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2026 Metropolitan Championships Review
Published Tue 09 Jun 2026
The 53rd Annual Metropolitan Championships are officially in the books after a massive weekend of competition with over 400 players.
132 teams dualled it out on Saturday & Sunday in the Teams Competition across Croydon & Dandenong with the individual events taking place on the Monday.
Tournament Director Greg Bristowe shared his thoughts on the event stating "The Metro Championships were a fantastic showcase of Victorian table tennis, with over 2100 competitive matches played across all divisions marking it the biggest event in Australia this year.”
“It was great to see players from right across metropolitan Melbourne come together and enjoy a weekend of friendly competition and high-quality table tennis.”
“One of the standout results was Loops' victory over Croydon in the A1 division, highlighting the incredibly strong standard of play throughout the event” added Bristowe.
Team Results:
| Grade | Winner | Team Members | Runner Up | Team Members | Leading Player |
| A1 | LOOPS 1 | "Luu, Finn Dixon, Xavier Hassan, Yousef" | Croydon | "Chambers, Dillon Chen, Yuqin Felix Huang, Zhongye Alex" | "Luu, Finn Chambers, Dillon" |
| A2 | LOOPS 2 | "Nguyen, Aaron Dhingra, Aradhya Buddhadasa, Hasali Sanaya Le, Nguyen Cherry" | Coburg TTC 1 | "Carter, Craig Chen, Rocky Thomas, Rhys Myrteza, Raymond" | "Nguyen, Aaron Dhingra, Aradhya Le, Nguyen Cherry Myrteza, Raymond" |
| A3 | Croydon 3 | "Ping, Han Huang,Scott Q Yuan, Alex Huang, Robert" | Balywn United 1 | "Li, Ling Yue Larisa Chen, Colin Majtlis, Anthony" | Chen, Colin |
| B1 | Dandenong 1 | "Shi, Nathan Taing, Hai Kapoor, Krish" | Croydon 5 | "Yeung, Alyssa Batta, Aaryan Griffiths, John" | Kapoor, Krish |
| B2 | Croydon 6 | "Walker, Ellen Huang, Cheryl Kudi, Amer" | Peak Agility Stormers | "Keng, Kittikun Yu, Yanzhang Tan-Kang, Jun Yi Preston" | Keng, Kittikun |
| B3 | Miao 1 | "Silva, Malith D Garg, Lokesh Kwok, Howard Zheng, Ziheng Leo" | Croydon 7 | "Yan, Zixuan Eric Nemenyi, Endre Fung, Louisa" | Silva, Malith D |
| B4 | Scorpio Watermelon | "Ye, Sebastian Bohan Zhao, Cohen Zhang, Junyan" | LOOPS 5 | "Yao, Zhile Menon, Krith Bhaskaracharya, Rishabh Ma, Zachary" | "Menon, Krith Ye, Sebastian Bohan" |
| B5 | Western Table Tennis 1 | "Nguyen, Thomas Gong, Connor Deng, Aiden" | Sunshine 5 | "Wang, Ji Sheng Guo, Qi Yuan Xie, Andy" | "Nguyen, Thomas Gong, Connor" |
| C1 | Croydon 10 | "Liang, Lance Chan, Chun Yu John Sheng Dou" | Miao 2 | "Wu, Kenny Lu, Raymond Shi, Stephen Li Hao Zhang, Tier" | "Wu, Kenny Lu, Raymond Carra, Matthew Chan, Chun Yu John" |
