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Showing posts with label Paleta Goma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paleta Goma. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Paleta Goma--Gran Premio (Master cup Adaptada) de Pelota Adaptada, October 13, 2019

The finals of the Gran Premio (Master cup Adaptada) de Pelota Adaptada 2019, were held on October 13, 2019. They was televised live on EITB, the Basque Country TV network.

San Miguel de Basauri Fronton (1)(2)

"Cognitive disability"

I. Teijido (Basauri)-E. Sagarmendi (Gipuzkoa) (red) 25 
I. Magdaleno (Basauri)-J. Arakistain (Gipuzkoa) (blue) 23

Scoring (EITB)

Tiejido +4 -6; Sagarmendi +16 -6
Magdaleno +6 -2;  Arakistain +5 -3

Balls in Play: 316: Teijido 46; Sagarmendi 113; Madeleno 87; Arakistain 70

Time of the Match: 35:20

"Physical disability"

B. Centeno (Larrabetzu)-J. Lizaso (Gipuzkoa)  (red) 25 
G. Álvarez (Bilbao)-A. Navaridas (Gipuzkoa) (blue) 23 

No scoring available

Full match videos for both matches (EITB)

Highlights (EITB)

Match preview (Mundo Deportivo)
Match article (21Iguales.com)

According to the match article, this was the first competition of its kind in Bizkaia. A large crowd attended. Both matches were hard fought and exciting, the outcomes in doubt until the very end.

Friday, October 11, 2019

Frontenis/Paleta Goma--Federation Internacional de Pelota Vasca (FIPV): X Campeonato del Mundo Sub-22 (30 Meter Fronton) (September 29-October 5, 2019


Real Club Nautico (1) Circulo (2 ?

2 modalities were contested in this competition: Paleta Goma (rubber ball paleta) and Frontenis. Men's and women's competitions were held in each modality. 9 nations competed: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, France, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and the United States. Spain finished 1st overall, Mexico 2nd, and France 3rd. The entire competition was played in open air 30 meter frontons.

84 photos of the French team in action (Federation Francaise de Pelota Basque-- FFPB)

Final Table (.pdf format, 2p., FFPB). Note: Spain won the Championship due to a better game score record in the 4 finals against Mexico: 5-4. The two countries split the 4 championships. 

Competition Context for all (click on any tournament to access complete results). Click on any country in any competition to access player information (mostly just the names of the players at this time). Click on "standings and calendar" to access those variables.


The best part of this tournament, from the point of view of a Basque Pelota fan, was the terrific video coverage. 26 matches including all Semi-finals, Paleta Cuero 3rd Place matches, and all Finals (14 matches) were included in the coverage. It is a feast, particularly for fans of these two modalities. 

As usual, with a post that covers this many matches, if you wish to follow the tournament in chronological order, read from the bottom up.

Note: all video links below will be to the beginning of the referenced match. Source for all videos is LaLiga4Sports via FIPV Youtube. Video links from the dates are to the entire video for that date, not necessarily in order of the individual matches linked.

All matches listed below were played at Nautico.


Video: Running Time: 3:50:07

WOMEN'S AND MEN'S FRONTENIS

FINALS

Women's Frontenis (pairs) 

(15-6, 15-14) (30-20)

Men's Frontenis (pairs) 

(12-15, 15-13, 10-8) (37-36)

3RD PLACE MATCHES (No video coverage)

Women's Frontenis (Pairs) 

Peru (N. Paredes-M. Rodriguez) 2 
France (A. Etchepare-N. Bercetche)  0
(15-6, 15-1) (30-7)

Men's Frontenis (Pairs) 

France (M. Pucheux-A. Beau) 2 
Cuba (F. Gomez-A. Aguirre) 1
(14-15, 15-10, 10-2) (39-27)



Video: Running Time: 3:19:14

WOMEN'S AND MEN'S PALETA GOMA

FINALS

Women's Paleta Goma (singles) 

