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Pelote: Hourçourigaray and Hourmat from Pau delight at Fronton Series
The weekend’s pelota event came down to the wire, namely the Pala corta and leather paleta in the left-wall pediment of Pau’s Pelote complex.
The competition, known as the "Fronton séries" and run by the FFPB technical staff, was the third to be held in Pau, after Toulouse, Anglet and before Portet-sur-Garonne. After which we […]
Pelote basque (Challenge de Soule): the favourites are not shaking in Garindein
Already winners in Larrau, Peio Larralde and Ximun Lambert dominated the 2nd high mountain stage at the Urrupean trinquet. They win the Soule Challenge with flying colors
The Garindein trophy, the final stage of the Soule Challenge on the Esku Pilota circuit, was won by Peio Larralde and Ximun Larralde. In the glass-walled Urrupean trinquet, the two pilotari […]
Basque pelota: the Bas Navarrais put on a show at the Bil Toki trophy
Xabi Alcasena and Andoni Larre dominated Thomas Dizabo and Thierry Harismendy in the final (40-28) at the Bil Toki complex in Arbonne on Saturday. They finish the tournament unbeaten
Bas Navarrais Xabi Alcasena and Andoni Larre, members of Zaharrer Segi, topped the boïna on Saturday in the Bil Toki cauldron in Arbonne. The two pilotari from the Saint-Etienne-de-Baigorry valley […]
Soule-Garindein Challenge
Peio Larralde and Ximun Lambert win the Challenge de Soule The Tournoi de Garindein, second stage of the Challenge de Soule, played in the beautiful glass trinquet, Urrupean, saw the victory of the duo Peio Larralde/Ximun Lambert, at the end of a game they dominated, almost from start to finish, against Mathieu Ospital and […]
Soule Challenge in Garindein
Challenge de Soule – Garindein Garindein’s 1st semi-final saw P.Larralde and X.Lambert beat Ziarrusta and Saint Paul 40-25. Goals: Larralde 11 – Ziarrusta 2 The 2nd semi-final was won by Ospital and Luro against M.Etcheverry and Orhategaray by 40 to 18 […]
Pelote: the Béarn committee changes head
After 3 consecutive terms, outgoing President Gilles Lolibé hands over the presidency of the Béarn to Antoine Silvestre de Ferron.
The Comité du Béarn de Pelote now has 37 clubs and almost 2,000 members, and will be chaired for the next four years by Antoine Silvestre de Ferron, president of the Morlaàs Pelotari club. The elections were held […]
Basque pelota: the Nations League, a key event
The French team is determined to hold its own on its preferred playing surface, the trinquet. The competition, which brings together 13 countries, runs from September 22 to 28.
For the first time ever, the Basque Pelota League of Nations will be held in Paris, just a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower, from September 22 to 28 (1).
On the same subject […]
Basque pelota: the Esku Pilota take to the heights at the Soule challenge
After Mendionde, the Esku Pilota circuit stops off in the mountains of Soule, at the Garindein trinquet.
Following the Lekorne de Mendionde trophy, won by Bixente Bideondo and Baptiste Ducassou at the expense of Pierre Etcheverry and Jon Saint-Paul, who was replacing Luis Sanchez with a psoas injury (40-18), the Pilotari will be taking to the mountains. Indeed, just before the UEFA Champions League, the […]
Pelote basque: a specialist final awaits in Arbonne
Unbeaten duos Thomas Dizabo-Thierry Harismendy and Xabi Alcasena-Andoni Larre face off in the final this Saturday (5pm) at the Bil Toki complex.
It's the moment of truth for the joko berri (half-trinquet) pilotari. After six weeks of fierce competition, the half-trinquet classic - a playing area devoid of pan coupé, xilo and right-hand wall - will consecrate […]
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