The 23rd Coup de Chasseurs, an EP 500 competition, ran from August 31-November 7, 2017. It was a 50 point doubles tournament. The particulars of the tournament were discussed in this blog post. The tournament was held at Trinquet Garat, (Saint-John-Pied-de-Port(Donibane Garazi))(1)(2). All matches were covered in the Main Nue recurring 50 point match results page on the right side of the blog (see G23rd-CdC for the dates listed above).
November 7, 2016
* Not listed on the Esku Pilota player pages at present.
Final:
Elgart (substituting for Ospital)-Lucu* defeated Aguirre-Lafitte* 50-35.
Scoring: Elgart +20 (inlcuding 7 service aces) -7; Lucu +10 -3
Aguirre +17 (including 4 service aces) -10; Lafitte +8 -10
Equalities: 2, 3, 4, 8
Decade linescores: (winners always listed first):
4-6; 11-9; 18-12; 22-18; 29-21; 32-28; 38-32; 46-34
Playing time: 45 mintes 33 seconds; total time: 1:28: 38.
Match article along with link to an audio interview and full match video (Source: Esku Pilota)
Full match video (Source: Esku Pilota Youtube site)
E-L handed A-L their first loss in the tournament in the final. E-L were in control much of the way. A-L made a comeback in the 5th decade to cut the lead in half. but E-L then drew away to an easy victory, outscoring A-L 18-7. The Goizeko Izarra tourmament page (which also contains full match statistics) emphasized ("mention speciale") the performance of Lucu. A-L finished 3-1. E-L finished with the same record.
