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Friday 16th March, Urduliz

22:00 (CET) OLAZABAL – LARRINAGA v LEMUNO – ARETXABALETA Promocion Pairs

Followed by BENGOETXEA VI – APRAIZ v MARTINEZ DE IRUJO – BARRIOLA Pairs Championship

Sunday 18th March, Logrono

17:00 (CET) APEZETXEA – MERINO v IDOATE – LARRINAGA

Followed by TITIN III – MERINO v BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU Pairs Championship

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

The other Pairs matches this weekend are XALA – LASKURAIN v OLAIZOLA II – BEROIZ (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Saturday) and GONZALEZ* – PASCUAL* v ARRETXE II – BEGINO (Tolosa, Monday). The other Promocion matches are GORKA – MERINO* v RICO IV – UNTORIA (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Saturday), JAUNARENA – CECILIO v TAINTA – ARGOTE (Logrono, Sunday) and URRUTIKOETXEA – IZA v MENDIZABAL III – LADIS GALARZA (Tolosa, Monday).

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I am afraid I only have time for a brief round-up of this week’s remaining results in the Pairs and Promocion Pairs championships.

In the main Pairs Championship at least, matters went entirely to script, with OLAIZOLA II – BEROIZ taking a staggering twelfth consecutive win in beating BENGOETXEA VI – APRAIZ 22-12 in Pamplona on Saturday. The defeated pair slip to sixth but are level on points with the two directly above them. In Tolosa on Monday, BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU lived up to their recent positive headlines with a 22-9 crushing of bottom pair ARRETXE II – BEGINO. They are now up to second and on recent performances they deserve their billing as the best of the rest.

Things are also very tight in the Promocion Championship. Top pair JAUNARENA – CECILIO put last week’s defeat behind them to surge to a comprehensive 22-7 win over LEMUNO – ARETXABALETA. The second pair, OLAZABAL – LARRINAGA are level on points with Jaunarena – Cecilio following their 22-19 triumph over URRUTIKOETXEA – OTXANDORENA, the latter replacing the still-injured Iza. MENDIZABAL III – LADIS GALARZA kept alive their hopes of a late revival by beating SARALEGI – UNTORIA* 22-19. GORKA – ARRUTI dealt their growing chances a blow, losing 16-22 to TAINTA – IBAI ZABALA*.

Ibai Zabala, fit again after injury, helped Tainta to a win

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Sunday 11^th March, Eibar

MARTINEZ DE IRUJO – BARRIOLA beat RETEGI BI* – PASCUAL* 22-4

Pairs Championship

We were faced on Sunday afternoon with the unusual situation of a pair made up of two substitutes. Zubieta has now been out for several weeks with ongoing hand problems, and last week his regular partner Aritz Lasa joined the ranks of the ill and infirm. It fell therefore to Retegi Bi and Pascual to represent them, and although they were already out of the running for a place in the last four one could not help but conjure up visions of the injured duo watching this match from behind the sofa. The statistics make it look like a virtuoso showcase for Irujo, finishing as he did with fifteen winners to two errors, but in reality he had to do very little as Retegi Bi and Pascual looked utterly out of their depth and sealed their own fate.

The result was really never in any doubt. Right from the start, Irujo made his pressure tell and the opposing pair appeared to have no strategy for dealing with it and no cohesion. It appeared briefly as if a contest may be on the cards when Irujo made two careless mistakes in a row to turn 0-4 into 2-4, but that was as good as it was going to get for Retegi and Pascual. Irujo did not make another error in the match and Barriola, but for one low strike when falling backwards on 17-4, was faultless. Retegi had his chances but proved utterly incapable of making them count. On 2-9 for example, he had the easiest possible chance to seize a winner with a cross into the left wall but totally blew it, the ball clattering low. Too often he threw away position through a lack of imagination and an inability to break through Irujo’s control. Pascual meanwhile made matters worse and with every error he committed looked more and more disgruntled at having to be there at all. He was easy pickings for Barriola in the tactical stakes. The game was neatly summed up by the final point, in which Retegi hit the ball wildly wide directly from a disciplined and excellently directed Irujo serve.

