Binakako Txapelketako/Campionato Parejas, the premier doubles competition of the 2016-2017 Mano season, began December 2, 2016. 8 teams compete for the title. The first (league) phase is a double round robin (14 matches). The top 4 finishers will then face off in a single round robin (3 matches). The two winners will play in a final on April 9, 2017.
Asegarce Competition Page
Asegarce League phase table
ASPE League phase table
Wikipedia Competition Page (Castilian)
Full ongoing league phase table (with total points and differential):
Source for all match articles, unless otherwise specifically stated, is 21iguales.com 21iguales.com will also keep an ongoing phase table at its main Parejas site and with every match article.
Match linescores will be provided from match articles when available. Full match linescores can be found at 21iguales.com Twitter feed. Track back to the date and match and follow from beginning to end. The feed is also available at the Main site of 21iguales.com while the matches are in progress.
Source for all highlights and full match videos, unless otherwise specifically stated, is EITB.
Week 1:
December 2, 2016
A. Fronton Gurutzeaga, Zestoa (1)(2): Artola-Albisu defeated Ezkurdia-Merino II 22-20.
Match Statistics and line score (ASPE)
Match article
The competition began with a marathon 1 hour 18 minute match that consumed 753 balls in play. After leading 19-13 and 20-15, A-A staggered home with a 22-20 victory. Artola returned to action after elbow surgery in September.
Match highlights (EITB)
Full match video (match begins at 38 minutes, 7 seconds on the recording)
December 3, 2016
B. Fronton Remontival, Lizarra (Estella) (1)(2): Oliazola II-Untoria defeated Bengoetxea VI-Larunbe 22-16
Match article, statistics, linescore (Deia)
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Match article
A 12-3 run in the middle of the match was crucial in O-U's victory. Oliazola II led all players with 13 winners.
Match highlights
Full match video (match begins at 58:30 on the recording)
December 4, 2016.
C. Beloki Fronton Zumarraga (1)(2)(3) Irribarria-Rezusta defeated Elezkano II-Zabaleta 22-17
Match statistics, linescore, and graph (ASPE)
Match article
A 5 point run with the score 15-15 helped I-R win. 13 E-Z errors did not help their cause. Highlight of the match (1:34:00-1:34:07 on the video) was a Zabaleta successful rebote of an Irribarria bomb that hit the back wall. Zumarraga is a short court (barely past the 10 line), but still...
Full match video: (match begins at 58:05 on the video)
December 6, 2016
4. Beotibar Fronton, Tolosa (1)(2) Altuna III-Barriola defeated Urrutikoetxea-Beroiz 22-16
Match statistics (ASPE)
Selected match linescore (Deia) (winners always listed first)
1-0; 1-1; 2-1; 2-2; 3-3; 14-4; 15-6; 15-7; 16-12; 16-13; 17-15; 17-16; 18-16; 22-16
Match article
An 11-1 run took the match from 3-3 to 14-4 for the winners, who managed to win from that point, but not without consequences. Both Altuna III and Barriola suffered injuries, to the knee and hand respectively. Altuna III's was more severe and will cause him to miss 3 to 4 weeks. Both have been ruled out for their week 2 match. They will be replaced by Mendizabal III-Tolosa for their match against Artola-Albisu. 11 errors by U-B did not help their cause. Urrutikoetxea will be in the front court this year after winning the tournament in the back court last year.
Match highlights (21iguales.com Youtube site). Highlights include the play on which Altuna III injured his knee.
Full match video (match begins at 1:04:13 on the video)
Altuna III and Barriola injury article (Diario Vasco)
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Friday, December 9, 2016
Jai Alai/Cesta Punta--Xistera Kluba amateur competition circuit--Tolosa Tournament Finals
Note that all print articles on the Xistera Kluba website are
completely bilingual. I have used Castilian links. Click on the top
right side of the page to switch to Basque.
Euskal Herriko Xistera Kluben Kirol Kluba (Basque Country Xistera Sports Club) together with EEUP (Euskadiko Euskal Pilota Federakuntza) has recently started an amateur Jai Alai tournament circuit. The Club has three aims: to reintroduce the game to children, to strengthen the game at the club level, and to create a competition circuit to help encourage new and young fans to follow the game. The full mission statement is here.
The Tolosa tournament finals were played on December 8, 2016. Three finals were played, including a girls final. They were played in order of age and ability with the girls match being the first match. Use the match article (reading from the end of the article to the beginning) below to identify players and locate the beginning of each match.
Preview article (Source: Xistera.eus)
Preview article (Source: Xistera.eus)
Note that the senior final of this tournament featured the team of Unai Alberro-Julien Ihitsague. Alberro played in the Jai Alai World Tour Lekeito Masters tournament last summer. Ihitsague played three matches in the Internationaux Cesta Punta competition last summer, including the final of Master 1, with Inaki Goikoetxea. He also played in last summer's Coup de France, which he won with Jon Curveur
Match articles for all three matches (Source: Xistera.eus)
Full match videos for all three matches (Source: Xistera.eus Youtube site)
Full match video for Alberro-Ihitsague match only
Links to all available full match videos of Xistera Kluba Finals this year (Source: Xistera.eus Youtube site and EITB). Note that this link is to the blog post for the XK Mitruku final, the last final for which full match video is available. At the bottom of that post is a link to all earlier XK full match videos.
