The Sagardoaren Txapelketa IX features 8 Oriamendi2010 roster pairs (7 players from the A Group and 9 from the B Group). The tournament will be contested in two 4 team groups (A and B). Each team corresponds to a cider house sponsor. Letters following the players' names correspond to their Oriamendi2010 groups.
Group A
Bereziartua (Uterga-Labaka) (A-B)
Gaztañaga (Urriza-Zaldua) (A-B)
Larre-Gain (Juanenea-Azpiroz) (B-B)
Petritegi (Segurola-Endika) (B-A)
Group B
Altzueta (Etxarri-Ion) (A-A)
Gurutzeta (Ezkurra II-Garces) (B-B)
Oialume Zar (Goikoetxea V-Barrenetxea IV) (B-A)
Setien (Ansa II-Agirrezabala) (B-A)
Of these pairs, only Segurola-Endika have ever won the Tournament. There are five players who did not play (except as substitutes) last year. They are Ansa II, Etxarri, and Goikoetxea V in the front; Labaka and Zaldua in the back.
The tournament will consist of a League phase, a single round robin in each group. There will be a change in how the Semi-finals are contested this year. The first and second place teams in each group will advance to a Semi-final League, a single round robin. At the end of the Semi-final League the top two teams will play in the Final on May 4. This format makes the League play more important. Under the old format, all teams advanced, but were seeded so that the teams that finished lower had to play more matches to get to the Final.
Scoring for the League phase will be as follows.
Match winner (40 point matches): 4pts.
36-39: 2pts.
31-35: 1pt
26-30: 0pts.
0-25: -1pt
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NOTE: HISTORY OF THE SAGADOAREN TOURNAMENT FROM 2011-2018 HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST. IT INCLUDES SCORES OF ALL FINALS, ALL FINAL MATCH ARTICLES, LINKS TO ALL MATCH SCORES AND ARTICLES, AND LINKS TO PARTIAL OR FULL MATCH VIDEOS WHEN AVAILABLE.
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Preview article (Oriamendi 2010)
Preview article (Diario Vasco)
Preview article (Kronika) (Basque)
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Round 1--Week 1: February 28-March 2, 2019 ; Round 1--Week 2: March 7, 9, 2019 ; Round 2--Week 1: March 14, 16, 2019 ; Round 2--Week 2: March 21, 23, 2019; Round 3--Week 1: March 28, 20, 2019 ; Round 3--Week 2: April 4, 6, 2019
Semi-final League
Round 1 ; Round 2 ; Round 3
Final
2019 full tournament match results
Round 2--Week 2; March 21, 23, 2019
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End of the League Round 2 (March 14-23, 2019)
Table:
Team-Players-Oriamendi2010 position-wins-losses tournament points.
Group A
Petritegi (Segurola-Endika B-A) (2-0 +8)
Larre Gain (Juanenea-Azpiroz B-B) (1-1 +6)
Gaztanaga (Urriza- Zaldua A-B) (1-1 +3)
Bereziartua (Uterga-Labaka A-B) (0-2 -1)**Eliminated from Semi-final contention
Group B
Note: the tie-breaker is head to head match ups. In the case of more than a two team tie-breaker, I do not know what the tie breaker is. In head to head play, Setien beat Oialume Zar 40-37 on March 2. Gurutzeta beat Setien 40-38 on March 23.
Gurutzeta (Ezkurra II-Garces B-B) (1-1 +6)
Setien (Ansa II-Agirrezabala B-A) (1-1 +6)
Oialume Zar (Goikoetxea V-Barrenetxea IV B-A) (1-1 +6)
Altzueta (Etxarri-Ion A-A) (1-1 +4)
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March 23, 2019
Group B
Ezkurra II-Garces (B-B) (Gurutzeta) 40
Ansa II-Aguirrezabala (B-A) (Setien) 38 (B-B 2-1 A-B 1-2)
Selected linescore: (winners always listed first)
10-10; 14-14; 36-30; 38-38; 40-38
Partial scoring:
Ezkurra II +20 (including 4 two wall winners) -2
Ansa II + 18 (including 8 two wall winners) -4
The Group B table got even closer after an exciting win by E-G. The four teams are separated by 2 points with a three way tie at the top as the League phase heads into its 3rd and final round. The match article said that the atmosphere for this match was "great, cheerful, showy, and exciting" (google translate). The Setien fans were out in their numbers and made a lot of noise. Ansa II brought an overall 6 match winning streak into this match, but his team hadn't played since March 2, the 2nd match of the tournament. E-G had the initiative most of the way but it was close throughout, never more than a 5 or 6 point difference. At 36-30, it seemed they had finally latched on to victory. But A-A still had something to say. They dug down and came up with an 8-2 run to level the scores. But then Agirrezabala faulted and Ezkurra II put the match away with a winner. Again, quoting the match article: "...the best match of the tournament was seen." Maybe, but the B group has come up with some classics so far.
