Basque Pelota Updates (June 2016-April 2017); 2019-

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Showing posts with label Women's Competition. Show all posts

Monday, June 27, 2022

JAI ALAI/CESTA PUNTA--PALA CORTA--PALETA CUERO--CHAMPIONNAT D'EUROPE DE PELOTA BASQUE--FRONTON MUR A GAUCHE 36 M--JUNE 17-18, 2022

The Championnat d'Europe de Pelota Basque (36 meter Fronton) Senior (Pala Corta--short bat and Paleta Cuero-- leather [hard] paddle), and Under 22 Cesta Punta singles men's and women's Competitions, sponsored by La Union de Federaciones Europeas de Pelota Vasca, Federacion Espanola de Pelota (FEPelota), and Federation Francaise de Pelote Basque, was contested at Fronton Argoulets Toulouse, France (1--Frontons.net) (2--City--Wikipedia) on June 17-18, 2022. 

Four nations participated: Belgium (1 participant from 1 club--men's Cesta Punta); Italy (1 team from one club--Paleta Cuero); France (8 teams--2 in each modality--representing "France") and Spain (8 teams--2 in each modality, representing 7 different Spanish clubs) 

Competition Brochure (FEPelota, Spanish, .pdf format, 5p.)

Complete Schedule (FEPelota, Spanish, .pdf forrmat, 3p.)

Complete results: (UFEPV--scroll to all results)

Final match results by Country:

Spain: Cesta Punta (Women) 3-1 (Champions); Men 1-2; Pala Corta 2-1 (Champions); Paleta Cuero 2-1 (Champions)
8-5 (3 Championships)

France: Cesta Punta (Women) 0-2; Men 2-1 (Champions); Pala Corta 1-2; Paleta Cuero 2-2 
5-7 (1 Championship)

Belgium: Cesta Punta Men 1-1

Italy: Paleta Cuero 0-1

The complete tournament was streamed on both the FFPB Facebook Page and Youtube Channel Playlist. Note: all full match videos below are from the Youtube source.

The videos are arranged chronologically, but I have decided to match the scores to the videos by chronology within modality, beginning with Cesta Punta, and following that with Pala Corta and Paleta Cuir. Where possible, I have linked the players to biographical information about them. 

Note: Colors are linked to teams on the video scoreboard.

CESTA PUNTA

WOMEN'S

June 18

1st Semi-Final

Berriatua (Spain): Ihart Arakistain--Maialen Aldazabal 2
France 1: Mercadie-Sorozabal 0
15-3, 15-9 (30-12)

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2nd Semi-Final

Markina (Spain): Erika Mugartegi--Eneritz Lizardi 2
France 2--: M. Laugie--A. Laugie 0
15-8, 15-4 (30-12)

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FINAL:

Markina (Spain): Erika Mugartegi-Eneritz Lizardi 2
Berriatua (Spain): Ihart Arakistain-Maialen Aldazabal 0
15-14, 15-12 (30-26)

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Men's Singles

June 17

Play-in

Pelota Basque Athletic (Belgium) Emeric Libois 2
France 2: Clement Garcia 0
15-13, 15-8 (30-21)

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June 18

1st Semi-Final

France 1: Thomas Urrutia 2
Danok Bat (Spain): Enaut(?) Urresti 0
15-7, 15-6 (30-13)

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2nd Semi-Final

Zumaiako (Spain) Gonzalo(?) Aguirre 2
Pelota Basque Athletic (Belgium) Emeric Libois 1
15-11, 12-15, 10-5 (37-31)

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FINAL:

France 1: Thomas Urrutia 2
Zumaiako (Spain) Gonzalo(?) Aguirre 0
15-10, 15-12 (30-22)

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PALA CORTA (SHORT BAT)

June 17

1st Semi-Final

Natacion Barcelona (Spain): Ruben Ayara--Emiliano Skufka 1
15-3, 14-15, 10-9 (39-27)

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2nd Semi-Final

Puertas Bamar (Spain): Carlos Baeza--Imanol Ibanez (former Innpala Pala Larga Professional) 2
France 2: Pierre Casteran--Etienne Trannoy 0
15-12, 15-7 (30-19)