The next Xistera Kluba tournament is scheduled for December 17, 2016, at Markina-Xemien. It will be the grand final of finals, and last XK tournament of the year. See Xistera Kluba Calendario for details on future tournaments.
See the Xistera Kluba home page above or USstream page for details on notification of live streaming. Live and on demand streaming is available for finals only at this time.
Euskal Herriko Xistera Kluben Kirol Kluba (Basque Country Xistera Sports Club) together with EEUP (Euskadiko Euskal Pilota Federakuntza) has recently started an amateur Jai Alai tournament circuit. The Club has three aims: to reintroduce the game to children, to strengthen the game at the club level, and to create a competition circuit to help encourage new and young fans to follow the game. The full mission statement is here.
The Tolosa tournament finals were played on December 8, 2016. Three finals were played, including a girls final. They were played in order of age and ability with the girls match being the first match. Use the match article (reading from the end of the article to the beginning) below to identify players and locate the beginning of each match.
Preview article (Source: Xistera.eus)
Preview article (Source: Xistera.eus)
Note that the senior final of this tournament featured the team of Unai Alberro-Julien Ihitsague. Alberro played in the Jai Alai World Tour Lekeito Masters tournament last summer. Ihitsague played three matches in the Internationaux Cesta Punta competition last summer, including the final of Master 1, with Inaki Goikoetxea. He also played in last summer's Coup de France, which he won with Jon Curveur
Match articles for all three matches (Source: Xistera.eus)
Full match videos for all three matches (Source: Xistera.eus Youtube site)
Full match video for Alberro-Ihitsague match only
Links to all available full match videos of Xistera Kluba Finals this year (Source: Xistera.eus Youtube site and EITB). Note that this link is to the blog post for the XK Mitruku final, the last final for which full match video is available. At the bottom of that post is a link to all earlier XK full match videos.
The next Xistera Kluba tournament is scheduled for December 17, 2016, at Markina-Xemien. It will be the grand final of finals, and last XK tournament of the year. See Xistera Kluba Calendario for details on future tournaments.
See the Xistera Kluba home page above or USstream page for details on notification of live streaming. Live and on demand streaming is available for finals only at this time.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Main Nue--Trinquet Garat Super Prestige singles tournament--Tour 2
The 23rd Super Prestige is a singles tournament, an EP 2000
competition played at the cathedral of Main Nue,
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port's (Donibane Garazi) "Le Garat"(1)(2).
It will be played on Mondays from November 28, 2016 to January 8, 2017. This is a seeded singles tournament, with 2 matches each Monday. The tournament will be played in knockout fashion with 4 "tours", followed by two semi-finals and a final (played on a Sunday). Seeding in one bracket (from low to high) is: Guichandut, X. Lambert, Bilbao, and Larralde. And in the other bracket: Ospital, de Ezcurra, Waltary, and Ducassou. The seeding can be seen graphically here.
2015 SP results
The tournament is organized by Garaziko Pilota (Societe Sportive Goizeko Izarra)
Tournament Competition page
The ongoing results of the tournament will be available on a "ladder" chart. Statistics and commentary for only the most recent Monday matches should be available, but it is unknown whether they will be available for every match. Esku Pilota sometimes puts these statistics into a spreadsheet. If they do, they will be linked to. If not, because of the importance of this tournament, I will copy them.
Tour 1 (November 28, 2016)
Tour 2
Tour 2 preview article: (Pilota Ttiki)
December 5, 2016:
1. Gonzalez defeated Guichandut 40-36
Equalities: 5-5; 28-28; 31-31; 36-36
Decade line scores (winner always listed first)
3-7; 9-11; 11-19; 18-22; 22-28; 34-36
Time of match: 1 hour, 7 minutes, 33 seconds, actual playing time: 23:55
Scoring:
Gonzalez +33 (16 service aces, 4 egindakoak, 2 xareat, 4 pumpa xare, 3 dejadez, 1 buruzgain, 1 motz, 2 izkin motz) -10 (1 service fault)
Guchandut +26 (11 service aces, 3 egindakoak, 2 xareat, 7 pumpa xare, 2 motz, 1 izkin motz) -7
2. Ospital defeated Monce-Ondars 40-10
Equalities: 0-0
Decade linescores (winner always listed first)
10-0; 15-5; 23-7; 32-8; 40-10
Time of match: 45:54, actual playing time: 17:17
Scoring:
Ospital +30 (15 service aces, 3 egindatukoak, 5 xareat, 3 pumpa xare, 2 dejadez, 1 buruzgain, 1 motz -3
Monce-Ondars +7 (3 service aces, 1 egindatukoak, 2 xareat, 1 pumpa xare) -10
Match article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
1.Peio Guichandut led for much of the match and at every decade mark. However, Mikel Gonzalez won the last 6 points of the match, completing an 18-8 run, to climb one step higher on the ladder. His next opponent will be one of last year's semi-finalists, Ximun Lambert, on December 12, 2016.
