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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Jai Alai/Cesta Punta--Cesta Punta World Tour Internationaux Cesta Punta--St. Jean de Luz (Donibane Lohizune) SLAM, 2 Minor Tournamnents; RECAP of CPPT (iPPARALDE--NORTH BASQUE) SUMMER PARTIDO SEASON


COMPLETE COVERAGE OF FRONTON MEXICO SUMMER SEASON  (INCLUDES LINKS TO 63 FULL MATCH VIDEOS)

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 The Cesta Punta World Tour's premier competition, St. Jean de Luz Cesta Punta, played at St.Jean de Luz (1) (2) ran from July 2-August 29, 2019. It began with a play in Tournament to determine a "wild card" avant (front) and arriere (back) who would join the field for a 4 tournament competition that would determine the players in a 5th "SLAM" Tournament, a Champion of Champions Tournament. All Tournaments were played on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Live video coverage, as well as on demand video replays by the French TV Canal + were available at the St. Jean de Luz Cesta Punta Youtube site.


The schedule in a nutshell (on a single page) (Cestapunta Facebook)

Matches were played in sets, two to 15 points. Tie breaker was to 5. 5 pasas (over serves) were allowed in the course of a match. More than that, as well as any under serve, resulted in a fault.

Cumulative player win-loss records for the entire CPWT Summer Season (St. Jean de Luz, Gant d'Or, and 2 minor tournaments (Mauleon and Hossigor) can be found at the bottom of this post.

 NOTE: TO RETURN TO THIS RECAP FROM ANY OF THE LINKS BELOW, USE THE BACK ARROW.

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SLAM AND TWO MINOR TOURNAMENTS
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INJURY REPORT--FINAL:

 August 22 and 23

Kevin Ithurria: Ithurria suffered an injury in the 2nd set of the 1st SLAM Semi-final at St. Jean de Luz on August 22. After treatment, he continued, but was visibly limping.

On August 23, he played in the Final at Mauleon-Licharre and injured his arm in the 2nd set. He had to retire and was replaced by amateur Yohan Sorozabal. How long he will be out of action is unknown at this time.

August 6

Thibault Basque: Basque slipped attempting a catch in the tie breaker set of the Master 3 Final, appearing to seriously injure his ankle. After some treatment on the floor, he stayed and finished the match. At the post match ceremony, he was noticeably limping as he took the podium. The seriousness of the injury is unknown at this time.

Ekhi Martinez: Ekhi was injured in the warmups and missed his Master 3 Final on August 6. He was replaced by Thibault Basque (see above) on very short notice. The extent of his injury is unknown at this time.

July 4, 2019

Jerome Portet (back) suffered an arm injury in practice before his play-in Final in the Internationaux Cesta Punta, Cesta Punta World Tour match. He missed that match. When he will return is unknown.

Jean Olharan  missed the 1st Semi-Final of Master 2 with Irastorza. Olharan was replaced by Kevin Ithurria. Olharan returned to action in the Gant d'Or Quarter-final at Biarritz on July 31, 2019. He was re-injured (back) in a Tournament at Mauleon on August 9. He missed Master 4. (Latest Source: Jai Alai News Facebook and Cesta Punta St. Jean Facebook)

(Unai) Lekerika, injured during the Jai Alai World Tour, returned to action in the Master 2 2nd Semi-Final.

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A note on Canal + scoring. I will provide Canal + scoring when it is for a complete set.  I will also provide my own full scoring for selected matches. There are three things to be aware of in Canal + scoring.

1. They count balls differently than I. I still haven't figured out how they count.

2. They do not credit a winner for a serve that is intercepted and then immediately converted into a point. It also appears they do not credit a winner for any return of serve immediately ends in a point.

3. They appear to be quite harsh on errors. It appears that most balls a player gets to and touches, but does not return, are either errors or not accounted for either way.

