The Ezkurdi de Durango will host the women’s Winter Series the next three Mondays

The Ezkurdi de Durango will host the women’s Winter Series the next three Mondays

The Ezkurdi de Durango will host the women’s Winter Series the next three Mondays

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This Thursday the Winter Series women’s basket tip tournamentin an act that took place in the pediment Ezkurdi from Durangosquare that will host the competition.

So, after its reopening in JanuaryEzkurdi will reopen its doors “on the occasion of a high-level competition“. The Winter Series brand has become a “reference for the top basket“and once the men’s championship that takes place in the Jai Alai pediment of Gernika, a female Winter Series will be given way for the first time.

As explained by the organizers of this new initiative, the tournament will be launched next Monday, February 27 with four female partners, and will consist of three dayswhich will be disputed on February 27, March 6 and March 13. Thus, there will be two semifinals and one final.

During the presentation, they wanted to focus especially on the age of the participating pelotaris, since all the punta players who will perform in Durango are very young. The largest of them is the mutrikuarra Eneritz Lizardi at only 18 years old. For their part, the youngest in the tournament are Erika Mugartegifrom Markina-Xemein and Frida Watkinsfrom Zumaia, who will soon be 15 years old. The remaining five puntistas (Maite Ortiz de Mendibil, Maialen Aldazabal, Helena Barrenetxea, Arai Lejardi and Ihart Arakistain) is in that age range.

Despite the fact that the female tip basket “It’s not something new,” until recently the women pelotaris “they had no choice but to compete alongside the men“, have explained the promoters of the initiative. “There were few puntists and there were no female competitions“. However, “In recent years, a very important step has been taken thanks to the work of the basket schools and for the first time women’s competitions are being organized“.

A PELOTARI FROM DURANGO IN HIGH COMPETITION.

the duranclaw Helena Barrenetxea will be one of the protagonists of this first women’s edition of the Winter Series. In January she took part in the reopening of the pediment of her town and now she will compete forming a pair with Eneritz Lizardi. The other pairs will be configured as follows: Maite-Maialen, Arakistain-Frida and Erika Arai.

MEN’S FINAL FOUR

In each festival two matches will be played, since in addition to the women’s match there will also be men’s individual matches. In these individual duels, four puntistas who have been protagonists in the recently concluded Gernika Winter Series will participate: Imanol Lopez (champion), Xabi Barandika (runner-up), Aritz Erkiaga (last year’s champion) and Johan Sorozabal (debutant in the championship).

First, the women’s championship duel will be played, and then the men’s individual. EITB will broadcast all the matches, starting at 10:30 p.m..

CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Monday, February 27 (7:00 p.m.)

Maite-Maialen vs. Arakistain-Frida

railing vs. johan

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Monday, March 6 (7:00 p.m.)

Erika-Arai vs. Helena-Eneritz

Erkiaga vs. Lopez

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Monday, March 13 (7:00 p.m.)

finals

Source: Eitb

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