| C2 | Croydon 11 | "Bolitho, Phillip Vergara Iregui, Jairo Andres Wang, Flynn" | Dandenong 3 | "Fernando, Manura Qian, Joey Yarrow, Lee" | "Bolitho, Philip Vergara Iregui, Jairo Andres" |
| C3 | Croydon 12 | "Xiong, Kirby Tirikawala, Trevin Harris, Graeme" | Diamond Valley 2 | "Antoniou, Peter Li, Yizhuo Alston Zhou, Morgan Xu, Chunyang Ruby" | "Cambareri, Adam Tirikawala, Trevin Harris, Graeme" |
| C4 | Dandenong 4 | "Rizkalla, Samuel Ortencio, Jason Pham, Johnny" | Croydon 13 | "Brindley, Aviva Keyhoe, James Haughton, Mel" | "Keyhoe, James Pham, Johnny" |
| C5 | Dandenong 6 | "Li, Jingtian Angie Pan, Keene Clothier, Brayden Balaji, Siddharth" | Western Table Tennis Club 2 | "Bora, Rohit Raj Dubey, Projjwal Manoharan, Ajay" | Dubey, Projjwal |
| D1 | Scorpio Grape | "Zou, Richard Kong, Oliver Kong, Oscar Zhu, Eason" | Croydon 14 | "Chikhale, Rahul Nguyen, Anthony Fung, Peter" | Kong, Oscar |
| D2 | Sunshine 8 | "Truong, Long Lam, Kin Kah Pham, Tuan" | Croydon 15 | "Zhao, Ernest Sprunt, Dean Zhuang, Ethan" | Truong, Long |
| D3 | LOOPS 8 | "Ke, Kk Yongrui Hamerton-Lee, Austin Chen, Hanrui Hayden" | Croydon 16 | "Bai, Oliver Buchan, Craig Lu, Grace Xiaoxi" | Ke, Kk Yongrui |
| D4 | Coburg TTC 5 | "Kareem, Atheer Meadows, Tom Ramasamy, Swaminathan Saba" | Dandenong 7 | "Dawber, Ken Giang, Theha Tony Nguyen, Phuc Phan, Chieu" | Shuai, Yang |
| D5 | LOOPS 9 | "Chakrobortty, Rik Huynh, Jiayu Olivia Konara, Gashie" | Dandenong 8 | "Dong, Tom Chircop, Daniel Kha, Anthony" | Huynh, Jiayu Olivia |
| E1 | Scorpio Lemon | "Yong, Xinyee Jasmine Wang, Zihui Rose Li, Jingfei Abby" | Croydon 19 | "Gao, Jun Jie Stephen Hewitt, Ged Assamman, Lara" | "Wang, Zihui Rose Gao, Jun Jie Stephen" |
| E2 | Coburg TTC 6 | "Turnbull, Robert Vincent, Luke Chandu, Krishnan" | Dandenong 10 | "Zhao, Joey Pathirannehelage, Koshi Wang, Michael Zining" | Pathirannehelage, Koshi |
| E3 | Dandenong 12 | "Kuboszek, Jan Nechita, Jonathan Nicholls, Myles" | Scorpio Orange | "Gao, Mason Xiao, Qihaolin Thomas Ma, Heyi" | Nechita, Jonathan |
| E4 | Panda 1 | "Chu, Xinyue Queena Guo, Vicky Gu, Vinson" | LOOPS 10 | "Liu, Lucas Abdul, Ayaan Prasanna Kumar, Adwita" | Gu, Vinson |
| E5 | Miao 4 | "Yap, Chris Y Zhao, Ryan Chen, Sihua Ivana Zhang, Xiaohua" | Coburg TTC 7 | "Mohebbi, Andre Mohebbi, Sam Lin, Liam Yu" | Zhang, Xiaohua |
| F1 | Croydon 24 | "Fang, Charles Fernandez, Agatha Ashwin, Ahaan" | Scorpio Peach | "Lin, Wanlong Eric Chen, Daniel Fengxiao Chen, Xiaohan Sean" | Ashwin, Ahaan |
| F2 | Peak Agility Champs | "Zhou, Ivan McGill, Douglas Nguyen-Dang, Alexander" | Croydon 26 | "Hechen, Gang Daniel Salatas, Kosta McErlain, Peter" | Hechen, Gang Daniel |
