Euskaraz irakurri: Zazpi puntista berri izango dira Winter Seriesen 3. ekitaldian, eta jardunaldia egongo da Gabon zaharrez

He Eusko Label Winter Series it’s from the season 2023-24 will feature the participation of seven point players who were not in last season’s edition, as detailed by the organization of the championship in its presentation, which took place this Wednesday. The third edition of the Winter Series will be the farewell to Iñaki Osa Goikoetxeawho will retire from professional ball when his participation in the tournament ends, and will have one day, morning, on New Year’s Eve. Eight couples, divided into two groupswill participate, in the Gernika Jai ​​Alai, from October 30, in the third edition of the Winter Series; seven of those couples have already been defined, and this Thursday and Monday the 23rd, in Zumaia, it will be decided which is the last classified. The final will take place next 18th of February.

In this way, the first major tournament of the season is about to begin, the first of those held within the Jai Alai League, which Aritz Erkiaga and Gorka Sorozabal have just won, in its 2022-23 season edition. Diego Beaskoetxea, now retired, and Imanol López achieved the final victory in the Winter Series last season, after defeating Xabier Barandika and Unai Lekerika in the grand final; López thus opts to revalidate his title, and win a new txapela, like Aritz Erkiaga, who won it in 2021, on the first occasion in which this championship took place.

Seven starting couples, and one from the Pro-Am

Seven of the eight couples that will compete for victory have already been officially confirmed. In group A, Goiko will play alongside Unai Lekerika, Erik Mendizabal will be the forward of David Minvielle, Alex Goitia and Thibault Basque They will form another of the couples, and Jean Olharan and Julen del Río They will complete the quartet of participants. In it group B, Johan Sorozabal will try to help Imanol Lopez to achieve another absolute victory in the Winter Series, Aritz Erkiaga will be the forward of Ion Ibarluzea and Ludovic Laduche will play with Gorka Sorozabal.

The eighth couple that will take part in the tournament will come from Pro-Am that will be played at the Aitzuri in Zumaia this Thursday, October 19, and Monday the 23rd. It is a four-way final, between four couples, whose prize is a ticket to the Winter Series which begins on the 30th. For the 19th, the two semi-finals are scheduled, which will face, on the one hand, Jokin Arbe and Mikel Manzisidor against Urko Lekerika and Eñaut Salegiand, on the other, to Cosme Aguirre and Rubén Bailo against Gonzalo Aguirre and Unai Uranga. The winners will play on Monday the 23rd for that eighth place that has yet to be defined.

These eight couples are going to compete, in the quarterfinal group, between October 30 and January 22, four tickets for the semifinals, which will be for the first two classified in each group. Those semi-finals will be played on January 29 and February 5. For him February 12the match is announced for the Third placeand the Sunday, February 18 will be the big day of the final.

As has been said, until seven of the 16 participants in the Winter Series that was presented this afternoon are new with respect to the group of punters who took part in last season’s; are Erik, Goitia, Laduche, Ibarluzea and Gorka, in addition to the two who arrive from the Pro-Am. Each couple will also have a color that will identify them throughout the championship.

The Winter Series matches will be played on Mondayin Gernika-Lumo, and they will be issued by EITB, through eitb.eus and ETB1. The two exceptions will be the day December 31, Sundayand the end of February 18, also Sundaywhen the meetings will take place on the tomorrow; Specifically, on New Year’s Eve, Goiko-Lekerika and Goitia-Basque will face each other within group A.

Source: Eitb

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