This is a current awareness blog that links to the latest sources of information on Basque Pelota matches and Tournaments. It covers all of both North and South Basque modalities: Pro and amateur. It links to match stories, statistics and video highlights and/or full match videos. !!!NEW CESTA PUNTA PRO TOUR 2024 CESTA NADAU--DECEMBER 6, 13, 20, 2024---JAI ALAI LEAGUE (EREMAN!) WINTER SERIES--OCTOBER 2024--FEBRUARY 2025!!!
This is a current awareness blog that links to the latest sources of information on Basque Pelota matches and Tournaments. It covers all of both North and South Basque modalities: Pro and amateur. It links to match stories, statistics and video highlights and/or full match videos. !!!NEW CESTA PUNTA PRO TOUR 2024 CESTA NADAU--DECEMBER 6, 13, 20, 2024---JAI ALAI LEAGUE (EREMAN!) WINTER SERIES--OCTOBER 2024--FEBRUARY 2025!!!
Monday, December 14, 2020
Jai Alai/Cesta Punta--An Abbreviated Final Summary of the Dania Jai Alai Fall Season (October 2-December 13, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Jai Alai/Cesta Punta--First National United States Jai Alai Championship--Magic City Casino--December 5-6, 2020--DIRECT LINKS TO EACH MATCH; FINAL DAILY BRACKETS, AWARDS CEREMONIES
ADDED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2021:
Keystone Films was contracted by Magic City Jai Alai to create a highlight film of the National United States Jai Alai Championship. It has recently become available for viewing at the Keystone Films Youtube Site.
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Magic City Fronton, Miami Florida (1-- still photo from Magic City Hustle via WJCT 88.9 FM Radio News Story) (2--Wikipedia) hosted the First US National Jai Alai Championship (USNJAC) December 5-6, 2020. It was a Pro-Am Tournament, with Professionals from Magic City, Dania, Miami, and Calder Jai Alai (almost exclusively Quniela Jai Alai competitions), and amateurs from near and far. It consisted of Singles and Doubles Tournaments. 25 Doubles and 54 Singles matches were played, the vast majority being Partidos (to 6, 7, or 9 points). All partido matches were played with alternate serving. MC is a short (about 120 foot) court with glass front and back walls. The pelota used is a "soft ball", specially made in Hegoalde (South Basque Country) (error corrected February 26, 2021) to MC specifications, as glass walls cannot withstand the force of a traditional pelota.
There were over 13 hours of video during the two days. The entire Tournament was live streamed over the Jai Alai Channel Youtube (also available on demand) and commentary was provided by Stu Neiman and Andrew Blechman. The commentary was one of the best English language commentaries I have heard in my short time following the sport. Mr. Neiman in particular called the matches so closely that you could have listened on the radio and hardly missed the description of a single ball in play over the whole two days.
For those who did not watch the entire competition, or who might want to follow certain players or one Tournament all at once, I have directly linked to each match below. I have also linked to end of Day 1 and end of Tournament brackets for both Tournaments, as well as the post Tournament ceremonies. I could not have done this without the help of a member of Tiger's Chalk Talk Jai Alai Bulletin Board, the best source of current English Language Quiniela Jai Alai information I have seen. The information provided on the board put the results in chronological order (by type of Tournament) for both days, allowing me to easily index the video. It would have been next to impossible to tag each match without the Chalk Talk information.
Hopefully this will enhance your enjoyment of the Tournament. Please inform me of any errors at jbsolock1@gmail.com.
Enjoy
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Professional Player Key: C=Calder; D=Dania; MC=Magic City; M=Miami
More information from the latest Roster Sheets of the Professionals
Magic City; Dania; Miami; Calder (Latest Roster is on P. 2 of each statistics sheet)
2019-2020 Magic City, and selected 2020-21 Dania & Miami Performances (each set of daily professional Quiniela games) are available live and on demand from the Jai Alai Channel Youtube. The 2019 Calder Season is available on demand at Calder Jai Alai Youtube.