(15-13, 15-3) (30-16)

Men's Paleta Goma (singles) 

(15-8, 15-4) (30-12)

3RD PLACE MATCHES

Women's Paleta Goma (singles) 

(15-9, 15-4) (30-13)

Men's Pelota Goma (singles) 

(14-15, 15-10, 10-9) (39-34) 



Video 1: Paleta Goma singles: Running Time: 2:49:04

Final League Tables

Final Women's Paleta Goma Singles Group A Table

Mexico 3-0
Argentina 2-1
Cuba 1-2
Peru 0-3

Final Women's Paleta Goma Singles Group B Table

Spain 3-0
France 2-1
United States 1-2
Chile 0-3

Final Paleta Goma Men's singles Group A Table

Mexico 3-0
Argentina 2-1
France 1-2
Costa Rica 0-3

Final Paleta Goma Men's singles Group B Table

Spain 4-0
Cuba 3-1
Peru 2-2
Chile 1-3
United States 0-4

1. Women's Pelota Goma (singles) (Semi-final) 
(15-8, 15-1) (30-19)

2. Men's Pelota Goma  (Semi-final)
(15-4, 15-8) (30-12)

3. Women's Pelota Goma (singles) (Semi-final)
(15-12, 15-10) (30-22)

4. Men's Pelota Goma (singles) (Semi-final)
(15-8, 15-9) (30-17)

Final Women's pairs Frontenis Group A Table

Mexico 3-0
Peru 2-1
Cuba 1-2
Argentina 0-3

Final Women's pairs Frontenis Group B Table

Spain 3-0
France 2-1
Chile 1-2
United States 0-3

Final Men's pairs Frontenis Group A Table

Spain 3-0
Mexico 2-1
Argentina 1-2
Chile 0-3

Final Men's pairs Frontenis Group B Table

France 4-0
Cuba 3-1
Peru 2-2
United States 1-3
Costa Rica 0-4

1. Women's Frontenis (pairs) (Semi-final)

(15-1, 15-8) (30-9)

2. Men's Frontenis (pairs) (Semi-final)

(15-8, 15-5) (30-13)

3. Women's Frontenis (pairs) (Semi-final)

(15-4, 15-11) (30-15)

4. Mens Frontenis (pairs) (Semi-final)

(15-4, 15-5) (30-9)

Group Matches

Note: Full match video is available only for Spanish Group matches, as LaLiga4Sports is a Spanish broadcaster.


Video: Selected full match videos: Running time: 4:23:27

1. Men's Paleta Goma (singles) 

(15-2, 15-3) (30-5)

2. Women's Pelota Goma (singles) 

(15-9, 15-11) (30-20)

3. Men's Pelota Goma (singles) 

(15-2, 15-4) (30-6)

4. Women's Frontenis (pairs) 

(15-5, 15-5) (30-10)

5. Men's Frontenis (pairs) 

(13-15, 15-11, 10-5) (38-31)


Video: Selected full match videos: Running time: 3:09:58

1. Women's paleta goma (singles) 
(15-3, 15-3) (30-6)

2. Men's paleta goma (singles) 
(15-14, 15-6) (30-20)

3. Women's frontenis (pairs) 
(15-5, 15-2) (30-7)

4. Men's Frontenis (pairs) 
(15-10, 15-13) (30-23)


Video: Selected full match videos, Running time: 1:05:31

1. Women's paleta goma (pairs) 
(15-3, 15-5) (30-8)

2. Women's frontenis (pairs) 
(15-3, 15-2) (30-5)

September 29



Men's paleta goma (singles)
(15-8, 15-5) (30-13)

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Multiple Modalities--Men and Women--Basque Pelota at the XVIII Pan American Games in Lima, Peru

The XVIII Pan American Games were held from July 27-August 11, 2019 in Lima, Peru. Basque Pelota returned to the Games for the first time since 2011 with 10 sports contested, 6 men's and 4 women's.