It was expected that Irujo and Barriola would win this but the scale of their triumph must have filled them with considerable delight. They are embroiled in a close fight for a semi-final spot and a win plus a positive points difference of eighteen has done them the world of good. Having been out of the qualifying spots, they have leapfrogged Xala and Laskurain into fourth. Everything hinges on the next two weeks.

Scoring sequence: 4-0, 4-2, 10-2, 10-3, 18-3, 18-4, 22-4.

Winners/errors: Irujo 15/2, Barriola 0/1, Retegi Bi 1/2, Pascual 0/5.

Match time: 35:27 with 16:21 of actual play

Balls hit: 318

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Friday 9^th March, Anglet

TITIN III – MERINO II beat XALA – LASKURAIN 22-18

Pairs Championship

Titin and Merino seized a crucial point last night against Xala, the darling of the Iparralde fans, and Laskurain. The Pairs Championship has reached the stage where every solitary point seems to count for double as the race to fill the three remaining semi-final places reaches fever pitch. Xala and Laskurain have blown hot and cold in this tournament but on paper have the quality to go all the way; when they have looked good they have looked very classy indeed. Titin and Merino are also brimming with potential as a pair but with them much depends on whether or not Titin is on song. Merino has seemed ever more assured as the weeks have gone by, but his fervent young talent needs the support of a forward partner firing on all cylinders. While Titin did not hit the highest of the heights here, his refusal to lie down coupled with the ability of Merino to rise to the challenge again and again were enough to take them home.

At first, it seemed as if Xala’s cool nonchalance would trump Titin’s hustle. The Manomanista Champion looked imperious in the first few rallies, showing the patience and finishing skill to out think his opponents and strike killer blows. The Riojans began to collect points in the wake of a long ball from Merino which forced Laskurain high and they stayed in touch, never more than four points behind but seemingly lacking the sustained pressure to draw level. However, with Titin and Merino 9-13 down, the complexion of the match began a subtle shift; within five points they were level. Titin kick-started this crucial phase of play with a txoko winner before pressure from both parties resulted in Xala hitting low and then three errors from Laskurain who had hitherto looked solid as a rock. They extended their lead to two when Titin beautifully out-manoeuvred everyone to set up an easy gantxo winner.

The momentum swing was however far from terminal. Titin’s brilliance should have given him the next point too, but having got himself out of a massive hole, he was found bafflingly lacking when attempting an easy winning tap to the corner. When Merino hit low, it was level again at 15-15. Xala reminded his opponents of his towering presence with a sakez winner to reclaim the lead, but Merino pulled things back with a rebote which left Laskurain cursing. Again the Riojans went two ahead and again they were pulled back; at 18-18 it looked as if it might go down to the wire. However, Titin fought on, putting a volley over Laskurain’s head. Thereafter, Xala’s cool deserted him and three errors on the bounce handed the game to his fighting opponents, two players who never say die.

Scoring sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4, 7-6, 10-6, 10-7, 11-7, 11-9, 13-9, 13-14, 13-15, 15-15, 16-15, 16-16, 16-18, 18-18, 18-22.

Winners/errors: Xala 8/4, Titin 10/4, Laskurain 0/5, Merino 3/6

Match time: 1:25.22, with 38:58 of actual play

Balls hit: 790

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Saturday 3^rd March, Pamplona: BENGOETXEA VI – APRAIZ beat ARITZ LASA – PASCUAL* 22-10

It is over and out for Aritz Lasa and the luckless Zubieta. There was talk of Zubieta returning this week but with qualification almost out of the question and a sensible desire to recover completely from the hand troubles which have plagued him this year, Pascual once again took up the mantle. Oinatz Bengoetxea has lacked consistency thus far in the tournament and needed a performance from the top drawer to remind both himself and us what a great player he is. At Labrit, he found his mojo with a staggering sixteen winners to no errors. Aritz Lasa, who showed flashes of brilliance last week, could not so much as hint at that this time round with a return of six to three. The defenders were more evenly matched, but in the face of a forward so completely on top of his game, their effect on the outcome of the match was minimal at best. Bengoextea and Apraiz are right in the frame for one of the remaining three semi-final places and with the unlikely demise of Irujo and Barriola, their chances look all the brighter.

