The Basque Ball World Cup will be held in Argentina and Uruguay, with the presence of palist Imanol Ibáñez, who broke the left leg achilles tendon last year, but now, after the injury, the defense will go for gold.
The Basque Ball Federation has presented in Vitoria-Gasteiz the pelotaris who will attend the World Ball Championship to be held in Argentina and Uruguay between 15 and 24. President Jose Mari Mitxelena has warned in the presentation of the pelotaris that "it seems that we have won because we are Basques, and that is not the case".
This Saturday the shovel finals of the AMPO Championship were played in Sopelana from the Basque Country to the World. In the leather shovel finals, Ibai Perez and Landeta beat Madariaga and Sierra in three sets (15-14, 12-15 and 10-8). In the short shovel finals, Gaubeka and Gordon beat Erik and Olazabal in two sets (15-7 and 15-11).
The new competition, created for the preparation of the Basque Ball Selection, will bring together about 30 festivals, from 8 May to 7 June, in different localities of the Basque Country.
The finals will be played on April 12 at the Beloki fronton in Zumarraga, and will be broadcast live by ETB1 and EITB platforms.
The finals of the Basque Adapted Ball Circuit have been played today in Basauri. Sergio Rodríguez and Edorta de Anta have been imposed in the category of physical integrity, while Leire Esnal and Erik Gaton have won in the category of intellectual disabilities.
The circuit will take place in the towns of Lasarte and Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa, Mallabia and Basauri, in Bizkaia, and Llodio and Amurrio, in Álava. The competition will begin on the 22nd.
The professional palists have published a note detailing that there is currently no player with a contract with Innpala and explaining how, as part of the Bizkaia Frontoia tender process, they support one of the two projects presented there.
In the first game of the final against France, the palist billiard was injured on the heel and had to be transported by ambulance from the Bizkaia fronton.
The Euskal Selekzioa has lost in two sets (10-8 and 10-2) the final of the League of Nations in Bizkaia in the Fronton. In the final of the leather palette, Spain has also been imposed on France in three sets (15-6, 11-15 and 9-10).
At the top of the basket, in the men's final, the Basque Country has dominated France 2-0, while in the female category Spain has prevailed against Euskadi 2-0. In the short shovel, France has won the final in three games against Euskadi.
The Basque Country will be the protagonist of the two top basket finals, in the female and male categories, and has also qualified for the short shovel finals.
The French couple have won the Basque league in two sets on the third day of the League of Nations, which has been played on the Bizkaia fronton in Bilbao.
