Friday 15th February, Irun
22:00 (CET) OLAZABAL – ARRUTI v LEMUNO – MENDIZABAL II* Promocion Pairs
Followed by MARTINEZ DE IRUJO – ZABALETA v EZKURDIA – ZUBIETA Pairs Championship
Sunday 17th February, Bilbao
17:00 (CET) RETEGI BI – LASKURAIN v IDOATE – PASCUAL
Followed by BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU v BENGOETXEA VI – BEROIZ 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/
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I was unsure when I did my previous match schedule whether we would be able to see these games as they weren’t listed on ETB-Sat, but they will be live on Deporte en Directo from 16:30 CET. To watch, click on this link. Aspe have confirmed that Xala will play, taking over from his stand in Jaunarena.
Monday 11th February, Tolosa
16:30 (CET) LEMUNO – ARETXABALETA v RICO IV – UNTORIA Promocion Pairs
Followed by XALA – BARRIOLA v EZKURDIA – ZUBIETA Pairs Championship
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Asegarce announced this morning that Patxi Ruiz will retire from professional pelota. The 32 year old defender from Estella has struggled with a long term back injury which has kept him off the fronton entirely for thirteen months. He last played on 9th January 2012, in the Pairs Championship in Tolosa, with no knowledge that that match would prove his last. He has been a professional for fifteen years, making his debut at Labrit on 14th November 1998. His greatest triumph was the 2003 Manomanista title, which he won over Aimar Olaizola. He was also runner up in the Pairs Championship of 2002, where he played alongside Asier Olaizola, and he took the Navarrese Cuatro y Medio title in 2004. Asegarce will organise a tribute to Ruiz, to take place on a date yet to be determined. We wish him well for his future life.
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Friday 1st February, Zestoa
22:00 (CET) URRUTIKOETXEA* – LADIS GALARZA v MENDIZABAL III – MERINO I Promocion Pairs (Urrutikoetxea replaces the injured Tainta)
Followed by OLAIZOLA II – IBAI ZABALA v ARRETXE II – BEGINO Pairs Championship
Sunday 3rd February, Bilbao
17:00 (CET) ARITZ LASA – MERINO I v IDOATE – PENAGARIKANO
Followed by TITIN III – MERINO II 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 Bengoetxea VI-Beroiz v Ezkurdia-Zubieta (Idiazabal, Saturday) and Martinez de Irujo-Zabaleta v Jaunarena-Barriola (Pamplona, Saturday). In the Promocion competition, the other fixtures are Olazabal-Arruti v Elezkano II-Larunbe (Pamplona, Saturday), Apezetxea-Larrinaga v Rico IV-Untoria (Idiazabal, Saturday) and Lemuno-Aretxabaleta v Gorka-Cecilio (Bilbao, Sunday).
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Friday 25th January, Hendaia
22:05 (CET) RETEGI BI – LASKURAIN v ARITZ LASA – PASCUAL
Followed by BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU v JAUNARENA* – BARRIOLA Pairs Championship (Jaunarena replaces Xala, who is injured)
Sunday 27th January, Eibar
17:00 (CET) APEZETXEA – LARRINAGA v MENDIZABAL III – MERINO I Promocion Pairs Championship
Followed by OLAIZOLA II – IBAI ZABALA v GONZALEZ – ZUBIETA 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 Championship matches this week are Titin III-Merino v Bengoetxea VI-Beroiz (Saturday, Logrono) and Martinez de Irujo-Zabaleta v Arretxe II-Begino (Saturday, Pamplona). In the Promocion Championship, the games are Rico IV-Untoria v Tainta-Ladis Galarza (Saturday, Logrono), Lemuno-Aretxabaleta v Elezkano II-Larunbe (Saturday, Pamplona), Apezetxea-Larrinaga v Mendizabal III-Merino I (Sunday, Eibar-televised as above) and Olazabal-Arruti v Gorka-Cecilio (Sunday, Eibar).
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Friday 18th January, Mungia
17:00 (CET) APEZEXTEA – LARRINAGA v OLAETXEA* – ARETXABALETA Promocion Pairs
Followed by BERASALUZE VIII – ALBISU v GONZALEZ – ZUBIETA Pairs Championship
Sunday 20th January, Eibar
17:00 (CET) JAUNARENA – PASCUAL v EZKURDIA – LASKURAIN
Followed by XALA – BARRIOLA v BENGOETXEA VI – BEROIZ 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 Championship games this week are Olaizola II-Ibai Zabala v Martinez de Irujo-Zabaleta (Saturday, Bilbao) and Titin III-Merino II v Arretxe II-Begino (Sunday, Logrono)
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Friday 11th January, Zaldibar
22:00 (CET) RICO IV – UNTORIA v ELEZKANO II – LARUNBE Promocion Pairs
Followed by TITIN III – MERINO II v GONZALEZ – ZUBIETA Pairs Championship
Sunday 13th January, Eibar
17:00 (CET) ARITZ LASA – LASKURAIN v EZKURDIA – PENAGARIKANO
Followed by OLAIZOLA II – IBAI ZABALA v XALA – BARRIOLA 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 Championship matches this week are Martinez de Irujo-Zabaleta v Berasaluze VIII-Begino (Saturday, Pamplona) and Benogetxea VI-Beroiz v Arretxe II-Begino (Monday, Tolosa). The other Promocion Pairs Championships games are Lemuno-Aretxeabaleta v Tainta-Ladis Galarza (Saturday, Pamplona), Gorka-Cecilio v Mendizabal III-Merino (Sunday, Eibar) and Apezetxea-Larrinaga v Olazabal-Arruti (Tolosa, Monday).
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Friday 4th January, Donostia-San Sebastian
22:00 (CET) OLAETXEA – ARETXABALETA v RICO IV – MENDIZABAL II
Followed by TITIN III – MERINO II v XALA – BARRIOLA Pairs Championship
Sunday 6th January, Eibar
17:00 (CET) IDOATE – CECILIO v JAUNARENA – LASKURAIN
Followed by BENGOETXEA VI – BEROIZ v MARTINEZ DE IRUJO – ZABALETA 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/
This week’s other Pairs Championship games are Gonzelez – Zubieta v Arretxe II – Begino and Olaizola II – Ibai Zabala v Berasaluze VIII – Albisu, both on Sunday
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Aspe have announced that they have re-signed Aritz Lasa. The forward from Urretxu will be with the Eibar-based company until at least 2014.

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Asegarce have announced the signing of Mikel Larunbe, a 19 year old defender from Galdakao, on a two year deal. Larunbe won the pairs titles of the Torneo el Diario Vasco in 2012, GRAVN in 2010 and the Basque Country championship in 2010. He will make his professional debut on Saturday 5th January at Bizkaia, where he will play alongside Asier Olaizola against Saralegi and Apraiz.
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