My scoring differs from theirs on each of  these points. I'm not going to judge either theirs or mine. I will attempt to provide you with as much information as possible. My model in scoring combines EITB's method of ball counting with an adaptation of the US Major League Baseball rule for errors: "Would a normal effort on the play be expected to yield a catch?" What is "normal effort" and "expected"? Ah... That's where the judgment comes in.

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August 28  CPWT St. Jean de Luz  Rankings

SLAM

August 29

FINAL

(15-7, 15-3) (30-10) (St. Jean de Luz Cesta Punta World Tour Youtube)

Selected linescore (match winners always listed 1st)

Set 1

0-4; 5-5; 11-5; 14-6; 15-7

 Set 2

 3-0; 6-2; 13-2; 15-3

Match article 

 After a slow start, G-I use an 11-1 run in the first set and 9-1 run in the 2nd to destroy O-M and complete the "Ipparalde Double", Gant d'Or (Biarritz) and SLAM (Saint-Jean-de-Luz). 

August 27

2nd Semi-Final

(15-8, 15-14) (30-22) (Canal + via St. Jean de Luz Cesta Punta Youtube)

Selected linescores (match winners always listed 1st).

Set 1:

4-1; 4-3; 9-7; 12-7; 13-8; 15-8

Set 2:

3-1; 4-2; 4-3; 5-5; 9-7; 11-7; 12-8; 12-12; 13-14; 15-14


T-L, with Lopez continuing to play with a bicep injury that did not allow him to use his forehand, fought valiantly, but to no avail, as G-I moved on to the Final. The match article lauded Tambourindeguy for excellent play. 

August 22

1st Semi-Final

(9-15, 15-13, 5-2) (29-30) (Canal + via St. Jean de Luz Cesta Punta Youtube)

Selected linescores (match winners always listed 1st).

Set 1

5-5; 6-12; 8-13; 9-15

Set 2

5-3; 5-5; 7-10; (Ithurria injury [video]) 8-10; 9-10; 12-13; 15-13 

Tie Breaker Condensed Linescore (Canal + via St. Jean de Luz Cesta Punta Pro Tour Youtube (winning team always listed 1st)

2-0; 2-2; 5-2

Tie breaker scoring:

Olha +3 -1; Minvielle +0 -0; Ithurria +1 -2; Lekerika +0 -0

Match article

The match turned on an injury suffered by Ithurria in the middle of Set 2. He went off for treatment and returned, but was severely hampered. Olha overcame  +11 -15 (Canal + scoring) in first 2 sets to dominate the tie breaker. Ithurria's Cinderella season came to an end.

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There were two other CPPT non-St. Jean de Luz Tournaments. There were press accounts but no video.

Mauleon-Licharre Tournament (1) (2) (August 9, 16, 23)

Full calendar (Sam Pelote Facebook)

FINAL

August 23

Olharan-Yeche (Nicolas Eyheragaray) 2
(Kevin) Ithurria (Yohann Sorozabal)-(Mikel) Amigorena 1
(13-15, 15-13, 5-1) (33-29)

Match article (Jai Alai News Facebook)

Ithurria, suffered his second injury in two nights, hurting his arm in the second set and was replaced by Yohan Sorozabal, who had earlier won the "Promesas" Tournament played directly before this match). It was Yeche's 4th championship in his home town Tournament. It was Olharan's 1st. Olharan was +3 in the tie breaker.

Semi-finals

August 16

2nd Semi-Final

(Kevin) Ithurria-(Mikel) Amigorena 2
J. Tambourindeguy-Manex (Urtasun) 1
(12-15, 15-9, 5-4) (32-28)

August 9

1st Semi-final

Olharan-Yeche (Nicolas Eyheragaray) 2
(Jokin) Arbe-Minvielle 0
(15-9, 15-13) (30-22)

Match article for both matches (Jai Alai News Facebook)

Olharan re-injured himself in this match. But apparently he was able to recover, as he played in the final on August 23. 