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June 18

FINAL:

Puertas Bamar (Spain): Carlos Baeza--Imanol Ibanez (former Innpala Pala Larga Professional) 2
15-6, 9-15, 10-9 (34-30)

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PALETA CUERO (LEATHER [HARD BALL] PADDLE)

June 17

Play-in

France 2 (White): Lucas Hourcourigaray--Mickael Mangaman 2
Alta Langa (Italy--Blue): Rossi--Maldanado 0
15-7, 15-7 (30-14)

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1st Semi-Final

France 1: Nicolas Hourmat--Christophe de Elizondo 2
Puertos Bamar (Spain): Ander Landeta (former Innpala Pala Larga Professional)--Albert Medina 1
12-15, 15-14, 10-6 (37-35)

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2nd Semi-Final

Obrerena (Spain): Mikel Sainz--Javier Labiano 2
France 2: Lucas Hourcourigaray--Mickael Mangaman 0
15-13, 15-12 (30-25)

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June 18

FINAL

Obrerena (Spain): Mikel Sainz--Javier Labiano 2
France 1: Nicolas Hourmat--Christophe de Elizondo 0
15-8, 15-14 (30-22)

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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)

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Saturday, August 17, 2019

Frontenis-- FEPelota XII Tourneo de Frontenis Cogeces del Monte

Frontenis is one of the most popular of Basque Pelota sports. It was developed in Mexico early in the 20th Century, but is universally recognized as a Basque Pelota Sport and is very popular in the Basque Country as well as France, Spain, Mexico, and Argentina, among other countries. It is basically 3 wall tennis played on a 30x10 meter court with a very hard rubber ball. The rallies are long because the players are very athletic and mobile.

Rules, court dimensions, pelota, and history of Frontenis (dailysports.com)

Wikipedia

Federation Francaise de Pelote Basque explation of the modality, the "tool", the pelota, and court size.

One of the main sponsoring organizations in Spain, Federacion Espanola de Pelota, sponsored this major tournament, involving Junveniles and Senior, men and women.

The best place to follow Spanish Frontenis

The best place to follow Valencian Frontenis

This Tournament was played at

Cogeses del Monte (1)(2), Spain.

Competition Context and complete results (FEPelota)

Finals results only (FEPelota)

FEPelota Promotional video

Winners and second place finishers were listed in a Tournament article (Associacion de Federaciones Deportivas de Castilla y Leon)

 And also on the FrontenisTour Facebook page.

Full match videos of Men's and Women's (both Juvenile and Senior) were provided by LaLiga4Sports

August 4

FINALS

Complete full match videos (about 4:30:00. Individual Finals matches are linked directly below).

Complete Semi-finals videos (about 7:30:00). You can match up the semi-finals listed at the beginning of the video with their corresponding match scores at the FEPelota competition context page above. Click on "3 Ago".

Note: there are no available videos for the preliminary matches on August 2.

August 4

Finals: Videos are in this order

 Juvenile Women

Mereno-Moro 2 Hernandez-Quevas (red) 1
(15-14, 10-15, 10-9)

Juvenile Men

Leon-Pasqual (Red) 2 Garcia-Stancu 0
(15-12, 15-8) (30-20)

Senior Women

Aranez-Gonzalez 2 Simon-Rodriguez (white) 0
(15-7, 15-9) (30-16)

Note: FEPelota results had the blue team listed as team listed as Aranez-Gonzalez, as did the FEPelota match article. Frontenis Tour Twitter also had A-G. Only the broadcasters, LaLiga4Sports had that team listed as Ruiz-Ibanez. Ruiz-Ibanez lost to Aranez-Gonzalez in the semmi-finals, so while it is possible that they replaced A-G for some reason ,the preponderance of sources says they did not.

Senior Men

Moreno-Molina (White) 2 Vidal-Escobar 1
(15-10, 14-15, 10-4) (39-29)

Rankings after the Tournament
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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)
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Saturday, July 27, 2019

Women's Basque Pelota Results--All Geographic Areas--through July 14

This is an upgrade to the Amateur section of the blog. It also appears as an ongoing results page on the right side of the blog.