Scoring sequence: 2-0, 2-2, 4-2, 4-5, 14-5, 14-6, 20-6, 20-10, 22-10

Winners/errors: Bengoetxea 16/0, Apraiz 2/2, Lasa 6/3, Pascual 1/1

Match time: 49 minutes

Pamplona's famous Labrit fronton

Saturday 3rd March, Amorebieta: BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU beat XALA – LASKURAIN 22-12

This match was all about Pablo Berasaluze. Perhaps sensing that things were getting exceedingly tight in the fight for semi-final berths, the man from Berriz utterly annihilated Manomanista champion Xala in a whirlwind display of dominance. Fifteen winners in open play plus two with the serve tells its own story. In the face of this, Xala could only muster only one winner to one error. Xala and Laskurain had previously taken four matches in a row, but their run was brought to an abrupt halt as the Asegarce pair took their second win in as many weeks to slip into second place in the standings.

Scoring sequence: 1-1, 1-2, 2-5, 2-6, 3-11, 3-12, 4-12, 7-13, 8-15, 9-15, 11-16, 12-20, 12-22

Winners/errors: Xala 1/1, Laskurain 1/3, Berasaluze 17/6, Albisu 1/3

Match time: 1:23

Balls hit: 703

Berasaluze appears to like Amorebieta

Sunday 4th March, Logrono: OLAIZOLA II – BEROIZ beat TITIN III – MERINO II 22-16

One almost runs out of things to say when reporting on yet another win for Olaizola and Beroiz, but at Adarraga their lives were not made easy. The home pairing of Titin and Merino took the game to the undefeated duo with much verve and no fear. Olaizola and Beroiz went ahead early, leading comfortably at 8-2 and 10-4, but their rivals fought back, taking the lead, and the match became exceedingly tight. The favourites drew level again at 15 and 16 and it seemed as if it would go down to the wire, with Olaizola showing rare signs of weakness. However, one crack in the Riojan army and he was able to seize the initiative, adding to his total of fifteen winners on his way to a 22-16 win which was in reality a closer run thing than the score might suggest. Beroiz was, again, imperious in defence, shading Merino in a battle of exciting young talent.

Scoring sequence: 0-2, 1-5, 2-8, 4-10, 8-10, 11-11, 11-13, 13-13, 15-13, 15-15, 16-16, 16-22

Winners/errors: Olaizola 15/4, Beroiz 1/1, Titin 9/3, Merino 2/3

Match time: 64 minutes

Balls hit: 499

The Pairs table, with three weeks to go, looks like this:

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Friday 2^nd March, Mutilva

ARRETXE II – BEGINO beat MARTINEZ DE IRUJO – BARRIOLA 22-15

Pairs Championship

Finally, in Mutilva on Friday night, the unthinkable happened: Iker Arretxe and Aritz Begino broke their duck. It has been a torrid and unfortunate tournament for the bottom pair. Many questioned their coupling in the first place; Begino, last year’s winner, denied his chance to defend his title with Aimar Olaizola and paired with debutante Arretxe, who seemed a questionable selection. Morale appeared low from the outset, Begino a shadow of his former rock-solid self and Arretxe floundering in the top tier. They looked in the first week to have a modicum of promise, scoring eighteen points against Bengoetxea and Apraiz, but a 22-5 drubbing by the miraculous Olaizola and Beroiz set them on their ever decreasing spiral of ten losses in ten matches. It is true that this week Irujo and Barriola looked riper for the picking than ever before. Aspe’s flagship pairing was once viewed as unbeatable but all by Olaizola and Beroiz, a shoe in for the semi-finals, but as the tournament has taken its course they have sunk alarmingly. Irujo’s untimely mumps may be partially to blame for their recent losses, but the cold hard facts are that they now sit sixth and have something of a crisis on their hands with three weeks to go. Even so, a win for Arretxe and Begino seemed little more than a pipe dream, but thanks to an iron will, an indifferent Irujo and an unusually lacklustre Barriola, win they did.

The game went the  way of the underdogs from the word go. They eased to leads of 1-5 and 2-7 thanks mainly to four errors in a row from the reds, three from Barriola and one from Irujo. Arretxe, no doubt buoyed by the confidence of a lead, then proved that he could win points of his own volition with a very clever dipping ball to an unsuspecting Irujo’s feet and a sakez. Irujo and Barriola looked rattled, but their supporters no doubt refrained from gloom; Irujo is at his most dangerous when coming from behind. His traditional comeback appeared in the works when he capitalised on a misjudged cross court shot from Arretxe to seize the serve and cut the lead with a point of pure authority. Begino then made his first two errors, hitting high on 6-8 and 7-8, and miscued from long on 9-8 to give the favourites a two point lead. Game over? It was tempting to think so.