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Hossegor Tournament (1) (2) (August 7, 14, 21)

FINAL

August 21

(15-14, 15-8) (30-22) (Hossegor Jai Alai Professionel Facebook; includes 12 photos)

Match preview (Hossegor Jai Alai Professionel Facebook)

Semi-Finals

August 14

2nd Semi-final

(Jon) Zulaika-Ekhi 2 Lesbats-Minvielle 1
(15-14, 10-15, 5-3) (30-32) (Source: Hossegor Jai Alai Professionel Facebook--with links to 8 photos)

Match article (Zulaika's Txik-Txak Blog--Juan Ignacio Zulaika)

August 7

1st Semi-Final

Olha-Ibon (Aldazabal) 2 Olharan-(Manex) Urtasun 0
(15-12, 15-14) (30-26) (Hossigor Jai Alai Professionel Facebook)

Match article for both semi-finals (unattributed newspaper (possibly Sud Oest via Hossegor Jai Alai Professionel Facebook)

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Gant d'Or (Golden Glove)

The other major Tournament of the Summer was Gant d'Or, held in July and Early August. It was won by Goikoetxea-Inza, Goikoetxea's 2nd G d'O in succession. He was +19 -0 in the Final. That Tournament was covered in the BLOG HERE (also includes links to full match videos of 2016-2018 Gant d'Or Finals).

Direct link to the Final (August 7)  (Cesta Punta Pro Tour Youtube)

Goikoetxea-Inza 2 Egiguren- (Unai) Lekerika 0
(15-11, 15-11) (30-22)
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FINAL TABLE* FOR SUMMER CESTA PUNTA PRO TOUR

 * Includes all Saint-Jean-de-Luz matches, Hossegor Tournament Semi-finals on August 7, 14, and Final on August 21 and Mauleon-Licharre Semi-finals on August 9, 16 and Final on August 23. This completes the SJDL calendar for 2019. Gant d'Or records have been added for a complete accounting of the CPPT Summer Partido Season 

 Cumulative record (match wins-losses, set w-l [.3 for tie breaker win or loss], Tournaments won). 

Major Tournaments are in bold. Minor Tournaments are not.
P=Play in; M1, M2, M3, M4=Master 1-4; S=SLAM; G=Gant d'Or; H=Hossegor; MA=Mauleon-Letxarre

Most Tournaments won: Goikoetxea 3;  Inza 3

FINAL SUMMER--31 MATCHES

Avants (Fronts)

 Goikoetxea; 7-1; 12--2; M2; S; G

 Olha; 7-3; 13.6--7.3; M1; H (a)
Hormaetxea; 3-2; 4.6--6; P
Egiguren; 3-3; 5.3--7
Olharan; 2-2; 4.3--4.3; MA (a)(b)
(Jon) Zulaika; 1-1; 1.3--3 (a)
Ithurria; 4-5; 8.6--9.6; M4 (b)+
P. Tambourindeguy; 2-3; 4.3--6.3; M3
(Diego) Beaskoetxea; 1-3; 3--5.3
(Aritz) Erkiaga; 1-3; 2.3--6.3
(Jokin) Arbe; 0-1; 0--2 (b)
J. Tambourindeguy; 0-2; 2--2.6 (b)
Lesbats; 0-2; 2--2.6 (a)

+=Ithurria was replaced by Yohan Sorozabal after he injured his arm in 2nd set of the Mauleon-Licharre Tournament on August 23.

Arrieres (Backs)

 Inza; 7-1; 12--2; M2; S; G

 Ibon (Aldazabal); 2-0; 4--0; H (a)
Portet; 1-0; 1.3--1
Yeche (Eyheragaray); 2-1; 3.3--3); MA (b)
Lopez; 3-2; 6.3--4.3; M1
Lekerika; 4-3; 7,6--7.3; M4
T. Basque; 3-3; 6.3--6.3; P
(Mikel) Amigorena; 1-1; 3--1.3 (b)
Minvielle; 4-5; 7.9--11.6; M3 (a) (b)
Ekhi; 2-3; 3.3--7 (a)
Etcheto; 2-4; 4.3--8.3*
Ihitsague; 0-1; 1--1.3
D. Ourthe; 0-1; 0--2
(Manex) Urtasun; 0-3; 2--4.6 (a) (b)
Irastorza; 0-3; 1--5.3

*This includes a loss in the Gant d'Or Tournament on July 22. He was injured on July 20 and didn't play in his July 26 Jai Alai World Tour Match. He is listed as playing in the July 22 match.