2. Mathieu Ospital scored the first 10 points of the match and maintained or increased his lead at every decade mark, completely dominating Antton Monce-Ondars. The brief summary by Garaziko Pilota said it best: "Ospital impérial. Mauvais après-midi pour Monce-Ondars." Mathieu Ospital's next opponent will be Pascal de Ezcurra, also on Dec. 12.
It will be played on Mondays from November 28, 2016 to January 8, 2017. This is a seeded singles tournament, with 2 matches each Monday. The tournament will be played in knockout fashion with 4 "tours", followed by two semi-finals and a final (played on a Sunday). Seeding in one bracket (from low to high) is: Guichandut, X. Lambert, Bilbao, and Larralde. And in the other bracket: Ospital, de Ezcurra, Waltary, and Ducassou. The seeding can be seen graphically here.
2015 SP results
The tournament is organized by Garaziko Pilota (Societe Sportive Goizeko Izarra)
Tournament Competition page
The ongoing results of the tournament will be available on a "ladder" chart. Statistics and commentary for only the most recent Monday matches should be available, but it is unknown whether they will be available for every match. Esku Pilota sometimes puts these statistics into a spreadsheet. If they do, they will be linked to. If not, because of the importance of this tournament, I will copy them.
Tour 1 (November 28, 2016)
Tour 2
Tour 2 preview article: (Pilota Ttiki)
December 5, 2016:
1. Gonzalez defeated Guichandut 40-36
Equalities: 5-5; 28-28; 31-31; 36-36
Decade line scores (winner always listed first)
3-7; 9-11; 11-19; 18-22; 22-28; 34-36
Time of match: 1 hour, 7 minutes, 33 seconds, actual playing time: 23:55
Scoring:
Gonzalez +33 (16 service aces, 4 egindakoak, 2 xareat, 4 pumpa xare, 3 dejadez, 1 buruzgain, 1 motz, 2 izkin motz) -10 (1 service fault)
Guchandut +26 (11 service aces, 3 egindakoak, 2 xareat, 7 pumpa xare, 2 motz, 1 izkin motz) -7
2. Ospital defeated Monce-Ondars 40-10
Equalities: 0-0
Decade linescores (winner always listed first)
10-0; 15-5; 23-7; 32-8; 40-10
Time of match: 45:54, actual playing time: 17:17
Scoring:
Ospital +30 (15 service aces, 3 egindatukoak, 5 xareat, 3 pumpa xare, 2 dejadez, 1 buruzgain, 1 motz -3
Monce-Ondars +7 (3 service aces, 1 egindatukoak, 2 xareat, 1 pumpa xare) -10
Match article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
1.Peio Guichandut led for much of the match and at every decade mark. However, Mikel Gonzalez won the last 6 points of the match, completing an 18-8 run, to climb one step higher on the ladder. His next opponent will be one of last year's semi-finalists, Ximun Lambert, on December 12, 2016.
2. Mathieu Ospital scored the first 10 points of the match and maintained or increased his lead at every decade mark, completely dominating Antton Monce-Ondars. The brief summary by Garaziko Pilota said it best: "Ospital impérial. Mauvais après-midi pour Monce-Ondars." Mathieu Ospital's next opponent will be Pascal de Ezcurra, also on Dec. 12.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Main Nue--Esku Pilota Lagunak
At the heart of an Esku Pilota Lagunak (Friends) end of year celebration were two special matches at Trinquet Haitz Pean, d'Anglet (1)(2)(3) on December 3, 2016.
A. Arotsarene-Iribaren defeated Iribarne-Ibanez 40-29. This was a junior match between club teams from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Sare.
B. Larralde-Bilbao defeated Waltary-Ducassou 40-39.
Selected line score (winners always listed first) (Source: Pilota Ttiki)
4-4; 5-5; 7-7; 7-10; 10-10; 10-15; 11-15; 11-18; 18-18; 24-20; 24-22; 24-23; 26-25; 27-27; 29-29; 30-29; 30-30; 31-31; 33-39; 40-39
Match preview article (Pilota Ttiki)
Match article along with full match video (Esku Pilota)
Match article (Pilota Ttiki)
Esku Pilota saved the best for the last major doubles match of the season, a match arranged as part of an Esku Pilota Lagunak celebration. Three of the top four ranked players participated. As the match line score shows, it was a very hard fought match, the momentum swinging first one way then the other. At 39-33, it seemed that W-D were home free. But then an error by Waltary opened the door for one of the most amazing comebacks of the year. And the best part of the best match was the very last point, 23 balls in play, a point Waltary nearly won 4 times (view the point below).
Ball 4: A xareat winner that Larralde literally pulls out of the filet at the last second
Ball 6: A low 3 wall shot that Larralde again saves.
Ball 12: A xilo winner that caroms to the low dugout wall. Again, Larralde is there.
Ball 14. Another xareat winner that, somehow, misses the filet by millimeters.
On ball 24, Waltary goes cross court for another winner but hits it slightly low.
