Pala--La Liga Kutxabank--Week 8

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 semi-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

Week 3--November 12, 2016

Week 4--November 19, 2016

Week 5--November 25-26, 2016

Week 6--December 2-3, 2016 

Week 7--December 10, 2016

Week 8 (Source for match and individual joko scores: Diario Vasco Cartelera (Dec. 17, 2016)

December 16, 2016

Zubiri-Brefel defeated Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez 3-1 (10-5, 10-6, 5-10, 10-6)

Fusto-Gordon defeated Necol-Ibargari 3-2 (8-10, 10-9, 9-10, 10-7, 10-3).

Article that details the playoff possibilities going into the final round of league play on December 23, 2016. (Source: InnPala Fronton Facebook page). The matchups will be Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez v Necol-Ibargari and Fusto-Gordon v Landeta-Imanol. In week 3 (Nov. 12--see the link above, full match video is available for the match) G-I defeated N-I 3-2 (10-4, 10-9, 4-10, 6-10, 10-3). In week 5 (Nov. 26--full match video is available for the match) F-G defeated L-I 3-0 (10-4, 10-9, 10-7).

Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez' slump continued as the league phase neared its conclusion. They lost their second match in succession. They have lost 6 of their last 9 jokos (sets). Zubiri-Brefel, who finished their league phase,  desperately needed to win for a decent chance at a semi-final appearance. They took control of the match early, dominating the first two jokos, and cruised home. Fusto-Gordon, who have vastly improved their performance after an 0-2 (1-6 jokos) start, showed that they are going to be a handful for any opponent after coming back from 0-1 and 1-2 deficits to defeat Necol-Ibargari in a match that was crucial to both. By winning, F-G kept their hopes of a semi-final alive. They will need to take care of business against Landeta-Imanol (no easy task, given the quality of L-I's recent play) and get a bit of help from G-I (preferably a sweep v N-I). It should make for an entertaining evening at Gallarta on Friday night.

League Table:

Key: Team, Match record, Joko (set) record, League points

Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez.. 5-2....(3-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-1, 2-3, 1-3)..........18
Zubiri-Brefel...............4-4....(2-3, 3-1, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 0-3, 1-3, 3-1)...17
Necol-Ibargari:...........3-4....(3-1, 2-3, 2-3, 3-2, 1-3, 3-1, 2-3)...........16
Fusto-Gordon.............4-3....(1-3, 0-3, 3-2, 3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 3-2)...........14
Landeta-Imanol..........2-5....(1-3, 1-3, 2-3, 0-3, 0-3, 3-1, 3-2)...........10

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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.

December 16, 2016

Gaubeka(d)..5-2....18-14..-2*
Zubiri(d)..... 5-4....20-14..+1*
Fusto(d).......4-3....14-13...+2
Necol(d).......3-5....16-19....-1
Landeta(d)...2-5....10-18..+2

Ibai-Perez(z).5-2....18-14...-2*
Ibargari(z)....4-4.....19-16..-1
Brefel(z)........4-4....17-14...+1
Gordon(z).....4-4....14-16..+2
Imanol(z).......2-5...10-18..+2*

*Does not include the result of Nov.25, 2016 independent match Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez v Zubiri-Imanol. The result is unknown at this time. I will add it when I find it.

Includes Nov. 19, 2016 independent match: Zuberi-Ibargari defeated Necol-Gordon 3-0 (10-8, 10-3, 10-9) at Bizkaia.

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. 

Mano--XXVI Bizkaiko Kluben Arteko Txapelketa 2016 finals

Sponsored by Bizkaiko Eusko Pilota Federakuntza (BEPF) and El Corte Ingles (Madrid based Spanish Department Store Chain), two club finals (Junior and Senior) of  the XXVI Bizkaiko Kluben Arteko Txapelketa Mano tournament were played December 17, 2016.

Kurtzea Fronton (Galdakano) (1)(2)

1. Adiskide (Galdakao) (Karnegal-Artola) (Blue) defeated Izarra (Portugalete) (Lizundia-Garcia) (Red) 22-9

2. Usansolo (Usansolo) (Betia-Zabala) (Red)  defeated  Hori-Hori (Elorria) (Aspiri-Kastillo) (Blue) 22-16

More information about the tournament

Full match video for both matches

Senior match begins at 43 minutes, 57 seconds on the video.

Remonte: 46th Campeonato Oficial de remonte Parejas-Fundación Orona--Final

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.