(a)=Hossegor Tournament Semi-Finals, August 7, 14, and Final, August 21

(b)=Mauleon-Licharre Tournament Semi-Finals, August 9, 16, and Final on August 23

These are being counted as CPWT matches because they were played in Ipparalde (North Basque), although it is unclear whether that was the organization that sponsored them.

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 COMPLETE COVERAGE OF IPARRALDE (NORTH BASQUE) CESTA PUNTA FALL PRO TOUR  (INCLUDES LINKS TO 10 FULL MATCH VIDEOS)

 COMPLETE COVERAGE OF IPARRALDE (NORTH BASQUE) CESTA PUNTA PRO TOUR/FFPB (FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE PELOTA BASQUE) SPRING TOURNAMENTS (INCLUDES LINKS TO 4 FULL MATCH VIDEOS)

COMPLETE COVERAGE OF JAI ALAI WORLD TOUR  (HEGOALDE--SOUTH BASQUE) SUMMER SEASON (INCLUDES LINKS TO 22 FULL MATCH VIDEOS)

 COMPLETE COVERAGE OF FRONTON MEXICO SUMMER SEASON  (INCLUDES LINKS TO 63 FULL MATCH VIDEOS)
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Monday, October 28, 2019

Mano--III Masters Codere ends the 2018-2019 Season--COMPLETE SELECTED 2018-19 RECAP

III Master's Codere and recap of all Championship and Tournament results (scores, analysis, links to articles, available videos) for the 2018-19 season. Final 2018-19 Rankings below that, along with links to players's individual won-loss records.

 III Masters Codere:

This was a Champion of Champions match that pitted the top 2 ranked Codere Fronts and Backs against each other. 

October 6, 2019

FINAL

Navarra Arena, Iruna (Pamplona) (1) (2)

 Note: all 4 of these players are ASPE players.

Irribarria (#1)-Rezusta(#5) 19 (EITB--match begins at 1:05:52)

Fronton TV Youtube (Castilian)

 15-16--End (Fronton TV Youtube)

Selected linescore (navarra.com, Deia, and Fronton TV) (winners always listed 1st)

1-6; 2-8; 5-9; 8-13; 13-14; 15-16; 15-17; (Altuna III suffers a knee injury crashing into the left wall but is able to continue) 16-17; 16-18; 20-18; 20-19; 22-19

Scoring (EITB)

Altuna III +11(including 1 service ace) -4; Zabaleta +4 -5
Irribarria +9(1a) -3; Rezusta +1 -4

Balls in Play: 694: Altuna III 161; Zabaleta 188; Irribarria 165; Rezusta 180

Time of the Match: 76:59.

 Complete historical results (2017-2019) of this Tournament (baikopilota.eus)

Preview article (Mundo Deportivo)
Match article (navarra.com)
Match article (Deia)
Match article (El Correo)
Match article (Mundo Deportivo)

The Mano season saved the best for last as this tremendously entertaining and competitive "Champion of Champions" match left fans breathless and hungry for the 2019-2020 season to begin. I-R opened up a large lead at 2-8 and A-Z spent the rest of the match trying to battle back. At 15-17--16-17, Altuna III hurt his knee crashing into the left wall but continued playing. Shortly thereafter, A-Z ran off 4 points in a row (although the 1st one was quite controversial--a cross court kill shot by Altuna III that appeared to be out of bounds) to take the lead at 19-18 (their first lead of the match) and then 20-18.They were aided by 2 I-R errors. They then won 2 of the last 3 points for an amazing and unlikely victory. It netted them 3,000 Euros. The crowd of about 2,000 was smaller than last year's 3,000. 

