Erauskin & Uriarte-Amantegi, winners of the First Basque One Wall Handball Open in Durango

It was the day of the debutants. Players without previous experience in the handball game won the I National One Wall Open, organised for the first time by the National Federation of Basque Pelota, in order to select the team that will compete in the XII Handball World Championships, in Edmonton (Canada), and in the coming IV Basque Country-Ireland pelota-handball challenge, to be played in june in Segura (Gipuzkoa).

In the doubles competition, Roberto URIARTE and Egoitz AMANTEGI beated in the final Garikoitz ERROIZENEA and Jon ZABALA (3-15 / 15-13 / 5-0)

In the singles tournament, Ibai ERAUSKIN (who played in the doubles with his brother Aitor, but was eliminated in the preliminary phase), defeated Iker ETXEBARRIA (11- 7 / 11-3), a more experienced rival.

The challenge concentrated a nice bunch of some of the top basque amateur players, as A. BENGOETXEA, A. MARTIN, U. MARTIN, I. ERAUSKIN, A. ERAUSKIN, LANDA, HUIZI, G. ERROIZENEA, J. ZABALA, R. URIARTE, E. AMANTEGI, L. GANDIAGA, E. CEREZO, A. GOENAGA, amongst others.