Full match video (Esku Pilota Youtube)
34-39--40-39 (Esku Pilota Facebook page)
Final point
A marvelous end to a great Esku Pilota season.
Esku Pilota 2016 Highlight video
A. Arotsarene-Iribaren defeated Iribarne-Ibanez 40-29. This was a junior match between club teams from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Sare.
B. Larralde-Bilbao defeated Waltary-Ducassou 40-39.
Selected line score (winners always listed first) (Source: Pilota Ttiki)
4-4; 5-5; 7-7; 7-10; 10-10; 10-15; 11-15; 11-18; 18-18; 24-20; 24-22; 24-23; 26-25; 27-27; 29-29; 30-29; 30-30; 31-31; 33-39; 40-39
Match preview article (Pilota Ttiki)
Match article along with full match video (Esku Pilota)
Match article (Pilota Ttiki)
Esku Pilota saved the best for the last major doubles match of the season, a match arranged as part of an Esku Pilota Lagunak celebration. Three of the top four ranked players participated. As the match line score shows, it was a very hard fought match, the momentum swinging first one way then the other. At 39-33, it seemed that W-D were home free. But then an error by Waltary opened the door for one of the most amazing comebacks of the year. And the best part of the best match was the very last point, 23 balls in play, a point Waltary nearly won 4 times (view the point below).
Ball 4: A xareat winner that Larralde literally pulls out of the filet at the last second
Ball 6: A low 3 wall shot that Larralde again saves.
Ball 12: A xilo winner that caroms to the low dugout wall. Again, Larralde is there.
Ball 14. Another xareat winner that, somehow, misses the filet by millimeters.
On ball 24, Waltary goes cross court for another winner but hits it slightly low.
Full match video (Esku Pilota Youtube)
34-39--40-39 (Esku Pilota Facebook page)
Final point
A marvelous end to a great Esku Pilota season.
Esku Pilota 2016 Highlight video
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Multiple Modalities-- FIPV VI Copa del Mundo
The Federación Internacional de Pelota Vasca held its VI Copa del Mundo
November 20-26, 2016, It was a 30 meter court specialty tournament held
in Santiago, Chile. Tournaments were held for men and women in Paleta
Goma and Frontenis. Frontenis is a modality that hasn't been covered in
this blog before now.
Basics of Frontenis
18 countries participated.
FIPV VI Copa del Mundo competition contexts and day by day match articles:
Fixtures:
Results:
Finals: Full match videos (Vivo Sport)
Mexico won 3 competitions. France won 1.
1. Women's Frontenis--Mexico v Spain (0:00-1:20:00)
2. Men's Paleta Goma--Mexico v Argentina (1:20:00-2:05:12)
3. Women's Paleta Goma--France v Argentina (2:05:12-3:17:02)
Interview with Maritxu Chapelet-Husset and Amaia Etchelecu, winners of the women's Paleta Goma Championship (Pilota Ttiki) (Added December 6, 2016)
Women's Paleta Goma Semi-Final--France v Mexico (FIPV) (Added December 7, 2016)
4. Men's Frontenis--Mexico v France (3:17:02-3:55:01)
5. Closing Ceremony--(3:55:01-4:42:38)
Other Full match videos (FIPV)
Other Full match videos (Vivo Sport)
20 separate matches plus Opening cermonies (Marcello Baumann Youtube site (Added December 11, 2017)
The Vivo sport videos are better for keeping score of the matches you are interested in, but not labeled particularly well.
Final medal table
Basics of Frontenis
18 countries participated.
FIPV VI Copa del Mundo competition contexts and day by day match articles:
Fixtures:
Results:
Finals: Full match videos (Vivo Sport)
Mexico won 3 competitions. France won 1.
1. Women's Frontenis--Mexico v Spain (0:00-1:20:00)
2. Men's Paleta Goma--Mexico v Argentina (1:20:00-2:05:12)
3. Women's Paleta Goma--France v Argentina (2:05:12-3:17:02)
Interview with Maritxu Chapelet-Husset and Amaia Etchelecu, winners of the women's Paleta Goma Championship (Pilota Ttiki) (Added December 6, 2016)
Women's Paleta Goma Semi-Final--France v Mexico (FIPV) (Added December 7, 2016)
4. Men's Frontenis--Mexico v France (3:17:02-3:55:01)
5. Closing Ceremony--(3:55:01-4:42:38)
Other Full match videos (FIPV)
Other Full match videos (Vivo Sport)
20 separate matches plus Opening cermonies (Marcello Baumann Youtube site (Added December 11, 2017)
The Vivo sport videos are better for keeping score of the matches you are interested in, but not labeled particularly well.
Final medal table
Pala--La Liga Kutxabank--Week 6
La Liga Kutxabank competition began on October 29, 2016 at Bizkaia Fronton, Bilbo (Bilbao) (1)(2).
This tournament includes the entire InnPala roster, divided into 5
teams which will participate in a double round robin League competition,
followed by a semi-final between the 2nd and 3rd place teams. The
winner will face the League winner in a final on January 7th, 2017. Most
of the matches will be at Bizkaia. There will also be matches at Sopela
and Gallarta. For more on the tournament see the tournament page at InnPala.
