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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Remonte--Oriamendi2010 celebrates "Remonte Day" at Galarreta with 2018 "Best Player" awards

Oriamendi2010 celebrated "Remonte Day" (Oriamendi2010) on February 23, 2019. Free admission brought out a large crowd for the festivities, including 3 matches, a raffle, and, the most important part of the programme, the naming of the best players for 2018. Three players were named "Best player," Best player overall, Best Group A player, and Best Group B player.

Diario Vasco article
Oriamendi2010 article

"Best Players"

Javier Urriza (Group A d front) "Best Player" (30-23 in 2018). This was Urriza's 7th "Best Player" award since 2012 (corrected link to Urriza--February 26, 2019)--disculpas a Javier

1 monthly rankings winner (40 points--perfect) 
Masters Oriamendi Singles Champion
Tourneo Sidra Doubles Champion 
Tourneo Kutxabank Singles Champion

A sampling of Urriza's best work for 2018

January 13, 2018

1. Master's Oriamendi Torneo Final:

Urriza (Group A d front) 30 Barrentxea IV (Group A z back) 19

Full match video (EITB)

Match article (Oriamendi2010)

April 28, 2018

2. Tourneo Sidra (Sagardoaren Txapelketa) Final:

Urriza-Garces (A-B) 40 Uterga-Zubiri (A-B) 31

Full match video (EITB)

Match article (Oriamendi2010)

September 8, 2018

3. Torneo Kutxabank (Buruz Buruko Txapelketa Final):

Urriza 30 Uterga 15

Full match video (EITB)

Match article (Oriamendi2010)

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Xanti Uterga (Group A d front) "Best Group A player" (43-26 in 2018) 

1 monthly rankings winner (38.57) 
Torneo Kutxabank Singles Runner-up 
Torneo Sidra (Sagardoaren Txapelketa) Doubles Runner-up 
Torneo Orona Doubles Champion

Ended 2018 with 6 consecutive doubles wins (5 in 12 days) (blog post on this blog) including 3 over Urriza and the Semis and Final of Orona championship.

A sampling of Uterga's best work in 2019

 April 21, 2018

1. Tourneo Sidra (Sagardoaren Txapelketa) Semi-Final

Uterga-Zubiri (A-B) 40 Segurola-Barrenetxea IV (B-A) 33

Full match video (EITB) (first match on the video)

Match article (Oriamendi2010) (second article)

December 22, 2018

2. Orona Championship Semi-Final

Uterga-Azpiroz (A-B) 40 Ansa II-Barrenetxea IV 29 (EITB) (First match on the video)

Match article (Oriamendi2010)

 December 29, 2018

3. Orona Championship Final

Uterga-Azpiroz 40 Juanenea-Endika 27 (EITB--match begins at 3:40)

Match article (Oriamendi2010)

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Jagoba Labaka (Group B z back) "Best Group B player" (45-26 in 2018) 

2 monthly rankings winners (40 points--perfect in both) 
Torneo Promocion Doubles Champion.

From September 27, 2018-November 24, 2018: Won 8 consecutive matches

Torneo Promocion: Won 4 Lost 0 with Etxarri. (Lost one match substituting in front court with another partner).

June 30, 2018

Torneo Promocion Final

Etxarri-Labaka (A-B) 40 Eloy-Zubiri (B-B) 20

Labaka +11 (including 5 service aces) -2

Match article (Oriamendi2010)

The Oriamendi2010 season, match by match, along with monthly cumulative win-loss records of the players, by position, is chronicled on the Oriamdi2010 "Star Match" recurring results page, on the right side of the blog.