WPH Press, Tucson, AZ, 11/19/21
The World Players of Handball and the United States Handball Association are thrilled to collaborate on the upcoming 2021/22 seven-stop Race 4 Eight season. The 2021/22 Race 4 Eight season kicks off with the Tucson Memorial, November 5-7, 2021, and will feature six additional ranking stops between November of 2021 and the Aces Player’s Championship in April of 2022 in Salt Lake City, UT. The exciting collaboration involves USHA support for each stop.
“We are extremely excited to partner with the USHA on the incredibly successful Race 4 Eight tour,” stated WPH Development Director David Fink. “Our organizations have worked together on dozens of events over the past decade and this collaboration is a continuation of our efforts to grow the game of handball.”
“Seeing the WPH Race 4 Eight tour resume is truly a welcome sight,” stated USHA Executive Director Matthew Krueger. “The R48Pros raise the excitement level for handball, and the USHA is pleased to work together with the WPH for an amazing 10th WPH Race 4 Eight season.”
As part of the collaboration, all players entering the Race 4 Eight brackets will be asked to become current WPH and USHA members. The organizations will cross-promote all of the 2021/22 Race 4 Eight events, providing handball fans with more Race 4 Eight content than ever before.
2021/22 Race 4 Eight Schedule
Stop #1 Tucson Memorial, November 5-7, 2021, Tucson, AZ
Stop #2: USHA Four Wall National Championships, December 9-12, 2021, Nashville, TN
Stop #3: Holiday Icebreaker (3-Wall), December 18-19, 2021, Tucson, AZ
Stop #4: January Classic, January 15-16, 2022, Tucson, AZ
Stop #5: Texas State Doubles Championships/R48, February 18-20, 2022, Houston, TX
Stop #6: March Madness, March 5-6, 2022, Tucson, AZ
Stop #7: Aces Player’s Championship, April 8-10, 2022, Salt Lake City, UT
2021/22 Race 4 Eight Schedule, Entries, Rules, and Player Guidelines HERE
David Fink
WPH Senior Writer