Sport in Euzkadia

nicolas claris · Dec 31, 2007

As we were touring with some friends in Euzkadia and more particularly in Bilbao, while walking in the street we saw thes guys having a lot of serious sport… who knows the name of it ?
They have a small ball and a very tight short glove (without fingers (the glove!)

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Ray West · Dec 31, 2007

Looks like a version of 'fives'.

nicolas claris · Dec 31, 2007

Apparently they call it :
Handball (Basque: esku-pilota, Spanish: pelota a mano)
more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_pelota
and here: http://www.fipv.net/eng/mas/enlaces.htm

Ray West · Dec 31, 2007

Hi Nicolas,
I guess you're right, I think the fives courts are much smaller, and I expect the ball is harder -
as well as the wiki 'fives' there are better descriptions -

http://www.etonfives.co.uk/about.fives/brief.history.html

(find the court at lake Geneva?)

We had 'rugby fives' at my school.

Here's a nice history page - I think you'll like the 'History' paragraph.

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/edinburghfives/what_is.html

Best wishes,

Ray

Sport in Euzkadia

nicolas claris

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Ray West

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nicolas claris

OPF Co-founder/Administrator

Ray West

New member