Season 14 of the WPH Race 4 Eight tour reached a fever pitch in Salt Lake City as the world’s best converged on the Sports Mall for the 2026 WPH Aces Player’s Championship. It was a weekend defined by bracket-busting upsets, the crowning of season champions, and a historic shift in the Men’s Pro ranks. The Men’s Pro: A New Guard Emerges The tournament was turned upside down early when top-seeded Lucho Cordova (Mex) was stunned in the Round of 16 by Coleman McGrath (CA). The upsets continued in the quarterfinals as Sean Lenning eliminated...

Salt Lake City, UT, WPH Press, 5/3/26 The 2026/27 Race 4 Eight Championship concluded with the Aces Race 4 Eight Player’s Championship, crowning the 2026 Player’s Champions, Stalsberg Cup champions, and finalizing the 2026/27 R48 Elite 8, WR48 Fab 4, and SR48 Fab 4. Martin Mulkerrins clinched the 2026/27 Stalsberg Cup, finishing the 2026/27 R48 season with two titles and three finals in five starts. Ray Ure won the 2026 Aces Player’s Championship, catapulting him to a career-high number two season-ending ranking. 2025/26 Stalsberg Cup champion...

Salt Lake City, UT, WPH Press, 5/3/26 The final days of the 2026/27 Race 4 Eight season crowned the R48, WR48, and SR48 Races Player’s Champions, in addition to the Race 4 Eight Playoffs.  R48 Men’s Pro Final: Ure vs. Doyle Ray Ure and Mark Doyle combined for the youngest final in R48 Men’s Pro history (46), with Ure aiming for his second R48 title and second title of the 2026/27 season and Doyle appearing in his second R48 final in thirteen months and seeking his first R48 title.  Weekly sparring partners Ure and Doyle knew what...

Salt Lake City, UT, WPH Press, 5/2/26 Super Saturday in Salt Lake City produced sensational R48, WR48, and SR48 matches, with the experience giving way to youth and ushering in a new era of pro handball.  R48 Quarterfinals Sean Lenning was virtually unstoppable in his quarterfinal against R48 #1 Martin Mulkerrins, executing his dizzying array of aces, overhand kills, back wall kills, fist kills, and fly kills. After taking the first game 15-12, Lenning raced to an 8-0 lead in the second. Mulkerrins has experience making comebacks and relied...

Salt Lake City, UT, WPH Press, 5/1/26 The 2026 WPH Race 4 Eight Salt Lake City Aces Player’s Championship provides professional handball’s greatest showcase, featuring the R48, WR48, and SR48 battling for Player’s Championships, the most coveted prize in professional handball. Martin Mulkerrins enters the 2026 Aces Player’s Championship at the R48 #1, having won two of the four 2025/26 Race stops preceding the 2026 Player’s Championship. 2025 R48 Player’s Champion and defending Player’s Cup champion Lucho Cordova sits in P2, having...