Here will be kept a record of selected women's competitions, with an emphasis on those competitions that have match videos. For full women's coverage see Laboral Emakume Master Cup website. There will be no geographic distinction, only chronological

Hegoalde (South Basque) Paleta Cuero 

San Fermin Tournament, a 4 team, knockout Tournament, to be held in Labrit, Iruna (Pamplona) July 11-12, and 14, in conjunction with men's Pala Larga Tournament (see above)

July 14

FINAL

Iraztuztabarrena-Erasun 3 Larrate-Araitztegi 1
(8-5, 7-8, 8-7, 8-7) (31-27)

Source: Diario Vasco Cartelera

July 12

2nd Semi-Final

Irazustabarrena-Erasun 3 Galdos-Huizi 1
(7-8, 8-2, 8-4, 8-5) (31-19)
Source: Diario Vasco Cartelera

July 11

1st Semi-final

Larrarte-Araiztegi 3 Isasmendi-L. Saez 1
(8-6, 6-8, 8-6, 8-6) (30-26)
Source: Diario Vasco Cartelera

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Hegoalde (South Basque) Mano
July 6-7, 13

San Fermin 2nd Laboral Emakume Master Cup.

July 13

Labrit, Iruna (Pamplona) (1) (2)

FINALS

Both Finals (Under 18 first, Premier 2nd) (EITB via Emakume Master Cup web site)


Premier

Agirre-Obregozo 22 Jaka-M. Ruiz de Larramendi21

Selected linescore (21Iguales.com) (winners always listed first)

10-7; 11-19; 20-21; 22-21

Time of the Match: 65 minutes.

A-O finished with a 10-2 run to win. After an Agirre 2 wall (left-front) winner tied the match, the final point was a magnificent 47 ball struggle with great saves by all 4 players, finally won by anothe Agirre 2 wall (left-front) winner . The players received long standing ovation.

Under-18

Bergara-Agorreta 22
Salbide-O. Ruiz de Larremendi 15

Score Source (Diario Vasco Cartelera and EITB)

Selected linescore (21Igualies.com) (winners always listed 1st)

7-0; 22-15


Semi-finals

Fronton Remontival, Estella-Lizarra (1)(2)

July 6-7 (unclear which matches were played when)

Premier

Jaka-M. Ruiz de Larrramendi 18
Larrate-Elizalde 10

Agirre-Obregozo 18 Aldaregia-Aldai 13

Selected linescore (winners always listed 1st)

6-0; 13-11; 14-11; 16-13; 18-13

Under-18

Bergara-Agoretta 18 Oscoz-Mendiburu 17

Salbide-O. Ruiz de Larramendi 18
Vergara-Lasa 8

Match article for all 4 matches (21Iguales.com)

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Mexico: Mexico City (Fronton Mexico) Jai Alai/Cesta Punta

Women's Jai Alai World Tour (June 14-16, 2019. Fronton Mexico): Winners: Doris-Mariona (Links to fullmatch videos of the final round robin and Championship Match. All scores of all matches, and newspaper articles). 

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Hegoalde (South Basque) Paleta Cuero

Tourneo Custom (Final Only)

June 15

Nagore-A. Murga 3 Irazustabarrena-Mendezabal 1 (EITB full match video--match begins at 0:00)
(8-1, 7-8, 8-5, 8-6) (31-20)

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Friday, July 5, 2019

Jai Alai/Cesta Punta-- 2019 Women's Jai Alai World Tour

Perhaps lost in the glitz and glamour of the Fronton Mexico season was another tournament was concluded at FM:  The Women's Jai Alai World Tour. The purpose of the tournament was to promote international women's Jai Alai/Cesta Punta.  It consisted of a preliminary set of matches at 4 venues around Mexico City that determined the 3 teams that would face off against each other in a single round robin (June 14-15), leading to a Final (June 16). The teams in the round robin:

Casandra Lopez-Elisenda Perez
Doris Galindo-Mariona Canis
Chloe Hirigoyen-Marie Laugie