Week 1--October 29, 2016
Week 2--November 5, 2016
Week 3--November 12, 2016
Week 4--November 19, 2016
Week 5--November 25-26, 2016
Week 6 (Source for match and individual joko scores: InnPala and Diario Vasco Cartelera articles.)
December 2-3, 2016
December 2:
Zubiri-Brefel defeated Landeta-Imanol, 3-0 (10-8, 10-4, 10-8).
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez defeated Fusto-Gordon 3-1 (10-4, 10-6 7-10, 10-6)
League Table:
Key: Team, Match record, Joko (set) record, League points
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez...5-0....(3-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-1).....15
Zubiri-Brefel..............3-2....(2-3, 3-1, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0).....13
Necol-Ibargari:............2-2....(3-1, 2-3, 2-3, 3-2)............10
Fusto-Gordon..............2-3....(1-3, 0-3, 3-2, 3-0, 1-3)......8
Landeta-Imanol...........0-5....(1-3, 1-3, 2-3, 0-3, 0-3)......4
December 3:
Landeta-Imanol defeated Necol-Ibargari 3-1 (10-7, 10-9, 6-10, 10-6)
Fusto-Gordon defeated Zubiri-Brefel 3-0 (10-7, 10-9 ,10-9)
League Table:
Key: Team, Match record, Joko (set) record, League points
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez.. 5-0....(3-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-1)..........15
Zubiri-Brefel..............3-3....(2-3, 3-1, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 0-3)...13
Necol-Ibargari:...........2-3....(3-1, 2-3, 2-3, 3-2, 1-3)...........11
Fusto-Gordon.............3-3....(1-3, 0-3, 3-2, 3-0, 1-3, 3-0)....11
Landeta-Imanol..........1-5....(1-3, 1-3, 2-3, 0-3, 0-3, 3-1)......7
Note: N-I are listed above F-G because that is how they are listed at InnPala. Match records are meaningless in the actual tournament scoring mechanics. Jokos (sets) only are counted. Since N-I have the same number of points in fewer matches, they are ahead even though their match record is worse. This, of course, will sort itself out when all teams have played the same number of matches.
The biggest surprise package of the tournament was delivered on December 3. Landeta-Imanol scored a huge upset over Necol-Ibargari for their first win of the tournament. Fusto-Gordon's upset of Zubiri-Brefel was perhaps not as surprising, but the way they did it, in shutout fashion, was. And what a match that must have been, only 5 points separating the two teams after 3 jokos. At the end of this session the last semi-final spot was wide open (compared to how it looked just one day before). Even L-I have an outside chance if they can sweep their last two matches and have other matches fall their way. Unfortunately, one of L-I's matches will be against the leaders of the competition and L-I cannot really afford to lose one joko the rest of the way. Z-B, N-I, and F-G all have solid semi-final chances. And with some help, first place and an automatic trip to the finals is within their reach. There are a lot of "long shots" going into the end of the league phase. And the events of December 3 made most of them possible.
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Table of wins and losses for the 2016-2017 season.
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.
December 3, 2016
Gaubeka(d)..5-0....15-8...+5*
Zubiri(d).....4-3....16-10..-1*
Fusto(d).......3-3....11-11..+1
Necol(d).......2-4....11-15..-1
Landeta(d)....1-5.....7-16..+1
Ibai-Perez(z).5-0....15-8...+5*
Ibargari(z).....3-3....14-12..-1
Brefel(z).......3-3....13-10..-1
Gordon(z).....3-4....11-14..+1
Imanol(z).......1-5....7-16...+1*
*Does not include the result of Nov.25, 2016 independent match Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez v Zubiri-Imanol. The result is unknown at this time. I will add it when I find it.
Includes Nov. 19, 2016 independent match: Zubiri-Ibargari defeated Necol-Gordon 3-0 (10-8, 10-3, 10-9) at Bizkaia.
For cumulative accounting of this player table see the InnPala Player win-loss table under the Pala page on the right side of the blog.
Week 1--October 29, 2016
Week 2--November 5, 2016
Week 3--November 12, 2016
Week 4--November 19, 2016
Week 5--November 25-26, 2016
Week 6 (Source for match and individual joko scores: InnPala and Diario Vasco Cartelera articles.)
December 2-3, 2016
December 2:
Zubiri-Brefel defeated Landeta-Imanol, 3-0 (10-8, 10-4, 10-8).
