Misplaced Pages

Deportivo fronton

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Deportivo
Full nameFrontón Deportivo
LocationRecalde str. 28 Bilbao, Bizkaia
Coordinates43°15′53″N 2°56′05″W / 43.264816°N 2.934827°W / 43.264816; -2.934827
OwnerBilbao municipality
OperatorClub Deportivo de Bilbao
Capacity950
Field size52m
Opened5 April 1931
ClosedOctober 2011

The Deportivo fronton is a Basque pelota fronton, used mainly in the modalities of hand-pelota, short bat, long bat, pala and paleta. It is located in Bilbao and owned by the local municipality. The 52-metre-long facility closed to the public in 2011 (it is still used by the sports club based there, with reduced playing dimensions), with events in the city moving to the Bizkaia fronton in the Miribilla district.

The fronton was home to the 1944 and 1957 1st Hand-Pelota singles championship, and the 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1994 2nd Hand-Pelota singles championship.

Championships

1st Hand-Pelota singles championship

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1944 Atano III Felipe (1) 22-08
1957 García Ariño I Arriaran II 22-11

2nd Hand-Pelota singles championship

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1958 García Ariño II Azkarate 22-20
1959 Arkaia Elgea 22-11
1960 Lejarazu Atano X 22-09
1994 Santi Armendariz 22-10

References

  1. La pelota profesional se despide del Club Deportivo de Bilbao , El Desmarque (in Spanish), 23 August 2011
  2. Frontón Principal, Club Deportivo de Bilbao
  3. El Deportivo baja la persiana, , El Diario Vasco (in Spanish), 5 October 2011
  4. El Frontón del Club Deportivo de Bilbao, , Blog de Cesar Estornes de Historia y Deportes (in Spanish), 6 March 2018
Basque pelota
Federations
Companies
Fronton grounds
Tournaments
Notable Pelotaris
Pelota at the Olympics
Defunct frontons
Related articles
Categories:
Deportivo fronton Add topic