Mexico led the Gold and Total BP medal winners with 5 and 9 respectively. Argentina was 2nd with 3 and 8.

InnPala's Pablo Hernan "Fusto" represented Argentina in Paleta Cuero, one of the Basque Pelota sports being contested.
(Deia article)

Fusto-Alfredo Villegas won the gold medal for Argentina in Paleta Cuero without losing a set.
Aug 4. Arg. 2 Cuba 0 (15-6, 15-9) (30-15)
Aug. 5. Arg. 2 USA 0 (15-8, 15-2) (30-10)
Aug. 6. Arg. 2 Peru 0 (15-8, 15-4) (30-12)
Aug.7. Arg. 2 Mexico 0 (15-10, 15-7) (30-17)

Aug. 10. (Gold Medal) Arg. 2 Cuba 0 (15-6, 15-11) (30-17) (150-71) (Source: Pan American Games Basque Pelota Results)

For complete results see Pan Am Games Results Page and scroll to "Basque Pelota"

For Finals Results only see the Wikipedia article

Deportivo)

Feature article (Mundo Deportivo)

At this time, I have been able to find only 2 related videos. If I find more, I will add them here. 

Men's singles Peruvian Fronton Gold Medal Match

(15-6, 15-11) (30-17) (pgn78 Youtube)

Match article (Mundo Deportivo)

There were 4 women's sports:
Pairs Paleta Pelote de Goma (Trinquet and Fronton),
Pairs Frontenis (Fronton), and

Singles Peruvian Fronton Gold Medal Match

Suarez (Peru) 2 Duran (Cuba) 0 (pgn78 Youtube (video begins at 5-5 in the 2nd set)
(15-4, 15-14) (30-18)

Match article (Mundo Deportivo)

Friday, March 10, 2017

Multiple Modalities--Amateur Action Ramps Up With a Large Dose of Match Video

Last week was a busy week on the amateur scene in both the South and North Basque Country. The South Featured three women's tournament finals, two sponsored by EEPF  and one international mano tournament. In the North there were FFPB Championat de France National tourmament finals in two modalities. What made all this even more interesting was the wide availability of match video, greatly increasing the audience for these competitions. From the commercial quality of EITB to talented videographers like Olivier Simon to Facebook and/or Youtube films by relatives of players (Theo Pucheux) or players themselves (Timothe Sender), more and more amateur action is becoming available live, on demand, or both. Access to amateur matches that was unheard of 5 years ago is becoming commonplace.
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South Basque

1. Women's Mano:

Emakume Master Cup First Division and Elite Finals

March 5, 2017

Amorebieta IV, Amorbieto-Etxano/Zornotza (1)(2)

A. First Divsion Final:

Martinez-Bergara (blue) defeated Aramendi (substituting for Zulaika)-Bilbao (red) 22-18

B. Elite Final:

Arrizabalaga-Etxaniz (red) defeated Mendizabal-Arozena (blue) 22-14

Full Match video for both matches (EITB) via Emakume Master Cup Facebook page.

Full match video (EITB): First Division (0:00-46 minutes, 24 seconds on the video), Elite Final (58:44 to end of video)

These matches were the climax of a two month international tournament sponsored by Laboral Kutxa.

Promotional video:

Competition Context and other information about EMC

Competition preview article: (Deia)

Finals preview article (Deia)

Match article (mundodeportivo.com):

2. Women's Paleta Goma

March 3, 2017

Mallabia (1)(2)

Full match video for both matches (EITB) (Abierto Feminino: 0:00-57:21, CEEH: 57:37 to end of video)

A. Abierto Feminino de Paleta Goma Level 1 Final:

Eraiztegi-Senperena (blue) defeated San Sebastian-Erasun (red) 25-23

EEPF competition context

B. Campeonato Elite de Euskal Herria Final

Martin-Etxaniz (red) defeated Arrizabalaga-Mendizabal (blue) 25-14

EEPF competition context:

Match article for both matches

Photo Gallery for both matches (11 photos) :

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North Basque:

1.  Joko Garbi Note: for more information about Joko Garbi, including especially its role as an ancestor sport for Jai Alai/Cesta Punta see the article at bidasoa.com.

