Basque Rugby Fives tournaments in 2025
The Basque Association of Beach Tennis and Minority Sports has again organised singles and doubles Fives tournaments on the squash court of sports centre of San Ignacio, Bilbao, with all local players.
On the 11th of March, it was the second Hilario Azkarate Memorial doubles tournament (honouring a famous Basque Pelota player). This consisted of a round-robin tournament of single games between 3 pairs, to 15 points, all the games being close.
Results:
Egoitz Campo/Daniel Barrientos bt David Bilbao/Joseba Zubiaurre 15-11
David Bilbao/Joseba Zubiaurre bt Jan Dabi Romero/Jon Proaño 15-8
Egoitz Campo/Daniel Barrientos bt Jan Dabi Romero/Jon Proaño 15-12
Classification
1st: Campo/Barrientos, 2nd: Bilbao/Zubiaurre, 3rd: Romero/Proaño
A month later, 11th April, the Basque Singles Championship was played, again with six local players with an initial round-robin in groups of three, with one player eliminated. This was followed by semi-finals, and a third/fourth place play-off to give a final classification. Scoring was based on time limited play.
Results:
Group A: Egoitz Campo bt Joseba Zubiaurre 10-4: Joseba Zubiaurre bt Daniel Barrientos 19-8; Egoitz Campo bt Daniel Barrientos 15-4
Group B: Mikel Torde bt Jon Ander Gil 10-9; Mikel Torde bt Jon Proaño 11-9; Jon Ander Gil bt Jon Proaño 16-9
Semifinals: Campo bt Gil 9-3; Zubiaurre bt Torde 15-7
Final: Campo bt Zubiaurre 9-2
Third/fourth place play-off: Gil bt Torde 19-7
Final classification: 1: Egoitz Campo, 2: Joseba Zubiaurre, 3: Jon Ander, Gil 4: Mikel Torde, 5: Jon Proaño, 6: Daniel Barrientos
A doubles tournament is planned for the summer