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez defeated Fusto-Gordon 3-1 (10-4, 10-6 7-10, 10-6)
League Table:
Key: Team, Match record, Joko (set) record, League points
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez...5-0....(3-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-1).....15
Zubiri-Brefel..............3-2....(2-3, 3-1, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0).....13
Necol-Ibargari:............2-2....(3-1, 2-3, 2-3, 3-2)............10
Fusto-Gordon..............2-3....(1-3, 0-3, 3-2, 3-0, 1-3)......8
Landeta-Imanol...........0-5....(1-3, 1-3, 2-3, 0-3, 0-3)......4
December 3:
Landeta-Imanol defeated Necol-Ibargari 3-1 (10-7, 10-9, 6-10, 10-6)
Fusto-Gordon defeated Zubiri-Brefel 3-0 (10-7, 10-9 ,10-9)
League Table:
Key: Team, Match record, Joko (set) record, League points
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez.. 5-0....(3-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-1)..........15
Zubiri-Brefel..............3-3....(2-3, 3-1, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 0-3)...13
Necol-Ibargari:...........2-3....(3-1, 2-3, 2-3, 3-2, 1-3)...........11
Fusto-Gordon.............3-3....(1-3, 0-3, 3-2, 3-0, 1-3, 3-0)....11
Landeta-Imanol..........1-5....(1-3, 1-3, 2-3, 0-3, 0-3, 3-1)......7
Note: N-I are listed above F-G because that is how they are listed at InnPala. Match records are meaningless in the actual tournament scoring mechanics. Jokos (sets) only are counted. Since N-I have the same number of points in fewer matches, they are ahead even though their match record is worse. This, of course, will sort itself out when all teams have played the same number of matches.
The biggest surprise package of the tournament was delivered on December 3. Landeta-Imanol scored a huge upset over Necol-Ibargari for their first win of the tournament. Fusto-Gordon's upset of Zubiri-Brefel was perhaps not as surprising, but the way they did it, in shutout fashion, was. And what a match that must have been, only 5 points separating the two teams after 3 jokos. At the end of this session the last semi-final spot was wide open (compared to how it looked just one day before). Even L-I have an outside chance if they can sweep their last two matches and have other matches fall their way. Unfortunately, one of L-I's matches will be against the leaders of the competition and L-I cannot really afford to lose one joko the rest of the way. Z-B, N-I, and F-G all have solid semi-final chances. And with some help, first place and an automatic trip to the finals is within their reach. There are a lot of "long shots" going into the end of the league phase. And the events of December 3 made most of them possible.
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Table of wins and losses for the 2016-2017 season.
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.
December 3, 2016
Gaubeka(d)..5-0....15-8...+5*
Zubiri(d).....4-3....16-10..-1*
Fusto(d).......3-3....11-11..+1
Necol(d).......2-4....11-15..-1
Landeta(d)....1-5.....7-16..+1
Ibai-Perez(z).5-0....15-8...+5*
Ibargari(z).....3-3....14-12..-1
Brefel(z).......3-3....13-10..-1
Gordon(z).....3-4....11-14..+1
Imanol(z).......1-5....7-16...+1*
*Does not include the result of Nov.25, 2016 independent match Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez v Zubiri-Imanol. The result is unknown at this time. I will add it when I find it.
Includes Nov. 19, 2016 independent match: Zubiri-Ibargari defeated Necol-Gordon 3-0 (10-8, 10-3, 10-9) at Bizkaia.
For cumulative accounting of this player table see the InnPala Player win-loss table under the Pala page on the right side of the blog.
Mano--Abel Barriola announces his retirement after 19 years.
Abel Barriola, ASPE back courter, has announced his retirement from the game. He will retire at the conclusion of the Mano Parejas competition (which began December 2, 2016 and will end in April of 2017).
Barriola is one of 7 players in the history of Mano to win the triple crown (singles, doubles, and 4 1/2 Championships). Full match videos (EITB) are available for all of those victories.
4 1/2 Championship: 2001 Ogueta (Vitoria-Gasteiz): defeated Eugi 22-10.
Singles: 2002 Atano III (Donastia (San Sebastian)): defeated Beloki 22-3
Doubles Championship: 2014 Bizkaia (Bilbo (Bilbao)) Mtz. de Irujo-Barriola defeated Olaizolla II-Aretxabaleta 22-13
He also participated in 8 other finals in those disciplines.
Retirement articles:
Noticias de Gipuuzkoa
Deia(1) (2)
Diario Vasco
ASPE Player page
Barriola is one of 7 players in the history of Mano to win the triple crown (singles, doubles, and 4 1/2 Championships). Full match videos (EITB) are available for all of those victories.
4 1/2 Championship: 2001 Ogueta (Vitoria-Gasteiz): defeated Eugi 22-10.
Singles: 2002 Atano III (Donastia (San Sebastian)): defeated Beloki 22-3
Doubles Championship: 2014 Bizkaia (Bilbo (Bilbao)) Mtz. de Irujo-Barriola defeated Olaizolla II-Aretxabaleta 22-13
He also participated in 8 other finals in those disciplines.
Retirement articles:
Noticias de Gipuuzkoa
Deia(1) (2)
Diario Vasco
ASPE Player page
Main Nue--Trinquet Garat Super Prestige singles tournament begins
The 23rd Super Prestige is a singles tournament, an EP 2000 competition played at the cathedral of Main Nue, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port's (Donibane Garazi) "Le Garat"(1)(2).
It will be played on Mondays from November 28, 2016 to January 8, 2017. This is a seeded singles tournament, with 2 matches each Monday. The tournament will be played in knockout fashion with 4 "tours", followed by two semi-finals and a final (played on a Sunday). Seeding in one bracket (from low to high) is: Guichandut, X. Lambert, Bilbao, and Larralde. And in the other bracket: Ospital, de Ezcurra, Waltary, and Ducassou. The seeding can be seen graphically here.