FFPB Championnat de France Joko Garbi National A and B Finals

March 4, 2017

Orthez (1)(2)

National A:

Hardoytarrak (Anglet) Sistague-Carricaburu (red) defeated U.S. Saint-Palais Amikuze (Saint Palais) Franchisteguy-Irigoin (blue) 40-37

Competition Context

Match article with photos (FFPB)

Two full match videos, one extensive highlight video. Note: if you watch this directly via Pelotelive.free.fr, be sure to "desactiver" PFF's auto refresh function (used for live scoring) or the video will stop. There are also links at PFF to the original sources of the videos.

National B:

Aviron Bayonnai 3 (Bayonne) Betbedder-Godrie (blue) defeated Kamboarrak (Cambo les Bains) X. Saint Esteben-F. Saint Esteben 40-22.

Competition context

Match article and photos (FFPB)

Two full match videos, one extensive highlight video.Note: if you watch this directly via Pelotelive.free.fr, be sure to "desactiver" PFF's auto refresh function (used for live scoring) or the video will stop. There are also links at PFF to the original sources of the videos.

2. Paleta Gomme Creuse

March 5, 2017

Mont (1)(2)

National A Final:

Pelote Lasseuboise (Lasseube) K. Pucheux (red) defeated C.A. Beglais (Begles) Sender (blue) 2-0 (15-9, 15-5).

Match article and photos (FPPB)

Two Full match videos .Note: if you watch this directly via Pelotelive.free.fr, be sure to "desactiver" PFF's auto refresh function (used for live scoring) or the video will stop. There are also links at PFF to the original sources of the videos.

For other match videos in other FFPB 2017 Championnat de France competitions see the FFPB CDF 2016-2017 National A and B match videos page on the right side of the blog.

Monday, August 8, 2016

Pala--Paleta Goma--San Nicolas Pala Txapelketa Finals, 2016

This club tournament was contested in late June-early July 2016, and is of interest not only for the competition itself, which took place in the Algorda neighborhood of Getxo,  but for the venue. The frontón municipal de la plaza San Nicolás de Algorta (updated with a new link--March 5, 2022) is a very different venue from any that have been linked to in this blog. It is an "Arkupe". Arkupes are normally the atriums of churches or city halls. They usually host one of the most ancient of Basque Pelota modalities, pasaka, which can be played with bare hands (video) or a "glove" (video) (1) (2). Look closely at the glove and you will see the ancestor of the xisteras (cestas) of the modalities of joko garbi (video), which in turn is the direct ancestor of Jai Alai/Cesta Punta, and Remonte, which evolved along a different line. Arkupes are rare in the Basque Country these days, probably less than one hundred remain. For more on the history of this arkupe see this blogpost.

In this case the fronton was used for a paleta goma tournament (watch for the large hitting area of the paleta, and the large rubber pelota). Three championship matches were held, for which full video is available for the first and third, and partial video for the second.

Video for all matches (Source: EITB)

For the record, in the first match, a women's final

Ane-Txaso (red) defeated Maria-Xandra (blue) 30-23 (0:00- 30 minutes 26 seconds on the recording).

In the second match, a men's 2 match

Aitor-Txoper (red) defeated Alaintxo-Txiki 30-26 (last few points, 31:18-36:41).

In the third match, the men's final

Batis Albonica-Natxo Garcia (blue) defeated Jon Arrieta-Alex Gonzalez (red) 30-29 (38:34-1:46:22).

The last point of this match was a fantastic point.

After the match there were the usual wonderful closing ceremonies that capped a great day of competition.