We’ve recognized the incredible contributions of our Race 4 Eight tournament directors on a previous WPH Sunday Stats, and on the week of Thanksgiving we are going to thank these incredibly generous handball ambassadors and donors once again.
The Race 4 Eight has captivated the handball world since its inception in 2011, hosting 63 Race 4 Eight events in 15 different states. The Race 4 Eight would not be possible without the incredible generosity and passion of our Race 4 Eight tournament directors and ambassadors. These directors and ambassadors provide our greatest stars with the ability to showcase their talents on handball’s greatest stage, while enabling the WPH to inspire new generations of players with live broadcasts.
Let’s list all of our Race 4 Eight tournament directors. Next time you see these titans of the sport please say thank you!
- Jake Plummer and the Plummer Family
- Bruce FaBrizio, Naty Alvarado, Sr. and Simple Green
- The WPH and the Tucson Handball Community: Fred Banfield, Doug Clark, Jeff Healam, Scott Cleveland, Charles Charvoz
- The Fresno Handball Community
- The Houston Handball Club: Ron Cole, Chuck Reeve
- The Alaska Handball Club: Matt Thorpe, Rich Curtner
- The Denver Handball Community: “The Stans”: Stan Dunleavy and Stan Wolpoff and the Denver Athletic Club
- The Aces Team: Lon and Matt Stalsberg, Ruben Garza, Rob and Camilla Bell
- The Los Angeles Athletic Club and Marcos Chavez and Stephanie Peterson Hathaway
- The Washington Athletic Club: Brian Henson and Randy Multack
- The New York Athletic Club: John Duggan and Tom S’mario
- The Olympic Club: Kevin Del Grande and the Del Grande Dealer Group, Lou Barberini and Joey Mucha
- The New Orleans Handball Community and Bob Caluda
- The USHA and Vern Roberts and Matt Krueger
- The Multnomah Athletic Club: Hank Marcus, Conor Casey, the Kastner Family
- The Minnesota Handball Community and Steve Johnson
- The Red Death Family: Sean Sandeau and Red Jolifee
- E4 Design and Lance Wachholz
- Mike Coulter and 3WB
- Rodney Fink and The Pittsburgh Handball Community
This group are handball’s heroes!
David Fink
WPH Patreon Writer