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Saturday, July 30, 2016

Mano--Tourneo Parejas San Fermin

The Tourneo Parejas San Fermin was contested at Labrit FrontonIruna (Pamplona) from July 7-14, 2016. The tournament consisted of  6 pairs in two groups. A single round robin was played in both groups. The winners of each group met in the final. 

Final: July 14, 2016

Oliazola II-Albisu defeated Irribarria-Barriola 22-14

Match Article (noticias de Gipuzkoa)

Full Match Video (Fronton.tv) Scroll to T. San Fermin Parejas, Irribarria-Barriola v Oliazola II-Albisu 14/07/2016. This is on the first page of videos now, but eventually will drop to lower pages. Simply search, page by page, for the date to find the match.

O-A began the match with a run of 12 straight points, 8 scored by Oliazola II. There was no way back for I-B from that position.

MY ARTICLE: Tournament Roundup and links to match videos (score and match article for every match, full match video for four of the six preliminary matches).