June 14-16

Fronton Mexico: Women's Jai Alai Tour (round robin and final)

Final table June 14-15 Round Robin

Casandra-Elisenda 2-0
Doris-Mariona 1-1
Chloe-Marie 0-2

June 16

FINAL

Doris-Mariona (Blue) 25 Casandra-Elisenda (Red) 24 (LasZestalaris Facebook full match video)

Post match ceremony (LasZestalaris Facebook)

Condensed linescore (winners always listed first) (LasZestalaris Facebook video)

1-0; 1-1 3-1; 3-2; 4-2; 4-4; 5-4; 5-5; 8-5; 8-6; 9-6; 9-8; 10-8; 10-9; 11-9; 11-10; 12-10; 12-14; 13-14; 13-16; 15-16; 15-17; 19-17; 19-18; 20-18; 20-21; 22-21; 22-23; 24-23; 24-24; 25-24

7 lead changes and 11 equal scores (linescore error, and lead change error was caused, corrected July 5, 2019)

Final tournament article (Fronton Mexico)
Final article with photos (Casandra Lopez Facebook)
Match article (El Siglo Coahuila)
Feature article (El Correo)
Feature article (quien.com)

This was about as exciting a way to end a tournament as one could want. 8 lead changes and 11 equal scores showed that there was very little to chose between these teams. Everyone played to the best of their ability, but, for me, Mariona stood out with a couple of great catches deep (past the 11) on the apron to keep points alive, obviously crucial in a match this close. The final ceremony, which awarded not only the premier players, but also the participants in a  juvenile tournament Final (see the Facebook page for these full match videos, which are also available there), included Goikoetxea and Aritz Erkiaga to aid with the medal presentations. It was a great ending to a wonderful tournament which achieved, in my opinion, the aspirations of the organizers, officials and, especially the players. 

June 15

Doris-Mariona (Blue 20 Chloe-Marie (Red) 14 (LasZestalaris Facebook full match video)

June 14

Casandra-Elisenda (Red) 20 Doris-Mariona 16 (Blue) (LasZestalaris Facebook full match video

Casandra-Elisenda (Red) 20 Chloe-Marie (Blue) 14 (LasZestalaris Facebook full match video)

Results of preliminary play at 4 venues between June 9-13 to determine participants in final Round Robin. (LasZestalaris Facebook)

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Monday, April 1, 2019

North Basque--FFPP 2018 Annual Report--a Hidden Result Archive Treasure Chest

On March 30, 2019, the Federation Francaise de Pelote Basque (FFPB) released its 2018 ASSEMBLEE GENERALE ORDINAIRE EXERCICE (.PDF FORMAT, 145P.) It is the standard "annual report" of the Federation, the oldest Basque Pelota Federation in the world (1921). For more on the Federation's history click here. Among its many responsibilities is the organization of the North Basque Country's many national competitions in various modalities (Main Nue, various forms of Paleta Pelote and Pala, Cesta Punta/Grand Chistera, Joko Garbi, Pasaka, Rebote, Frontenis, and Frontball). These sports are played on Trinquets; 30, 36, and 54 meter Frontons Mur a Gauche  (1) (2); and outside on Frontons Place Libre. The non-crash helmet Paleta sports and Frontenis are played by men and women). Most of the sports are amateur but FFPB also organizes Cesta Punta and Main Nue competitions that are played by professionals. 

 Most of these competitions are split into age groups from "Poussins" (the youngest) to National A and B. It is a large responsibility to organize all these things and the AGOE is the annual summary of FFPB's activities.

 Within this report is a hidden treasure for fans of the sports who want to keep up with the results. This can be done by consulting the FFPB's competition databases, which track back to 2016-17 and have complete results of the competitions. But it takes a little work and it is easy to retrieve much more information than needed.

 On P. 8-24 of the 2018 Exercice is a simple listing of the championship final results in the national competitions the FFPB sponsors. I wish I would have found out about this sooner. It would have saved me hours of research. 