2015 SP results
The tournament is organized by Garaziko Pilota (Societe Sportive Goizeko Izarra)
Tournament Competition page
The ongoing results of the tournament will be available on a "ladder" chart. Statistics and commentary for only the most recent Monday matches should be available, but it is unknown whether they will be available for every match. Esku Pilota sometimes puts these statistics into a spreadsheet. If they do, they will be linked to. If not, because of the importance of this tournament, I will copy them.
The first "tour" was played on November 28, 2016.
"Tour 1" preview article (Pilota Ttiki)
Source for match statistics: H. Ocafrain (Goiziko Izarra)
1. Gonzalez defeated Olcomendy 40-31
Equalities: 13-13
Decade line scores (winner always listed first)
4-6; 8-12; 17-13; 25-15; 31-19; 34-26; 39-31
Time of match: 52 minutes 25 seconds, actual playing time: 17:39
Scoring:
Gonzalez +31 (20 service aces, 2 egindakoak, 6 xareat, 1 pumpa xare, 2 dejadez) -7
Olcomendy +24 (10 service aces, 5 xareat, 4 pumpa xare, 1 dejada, 1 buruzgain, 1 motz, 2 izkin motz) -9
2. Monce-Ondars defeated Etchegaray 40-24
Equalities: 0-0
Decade linescores (winner always listed first)
9-1; 18-2; 21-9; 24-16; 34-16; 38-22
Time of match: 54:00, actual playing time: 20:26
Scoring:
Monce-Ondars +30 (15 service aces, 6 egindatukoak, 1 xareat, 5 pumpa xare, 2 dejadez, 1 buruzgain, -5 (1 service fault)
Etchegary +19 (7 service aces, 3 egindatukoak, 1 xareat, 2 pumpa xare, 1 dejadez, 3 motz, 2 izkin motz) -10 (1 service fault).
Match article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
1. Trailing 12-8, Gonzalez put together a 17-3 run and cruised home from there. Almost 2/3 of his points came from service aces. Both players were very accurate with direct point shots (xareat and pumpa xare), Gonzalez with 7, Olcomendy with 9. Gonzalez moves on to play Guichandut on December 5, 2016.
2. Monce-Ondars totally dominated Etchegaray at the beginning, winning 20 of the first 22 points. In the middle of the match, Etchegaray attempted to come back. Then Monce-Ondars shut him out completely in the 5th decade of the match to seal the outcome. 10 Etchegaray errors hurt his cause. Monce-Ondars moves on to play Ospital on December 5, 2016.
It will be played on Mondays from November 28, 2016 to January 8, 2017. This is a seeded singles tournament, with 2 matches each Monday. The tournament will be played in knockout fashion with 4 "tours", followed by two semi-finals and a final (played on a Sunday). Seeding in one bracket (from low to high) is: Guichandut, X. Lambert, Bilbao, and Larralde. And in the other bracket: Ospital, de Ezcurra, Waltary, and Ducassou. The seeding can be seen graphically here.
2015 SP results
The tournament is organized by Garaziko Pilota (Societe Sportive Goizeko Izarra)
Tournament Competition page
The ongoing results of the tournament will be available on a "ladder" chart. Statistics and commentary for only the most recent Monday matches should be available, but it is unknown whether they will be available for every match. Esku Pilota sometimes puts these statistics into a spreadsheet. If they do, they will be linked to. If not, because of the importance of this tournament, I will copy them.
The first "tour" was played on November 28, 2016.
"Tour 1" preview article (Pilota Ttiki)
Source for match statistics: H. Ocafrain (Goiziko Izarra)
1. Gonzalez defeated Olcomendy 40-31
Equalities: 13-13
Decade line scores (winner always listed first)
4-6; 8-12; 17-13; 25-15; 31-19; 34-26; 39-31
Time of match: 52 minutes 25 seconds, actual playing time: 17:39
Scoring:
Gonzalez +31 (20 service aces, 2 egindakoak, 6 xareat, 1 pumpa xare, 2 dejadez) -7
Olcomendy +24 (10 service aces, 5 xareat, 4 pumpa xare, 1 dejada, 1 buruzgain, 1 motz, 2 izkin motz) -9
2. Monce-Ondars defeated Etchegaray 40-24
Equalities: 0-0
Decade linescores (winner always listed first)
9-1; 18-2; 21-9; 24-16; 34-16; 38-22
Time of match: 54:00, actual playing time: 20:26
Scoring:
Monce-Ondars +30 (15 service aces, 6 egindatukoak, 1 xareat, 5 pumpa xare, 2 dejadez, 1 buruzgain, -5 (1 service fault)
Etchegary +19 (7 service aces, 3 egindatukoak, 1 xareat, 2 pumpa xare, 1 dejadez, 3 motz, 2 izkin motz) -10 (1 service fault).
Match article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
1. Trailing 12-8, Gonzalez put together a 17-3 run and cruised home from there. Almost 2/3 of his points came from service aces. Both players were very accurate with direct point shots (xareat and pumpa xare), Gonzalez with 7, Olcomendy with 9. Gonzalez moves on to play Guichandut on December 5, 2016.
