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Olaizola II and Albisu Champions in Zarautz

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Wednesday 16th August, Zarautz

OLAIZOLA II – ALBISU beat MARTINEZ DE IRUJO – ZUBIETA 22-18

Torneo Villa de Zarautz Final

Aimar Olaizola and Jon Ander Albisu came from behind to win the day at Aritzbatalde last night, thus lifting the crown in the 2012 Torneo Villa de Zarautz. The tournament was sadly truncated this year, consisting of one match only but this did not dampen the competitive nature of the tie, in which the defending champions were forced to scrap by the pretenders to the title. In the early play, the Aspe pair dominated, going up 16-11 and looking in control. However, once Manomanista Champion Olaizola slipped up a gear, there was little Irujo and Zubieta could do to control him. Olaizola showed off his full repertoire of shots while Albisu grew in consistency, and Irujo and Zubieta added only two more points before succumbing 22-18.

Scoring sequence: 2-0/ 2-1/ 2-4/ 6-4/ 6-7/ 7/ 7-10/ 16/ 20-16/ 20-17/ 21-17/ 21-18/ 22-18
Winners/errors: Olaizola 6/4 (1 service winner), Irujo 6/7, Albisu 0/7, Zubieta 0/7
Match time: 59 minutes with 26 minutes of actual play
Balls hit: 525

Pelota on ETB this week: San Sebastian & Aste Nagusia

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The final of the Torneo Ciudad de San Sebastian takes place at Atano III tomorrow night. Pablo Berasaluze and Aitor Zubieta booked their place thanks to a 22-17 win over the Leitza pairing Oinatz Bengoetxea and Abel Barriola, and will play Martinez de Irujo and Albisu for the prize. Bilbao’s Aste Nagusia tournament starts on Saturday. The full schedule is here, and the televised matches are listed below.

Friday 17th August, San Sebastian

22:15 (CEST) APEZETXEA – LARRINAGA v OLAETXEA – OTXANDORENA

Followed by BERASALUZE VIII – ZUBIETA v MARTINEZ DE IRUJO – ALBISU Torneo Ciudad de San Sebastian Final

Sunday 19th August, Bilbao

17:00 (CEST) GONZALEZ – LARRINAGA v URRUTIKOETXEA – IZA

Followed by TITIN III – MERINO II v BENGOETXEA VI – APRAIZ

Wednesday 22nd August, Bilbao

18:30 (CEST) SARALEGI – IBAI ZABALA v RETEGI BI – ZABALETA

Followed by BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU v either OLAIZOLA II – BEGINO/XALA – ZUBIETA

The Bilbao final is on Saturday 25th, but will be on NITRO rather than ETB. As I won’t be around to put a schedule up next week (I’ll be in the Basque Country!), the following Sunday’s matches are as follows:

Sunday 26th August, Villar de Torre

17:00 (CEST) APEZETXEA – LARRINAGA v GORKA – CECILIO

Followed by TITIN III – MERINO II v MARTINEZ DE IRUJO – MERINO

To watch, go to http://www.eitb.tv, https://www.eitb.eus/es/television/etb-sat/orhttps://www.eitb.eus/es/deportes/deporte-en-directo/

Bizkaia is the focus this week

Bizkaia is the focus this week