France: Paul Ricard bullfight club awards for southwest France

Paul Ricard bullfight club awards for southwest France.

Best bullfighter: López Simón.
Best bullranch: Baltasar Ibán.
Best novillada with picadors: Robert Margé.
Best novillada without picadors: Frères Jalabert.
Best novillero: Manolo Vanegas.
Best novillero without picadors: Tibo García.

Special mention to Frères Gallon bullranch for a bull fought on Saint-Martin-de-Crau and for pardoned Odalisco bull fought in Iniesta (Spain) on 29.8.2015. Bull was fought by Morenito de Aranda.

Spain: new bullfight school

New bullfight school will be opened 2nd November in Navas del Rey, Madrid, with the help of Asociación Cultural Taurina and  Navas del Rey Townhall.

Portugal: Campo Pequeno bullring on display in Macao

Lisbon´s Campo Pequeno bullring is on display for the first time with its own stand at Macao´s 20º International Trade and Investment Fair.

Spain: increase in spectator numbers in Zaragoza

In total 122824 spectators bought a ticket to Zaragoza´s Feria del Pilar 2015 bullfights held between 11.10. and 18.10.2015, which is a 20% increase compared to the year 2014 according to Zaragoza bullring.

Zaragoza bullring: www.toroszaragoza.es

Spain: Number of bullfights in 2015 by province.

Number of bullfights in Spain in 2015 by province:

Madrid 196, Toledo 72, Ávila 53, Badajoz 45, Salamanca 43, Ciudad Real 41, Sevilla 40, Cáceres 39, Guadalajara 39, Albacete 38, Navarra 37, Cuenca 35, Murcia 32, Valladolid 32, Segovia 31, Jaén 31, Valencia 27, Málaga 27, Burgos 27, Cádiz 21, Zaragoza 20, Granada 19, Córdoba 18, Huelva 18, La Rioja 17, Zamora 16, Almería 16, Teruel 14.

Autonomous Communities: Cantabria 12,  Asturias 7, Galicia 5, Baleares 3.
Autonomous town: Melilla 1.

Bullfghters, novilleros and rejoneador´s 2015 top ten

Bullfighter/ears/tails/ bullfights on 1º class bullring.

El Fandi: 67/151/6/7
Juan José Padilla: 51/98/9/9
Sebastián Castella: 51/78/1/15
Morante de la Puebla: 48/30/0/13
Manuel Escribano: 46/64/2/15
Alejandro Talavante: 45/55/0/16
Miguel Angel Perera: 43/55/2/14
Jose Mari Manzanares: 42/42/1/19
El Juli: 38/65/2/16
Enrique Ponce: 38/61/1/10

Novillero/ears/tails/bullfights on 1º class bullring.

Ginés Marín: 40/66/1/9
Joaquin Galdós/34/41/0/9
Varea: 33/26/3/10
Alejandro Conquero: 26/34/0/2
David de Miranda: 23/39/4/2
Roca Rey: 22/42/1/6
Alvaro Lorenzo: 22/40/2/2
Posada de Maravillas: 22/28/0/6
Miguel Angel Silva: 20/30/1/2
Alejandro Marcos: 20/12/04

Rejoneador/ears/tails/bullfights on 1º class bullring.

Hermoso de Mendoza: 49/84/4/15
Diego Ventura: 37/83/7/9
Leonardo Hernández:36/81/4/5
João Moura Jr.: 32/25/1/4
Luis Rouxinol: 31/0/0/2
Fermín Bohórquez: 29/38/2/8
Manuel Manzanares: 29/28/3/4
Marcos Tenorio Bastinhas: 28/0/0/2
Lea Vicens: 26/47/1/8
Mario Pérez Langa: 23/58/1/0

Note: Luis Rouxinol and Marcos Tenorio Bastinhas lack of cut ears is because they have only fought in Portugal where ears are not cut on bullfights and if they have fought in France or Spain they have not cut ears.

France: Arles extra municipal bullfight board awards

Arles extra municipal bullfight board bullfight awards have been announced.

Best bullfighter: José Mari Manzanares.
Best rejoneador: Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza.
Best bullfight: Baltasar Ibán.
Best novillada: Robert Margé.
Best novillero with picadors: Manolo Vanegas.
Best novillero without picadors: Carlos Olsina.