2. Monce-Ondars totally dominated Etchegaray at the beginning, winning 20 of the first 22 points. In the middle of the match, Etchegaray attempted to come back. Then Monce-Ondars shut him out completely in the 5th decade of the match to seal the outcome. 10 Etchegaray errors hurt his cause. Monce-Ondars moves on to play Ospital on December 5, 2016.
Main Nue--Player Rankings: 2016 Final rankings.
Main Nue complete player rankings are available on the player
rankings page (Under "Main Nue") on the right side of the main blog
page. You can also find how these rankings are calculated there.
2016 Final Rankings--November 26, 2016 Current through Tournois de Villefranque. Ducassou's victory in the Tournois de Villefranque increased his lead at the top of the rankings. Bilbao's defeat in the final of that tournament allowed him to leapfrog Guichandut into fourth place. This was the final ranking for 2016. A match between Ducassou-Waltary and Larralde-Bilbao was played at Trinquet Haitz Paen, Anglet on December 3, 2016. Here Ducassou received the trophy as top ranked player of the year and a large banquet was held.
Top 5
Ducassou
Larralde
Bilbao
Ospital
Guichandut
Complete Player Rankings as of November 21, 2016. Current through Tournoi de Paris. While Larralde was injured, Ducassou won the Tournois de Paris to again take the lead in the rankings. There were no other changes among the top 5 players.
Top 5
Ducassou
Larralde
Ospital
Guichandut
Bilbao
Complete Player Rankings as of November 11, 2016. Current through Tournoi de Macaye.
Top 5
Larralde
Ducassou
Ospital
Guichandut
Bilbao
2016 Final Rankings--November 26, 2016 Current through Tournois de Villefranque. Ducassou's victory in the Tournois de Villefranque increased his lead at the top of the rankings. Bilbao's defeat in the final of that tournament allowed him to leapfrog Guichandut into fourth place. This was the final ranking for 2016. A match between Ducassou-Waltary and Larralde-Bilbao was played at Trinquet Haitz Paen, Anglet on December 3, 2016. Here Ducassou received the trophy as top ranked player of the year and a large banquet was held.
Top 5
Ducassou
Larralde
Bilbao
Ospital
Guichandut
Complete Player Rankings as of November 21, 2016. Current through Tournoi de Paris. While Larralde was injured, Ducassou won the Tournois de Paris to again take the lead in the rankings. There were no other changes among the top 5 players.
Top 5
Ducassou
Larralde
Ospital
Guichandut
Bilbao
Complete Player Rankings as of November 11, 2016. Current through Tournoi de Macaye.
Top 5
Larralde
Ducassou
Ospital
Guichandut
Bilbao
Main Nue--Tournoi de Villefranque
Tournoi de Villefranque (1)(2)(3), an EP 1000 competition, was played November 23 and 26, 2016.
Tournament preview article (Pilota Ttiki)
November 26, 2016
Final:
Bielle-Ducassou defeated Waltary-Bilbao 40-32
Match article (Pilota Ttiki)
Selected linescore (winners always listed first)
10-4; 15-5; 20-13; 20-26; 25-30; 32-32; 40-32
Match article, audio interview with Ducassou, full match video, and link to traditional dance performed for the players after the final (Esku Pilota)
Full match video (Esku Pilota Youtube)
It was a match in three distinct parts, with each team having control for a long period of time. A 13-0 run by W-B seemed to put them in command. Shortly thereafter, Waltary suffered an adductor injury. After receiving treatment, he came back but his movement was hindered and B-D took advantage to close out the match with a 15-2 run of their own. The match video is wonderful to watch in that it is shot with two cameras, both at low level, from behind and in front of the players.
November 23, 2016
Semi-finals:
Bielle-Ducassou defeated Lambert-de Ezcurra 40-14
Waltary-Bilbao defeated Inchauspe-Amulet 40-30
Match article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
Match article for both matches (Esku Pilota)
Tournament preview article (Pilota Ttiki)
November 26, 2016
Final:
Bielle-Ducassou defeated Waltary-Bilbao 40-32
Match article (Pilota Ttiki)
Selected linescore (winners always listed first)
10-4; 15-5; 20-13; 20-26; 25-30; 32-32; 40-32
Match article, audio interview with Ducassou, full match video, and link to traditional dance performed for the players after the final (Esku Pilota)
Full match video (Esku Pilota Youtube)
It was a match in three distinct parts, with each team having control for a long period of time. A 13-0 run by W-B seemed to put them in command. Shortly thereafter, Waltary suffered an adductor injury. After receiving treatment, he came back but his movement was hindered and B-D took advantage to close out the match with a 15-2 run of their own. The match video is wonderful to watch in that it is shot with two cameras, both at low level, from behind and in front of the players.
November 23, 2016
Semi-finals:
Bielle-Ducassou defeated Lambert-de Ezcurra 40-14
Waltary-Bilbao defeated Inchauspe-Amulet 40-30
Match article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
Match article for both matches (Esku Pilota)
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