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A recap of the major championships and tournaments of the 2018-19 season.

Note that this is only a fraction of the total matches played during the season. Exhaustive coverage of the Hegoalde (South Basque) Mano season is beyond the purview of this blog and deserves a blog of its own. The best places to look for that are the two companies websites

ASPE and Baikopilota, along with 21Iguales.com

Baikopilota Roster

Note: To get back to this page from any of the Championship or Tournament links below, navigate by using the back arrow. 

Major Championships:

2018 4 1/2 TXAPELKETA (Baikopilota--all scores and links to Tournament results back to 2001) (21Iguales)--6 pages worth of articles, beginning at  P.6 [see pagination at bottom of page] and back tracking to P. 1 for the final). This Tournament was not covered in the blog. WINNER: EZKURDIA

Final Full Match Video (Fronton TV) (Castilian)
Highlights (Fronton TV)

2018-19 BINAKAKO TXAPELKETA/MUNDO PAREJAS (PAIRS) CHAMPIONSHIP): WINNERS: ELEZKANO II-REZUSTA


WINNER: IRRIBARRIA

Tournaments: Note: all Tournament links link to scores, articles, analysis and full match videos from those tournaments.



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XLV SAN FERMIN TOURNAMENT: WINNERS: EZKURDIA-ZABELETA

DESAFIA DEL VINO MARCO REAL BAIKOPILOTA-ASPE CHALLENGE: WINNERS: BAIKOPILOTA

2ND SAN FERMIN LABORAL EMAKUME (WOMEN'S) MASTER CUP: WINNERS: PREMIER: AGIRRE-OBREGOZO; UNDER 18:BERGARA-AGORRETA


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TORNEO DE VILLA DE ZARAUTZ (AUGUST 15, 16, 18): WINNERS: ALTUNA III-MARTIJA

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 VIII TORNEO BIZKAIA DE PAREJAS DENTRO DEL CINCO Y MEDIO (JULY 21, 25, 28, AUGUST 20): WINNER: ANBOTO (ARTEAGA III; OLIAZOLA II-ARETXABALETA; LASO)

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 TORNEO ASTA NAGUSIA BILBAO (AUGUST 21, 22, 24): WINNERS: LASO-ALBISU

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 TORNEO BARTOLOME DE ELGOIBAR II (AUGUST 24, 25): WINNERS: ARTOLA-ZABALETA

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 DONASTIA HIRIA TORNEOA (CIUDAD DE SEBASTIAN) (AUGUST 27, 28, 31): WINNERS: OLIAZOLA II-ALBISU; DESAFIO VINO--WINE CHALLENGE (DONASTIA) (AUGUST 29): WINNERS: ALTUNA III-IRRIBARRIA

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 TORNEO SANATOLINES DE LEKEITIO (SEPTEMBER 2. 3, 5): WINNERS: ALTUNA III-REZUSTA

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 TORNEO SAN MATEO (SEPTEMBER 21-29) WINNERS: OLIAZOLA II-REZUSTA

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Final Codere Rankings for 2018-19. (ASPE.eus) Note: I have copied this below, as the addressing conventions leave me little "faith" that these rankings will be archived anytime soon, rather than being simply replaced by the current rankings.

Rankings Explanation. (Baikopilota.eus, .pdf format, 4p.) Note: this is the most up to date explanation I could find. It is from 2017. The actual point assignments have changed. You can easily tell what they are from looking at the graphic view above. If I find a more up to date ranking, I will replace this one.  

Key: Ranking; Change from Previous Ranking; Player name; Total Points; Major Championship Points, Promotion Points, Tournament Points (see links above for results of all of these..

