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Sunday, April 28, 2019

Remonte--Sagardoaren Txapelketa (Tourneo Sidra) Semi-Final League: Round 3

The Sagardoaren Txapelketa/El Torneo de la Sidra/Cider Tournament began February 28, 2019 and will end with a final on May 4, 2019. 

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.

Remonte Player Pages at Oriamendi2010

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, 30, 2019 ; Round 3--Week 2 April 4, 6, 2019

Semi-Final League:
Round 1 ; Round 2 ; Round 3;

Final

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Round 3:

! Qualify for final

April 27, 2019

(EITB--match begins at 0:00)

! Qualify for Final

Selected linescore (winners always listed first):

0-3; 1-4; 2-5; 8-8; 9-12; 15-12; 28-29; 30-31; 31-31; 34-34; 35-35; 40-36

Scoring:

Ezkurra II +20 -4 Garces +13 (including 7 service aces) -1 (1 service fault)
Urriza +18 -1 Zaldua +11 (including 6 service aces) -6*

*Inferred from the other scores)


Ezkurra II-Garces, representing Gurutzeta, unexpectedly punched their ticket to the Final of the Sagardoaren Txapelketa (Torneo Cidra/Cider Tounament) by upsetting the A-B team of Urriza-Zaldua (Gaztanaga) 40-36. Ezkurra II was +20 -4 (to Urriza's +18 -1) playing an even match with the roster's best front court player (and being in the thick of a 6-0 run that turned a 9-12 deficit into a 15-12 lead). Garces played a brilliant match on defense against Urriza's attack and also contributed +13 (including 7 service aces) -1 (1 service fault) to his team's effort. And in the end his winner provided the 40th point, which knocked his 2018 Championship partner out of  this year's Final.  

April 25, 2019

Segurola-Endika (Petritegi) (B-A) (Group A #1) (3-0; +12) 40!
Goikoetxea V-Barrenetxea (Oialume Zar) IV (B-A) (Group B #2) (0-3; +4) 38

! Qualify for Final

Selected linescore (winners always listed first):

7-1; 10-5; 18-7; 27-13 (26 points punches their ticket to the Final); 33-30; 34-32; 36-36; 39-38; 40-38

Scoring:

Segurola +12 -1 Endika +18 (including 6 service aces) -5
Goikoetxea V + 9 -9 Barrentxea IV +23 (including 9 service aces) -1

Barrenetxea IV claimedthe best back court ratio in the entire tournament +22, in addition to the most winners of any back court player in all the matches scored by Oriamendi2010. He had a monstrous day in defeat. S-E reached their goal of 26 points easily after taking a big early lead. They might have lost concentration for a while (note the 17-4 run that go G-B back into the match. But from there, with basically nothing left to play for, S-E still found a way to win. They finished with a 6-0 record and a Final with  


End of Round 3

Petritegi (Segurola-Endika (Group A #1) (3-0; +12)
Gurutzeta (Ezkurra II-Garces (Group B #1) (2-1; +10)
Gaztanaga (Urriza-Zaldua) (Group A #2) (1-2; +8)
Oaliazum Zar (Goikoetxea V-Barrentxea IV (Group B #2) (0-3 +4)

2019 full tournament match results


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Available known Semi-final League Individual Scoring: Where data is for less than the total number of matches, it was due to lack of source data (Source for all unless otherwise specifically stated: Oriamendi2010 match reports).

Delanteros (Fronts)

Urriza (Gaztanga) + 24 -2 (O); +16 -0 (EITB); +18 -1(O)
Segurola (Petritegi) + 23 -4 (O); +8 -6 (EITB); +12 -1(O)
Ezkurra II (Gurutzeta) + 23 -5(O); +17 -9 (EITB); +20 -4(O)
Goikoetxea V (Oialume Zar)?; +18 -5 (EITB); +9 -9(O)

Zagueros (Backs)

Barrenetxea IV (Oialume Zar) +16 (O); +12 -7 (EITB); +23 -1(O)
Endika (Petritegi) +10 -4 (O); +18 -10 (EITB); +18 -55(O)
Zaldua (Gaztanaga) +6 -5 (O); +12 -2 (EITB); +11 -6(O)
Garces (Gurutzeta) ?, +4 -5 (EITB); +13 -1(O)


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UPCOMING: 

FINAL: 

MAY 4

SEGUROLA-ENDIKA (PETRITEGI (B-A) (GROUP A 3-0(#1); 3-0(#1) v
EZKURRA II-GARCES (GURUTZETA) (B-B) (GROUP B 2-1(#1); 2-1(#2)


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Qualification League: 

Group A Table: FINAL

Teams-wins-losses +or- Tournament points

Petritegi (Segurola-Endika B-A) (3-0 +12)
Gaztanaga (Urriza- Zaldua A-B) (2-1 +7)
Larre Gain (Juanenea-Apiroz B-B) (1-2 +7)*
Bereziartua (Uterga-Labaka A-B) (0-3 -2)*

*Eliminated

Available League Individual Scoring: Where data is for less than 3 matches, it was due to lack of source data (Source for all: Oriamendi2010 match reports)

Delantero-Front (avg. numbers are rounded)

Urriza (Gaztanaga) +64 -10 (3 matches) avg. +21 -3
Segurola (Petritegi) +38 -1 (2 matches) avg.+19 -1
Juanenea (Larre Gain) +30 -5 (2 matches) avg. +15 -2
Uterga (Bereziartua) +25 -8 (2 matches) avg. +13 -4

Zagueros (backs)

Endika (Petritegi) +23 -4 (2 matches) avg. +12 -2
Azpiroz (Larre Gain) +24 -5 (2 matches) avg. +12 -3
Labaka (Bereziartua) + 10 -4 (1 match) avg. +10 -4
Zaldua (Gaztanaga) +20 -13 (2 matches) avg. +10 -7


Group B Table: FINAL

Gurutzeta (Ezkurra II-Garces B-B) 2-1 +10
Oialume Zar (Goikoetxea V-Barrenetxea IV B-A) 1-2 +8
Altzueta (Etxarri-Ion A-A) 2-1 +8*
Setien (Ansa II-Agirrezabala B-A) 1-2 +8*

* Eliminated

Oialume Zar qualifies for the second Semi-final League position based on an overall point differntial advantage (114-108); Altzueta (118-116); Setien (115-117)

Available League Individual Scoring: Where data is for less than 3 matches it was due to lack of source data. Source for all: Oriamend2010 match reports:

Delanteros (front)

Ezkurra II +66(3 matches) -9(3)
Ansa II +62 (3) -4 (1)
Etxarri +41 (3) -9 (2)
Goikoetxea V +24 (2) -11(2)

Zagueros (back)

Barrenetxea IV +38(3) -10(3)
Ion +22(2) -3(1)
Garces +12 -4(1)
Agirrezabala +6 -1(1)

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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)


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)


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))



Endika  is the only player to have won 2 STs. Juaristi, Olazar, Endika and Uterga have played in 3 finals. Matxin III, Etxteberria III, and Urriza  have played in 2 finals.