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Friday, October 2, 2020
Jai Alai/Cesta Punta--Dania Daily Update--Wins Tables for the Roster and by Time Played/Position--Performance Wins, Most Wins in a Performance
ADDITIONS:
ADDED PERFORMANCE STREAKS (WINNING AT LEAST ONE GAME IN A PERFORMANCE--(5 MINIMUM) IN THE PERFORMANCE WINNERS SECTION BELOW THE DAILY "STANDINGS) (OCTOBER 7, 2020)
ADDED A LISTING OF TOP 8 CAMPEONATO POINTS LEADERS FRONT AND BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH REPORT (OCTOBER 7, 2020)
ADDED AN ABSENCE REPORT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH REPORT (DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR PLAYERS WHO STARTED AFTER THE SEASON BEGAN, ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR PLAYERS WHO DID NOT PLAY IN A PERFORMANCE, FOR WHATEVER REASON)(OCTOBER 7, 2020)
The Dania Daily Update will always be available at the following address.
https://basquepelotaupdates.blogspot.com/2020/10/jai-alaicesta-punta-dania-daily-update.html
In this space we will keep an account of the daily, weekly, and cumulative statistics of the Dania Beach Jai Alai Roster. Source: Dania Jai Alai and Tiger's Jai Alai Chalk Talk Bulletin Board.
The Dania Beach (Fronton before AND after renovation) (Frontons.net). The Fall Quiniela 2020 season opened on October 1, 2020
Entries; Results; Game Pages; Roster Information; Statistics (Note: roster information is part of the "statistics" pages.
This season I will be doing things with a little more simplicity. This page will follow, on a daily performance basis, the Players win standings.
I will provide a complete roster win sort, and win sorts broken into 4 categories:
Early Fronts, Early Backs, Late Fronts, Late Backs.
In addition to the statistics copied from the Dania Daily Statistics Pages, I will provide Campeonato Points (5 for a win, 3 for a place, 1 for a show) for each player. I will update these sorts on a daily basis. Each player's number of wins per performance will also be tracked, in order to follow performance winning streaks. These statistics will be kept under the time/position break downs, not the main roster breakdown. Also, the number of Campeonto points from the previous to the present performance will be listed in parenthesis next to the total Campeonato points for each player.
There will no longer be weekly reports, but I will copy out Tiger's weekly summaries (I assume Tiger will be OK with this--as this will be a backup archive of his great work), but those summaries will be underneath the daily standings. The other thing I will keep track of is which player wins the "Performance Pennant race" (i.e., has or is tied for the most wins in a performance). I will no longer list players day by day, but will keep a tally sheet of the "standings" for this. Players who win 3 or more games in a performance will be noted. If there are any performances where nobody wins more than one game, nobody will be added to the Standings. It appears Dania does not keep track of Singles or Doubles Championship in the Fall due to the Dania Partido Championship. I will follow their example.
Hopefully, this will ease my workload and not clutter your computer with numerous tables. I hope you find this useful.