 CODERE Clasificación pelotaris : 2018-2019

 1 (=) IRRIBARRIA 2,550 2,060 0 490
2 (=) ALTUNA III 2,480 1,340 0 1,140
3 (=) EZKURDIA 2,175 1,550 0 625
4 (=) ELEZKANO II 2,090 1,710 0 380
5 (=) REZUSTA 2,030 1,190 0 840
6 (=) ZABALETA 1,750   990 0 760
7 (=) OLAIZOLA II 1,570 510 0 1,060
8 (=) URRUTIKOETXEA 1,265 1,060 0 205
9 (+1) ALBISU 1,220 500 0 720
10 (+1) BENGOETXEA VI 1,200 700 0 500
11 (-2) MARTIJA 1,175 680 0 495
12 (=) IMAZ 980 200 0 780
13 (=) ARTOLA 980   440 0 540
14 (=) ELORDI 798 0 498 300
15 (=) LASO 725 45 0 680
16 (+5) LADIS GALARZA 620 350 0 270
17 (+2) JAKA 560 250 0 310
18 (=) VICTOR 550 400 0 150
19 (-2) P.ETXEBERRIA 540 180 255 105
20 (-4) ARETXABALETA 530 100 0 430
21 (+1) DARIO 513 0 438 75
22 (+1) MARIEZKURRENA 485 350 0 135
23 (-3) AGIRRE 467   115 222 130
24 (=) BAKAIKOA 375 45 240 90
25 (=) ARTEAGA II 325 115 30 180
26 (+3) ZABALA 310 0 120 190
27 (+4) PEÑA II 304 0 204 100
28 (-2) RETEGI BI 250 250 0 0
29 (-2) O.ETXEBARRIA 240 0 240 0
30 (+3) URRETABIZKAIA 237 0 117 120
31 (-3) ARANGUREN 228 0 228 0
32 (-2) SALABERRI 207 0 207 0
33 (-1) UGALDE 177 0 177 0
34 (=) GARMENDIA 159 0 159 0
35 (=) ITURRIAGA 99 0 69 30
36 (=) ERASUN 90 0 90 0
37 (=) JAUNARENA 75 0 75 0
38 (=) LARUNBE 50 50 0 0
39 (=) UNTORIA 45 0 45 0
40 (+1) EGIGUREN V 30 0 0 30
41 (-1) ETCHEGOIN 30 0 30 0
42 (=) ESKIROZ 21 0 21 0
43 (+3) ALBERDI 15 0 15 0
44 (=) EROSTARBE 15   0 15 0
45 (-2) MENDIZABAL III 15 0 15 0
46 (-1) RUIZ 15 0 15 0
47 (+3) ARRETXE II 0 0 0 0
48 (-1) GORKA 0 0 0 0
49 (=) IBAI ZABALA 0 0 0 0
50 (-2) IRUSTA 0 0 0 0
51 (+2) LASA IV 0 0 0 0
52 (=) MARTINEZ 0 0 0 0
53 (-2) TOLOSA 0 0 0 0

 Note:  Individual win-loss records are available for selected ASPE and Baikopilota players here. They are available for Baikopilota players here (click on individual player pictures for links to their records. 
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Saturday, October 19, 2019

Pala/Pala Larga 2018-2019 Season Wrap and Final individual table/rankings.

The 2018-2019 Pala Larga (mostly InnPala) season ended with one Tournament and 4 independent matches. 2 of the independent matches were played as single partidos to 40 points. Because there is so little information about these matches, they have been compiled together in this post. Though InnPala players perform throughout the year, I have decided (perhaps arbitrarily) to "begin" the season with the Liga Kutxabank competition. The 2019-20 LK begins on October 25, 2019. 

 Below you will find 4 items.

1. InnPala's final (at present) ranking of its players. This ranking was published on June 16, 2019, and covered the 4 major tournaments (Liga Kutxabank (Pairs), Mundial Individuel, Mundo Parejas (Pairs), and Bizkaia Open (Pairs)). If another ranking comes out before the beginning of the 2019-20 Liga, I will include it below.

2. A final accounting of the match and joko (set) win-loss records for InnPala players from October 26, 2018-October 11, 2019. For a match by match accounting from January 1-October 11 see the Pala Individual Player Win-Loss Table on the right side of the blog. These are for all the matches I have found. I also added in the 2018 Liga match results to get a full accounting of the season. Those matches are available here and here, but they were added in their entirety to the final October 11 calendar year accounting. Please let me know if  I have missed any matches so I can add them.