| F3 | Croydon 27 | "Shen, Yunxiao Maxwell Vitali, Stephen Wei, Siu Bun Bronix" | Scorpio Cherry | "Ai, Emily Li, Tailin Tay, Giselle" | "Shen, Yunxiao Maxwell Nguyen, Vincent" |
| F4 | Scorpio Kiwi | "Ai, Allen Ma, Heqian Liang, Jeremy" | Diamond Valley 5 | "Turner, Howard Yang, Bochen Weng, Steven Yang, Michael C" | "Ai, Allen Ma, Heqian Liang, Jeremy" |
| F5 | Western Table Tennis Club 3 | "Liang, Marcus Lu, Jiarui Jiang, Ciro" | Miao 5 | "Huang, Pincheng Zhang, Alan Ji, Jet" | "Liang, Marcus Lu, Jiarui Zhang, Alan" |
| G1 | Scorpio Galaxy | "Nguyen, Hieu Min Alex Tay, Serene Qiu, Anna" | Scorpio Blueberry | "Song, Chengyuan James Meng, Ricky Mei, Eason" | "Song, Chengyuan Nguyen, Hieu Min Alex" |
| G2 | Croydon 29 | "Dyason, Jordan Donker, Patrick Li, Wai Kiu Venes" | LOOPS 13 | "Trehan, Arjun Lacey, Arlo Nguyen, Vivian" | Trehan, Arjun |
| G3 | Miao 6 | "Chiu, Cheuk Nam Theo Yu, Eric Mingyuan Lam, Isaac" | Loops 14 | "Lin, Ritchie Guha, Aadit Tatikonda, Agastya" | Chiu, Cheuk Nam Theo |
| G4 | Scorpio Dragon | "Xiao, Yan Chan, Chi Kin Pouryahya, Pourya Chen, Aifei" | Scorpio Apple | "Williams, Aubin Fang, Luohan Samuel Monga, Ayaan" | Chan, Chi Kin |
| G5 | Miao 9 | "Jani, Reyansh Li, Shuao Mia Lin, Ethan" | LOOPS 15 | "Bondili, Ashok Bondili, Aditya Singh Bondili, Arian, Singh" | "Jani, Reyansh Lin, Ethan" |
Individual Results (Junior & Senior):
| Event Name | Winner | Runner-up |
| Men's Singles | Chambers, Dillon | Yeung, Arvin |
| Women's Singles | Dhingra, Aradhya | Li, Ariel |
| Men's Doubles | Anstey, Zachary, & Buddhadasa, Rivindu | Chen, Hanrui Hayden, & Chen, Sean Xu |
| Mixed Doubles | Chambers, Dillon, & Lu, Aoran | Dyason, Jordan, & Fung, Louisa |
| Twenties Singles | Shi, Nathan | Zarghami, Ali |
| Under 21 Men's Singles | Li, Chunting | Chen, Colin |
| Under 21 Women's Singles | Fung, Louisa | Hariprasad, Shrinika |
| Under 19 Boys' Singles | Yeung, Arvin | Song, Andy |
| Under 19 Girls' Singles | Yeung, Alyssa | Li, Ariel |
| Under 17 Boys' Singles | Song, Andy | Batta, Aaryan |
| Under 17 Girls' Singles | Dhingra, Aradhya | Zhao, Coral |
| Under 15 Boys' Singles | Konara, Warrun | Batta, Aaryan |
| Under 15 Girls' Singles | Yeung, Alyssa | Zhao, Lena |
| Under 13 Boys' Singles | Zhao, Cohen | Bhaskaracharya, Rishabh |
| Under 13 Girls' Singles | Fung, Louisa | Chen, Sihua Ivana |
| Under 11 Boys' Singles | Wang, Flynn | Chen, Hanrui Hayden |
| Under 11 Girls' Singles | Li, Jingfei Abby | Chen, Sihua Ivana |
| Under 9 Boys' Singles | Ma, Heyi | Huang, Max Junhan |
| Under 9 Girls' Singles | Yang, Camellia | Shi, Anqi |