Note that my categorization of who is an early and late is based on my understanding of how Dania Jai Alai works. It is subjective and can change. Please let me know if you find obvious errors with this. I will not be tracking when in the performance players win, as that is more than I can handle at the moment.
Note that Tables on a mobile work best with landscape view.
Enjoy
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23 Ithurria...16 4 3 2 .250 .563 (LF) 31
12 Beitia.....21 4 2 4 .190 .476 (LF) 30
69 Goitia.....18 4 2 1 .222 .389 (LF) 27
10 Goixerri...19 4 2 1 .211 .368 (EF) 27
11 Erik.......20 3 5 2 .150 .500 (LF) 32
25 Foronda....20 3 5 2 .150 .500 (EF) 32
18 Chasio.....20 3 4 4 .150 .550 (LB) 31
15 Ibon.......16 3 4 3 .188 .625 (LB) 30
14 Arta.......21 3 1 2 .143 .286 (EB) 20
21 Johan .....20 2 2 4 .100 .400 (EF) 20
33 Tevin......20 2 2 3 .100 .350 (LF) 19
55 Toto.......17 2 2 1 .118 .294 (EF) 17
54 Zulaika....20 2 1 4 .100 .350 (LF) 17
89 Urtaran ...17 2 1 3 .118 .353 (LB) 16
30 Larrea.....19 2 1 1 .105 .211 (EB) 14
98 Elgezabal..19 1 4 4 .053 .474 (EB) 21
46 Arrieta....22 1 1 6 .045 .364 (LF) 14
97 Frank......17 1 2 2 .059 .294 (EF) 13
59 Leke.......14 1 2 1 .071 .286 (LB) 12
38 Urbieta....13 0 1 2 .000 .231 (LB) 5
31 Jairo......10 0 1 0 .000 .100 (LF) 3
25 Foronda....20 3 5 2 .150 .500 (EF) 32 (+4)
21 Johan .....20 2 2 4 .100 .400 (EF) 20 (+9)
55 Toto.......17 2 2 1 .118 .294 (EF) 17 (+5)
29 Gorka......17 1 3 1 .059 .294 (EF) 15 (+5)
97 Frank......17 1 2 2 .059 .294 (EF) 13 (+3)
13 Ubilla.....20 3 4 1 .150 .400 (EB) 28 (+8)
14 Arta.......21 3 1 2 .143 .286 (EB) 20 (+5)
19 Minte......20 2 1 4 .100 .350 (EB) 17 (+8)
30 Larrea.....19 2 1 1 .105 .211 (EB) 14 (+0)
98 Elgezabal..19 1 4 4 .053 .474 (EB) 21 (+2)
35 Spinner....21 0 3 2 .000 .238 (EB) 11 (+1)
12 Beitia.....21 4 2 4 .190 .476 (LF) 30 (+6)
69 Goitia.....18 4 2 1 .222 .389 (LF) 27 (+0)
11 Erik.......20 3 5 2 .150 .500 (LF) 32 (+4)
33 Tevin......20 2 2 3 .100 .350 (LF) 19 (+5)
54 Zulaika....20 2 1 4 .100 .350 (LF) 17 (+10)
46 Arrieta....22 1 1 6 .045 .364 (LF) 14 (+2)
31 Jairo......10 0 1 0 .000 .100 (LF) 3 (+0)
18 Chasio.....20 3 4 4 .150 .550 (LB) 31 (+7)
15 Ibon.......16 3 4 3 .188 .625 (LB) 30 (+1)
89 Urtaran ...17 2 1 3 .118 .353 (LB) 16 (+5)
59 Leke.......14 1 2 1 .071 .286 (LB) 12 (+11)
49 Amigorena...7 0 3 1 .000 .235 (LB) 10 (+6)
38 Urbieta....13 0 1 2 .000 .231 (LB) 5 (+1)
20 Iturbide....0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LF)
39 Israel......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
42 Barandika...0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LF)
47 Xabat.......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (EF)
50 Elizalde....0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
60 Salegi......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
67 Bailo.......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
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CORRECTION: AMIGORENA WAS MISTAKENLY CLASSIFIED AS LATE FRONT. HE IS A LATE BACK. PLACEMENT IN THE FIRST THREE PERFORMANCES HAS BEEN CORRECTED. APOLOGIES FOR THE ERROR.
Performance 3 (Saturday Matinee, October 3, 2020)
69 Goitia.....14 4 2 1 .286 .500 (LF) 27
11 Erik.......16 3 4 1 .188 .500 (LF) 28
25 Foronda....16 3 4 1 .188 .500 (EF) 28
18 Chasio.....16 3 2 3 .188 .500 (LB) 24