3. Results and relevant links from the Sopela Tournament (June 27, September 7) and 4 independent matches from September 14 to October 11.

4. Links to results, videos, articles, and analysis, from all the major Tournaments and matches throughout the season.

1. InnPala Rankings on June 16, 2019 (include results of Bizkaia Open Competition)

Player information and photos

DELANTEROS  ZAGUEROS
Gaubeka 204  Ibargarai 216
                     
Necol 202 Ibai Perez 174
Fusto  180        Gordon 166
Garate 132       Urrutia 162
Landeta 114

The ranking criteria are available at Innpala at this time (scroll past the rankings, which are current).

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2. FINAL TABLE FOR 2018-2019 SEASON (October 26, 2018-October 11, 2019)

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. 3rd tie breaker is joko winning percentage

Links are to BLOG POSTS that covered the competitions.

Championships: L=Liga Kutxabank; MI=Mundo Individuel; MP=Mundo Parejas; Biz Op=Bizkaia Open; S=San Fermin (see Pala section); D=Donostio #Kiro Txartela; AN=Asta Nagusia Bilbao; P=Plentzia (August 29-31) (Note: Plentzia matches were single partidos to 40 points. No change was made to joko records.); So=Sopela (June 27, September 7--see below)

 Note: Bizkaia Open and Asta Nagusia included amateurs and professionals. *=Amateur

 Necol had the best match and joko record of all the delanteros. Fusto won the most championships. 

Ibai Perez had the best match and joko record of all the zagueros. Ibargarai won the most championships.

The Major championships. Necol-Urrutia (Liga Kutxabank); Ibargarai (Mundo Individuel); Gaubeka-Ibai Perez (Mundo Parejas); Dardenne*-Ibargarai (Bizkaia Open)

Necol(d)......28-15(.651).96-75(.561)..-1..2(L)(S)(a)(b)(e)

Fusto(d)......22-15(.595).71-58(.551)..-2..3(AN)(P)(So)(a)(c)(d)(f)
Gaubeka(d)....19-15(.559).68-58(.540)..+3..1(MP)(d)(f)
Garate(d).....10-23(.303).47-73(.392)..-3(b)(c)(e)
Landeta(d).....1-15(.062).15-43(.259)..-6

Ibai-Perez(z).29-13(.690).85-67(.559)..+5..3(MP)(D)(AN)(a)(c)(d)(e)(f)

Ibargarai(z)..19-18(.514).68-65(.511)..+4...5(MI)(Biz Op)(S)(P)(So) (e)
Brefel(z).......6-6(.500).25-23(.521)..+1(a)*
Urrutia(z)....18-22(.450).77-79(.494)..-4.......1(L)(c)(f)
Gordon(z).....12-22(.353).54-69(.439)..-4(b)(d)

* Retired from InnPala February 15, 2019
a=February 15, 2019: Sylvain Brefel's farwell match
b=May 31, 2019: A friendly that was set up on short notice when Fusto had to pull out of his Bizkaia Open Jornada 6 match due to back discomfort. Necol-Arroita* 3 Garate-Gordon 0
(10-6, 10-8, 10-6) (30-20)
c=June 21, 2019. A 45 point single partido match: Fusto-Ibai Perez 45 Garate-Urrutia 27
d=September 14, 2019. A 40 point single partido match: Gaubeka-Ibai Perez 40 Fusto-Gordon 39
e=September 22, 2019. A 40 point single partido match: Necol-Ibai Perez 40 Garate-Ibargarai 23
f=October 6, 2019. A 40 point single partido match. Gaubeka-Ibai Perez 40 Fusto-Urrutia 37

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3. Match results, articles, avaialble videos for Sopela Tournament (see below) and the 4 final independent matches for the 2018-2019 season.

