La Liga Kutxabank competition began on October 29, 2016 at Bizkaia Fronton, Bilbo (Bilbao) (1)(2). This tournament includes the entire InnPala roster, divided into 5 teams which will participate in a double round robin League competition, followed by a sem-final between the 2nd and 3rd place teams. The winner will face the League winner in a final on January 7th, 2017. Most of the matches will be at Bizkaia. There will also be matches at Sopela and Gallarta. For more on the tournament see the tournament page at InnPala.
Week 1--October 29, 2016
Week 2--November 5, 2016
Sopela (1)(2) (Joko scores source: Diario Vasco Cartelera, Nov. 6, 2016).
Zubiri-Brefel defeated Landeta-Imanol 3-1 (10-5, 1-10, 10-5, 10-9)
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez defeated Fusto-Gordon 3-1 (10-8, 6-10, 10-1, 10-6).
Match article for both matches with 7 photos (Source: InnPala Fronton Facebook page). Auto translate may be available.
Video of Zubiri-Ibai-Perez v F-G practice on Nov. 1, 2016 (Source: InnPala Twitter feed).
Video of Gordon training (with Ibai-Perez, Fusto, and Zubiri) on Oct. 31, 2016) (Source: Innpala Twitter feed).
Match video of one point of G-I v F-G (Source: InnPala Fronton Facebook page).
Iker Gordon played his first match as a professional at his home fronton. It was a well played match, but, according to the match article, G-I are the in form team at the moment, having now won both their opening matches. Special mention was made of the play of Ibai-Perez.
League Table:
Key: Team, Match record, Joko (set) record, League points
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez...... 2-0....(3-2, 3-1)....6
Zubiri-Brefel...................1-1....(2-3, 3-1).....5
Necol-Ibargari:................1-0.....(3-1)...........3
Landeta-Imanol...............0-2....(1-3, 1-3)....2
Fusto-Gordon..................0-1....(1-3)...........1
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Table of wins and losses for the 2016-2017 season.
Key: Player, Position (d=delantero (front court), z=zaguero (back court)) match wins-losses, joko (set) wins-losses, winning-losing streak, championships won. Matches that are single partidos will be noted. Table will be according to match winning percentage. 1st tie breaker will be number of wins. 2nd tie breaker will be joko win-loss differential.
November 5, 2016
Gaubeka(d)....2-0.....6-3...+2
Necol(d).........1-0.....3-1...+1
Zubiri(d)........1-1.....5-4...+1
Fusto(d)..........0-1.....1-3...-1
Landeta(d)......0-2.....2-6...-2
Ibai-Perez(z).2-0.....6-3...+2
Ibargari(z).....1-0.....3-1...+1
Brefel(z)........1-1.....5-4...+1
Gordon(z)......0-1.....1-3...-1
Imanol(z).......0-2.....2-6...-2
For cumulative accounting of this player table see the InnPala Player win-loss table under the Pala page on the right side of the blog.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Main Nue--Tournois Herriarena and Replay of Tournoi Hoberenak (Arcangues) Final
1. Tournois Herriarena (Saint-Etienne-de-Baigorry) (1)(2), an EP 1000 tournament, was played October 23, 30, and November 6, 2016.
Source of scores: Esku Pilota Results page. Note: scroll to dates or name of tournament.
* Not listed at the Esku Pilota player page at present.
November 6, 2016
Final:
Olcomendy*-Ducassou defeated Bielle (substituting for Larralde)-Amulet 40-27
Match article, including an audio interview with Olcomendy and full match video (Source: Esku Pilota) (Added Nov. 11, 2016)>
Full match video (Source: Esku Pilota Youtube site) (Added Nov. 11, 2016).
October 23, 2016:
1st Semi-final
Olcomendy*-Ducassou defeated Beille-Guichandut 40-30.
Match statistics
O-D lead throughout the match, although B-G made a run at them in 4th decade (20-10--23-17). Bielle led all scorers with +18, but was somewhat neutralized by Guichandut's -11. Ducassou's scoring was +10 -1.
October 30, 2016
2nd Semi-final:
Larralde-Amulet defeated Lambert-de Ezcurra 40-18.
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2. Tournoi Hobernak (D'Arcangues) (1)(2), an EP 1000 tournament, was completed on November 1, 2016 with a full replay of the final that was originally played on July 14, 2016. That match was postponed after Larralde suffered an ankle injury.
Full coverage of the tournament.
November 1, 2016
Final Replay
Larralde-Ducassou defeated Waltary-Bilbao 40-28
Match article, along with link to an audio interview with Ducassou and full match video (Source: Esku Pilota)
Full match video (Source: Esku Pilota Youtube site).
The second try at playing this match suffered the same fate as the first, except for the fact that Bilbao was able to come back from injuring his left hand. In fact the break seemed to interrupt L-D's momentum and led to an 15-2 run and a 18-16 lead for W-B. But they couldn't keep their momentum going, and L-D dominated the rest of the match 24-10 to win the championship.
Source of scores: Esku Pilota Results page. Note: scroll to dates or name of tournament.
* Not listed at the Esku Pilota player page at present.
November 6, 2016
Final:
Olcomendy*-Ducassou defeated Bielle (substituting for Larralde)-Amulet 40-27
Match article, including an audio interview with Olcomendy and full match video (Source: Esku Pilota) (Added Nov. 11, 2016)>
Full match video (Source: Esku Pilota Youtube site) (Added Nov. 11, 2016).
October 23, 2016:
1st Semi-final
Olcomendy*-Ducassou defeated Beille-Guichandut 40-30.
Match statistics
O-D lead throughout the match, although B-G made a run at them in 4th decade (20-10--23-17). Bielle led all scorers with +18, but was somewhat neutralized by Guichandut's -11. Ducassou's scoring was +10 -1.
October 30, 2016
2nd Semi-final:
Larralde-Amulet defeated Lambert-de Ezcurra 40-18.
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2. Tournoi Hobernak (D'Arcangues) (1)(2), an EP 1000 tournament, was completed on November 1, 2016 with a full replay of the final that was originally played on July 14, 2016. That match was postponed after Larralde suffered an ankle injury.
Full coverage of the tournament.
November 1, 2016
Final Replay
Larralde-Ducassou defeated Waltary-Bilbao 40-28
Match article, along with link to an audio interview with Ducassou and full match video (Source: Esku Pilota)
Full match video (Source: Esku Pilota Youtube site).
The second try at playing this match suffered the same fate as the first, except for the fact that Bilbao was able to come back from injuring his left hand. In fact the break seemed to interrupt L-D's momentum and led to an 15-2 run and a 18-16 lead for W-B. But they couldn't keep their momentum going, and L-D dominated the rest of the match 24-10 to win the championship.
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