The, Campeonato Oficial de remonte Parejas-Fundación Orona, the premier Remonte doubles tournament, began on November 3, 2016 and ended with a final on December 17, 2016. Five teams participated.
Uterga-Endika
Urriza-Zubiri
Ezkurra II-Ion
Ezkurra-Etxeberria III
Segurola-Barrenetxia IV
The tournament consisted of a single round robin "league"phase". The top four finishers played a two match total points semi-final (1 v 4 and 2 v 3). The league phase ended in the order listed above. The entire tournament summary, match by match, can be found in the "Remonte: Galarreta "STAR" matches" recurring page on the right side of the blog (as all the matches, with the exception of one semi-final, were "Star" matches). For convenience, the summary will also be available from the "MY ARTICLE" link below.
Previous Parejas Champions (source: elremonte blog)
1943 Azpiroz-Iturain
1957 Irigoyen-Salsamendi III
1964 P. Lecumberri-Ugarte
1972 Ibero-Erro P.Lecumberri-Ugarte
1973 Raúl-Arizcuren
1974 Iriarte I-Ayerbe
1977 Pablo-A. Lecumberri
1978 Intxauspe-Ayerbe
1979 Iriarte I-Urteaga
1980 Iriarte I-Zestau I
1981 Aseginolaza I-Urteaga
1982 Raúl-Urteaga
1983 Ibero-Zestau I
1984 Gorriz-Mujika
1985 Matxin II-Urteaga
1986 Elizalde-Agerre
1987 Elizalde-Agerre
1988 Noain-Agerre
1989 Prat-Mujika II
1990 Elizalde-Aizpuru
1991 Intxaurburu-Agerre
1992 Elizalde-Eizagirre
1993 Arregi-Aizpuru
1994 Ezkurra-Eizagirre
1995 M. Lecumberri-Eizagirre
1996 Elizalde-Etxabe
1997 Altuna II-Etxabe
1998 Zeberio II-Aizpuru
1999 Ezkurra-Imaz
2000 Altuna II-Txikuri
2001 Zeberio II-Iriarte
2002 Altuna I-Eizagirre
2003 Zeberio II-Auzmendi
2004 Zeberio II-Urrutia
2005 Zeberio II-Auzmendi
2006 Ezkurra-San Miguel
2007 Urriza-Lizaso
2008 Urriza-San Miguel
2009 Zeberio II-Badiola
2010 Urriza-Etxeberria III
2011 Zeberio II-Ion
2012 Urriza-Barrenetxea IV
2013 Uterga-Ion
2014 Ezkurra-Ion
December 17, 2016 (Final)
Galarreta Fronton, Hernani (1)(2): Uterga-Endika defeated Ezkurra II-Ion 40-30
Full match video (EITB)
Full match video (EITB via Oriamendi2010) (added Dec. 22, 2016).
Preview article (Oriamendi 2010) This article contains a list of winners of this tournament from 1972-2015 and also 1964, 1957, and 1943.
Preview articles (Diario Vasco)
1st preview article
2nd preview article
Match article (Oriamendi2010)
Diario Vasco
Match Statistics, scoring, and linescore (Diaro Vasco)
"Time of the match: 62 minutes and 14 seconds. Actual playingtime: 19:25
Balls in play: 394.
Service Aces: Endika, 3. Ion, 3.
Service Faults: Endika, 0. Ion, 0.
Winners in play: Uterga, 21. Endika, 8. Ezkurra II, 19. Ion, 4.
Errors in play: Uterga, 2. Endika, 2. Ezkurra II, 5. Ion, 3."
Scoring (EITB)
Uterga +19 -2, Endika +10 -4; Ezkurra II +18 -8 Ion +6 -3
Balls in play: 394: Uterga 99 Endika 103; Ezkurra II 90 Ion 102
Condensed
linescore (winners always listed first--Diario Vasco): 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 5-2, 5-3,
9-3, 9-4, 10-4, 10-11, 12-11, 12-13, 15-13, 15-15, 16-15, 16-17, 18-17,
18-19, 23-19, 23-21, 24-21, 24-22, 27-22, 27-24, 32-24, 32-25, 33-25,
33-27, 35-27, 35-28, 39-28, 39-30, 40-30.
It is
difficult to imagine a match played this well (53 or 58 winners, 12 or
17 errors in total, depending on who was scoring) could end up this one
sided. The answer is that U-E built small advantages into a big victory.
Uterga was +1 (EITB) or +2(DV) winners and -3(DV) or -6(EITB) errors v
Ezkurra II. Endika was +4 (both sources) winners and -1(DV) or +1(EITB)
errors v Ion. It added up to a decisive win for the champions, but a
quick look at the linescore shows that this match was very close during
its first half. It wasn't until a 9-3 run from 24-22 that U-E were able
to break it open (46:02-54:55 on the video). U-E finished the tournament
with 5 wins and 2 losses. E-E finished 4-3.
Endika,
Urriza, and Ion won individual awards. Selected awards were presented by
José Joaquín Erkizia, a Remonte fan who has attended matches at
Galarreta regularly since it opened in June of 1970. Mr. Erkizia is 94.
MY ARTICLE: Orona Tournament: from beginning to end. Note that this article also links to 3 other tournament full match videos.