March 2: Setien 40 Oialume Zar 37
March 7: Altzueta 40 Gurutzeta 39
March 23: Gurutzeta 40 Setien 38
Three of the four Group B matches have been settled by 6 points. Which is why the Group B race should have a great finish.
Group B Table
Teams-wins-losses +or- Tournament points. Tie breaker is head to head results.
Gurutzeta (Ezkurra II-Garces B-B) 1-1 +6
Setien (Ansa II-Agirrezabala B-A) 1-1 +6
Oialume Zar (Goikoetxea V-Barrenetxea IV B-A) 1-1 +6
Altzueta (Etxarri-Ion A-A) 1-1 +4
In head to head play, Setien beat Oialume Zar 40-37 on March 2. Gurutzeta beat Setien 40-38 on March 23.
March 21, 2019
Group A
Segurola-Endika (B-A) (Petritegi) 40
Juanenea-Azpiroz (B-B) (Larre Gain) 38 (A-B 1-1 B-B 1-1)
Selected linescore (winners always listed first)
16-16; 29-17; 34-21; 35-31; 38-37; 39-38; 40-38
No Scoring available.
S-E won a wild and crazy match that swung one way, then the other, and then, with the help of a Juanenea error, swung back a final time. The win clinched a berth in the Semi-finals for Petritegi. At 29-17, S-E were cruising and looking at another major victory. They even increased their lead to 13 at 34-21, but from there the match turned. A 10-1 run by J-A put them right back in contention, and, though they never took the lead, they closed to within 1 at 38-37 and then 39-38. However, Juanenea missed a return to end it. The match story said that Endika was the star of the match, finishing strong after some early mistakes. Unfortunately we have no scoring statistics available. But the win gives the Petritegi team a good chance of winning the League phase. They have one match left against Bereziartua (Uterga-Labaka), who have been eliminated from contention. To reiterate, S-E are the only team to have won this tournament before (2016). Endika is the only player to have won this tournament twice. So they have a lot of incentive to keep playing well.
Petritegi (Segurola-Endika B-A (2-0 +8)
Larre Gain (Juanenea-Azpiroz B-B) (1-1 +6)
Gaztanaga (Urriza- Zaldua A-B (1-1 +3)
Bereziartua (Uterga-Labaka A-B (0-2 -1)*
*Eliminated from Semi-final contention.
Note: This Tournament can also be followed in its larger context of the twice weekly 4 match sessions (on Thursdays and Saturdays) at Galarreta. There, in addition to following this tournament, you can see how the participants in the ST are doing in their other weekly matches, what their monthly win-loss records are, and other information on the comings and goings of Oriamendi2010 Remonte. See the "Galarreta Star Match" recurring Page on the right side of the blog.
Also, these professional Remonte players don't play all their matches at Galarreta. They also play in an annual set of mostly short court (36-38 meters, as opposed to Galarreta's 56 meter court) tournaments sponsored by Fundacion Remonte Euskal Jai (Euskal Jai Berri). Those competitions are covered on a separate Page on the right side of the blog: Euskal Jai Berri Match results. Match scores, articles, and separate player win-loss records are available.
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Previous winners (Source: Oriamendi 2010 Emaitzak/Resultados database)
Note: for all results and match articles for all previous tournaments, I will link to the results. Finals match articles will be linked to directly. To match the results to the match articles for all other matches, I will link to all match articles for that year. Simply match the articles to the result dates. It is a bit cumbersome, but, I think, the easiest way to find non-Final Tournament match stories given the structure of the Oriamendi2010 databases. All match articles, unless otherwise specifically stated, are from Oriamendi2010 or the Viva El Remonte blog via Oriamendi2010. I have yet to find any tournament history in any modality covered as well and as powerfully from the standpoint of easy retrieval of information from one place, as the Oriamendi2010 website. High Cestas to all involved. Esterrik Asko.
2011--Juaristi-Olazar 40 Endika-Urrutia I 36 (match article) (complete match results)--(individual match articles)
2012--Onatz-San Miguel 40 Juaristi-Olazar 31 (match article) (video highlights 35-31--40-31) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2013--Matxin III-Etxeberria III 40 Jauristi-Agirrezabala 33 (match article) (video highlights 36-28--40-33) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2014--Etxeberria IV-Ion 40 Matxin III-Etxeberria III 34 (match article)(video highlights 36-24--39-34) (full tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2015--Zeberio II-Endika 40 Uterga-Olazar 27 (match article) (Full match video--EITB) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2016--Segurola-Endika 40 Uterga-Aizpuru III 38 (match article) (Full match video--EITB) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles) (BLOG POST--scroll to the Remonte section))
2017--Otaegi-Ion 40 Urriza-Azpiroz 37 (match article) (Full match video--EITB) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2018--Urriza-Garces 40 Uterga-Zubiri 31 (match article) (Full match video--EITB) (complete tournament match by match results)--(individual match articles)