However, Arretxe and Begino had failed to read the assumed script and pulled themselves level again at 11-11. In the point which brought about parity, Irujo fell awkwardly in an attempt to reach an Arretxe gantxo and looked briefly in a little distress, holding his side. He played on and while appearing physically fine, he was noticeably in a less than perfect place mentally. He simply could not impose himself on his supposedly less talented opposite number and although he managed ten winners in the match, the errors continued to flow. In the point on 11-12, he did everything right in inducing the short return from Begino to set up an easy winner, but then missed the txoko. He initially used his anger to good effect, producing an excellent gantxo in the next play, but four errors in the next five points proved that his wheel s had become irreparably detached. Even with Barriola on song, which he was not for most of the game, there was nothing he could have done to lift him. For Arretxe and Begino, the belief never wavered and they maintained the pressure necessary for their opponents to implode. Once the gap was established, the win was a formality; pride salvaged for the serial losers, the waning super-pair dismantled.

Scoring sequence: 1-0/ 1-1 / 1-2/ 1-5/ 2-5/ 2-7/ 5-7/ 5-8/ 10-8/ 10-9/ 11-9/ 11-13/ 12-13/ 12-18/ 14-18/ 14-20/ 15-20/ 15-22

Winners/errors: Irujo 10/6, Arretxe 10/2, Barriola 0/4, Begino 2/3

Match time: 64 minutes with 28 minutes of actual play

Balls hit: 586

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Monday 27^th February, Tolosa

XALA – LASKURAIN beat ARRETXE II – BEGINO 22-15

This was far from being a walk in the park for clear favourites Xala and Laskurain. In the end however, Xala exerted control and despite some excellent defensive efforts from Arretxe the match went their way. The underdogs never drew level with the eventual winners but hung on gamely and it looked as if they had their chances to strike out for their first win of the championship from 8-10 and 10-13, but the gap could never be bridged. Despite an indifferent start in the tournament, Xala and Laskurain are now up to second, leapfrogging Titin and Merino who held the spot for the weekend. Arretxe and Begino have lost ten from ten.

Scoring sequence: 1-0/1/4-1/4-3/8-3/8-5/10-5/10-8/13-8/13-10/15-10/15-12/18-12/18-15/22-15

Saturday 25th February, Bilbao

OLAIZOLA II – BEROIZ beat GONZALEZ* – BARRIOLA 22-18

This match did not have the hype of the corresponding fixture in the first rotation. Back then, Irujo and Barriola and Olaizola and Beroiz were both unbeaten and looked certain to be the eventual finalists. The former have suffered a slump in recent weeks however, and their loss here means they slip to fourth. They now face a serious threat from the two pairs just below them, who are level on points. The good news for them is that Irujo will be back this weekend, having recovered from mumps. For Olaizola and Beroiz it was business as usual; ten wins from ten in a competition of this level is an extraordinary achievement.

There is no stopping Aimar

The Pairs Championship table now looks like this:

In the Promocion Championship, Jaunarena-Cecilio maintained their top spot by beating Urrutikoetxea-Iza 22-11. Mendizabal III-Merino* beat bottom pair Tainta-Argote 22-13. Lemuno-Aretxabaleta came from behind to beat Gorka-Arruti 22-19, and Olazabal-Larrinaga lie in second outright thanks to a 22-18 win over Saralegi*-Untoria.

The Promocion table, with three rounds to go, is as follows:

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Sunday 26^th February, Eibar

BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU beat ARITZ LASA – PEÑAGARIKANO 22-18

Pairs Championship

It looked to all the world as if Aritz Lasa and Penagarikano were going to take the win they so badly needed at Astelena last night. Lasa was playing excellently, with accuracy and real verve, and Albisu appeared trapped in a sequence of inaccuracy and self-doubt. The Aspe pair led comfortably from the off and although their opponents came back at them, they held them at bay. However, keeping Pablo Berasaluze down is never simple and just when the situation was becoming critical for his team, he produced the goods to maintain their qualification chances. Meanwhile, the afflicted Aitor Zubieta could only sit in the stands and watch as his proxy, Penagarikano, felt the heat and let everything slip.