23 Ithurria...11 3 1 2 .273 .545 (LF) 20
10 Goixerri...15 3 1 1 .200 .333 (EF) 19
64 Yeche......14 3 1 0 .214 .286 (EB) 18
14 Arta.......15 2 1 2 .133 .333 (EB) 15
33 Tevin......14 2 1 1 .143 .286 (LF) 14
30 Larrea.....15 2 1 1 .133 .267 (EB) 14
98 Elgezabal..14 1 4 2 .071 .500 (EB) 19
46 Arrieta....15 1 1 4 .067 .400 (LF) 12
21 Johan......13 1 1 3 .077 .385 (EF) 11
89 Urtaran....13 1 1 3 .077 .385 (LB) 11
97 Frank......13 1 1 2 .077 .308 (EF) 10
29 Gorka......13 0 3 1 .000 .308 (EF) 10
35 Spinner....15 0 3 1 .000 .267 (EB) 10
54 Zulaika....15 0 1 4 .000 .333 (LF) 7
49 Amigorena..13 0 1 1 .000 .154 (LB) 4
31 Jairo......10 0 1 0 .000 .100 (LF) 3
59 Leke........9 0 0 1 .000 .111 (LB) 1
10 Goixerri...15 3 1 1 .200 .333 (EF) 19 (+8)
55 Toto.......13 1 2 1 .077 .308 (EF) 12 (+5)
21 Johan......13 1 1 3 .077 .385 (EF) 11 (+1)
97 Frank......13 1 1 2 .077 .308 (EF) 10 (+4)
29 Gorka......13 0 3 1 .000 .308 (EF) 10 (+3)
13 Ubilla.....15 2 3 1 .133 .400 (EB) 20 (+3)
14 Arta.......15 2 1 2 .133 .333 (EB) 15 (+1)
30 Larrea.....15 2 1 1 .133 .267 (EB) 14 (+0)
98 Elgezabal..14 1 4 2 .071 .500 (EB) 19 (+8)
19 Minte......16 1 0 4 .063 .313 (EB) 9 (+2)
35 Spinner....15 0 3 1 .000 .267 (EB) 10 (+3)
11 Erik.......16 3 4 1 .188 .500 (LF) 28 (+14)
12 Beitia.....16 3 2 3 .188 .500 (LF) 24 (+12)
23 Ithurria...11 3 1 2 .273 .545 (LF) 20 (+14)
33 Tevin......14 2 1 1 .143 .286 (LF) 14 (+1)
46 Arrieta....15 1 1 4 .067 .400 (LF) 12 (+2)
54 Zulaika....15 0 1 4 .000 .333 (LF) 7 (+3)
31 Jairo......10 0 1 0 .000 .100 (LF) 3 (+0)
15 Ibon.......12 3 4 2 .250 .750 (LB) 29 (+12)
18 Chasio.....16 3 2 3 .188 .500 (LF) 24 (+9)
89 Urtaran....13 1 1 3 .077 .385 (LB) 11 (+9)
38 Urbieta....10 0 1 1 .000 .200 (LB) 4 (+0)
49 Amigorena..13 0 1 1 .000 .154 (LB) 4 (+1)
20 Iturbide....0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LF)
47 Xabat.......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (EF)
60 Salegi......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
39 Israel......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
42 Barandika...0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LF)
50 Elizalde....0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
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Performance 2 (Friday Evening, October 2, 2020
25 Foronda ..10 3 3 1 .300 .700 (EF) 25
17 Ladutxe ...9 3 0 1 .333 .444 (LB) 16
15 Ibon ......8 2 2 1 .250 .625 (LB) 17
13 Ubilla ...10 2 2 1 .200 .500 (EB) 17
30 Larrea ...10 2 1 1 .200 .400 (EB) 14
14 Arta .....11 2 1 1 .182 .364 (EB) 14
33 Tevin......9 2 1 0 .222 .333 (LF) 13
10 Goixerri..11 2 0 1 .182 .273 (EF) 11
12 Beitia ...11 1 2 1 .091 .364 (LF) 12
21 Johan .....9 1 1 2 .111 .444 (EF) 10
46 Arrieta ..10 1 1 2 .100 .400 (LF) 10
64 Yeche ....10 1 1 0 .100 .200 (EB) 8
23 Ithurria...5 1 0 1 .200 .400 (LF) 6
97 Frank .....9 1 0 1 .111 .222 (EF) 6
98 Elgezabal 10 0 3 2 .000 .500 (EB) 11
55 Toto ......8 0 2 1 .000 .375 (EF) 7
35 Spinner...10 0 2 1 .000 .300 (EB) 7
38 Urbieta....7 0 1 1 .000 .286 (LB) 4
54 Zulaika...10 0 0 4 .000 .400 (LF) 4
49 Amigorena..9 0 1 0 .000 .111 (LB) 3
89 Urtaran ...9 0 0 2 .000 .222 (LB) 2
59 Leke.......4 0 0 1 .000 .250 (LB) 1
Performance 1 (Thursday Evening, October 1, 2020
Corrected the Roster sort 10/1/20. Time/Position sorts were correct but 3 were missing from Roster sort.