October 11

Independent Match--Seignosse (1) (2)

Pala Larga Champions Challenge 

 Note: this was the 2nd Champions Challenge between the 2018 World Champion Pala Corta (slightly smaller implement) team (Necol-Urrutia (substituting for the recently retired (from InnPala) Sylvain Brefel) and the 2019 World Champion Pala Larga team (Gaubeka-Ibai Perez).

The World Championship Pala Corta Final (played on a short (36 meter) concha (court) which N-B (France) won over Gaubeka-Skufka (Spain)
(10-15, 15-12, 10-8) (35-35) can be viewed in its entirety here.

Match article (Federation de Pelota Vasco--FIPV)

The World Championship Pala Larga Final (played on a long (54 meter) concha which was won by G-I over Fusto-Ibargarai
(10-5, 10-4, 7-10, 10-5) (37-24) can be viewed in its entirety here.

Match article (Deia)

The first Champions Challenge, played in Biarritz on May 10 was won by Necol-Brefel over Fusto-Ibargarai (substituting for Gaubeka-Ibai Perez)
(15-10, 15-8) (30-18) can be viewed in its entirety here

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Gaubeka-Ibai Perez 3 Necol-Urrutia 1 (France3Aquitaine Youtube full match video)
(7-10, 10-6, 10-8, 10-8) (37-32) 
(Source:Sud Ouest)

Selected Joko Scoring (Sud-Ouest) (match winners always listed 1st)

J1

2-8; 7-8; 7-10

J2

5-5; 10-6

J4

2-8; 10-8

Time of the match: 55 minutes

Match article (Sud-Ouest via PPF Sports Facebook)). Note: this is a photo of the article. Increase its size until you can read it.

9 Match photos (Pepito elhorga - Otago Bayonne Facebook)
10 Match photos (Dan Necol Facebook)

Played before a large crowd in a newly remodeled fronton, N-U were on their way to parity at 2 jokos apiece with an 8-2 lead when G-I struck for 8 consecutive points to finish the match. This was the final match played by InnPala players in the 2018-19 season. The 2019-20 season begins on October 25 with the Liga Kuxtabank pairs competition.

October 6

Independent Match--Mimetiz, Zalla (1) (2)

Gaubeka-Ibai Perez (substituting for Urrutia) 40
Fusto (substituting for Necol)-Urrutia (substituting for Ibargarai) 37
(Source: Diario Vasco Cartelera)

September 22

Independent Match--Galdakao (1)(2)

Necol-Ibai Perez 40 Garate-Ibargarai 23
(Source: Diario Vasco Cartelera)

September 14

Independent Match--Urdaliz (1) (2)

Gaubeka-Ibai Perez 40 Fusto-Gordon 39
(Source: Diario Vasco Cartelera)

Sopela (1) (2) Tournament

*= Amateur

September 7, 2019

FINAL

Fusto-Ibargarai 3 Necol-Urrutia 0
10-3, 10-4, 10-8) (30-15)

3rd Place Match

Ibarguren*-Ibai Perez 3 Garate-Gordon 0
(10-6, 10-7, 10-8) (30-21)
Source for both scores: InnPala and correspondence with Dan Necol (Merci Beaucoup Dan)

June 27, 2019

Semi-finals

Fusto-Ibargarai 3 Ibarguren* (substituting for Landeta)-Ibai Perez 0
(10-8, 10-5, 10-3) (30-16)

Necol-Urrutia 3 Garate-Gordon 0
(10-9, 10-7, 10-6) (30-22)
Source for both scores: Diario Vasco Cartelera

4. Blog links to all posts from the major tournaments of the 2018-2019 season.

* AMATEUR

VILLA DE PLENTZIA TOURNEO (AUGUST 29-31): WINNERS: FUSTO-IBARGARAI


WINNERS:
WOMEN'S MASTER PALA (PALETA CUERO: IRAZUSTABARRENA-ERASUN
MENS MASTER PALA (PALA LARGA): ALTUNA*-IBAI PEREZ





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