WPH Handball Destination Series Showcases Juarez’s 4-Wall and Outdoor Handball Community
WPH Showcase, Juarez, MEX
The WPH is excited to introduce the WPH Handball Destination Series to showcase the world’s greatest handball venues. On this edition of the WPH Handball Destination Series, we will feature the thriving 4-Wall and outdoor Juarez handball community, home to the top brother combination in professional sports, a flourishing JR WPH junior handball program, and handball for every age, code, and level of player.
Juarez 4-Wall
Clubs: San Angel (9 courts), Campestre Juarez Country Club (4 courts)
Number of players: 60+
Popular times to play: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 5 pm, Saturday, 2 pm
Biggest tournament: Torneo de Handball at San Angel (spring)
Juarez Outdoor (2-Wall/Fronton)
Number of courts: 8 venues, 30 courts
Number of players: 1,000+
Popular times to play: Weekdays 4 pm to past 10 pm, Sunday from 10 am until dusk
Biggest tournament: Doubles league play with 107 players in the league, 15 teams, played on different courts throughout the city
Juarez Fronton Handball Facebook page HERE
If you love all forms of handball, a trip south of the border to Juarez is a requirement. Juarez offers a vibrant 4-Wall community, headed by the Three Flying Cordova brothers, top open and junior players, and skill level players at the San Angel Club and Campestre Juarez Country Club.
Fronton is the most popular form of handball in Juarez, with more than 1,000 players playing across eight venues and thirty courts. 107 players compete in the Fronton doubles league with 15 teams competing. The Juarez fronton game is played with a sponge rubber ball that is heavier and bigger than a big ball handball.
“I have been to Juarez and Fronton is huge,” stated WPH Executive Director Dave Vincent. “Luis Cordova is a huge celebrity there. There are probably one thousand people at the events and they all know and are fans of Luis, from the fans to all of the vendors. It’s no different than Paul Brady in Cavan (Ireland).”
Thank you to Juarez patriarch Lucho Cordova, Sr. for info on the Juarez handball community.
Would you like to see your handball community featured on an upcoming edition of WPH Handball Destination Series? Please contact David Fink at David.fink@wphlive.tv to showcase your community
David Fink
WPH Senior Writer