Daily Archives: 15 February, 2012

Pairs Standings: Olaizola II-Beroiz and Jaunarena-Cecilio continue to top the charts

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The overal Pairs Championship table, with five rotations to go, is as follows:

PAREJA

JUG.

GAN.

PERD.

Tf

Tc

COEF

1

OLAIZOLA II – BEROIZ

8

8

0

176

90

+86

2

MTZ de IRUJO – BARRIOLA

8

5

3

159

125

+34

3

TITIN III – MERINO II

8

5

3

158

143

+15

4

BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU

8

4

4

141

131

+10

5

XALA – LASKURAIN

8

4

4

143

140

+3

6

BENGOETXEA VI – APRAIZ

8

4

4

139

146

-7

7

ARITZ LASA – ZUBIETA

8

2

6

120

158

-38

8

ARRETXE II – BEGINO

8

0

8

73

176

-103

In the Promocion Championship this week,

RICO IV – OTXANDORENA* beat MENDIZABAL III – LADIS GALARZA 22-11

GORKA – ARRUTI beat TAINTA – OTXANDORENA* 22-11

JAUNARENA – PENAGARIKANO* beat LEMUNO – ARETXABALETA 22-19

URRUTIKOETXEA – IZA beat APEZETXEA – LARRINAGA 22-20

Things are looking up for Inaki Iza

Things are looking up for Inaki Iza

The Promocion table, with five rotations to go, is now as follows:

PAREJA

JUG.

GAN.

PERD.

Tf

Tc

COEF
1 Jaunarena-Cecilio 6 5 1 122 89 33
2 Rico-Untoria 6 4 2 123 111 22
3 Olazabal-Larrinaga 6 4 2 114 96 18
4 Urrutikoetxea-Iza 6 4 2 119 108 11
5 Gorka-Arruti 6 3 3 107 110 -3
6 Mendizabal III-Ladis Galarza 6 2 4 98 123 -25
7 Lemuno-Aretxabaleta 6 1 5 99 121 -22
8 Tainta-Argote 6 1 5 95 121 -26

Bengoetxea-Apraiz win in Tafalla as Arretxe-Begino remain winless

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Saturday 11th February, Tafalla

BENGOETXEA VI – APRAIZ beat ARRETXE II – BEGINO 22-12

Pairs Championship

Iker Arretxe and Aritz Begino lost their eighth game of the championship on Saturday, leaving them with virtually no chance even mathematically of making the semi finals. In an uninspiring encounter, the result was never in serious doubt as the eventual winners led comfortably throughout. Begino’s run of bad form continued as he played with little potency on his way to a total of four errors. On paper however, the major culprit in the loss was Arretxe, who committed eight errors to only five winners and was no match for Bengoetxea. Bengoetxea and Apraiz did what they had to do and notched up their fourth win, putting them in sixth place but level on points with Berasaluze and Begino in fourth. They have everything to play for.

Scoring sequence: 1-0, 1-2, 6-2, 6-3, 9-3, 9-4, 11-4, 11-6, 13-6, 13-7, 14-7, 14-8, 15-8, 15-9, 16-9, 16-10, 20-10, 20-12, 22-12

Winners/errors: Bengoetxea 9/2, Apraiz 0/4, Arretxe 5/8, Begino ¼

Match time: 59 minutes

Balls hit: 590

Olaizola II and Beroiz conquer in Catalonia

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Sataurday 11th February, Barcelona

OLAIZOLA II – BEROIZ beat BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU 22-10

Pairs Championship

Aimar Olaizola and Mikel Beroiz continued their utter domination with yet another barnstorming win, as the Pairs Championship went ‘on tour’ to the packed Vall d’Hebron fronton in Barcelona. Their victims on this occasion were the oft very solid pair of Pablo Berasaluze and Jon Ander Albisu, who despite their every effort were no match for the runaway leaders. The underdogs took the first two points, but Aimar then stamped all over them, surging to 9-2 with immense artistry. A rare error from the great forward gave Berasaluze and Albisu a glimmer of hope, and they added two points, but again the favourites took total control and went on to lead 17-4. Olaizola, who is better now than ever he has been in his stellar career, was immeasurably fine but equally impressive was Beroiz, who did not miss a single ball. He covered the fronton with supreme authority and defended the left wall with total efficiency. It is easy to forget that he is still just 22 years old. This pairing is an irresistible combination of proven greatness and staggering youthful prowess. Olaizola recently declared that ‘we are professionals and it is our obligation to win’, and win they will unless someone can come up with a master plan to break through their frightening solid defences.