Remonte--Oriamendi2010 2019 Awards; February Rankings and Cumulative Win-Loss records for January-February 2020

This rankings update contains Oriamendi2010 February 2020 rankings, cumulative January-February win-loss records, cumulative January-February "Star Match" win-loss records, and "Star Match" leaderboards, along with a small section on the 2019 Oriamendi2010 Best Player awards, which were given out on February 29, 2020. 

Oriamendi2010 Roster

Oriamendi2010 presents programs of 4 matches each on Thursdays and Saturdays. These are mostly pairs partido matches, played to 30, 35, or 40 points. There are also singles matches played to 30 points. The roster is divided into two groups based mostly on skill level. However (see below), many (26 matches out of 70 through the end of February) are played between teams of uneven skill levels. This mixing is one of the unique aspects of Oriamendi2010's Remonte competition and is always fascinating to follow.

The second match of each program is known as the "Star Match", the Marquee match of the day. More often than not, it is contested between two all "A" teams.

Interspersed in the programs throughout the year are several Tournaments (in 2019 there were 7). They are played under their own scoring rules (which can be some of the most complex and unique in all of Basque Pelota). The results of these tournaments stand alone, but are also incorporated into the Monthly Rankings that Oriamendi2010 provides.

At the end of each month Oriamendi2010 uses a rankings system that is based not only on wins and losses, but on the dominance of wins. The company provides a table of points allotted based on results. Any win (30, 35, or 40 points) is rewarded with 40 points. How many points match losers are allotted depends on the length of the matches and how many points they score. The maximum is 35, the minimum is 20. At the end of the month the company averages each player's total points, as the number of matches played by each player varies. So a perfect monthly record would be 40 points. A minimum of 4 matches must be played during the month to be included in the rankings.

One item that Oriamendi2010 does not provide is an easily accessible listing of each player's individual cumulative won-loss record throughout the year. Below you will find that information, sorted by winning percentage, This is an experiment on my part and I make no claim as to its accuracy. I sum the results every week to come up with the monthly totals you can find below. I also cross check these with the database of results Oriamendi2010 provides on an ongoing basis. Still, if you check my results against Oriameni2010's individual cumulative records (see the individual player pages), there are discrepancies. Their figures are, obviously, the official records. Mine are not. I am going to stick with my methods. I encourage you to check my results against theirs and draw your own conclusions. Corrections are always gladly accepted.

For those who wish to follow Oriamendi2010 Remonte on a program by program basis, I keep a page of ongoing results and program by program win-loss tables. There are almost always links to Oriamend2010 Star Match previews and match articles. Often you will find selected linescores and scoring taken from the match articles. Results for the other 3 matches of each program can also be found there. Tournaments are also covered there, as well as in the main blog.

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February 2020 Summary:

Oriamendi2010 had a very busy February, beginning with the Semi-finals and Finals of  El Torneo Master UTS Individual singles competition, won in one of the most exciting and entertaining matches in a long time by Barrenetxea IV (Group A Zaguero (back) 30-29 over Urriza (Group A Delantero (front), and ending with the annual awards announcements on February 29.

Awards announcement article (Oriamendi2010)

The best overall player award went to (Endika Barrenetxea (Zaguero-back)), the best Group A player (also Barrenetxea IV), and the best Group B player (Kemen Ansa?--Aldabe (Delantaro--front).

Barrenetxea IV broke a 6 year overall best player streak by Javier Urriza. He did it by beating Urriza in the Finals of the two major singles Tournaments, the Torneo Individual Kutxabank last September, and the Master UTS Individual  on February 8, 2020. He also won the Torneo de Azpetia (with Aldabe) last October. He was runner up (with Ansa II) in the San Fermin Tournament (scroll to "Remonte") last July and in the Orona Campeonato Parejas (with Matxin III) held last November-December. For calendar year 2019, Barrenetxea IV had the best winning % among Group A Zagueros (46-41; 53%). He also played the most matches of anyone on the roster (87).

For calendar year 2019, Aldabe had the best record (by winning %) of anyone on the roster (38-28; 58%). 

February Summary:

9 programs and 35 matches were contested. Ezkurra II (B-D) continued his comeback from injury, slowly finding his rhythm. By the end of February he had a record of 3 wins and 7 losses, but had won his last two matches, including a 2 v 3 match that was part of the "Day of Remonte" celebration and awards ceremony. According to the match article, he had a terrific match in leading his team (consisting of Juanenea (B-D) an Ion (A-Z) to a 40-36 win over Urriza-Barrenetxea IV, the two best players on the roster at the moment. 

Urriza was 3-2 (if you include the 2 v 3 match), and that was enough to win the monthly rankings Group A championship. His 5 matches were decided by a total of 15 points. Zaldua (Z) won the Group B championship. He made his first appearance since December on February 6 and had a 3-1 record for the month. The highlight was a comprehensive victory with Zeberio II (A-D) over Juanenea-Labaka (B-B), who have the 2020 cumulative best records through the end of February (see below), on February 20. Zeberio II had a great match, and Zaldua provided excellent support. Zaldau was a little over a year old when Zeberio II began his career in 1995.

The best match of the month after the UTM Final (see above) was the "Star Match" of February 13, a 40-39 victory by Aldabe-Barrenetxea IV (B-A--the two award winners) over veterans Zeberio II-Ion (A-A). Down 37-39, A-B scored the final 3 points of the match (the final point an Aldabe winner). See the match article here. The linescore should give you a feel for just how exciting a match this was.