Albisu was the culprit in the red pair’s early demise. In the second play of the match he left a long, spiralling ball from Lasa which looked to be going wide. When it fell in, his face was a picture of consternation. He then went on to miscue the ball three times in a row and before anyone had had time to blink, it was 0-5. Berasaluze and Albisu gradually pulled points back, and the latter did well to bomb Penagarikano into submission to get them off the mark. Berasaluze showed himself able to turn on the style when needed, and produced a whirlwind period of play between 7-12 and 12-13 to bring his pair right back into touch. When on 4-10, Albisu threw away a golden position in going high trying to get the ball over his opponent’s head, Berasaluze seized the serve back with a gantxo. When Lasa exerted excellent control to take the score to 6-12, Berasaluze jumped back in with two winners in a row. Albisu played his part with a long ball which trapped Penagarikano against the back wall but when he faltered in the next point, Berasaluze again rescued the momentum with a hat trick of winners. With a gap of only one point, the match had taken on a very different complexion and this was down almost entirely to the tenacity of the man from Berriz.

Lasa and Penagarikano stopped the rot and extended their advantage to four again at 12-16, but sensing the situation was now very dangerous, Berasaluze moved again. Penagarikano had hitherto played very well indeed but as Berasaluze turned the screw, he faltered, committing a string of errors right at the death. There was little Lasa could do to rescue him in the face of his opposite number, who took all the pressure off his ailing defensive partner and deposited it elsewhere. This was an opportunity too good to miss for the Aspe pair to secure a crucial win, with Lasa on song and Albisu out of form. It is to Berasaluze’s credit that they failed to drive it home.

Scoring sequence: 0-5, 1-5, 1-7, 2-7, 4-7, 4-11, 6-11, 6-12, 9-12, 9-13, 10-13, 12-13, 12-16, 16-16, 16-17, 17-17, 21-17, 21-18, 22-18.

Winners/errors: Berasaluze 13/2, Lasa 7/0, Albisu 5/8, Penagarikano ¼

Match time: 1:04.43 with 21:49 of actual play

Balls hit: 414

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Friday 24^th February, Irun

TITIN III – MERINO II beat BENGOETXEA VI – APRAIZ 22-11

Pairs Championship

This Championship has been billed from the start as a two horse race between Olaizola II-Beroiz and Martinez de Irujo-Barriola. However, thanks in part to the indifference of the latter pairing in the past few weeks, coupled with Irujo’s illness, a new contender is emerging. The Riojan combination of experience and youth had won five of its nine matches prior to Friday and sat in the midst of those seeking a way to squeeze into the last two semi-final berths. However, Titin and Merino’s efforts in Irun have lifted them into second place, ahead of dead certs Irujo and Barriola. That they find themselves in this elevated state is thanks to the sheer doggedness of Titin and the emerging class of David Merino, a towering beacon of future promise.

Titin and Merino had almost everything their way in this match. Titin took control right from the start with five clean winners in the first seven points. The other two points in this early passage came as a result of errors from Apraiz, who was put under searing pressure from the great veteran. Merino was the perfect foil, clean elegant and devastatingly accurate from any distance. Titin was out foxed by a short ball from Apraiz in the tenth point and fell short down the wall, but the Asegarce pair failed to produce a clean winner until the defender got one over Merino’s head at 1-12. After this confidence boost, a sign that scoring points was in fact possible, Bengoetxea picked up two in a row with a txoko and a cross court swipe while almost flat against the front wall. However, such moments of inspiration from the usually effervescent forward were few and far between. He chipped away at the Aspe lead in ones and twos, but only appeared to have discovered his true style when it was far too late, at least taking his pair into double figures with a run of three clean winners before the Riojans closed the deal. The winning point came from the hand of Merino, who demonstrating his will to be adventurous as well as merely solid, pulled off a txoko from an impressive distance.

Bengoetxea did not play badly, indeed he made only one error, but Titin was in magisterial form and struck twice as many winners as his opposite number, who could do little to break his control. Apraiz, although he began with little promise, found his range as the game progressed, but proved unable to disrupt Merino’s serenity. This loss has done little to help their cause, though they still have their chances. For Team Rioja however, it seems the only way is up. They will have home advantage against Olaizola and Beroiz this weekend and may fancy themselves to get close, although the table toppers are an entirely different proposition.

