ball 3-Wall singles and doubles players and women’s and junior players.
Six-time Icebreaker champion Lucho Cordova enters the 2024 R48 Icebreaker as the two-time defending R48 Icebreaker champion and the top seed. Joining Lucho in the R48 Icebreaker draw will be R48 #3 and one-time Icebreaker champion Danos Cordova, 2024 Ice Bowl champion and R48 #4 Leo Canales, six-time Icebreaker champion and R48 #5 David Fink, 2024 R48 Portland Classic finalist and R48 #6 Ray Ure, and many of the Race 4 Eight’s top twenty.
Big ball stars Samzon Hernandez, Chopper Hernandez, Alberto Pizano, Alfredo Morales, Boxer Rosales headline the Icebreaker big ball singles and doubles.
Women’s Icebreaker stars Mikaila Esser and Ashley Ruiz will renew their rivalry at Clark Park in the Women’s Pro singles.
Players and non-player fans will be treated to a Saturday BBQ lunch, headed by the WPH’s grilling dream team of Scott Cleveland, Russ Whitten, and Jim Verhaeghe.
The WPH will film the action and upload the matches to Patreon (HERE). You can follow all of the 2024 R48 Icebreaker action with daily recaps on wphlive.tv
2024 WPH R48 Icebreaker
- Date: December 14-15, 2024
- Site: WPH Clark Park, 200 S. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711
- Tournament director: WPH
- Events: R48 Small Ball Pro Singles, Big Ball Pro Singles, Big Ball Pro Doubles, Big Ball B Doubles, Women’s Singles, Junior Singles
- List of WPH Icebreaker pro small ball singles champions entered: Fink (6), Lucho (6), Canales (1), Montijo (1)
- Defending R48 Icebreaker champion: Lucho
- Number of WPH R48 ranked pros entered: 14
R2 page for the 2024 WPH R48 Icebreaker HERE
Icebreaker Fun Facts/History of Champions HERE
Race 4 Eight Fun Facts HERE
Icebreaker pro player bios HERE
Race 4 Eight pro player bios HERE
WPH Coaching Centers HERE
WPH Workout Central HERE
2024/25 Race 4 Eight schedule HERE
David Fink
WPH Senior Writer