| Under 19 Boys' Doubles | Chen, Colin, & Li, Chunting | Lo, Joseph, & Tirikawala, Trevin |
| Under 15 Boys' Doubles | Chakrobortty, Rik, & Hammerton-Lee, Austin | Yan, Zixuan Eric, & Zhang, Junyan |
| Under 15 Girls' Doubles | Lu, Grace Xiaoxi, & Singhal, Avani | Shi, Anqi, & Yang, Camellia |
| Under 13 Boys' Doubles | Menon, Krith, & Bhaskaracharya, Rishabh | Gao, Mason, & Zou, Richard |
| Under 11 Boys' Doubles | Abdul, Ayaan, & Chen, Hanrui Hayden | Gao, Stanley, & Wang, Flynn |
| Under 9 Doubles | Huang, Max Junhan, & Lu, Hudson | Ma, Heyi, & Yang, Camellia |
| Under 17 Mixed Doubles | Li, Ariel, & Song, Andy | Hariprasad, Shrinika, & Li, Chunting |
| Under 11 Mixed Doubles | Chu, Xinyue Queena, & Gu, Vinson | Gao, Stanley, & Lu, Grace Xiaoxi |
| Under 1900 Singles | Garg, Lokesh | Menon, Krith |
| Under 1600 Singles | Menon, Krith | Zhao, Cohen |
| Under 1300 Singles | Konara, Gashie | Peng, Ben |
| Under 1000 Singles | Lin, Wanlong Eric | Ma, Heqian |
Individual Results (Veterans & Para):
| Event Name | Winner | Runner-up |
| Over 40 Men's Singles | Pandya, Zankar | Pearce, Frank |
| Over 40 Women's Singles | Huang, Cheryl | Liu, Lydia |
| Over 60 Men's Singles | Huang, Scott Q | Huang, Robert |
| Over 60 Women's Singles | Bennett, Belgin | Liang, Hong |
| Over 70 Men's Singles | Dawber, Kenneth | Giang, Theha Tony |
| Over 30 Men's Doubles | Pham, Tu, & Tran, Tuan | Chan, Chun Yu John, & Pearce, Frank |
| Over 30 Women's Doubles | Liu, Lydia, & Tan, Yoke-Ching | Brindley, Aviva, & Cawood, Melisa |
| Over 50 Men's Doubles | Huang, Robert, & Huang, Scott Q | Iqbal, Rehan, & Singh, Sukesh |
| Over 60 Women's Doubles | Huynh, Anh, & Phan, Chieu | Bennett, Belgin, & Rigot, Genevieve |
| Over 65 Men's Doubles | Kung, Felix, & Maksacheff, George | Dawber, Kenneth, & Nguyen, Phuc |
| Over 30 Men's Singles | Pandya, Zankar | Pham, Tu |
| Over 30 Women's Singles | Liu, Lydia | Haughton, Mel |
| Over 50 Men's Singles | Singh, Sukesh | Huang, Robert |
| Over 50 Women's Singles | Brindley, Aviva | Cawood, Melisa |
| Over 65 Men's Singles | Bricknell, Andrew | Bai, Oliver |
| Over 65 Women's Singles | Phan, Chieu | Huynh, Anh |
| Over 75 Men's Singles | Dawber, Kenneth | Nguyen, Phuc |
| Under 1900 Singles | Pham, Tu | Yang, Shuai |
| Under 1600 Singles | Li, Francis | Tran, Tuan |
| Under 1300 Singles | Kareem, Atheer | Taheri, Dr Ali |
| Under 1000 Singles | Shek, Janus | Fernandez, Agatha |
A massive congratulations to all players on a huge weekend with some great results seen, alongside a huge thank you to all officials and volunteers involved in running such a large event.
We turn our attention now to the upcoming Ballarat Open later in the month!
