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Zierbena takes out its claws in Ondarroa

As soon as he prevailed in his run, the second, the coach of Zierbena, Juan Zunzunegui -this Sunday he was in the toasts- with the pulsations still through the roof, he acknowledged feeling happy with the work done by the team in the Ikurriña de Ondarroa, although he put a but. “The last feature has not been good,” he released with his usual nonconformist spirit. It was a feeling of boat soon, but the reality was very different as it turned out.

At the end of the day the ‘galipos’ scored the best partials in the last two sectors and, after a great regatta that was decided by details, they can now boast of having also won a flag in the Eusko Label Liga, even for a second and 25 hundredths over Orio. Goodbye to the Sambenito that they are a boat for championships and Concha. In regularity competition they also know how to pull out their claws and take a blow.

The tenth day – the equator has been exceeded – had a lot of crumbs and confirms that the First Division of drifters is crazy. So much so that, as soon as you get lost, the merry-go-round takes you from heaven to hell in less than 24 hours. And if not ask boats like Santurtzi that this Sunday seemed the shadow of the overwhelming boat of the day before in Hondarribia where he finally managed to win a regatta in the regularity competition.

Those of Iker Zabala fell this time to ninth place and from being tied with the leader, Urdaibai, they have become third in the table – they have lost five points. Not a trace of the regularity they showed at the beginning of July. The Bermeotarras, on the other hand, have gone the opposite way and, since the middle of last month, have made reliability one of their great virtues. Despite not winning either of the two events of the weekend, the ‘Bou Bizkaia’ has known how to suffer while waiting for better times and comes out strengthened in the leadership.

And if Zierbena has reasons to celebrate it in style, the same happens with Zarautz, although for very different reasons. The ‘Enbata’, which seems to be going on, has gone from being one step away from the red lantern –Kaiku– to being out even, at least for the moment, of the permanence play-off, to which Ares falls. The ‘galipos’ – it is the third time so far this season that the flag has been carried by a crew that does not row in the last round – knew how to play their tricks with mastery. On the way out, her skipper Aitor Lazcano headed to starboard – towards street two – to get the most out of the current and after a minute and a half of haggling the sea judge had to intervene to send her back to one and thus avoid problems with the ‘Antiguako Ama’ of the hosts.

Final reaction

Taking advantage of these skirmishes, Donostiarra led the way until the middle of the course, although with an advantage that never exceeded two seconds. As soon as he made that second turn, Zierbena threw himself back towards the center of the field, this time without major problems given that Ondarroa had lagged far behind, and went on to command the operations, although also without bragging – no more than a second on the The ‘Torrekua II’–. But in the absence of 700 meters to go, with the bow of the boat heading towards mark four, those from Zunzunegui hooked two waves that catapulted them to victory in the batch and ultimately the ikurriña. Orio, Urdaibai, Hondarribia and Santurtzi were missing to jump on stage, but this time the ‘roosters’ of the corral did not have enough spurs to take the fight.

The ‘aguiluchos’, as had happened in the two previous rounds, dominated the series from buoy one and the fact that Santurtzi was left behind very soon made their work easier but … The times of the ‘San Nikolas’ were identical to those made by Zierbena in the first two sets, while in the last they gave two seconds. Alarm.

And the disadvantage was increasing at times in the long final, the one that Zunzunegui said had not been good – five with 600 meters to go. Gorka Aranberri, then ordered combat to his men from the stern and, Although the difference diminished, the men of Salsamendi were left without a prize. Behind, Urdaibai beat Hondarribia in the second part of the regatta. The points are worth their weight in gold in the fight for the CaixaBank crown.

“The team has made a regatón”, emphasizes the bow ‘galipo’

The bow of Zierbena, Raúl García, stressed that “we had had good performances before but without a prize.” However, this time, “either on the street or in the run things have turned our heads and the team has done a regatón”. The Zunzunegui pupils were clear before starting that “if we won the batch there were flag options and that’s how it was.”

On the opposite side of the scale was Orio’s boss, Gorka Aranberri. The Zaragoza player pointed out that “we are happy to have won a batch of the level of the third, but we have lacked the icing on the cake.” In Urdaibai they were also satisfied with the result. «In the third pitch we broke up and overtook Hondarribia. We follow the plan to fight all the races until the end and the balance of the weekend is positive, “highlighted Asier Bermejo, port brand.

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