Scoring sequence: 9-0, 9-1, 12-1, 12-4, 13-4, 13-5, 14-5, 14-6, 16-6, 16-8, 17-8, 20-8, 20-11, 22-11.

Winners/errors: Titin III 14/1, Bengoetxea VI 7/1, Merino II 3/1, Apraiz 2/4

Match time: 54:00 with 20:14 of actual play

Balls hit: 439

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Saturday 18^th February, Pamplona: XALA-LASKURAIN beat GONZALEZ*-BARRIOLA 22-13

Sebastien Gonzalez entered the fray at Labrit on Saturday thanks to Juan Martinez de Irujo contracting mumps, an ailment which will also keep him out of the showdown with Olaizola II and Beroiz this coming weekend. Gonzalez, to his credit, acquitted himself extremely well, perhaps in an effort to prove that he should have been in the tournament in the first place, producing a tally of ten winners. However, he was up against a Xala in inspired form. His fellow French Basque hit thirteen winners to only one error, and together with the impressive solidity of Laskurain this was more than enough to get them over the line for their fourth win. Barriola, although on paper reliable, was pressured by Laskurain and ultimately outplayed. Irujo and Barriola appeared dead certs to make the semi finals in the first few rotations, but now they will have to watch their backs; they are still second but are level on points with three other pairs, including Xala and Laskurain.

Scoring sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-4, 4-4, 4-6, 7-6, 7-7, 12-7, 12-10, 16-10, 16-13, 22-13

Winners/errors: Xala 13/3, Gonzalez 10/5, Laskurain 1/1, Barriola 0/2

Aritz Laskurain played an excellent match

Monday 20^th February, Tolosa: ARITZ LASA-PENAGARIKANO* beat TITIN III-MERINO II 22-15

Monday’s match in Tolosa also featured an injury substitution, with Kepa Penagarikano coming in for Aitor Zubieta, the state of whose hands force him to take a break. Penagarikano, though without the reputation of the former champion, filled his shoes admirably and outplayed David Merino who was unable to overcome his stranglehold. At the front, Aritz Lasa started slowly, allowing the Riojans to take the early lead, but as the game progressed his confidence rocketed. He showed Titin little respect and stuck to his own game with some resolve. Once their lead had been established at 10-6, there was no looking back for the underdogs who played on a different level from their opponents. This win was essential and they will need more in order to stand any chance of progressing. With Zubieta out for another two weeks at least, Aspe will hope that Penagarikano can hold his form and Lasa maintain the consistency he has at times so badly lacked. The victors remain seventh, while Titin and Merino slip one place to fourth.

Scoring sequence: 3-0, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-5, 6-6, 6-10, 6-14, 12-16, 12-17, 13-17, 13-21, 15-21, 15-22.

Tuesday 21^st February, Tolosa: OLAIZOLA II-BEROIZ beat ARRETXE II-BEGINO 22-11

There was no surprise whatsoever in this result, apart perhaps from the fact that Iker Arretxe and Aritz Begino scored as many points as they did. That they were still in the match at 10-13 was down largely to the play of Begino, but once Aimar Olaizola nudged up a gear, the table’s bottom pair had no answer. The star forward was the player of the match, and with the metronomic support of Beroiz, barely had to extend himself. Nine wins from Nine means that Olaizola and Beroiz are assured of a place in the last four. Whoever joins them will have to think long and hard about how they can be undone.

Scoring sequence: 5-0, 8-2, 12-5, 12-9, 13-10, 19-10, 22-11.

This week’s results mean that the table, with five rounds to go, looks like this:

1 OLAIZOLA II – BEROIZ    9   9   +97
2 MTZ de IRUJO – BARRIOLA   9   5   +25
3 XALA – LASKURAIN      9   5   +13
4 TITIN III – MERINO II     9   5    +8
5 BENGOETXEA VI – APRAIZ   9   5   -4
6 BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU   9   4    +7
7 ARITZ LASA – ZUBIETA   9   3     -31
8 ARRETXE II – BEGINO    9   0   -114

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