Basque pelota blog in english – Dos paredes

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 17^th 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 19^th August, Bilbao

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

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

Wednesday 22^nd 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 25^th, 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 26^th 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/