Selected linescore (winners always listed 1st)

10-10; 29-20; 30-21; 32-35; 37-39; 40-39

Complete Februay 2020 Rankings: (rankings allotments are at the bottom of the rankings) 

February Monthly Rankings Leaders 

Group A: Urriza (D) 36.60
Group B: Zaldua (D) 37.50 

Leading Monthly leaders:

Group A:

Endika (D-Z) 1 (January); Urriza (D) 1 (February) 
Highest score: Endika  37.50 (January); Urriza: 36:60 (February)

Group B: 
Juanenea (D) 1 January; Zaldua (Z) 1 February
Highest score: Zaldua 37.5 (February); Juanenea (D) 37.29 (January)

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"Star Match" Cumulative Records For January-February 2020

2020 Star Matches: 18 matches (33 wins 33 losses) 4 singles matches 

A=Group A; B=Group B; D=delantero(front); Z=zaguero (back)

1.  Larranaga (B-Z)........1-0

1.  Aldabe (B-D)...........1-0

3.  Juanenea (B-D).........4-1

4.  Endika (A-D,Z).........4-2 

5.  Uterga (A-D)...........2-1 

6.  Urriza (A-D)...........5-3 

7.  Ion (A-Z)..............5-4 

8.  Ezkurra II (B-D........1-1 

8.  Azpiroz (B-D)..........1-1 

10. Barrenetxea IV (A-Z)...5-7 

11. Ansa II (B-D)..........2-4  

12. Agirrezabla (A-Z)......1-2  

13. Zeberio II (A-D).......1-3  

14. Goikoetxea V (B-D).....0-1 

14. Segurola (B-D).........0-1 

16. Matxin III (A-D).......0-2 

Star Match Leader Board--pairs matches only--through 13 matches. Note: All data is from Oriamendi2010 match articles. These are "best" performances, as Oriamendi2010 match scoring is often incomplete, which would make cumulative scoring leader boards difficult and cumbersome. This is known match scoring data.

Highest % of matches that are Star Matches

1. Barrenetxea IV (A-Z) 12 of 14 (.857)
2. Urriza (A-D)          8 of 10 (.800)

Net Scoring: 

Delanteros (fronts):

Juanenea (B)  +21 (+24 -3) January 11

Uterga (A)    +21 (+23 -2) January 9

Urriza (A)    +19 (+22 -3) January 13 

Zagueros (backs)

Endika (A)     +18 (+22 -4) January 30

Barrenetxea IV +16 (+18 -2) February 27

Most service aces

Barrenetxea IV   8 January 4, February 22

Endika           8 January 9, January 16

Barrenetxea IV   7 February 13, February 15

Endika           7 January 30

Most two wall winners: (note: this comes from a much smaller sample).

Urriza          13 January 18

Uterga          10 February 27

"Perfect" games

Endika (Z)    (+15 -0) January 11

Ion (Z)       (+14 -0) February 6 

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Cumulative Player Records through February 29, 2020. Pairs, singles and 2 v 3 matches are included. 

Table: 18 programs--70 matches (132 wins 132 losses) 9 singles matches; two 2 v 3 matches

Key: Player; wins-losses; points for-against (points per match); winning-losing streak; Tournaments won

E=X El Torneo Master UTS Individual (1/23-2/8)

Group A

Delanteros (fronts)

1. Uterga           4-2...226-207(72.2)..+1 
2. Urriza           6-4...353-321(67.4)..-1  

3. Matxin III       6-6...411-381(66.0)..+1  

4. Zeberio II       4-5...306-317(69.2)..-1  

5. Endika*          0-1.....36-40(76.0)..-1

6. Azpiroz          0-1.....11-30(41.0)..-1

Zagueros  (backs)

1. Endika*          6-2...290-204(61.7)..+1 

2. Barrenetxea IV   7-7...483-471(68.1)..-4...1-E

3. Ion              7-8...494-567(70.7)..+2
4. Agirrezabala     2-8...282-340(62.2)..-2

*My record for Endika varies slightly from Oriamendi's record. They have only his Zaguero record. I have combined his Zaguero and Delantero records.

Group B

Delanteros (fronts)

1. Juanenea         9-4...476-416(68.6)...+2

2. Goikoetxea V     9-7...453-439(55.7)...-1 

3. Aldabe           8-7...470-475(63.0)...+4 
4. Segurola         7-7...425-425(60.7)...-3  

5. Barricart        2-2...100-108(52.0)...-1   

6. Ansa II          3-4...187-242(61.3)...-1 

7. Urrutia II       4-7...324-350(61.3)...+1  

8. Ezkurra II       3-7...313-358(67.1)...+2 

9. Benat            1-3...128-138(66.5)...-1 

Zagueros (backs)

1. Labaka            9-2....349-323(61.1)..+2 

2. Aizpuru III       3-2....141-130(54.2)..+1  
3. Zaldua            3-2....174-168(68.4)..-1 

4. Azpiroz           7-6....454-419(67.2)..-1  

5. Larranaga         7-6....418-430(65.2)..+1 

6. Arruarte          6-5....337-312(59.0)..+1 
7. Zubiri            6-10...479-508(61.7)..-4 

8. Garces            3-7....284-306(59.0)..-3

Uneven Group Match Summary: Cumulative: January-February

A-A 1-0; A-A-B 0-1
A-B-B 1-0; A-A 0-1
A-A 3-3; A-B 3-3
A-B 8-7; B-B 7-8; 
B-B 2-1; A-A 1-2
A 1-0; B 0-1

Heaviest cumulative load (January-February) (see number in parenthesis, which is the average number of total points played per game).

Group A: 

1. Uterga (D)       (6) 4-2...226-207(72.2)
2. Ion (Z)         (15) 7-8...494-567(70.7)

Group B: 

1. Juanenea (D)   (13) 9-4...476-416(68.6)
2. Zaldua (Z)      (5) 3-2...174-168(68.4)