 The 2018 Exercice was published in 2019. The FFPB, on a single page (scroll to "Assemblee Generale" for any of the years 2018-2012--covering the years 2017-2011), click on the "Assemblee Generale" links, and presto, you have an archive (all .pdf format) of championship results for the past 7 years. It is a magnificent, easily accessible archive. And one I plan on using, constantly, from now on. 
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Multiple Modalities--Federation Francaise de Pelote Basque (FFPB) Championnat de France--4 National A Finals in two weekends

FFPB completed its CdF National A Finals in Pasaka, Women's Paleta Gomme Pleine (Trinquet), Paleta Cuir (Trinquet), and Xare on the March 11, 17, and 18. The wonderful thing about these finals is that three of them were covered live via Facebook (and later on demand via Facebook and Youtube), and the other was covered with a match article. All were accompanied by a large number of photos.

The Paleta and Xare finals were covered extensively by pelotelive.free.fr, which provided full linescores, match charts, selected match statistics, and links to videos and photos. The Pasaka match was covered by Pilota Ttiki. FFPB also covered all of the events and contributed the photos.

All in all, it was a wonderful example of what can be done to provide full coverage of BP on a small budget. Canal+ and EITB are incomparable in their commercial coverage, but it is limited, for the most part, to important professional matches (although EITB does cover many amateur events in the South Basque country). With the improvement in computer, photo, and Internet technology, many more of these matches that are slightly "below" the radar of the commercial or large public networks can be enjoyed by BP fans around the globe.

For the purposes of this post, we will link to all of these finals (and their competition contexts) through pelotelive.free.fr. All of the videos are also avalable via Facebook and/or Youtube outlets that you can link to directly from the PFF sites. However, if you wish to watch the matches directly via PFF, make sure to click on "desactiver" below the videos to disable PFF's auto-refresh function, which is used for live coverage, but which is always "on." Otherwise the videos will stop.
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March 11, 2017

Pasaka

Saint Andre, Bayonne (1)(2)

Azcaindarrak Bat (Ascain) (Albistur-Mascotena) defeated Zaharrer-Segi (Saint Etienne de Baigorry) (Izoco (substituting for Ospital)-Dutaret-) 13-8.

Competition context

Match page with link to match article and photos

Preview article

Direct link to match article (which includes non-FPP photos)

FFPB photos:

If you research the FFPP competition results and archives and the results archive of the Ligue de Pelote du Pays Basque, you will see that these two teams have been the best in the North Basque country for several years. They have met (with changing personnel) in many finals in both competitions. Ascain has won most of them, and most have been very competitive, This final was also very competitive until Ascain dominated at the end.
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The other three finals were all played at Chiquito, Paris (1)(2)

March 17,2017

A. Paleta Gomme Pleine (Trinquet) (Women)

Saint Pee Union Club (Saint Pee Sur Nivelle) (Halsouet-Comet--blue) defeated Zaharrer-Segi (Saint Etienne de Baigorry) (Leiza-Serre--red) 40-31

Competition context

Match page--includes full linescore, match chart, match commentary, multiple match videos (Youtube and Facebook) and photos (FFPB)

Match article--also links to photos (FFPB)

B. Paleta Cuir (Trinquet)

Biarritz Athletic Club (Biarritz) (Thibault-Cambos-red) defeated Urrunarak (Urrugne) (Larretche-Bourrus--blue) 2-1 (14-15, 15-9, 10-5)

Competition context

Match page--includes full linescore, match chart, match statistics, match commentary, multiple match videos (Youtube and Facebook), and photos (FFPB)

Match article--also links to photos (FFPB)

March 18, 2017

Xare

Hardoytarrak (Anglet) (Driolet-Sistiague--blue) defeated Nozbait (Hasparren) (Lopetegui-Funosas) 40-30

Competition context

Match page--includes final score, match chart, match statistics, match commentary, multiple match videos (Youtube and Facebook), and photos (FFPB)

Match article--also links to photos (FFPB)

For more 2017 FFPB CDF National A and B videos including videos from poule to final stage, arranged by modality, see the FFPB CDF 2016-2017 National A and B match videos page on the right side of the blog.
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