# Name GP W P S Pct. money T/P CP
13 Ubilla.....6 2 1 0 .333 .500 (EB) 13
12 Beitia.....6 1 1 1 .167 .500 (LF) 9
69 Goitia.....5 1 0 1 .200 .400 (LF) 6
11 Erik.......5 0 2 0 .000 .400 (LF) 6
55 Toto.......4 0 1 1 .000 .500 (EF) 4
21 Johan......5 0 1 0 .000 .200 (EF) 3
54 Zulaika....4 0 0 2 .000 .500 (LF) 2
10 Goixerri...6 1 0 1 .167 .333 (EF) 6
21 Johan......5 0 1 0 .000 .200 (EF) 3
29 Gorka......5 0 0 1 .000 .200 (EF) 1
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14 Arta.......5 1 1 1 .200 .600 (EB) 9
98 Elgezabal..4 0 1 2 .000 .750 (EB) 5
35 Spinner....5 0 1 0 .000 .200 (EB) 3
30 Larrea.....6 0 0 1 .000 .167 (EB) 1
64 Yeche......4 0 0 0 .000 .000 (EB) 0
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12 Beitia.....6 1 1 1 .167 .500 (LF) 9
69 Goitia.....5 1 0 1 .200 .400 (LF) 6
46 Arrieta....5 1 0 0 .200 .200 (LF) 5
11 Erik.......5 0 2 0 .000 .400 (LF) 6
31 Jairo......4 0 1 0 .000 .250 (LF) 3
54 Zulaika....4 0 0 2 .000 .500 (LF) 2
15 Ibon.......4 1 2 0 .250 .750 (LB) 11
18 Chasio.....5 1 0 2 .200 .600 (LB) 7
49 Amigorena..5 0 1 0 .000 .200 (LB) 3
20 Iturbide...0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LF)
23 Ithurria...0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LF)
39 Israel.....0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
42 Barandika..0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LF)
47 Xabat......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (EF)
50 Elizalde...0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
59 Leke.......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
60 Salegi.....0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
67 Bailo......0 0 0 0 .000 .000 (LB)
Most wins in a performance by a performance winner (beginning at 3)
Name GP W P S ITM Money%
Spinner 29 7 4 6 17 .586
Zulaika 31 7 3 3 13
Goixerri 32 7 2 2 11
Erik 30 6 9 5 20 .667
Foronda 31 6 8 5 19 .613
Salegi 29 6 1 3 10
Arrieta 31 5 4 4 13
Leke 29 5 3 5 13
Ithurria 30 5 2 6 13
Amigorena 29 4 4 4 12
Arta 28 4 4 2 10
Beitia 30 4 3 7 14
Minte 28 4 2 3 9
Johan 32 4 2 1 7
Ladutxe 29 3 8 2 13
Jairo 31 3 7 3 13
Bailo 29 3 6 3 12
Elgezabal 29 3 6 2 11
Yeche 29 3 5 5 13
Ubilla 30 3 5 5 13
Iturbide 32 3 3 3 9
Urtaran 29 3 1 5 9
Ibon 29 2 5 4 11
Toto 28 2 3 2 7
Chasio 29 2 2 5 9
Larrea 29 2 2 1 5
Urbieta 28 2 1 3 6
Gorka 33 2 1 1 4
Goitia 32 1 4 6 11
Tevin 31 1 2 6 9Last week: Foronda (9)Last week, 5 performances: Ladutxe (7)Name GP W P S Win% ITM Money%
Foronda 31 9 7 2 .290 18 .581 Erik 29 6 8 4 18 .621 Arrieta 31 6 1 8 15 Urtaran 28 6 1 1 8 Minte 28 5 5 7 17 .607 Yeche 31 5 3 3 11 Beitia 31 5 3 1 9 Salegi 25 5 2 4 11 Jairo 30 4 7 6 17 .567 Ithurria 28 4 6 3 13 Arta 29 4 5 3 12 Goixerri 31 4 4 8 16 .516 Ubilla 28 4 4 3 11 Elgezabal 30 4 2 3 9 Goitia 31 4 2 2 8 Johan 31 3 4 8 15 Chasio 28 3 4 3 10 Spinner 30 3 4 3 10 Amigorena 29 3 4 2 9 Zulaika 29 3 3 5 11 Ladutxe 31 3 3 4 10 Bailo 24 3 3 3 9 Tevin 31 3 3 3 9 Larrea 29 3 2 3 8 Leke 28 2 11 4 17 .607 Iturbide 28 2 4 1 7 Frank 29 2 2 1 5 Ibon 28 1 2 6 9 Toto 29 1 1 4 6 Urbieta 21 1 1 3 5 Gorka 30 1 1 1 3
Name GP W P S Win% ITM Money%
Ladutxe 22 7 2 2 .318 11 .500 Ithurria 23 6 4 3 .261 13 .565 Erik 26 5 5 3 13 .500 Yeche 25 5 1 3 9 Ubilla 26 4 5 1 10 Beitia 27 4 3 4 11 Goitia 22 4 3 2 9 Goixerri 25 4 3 2 9 Foronda 24 3 7 3 13 .542 Chasio 25 3 5 8 16 .640 Ibon 21 3 5 3 11 .524 Elgezabal 24 3 4 4 11 Arta 27 3 3 3 9 Leke 18 3 3 1 7 Toto 21 3 2 1 6 Arrieta 27 3 1 6 10 Zulaika 25 3 1 5 9 Larrea 23 3 1 1 5 Johan 24 2 3 5 10 Tevin 24 2 3 3 8 Minte 25 2 2 4 8 Urtaran 21 2 1 4 7 Amigorena 21 1 3 2 6 Gorka 22 1 3 1 5 Frank 21 1 2 2 5 Spinner 25 0 3 2 5 Urbieta 16 0 1 2 3 Jairo 10 0 1 0 1