The 2025 Australia National Table Tennis Championships, held in Traralgon from July 6-13, were a fabulous display of our exceptional talent within the State Team. 

Held on home soil this year, the Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium was bought to life with the whole venue filled with table tennis action to create an electric atmosphere. We were spoiled this year with 4 show courts being livestreamed throughout the entire week, and having our very own Melissa Tapper, Alois Rosario, Angelo Tabone posthumously & Jian Fang Lay were inducted into the TTA Hall of Fame on Tuesday the 8th July. 

Both the Men’s and Women’s Open teams placed silver in their respective events, facing some incredibly tough competition this year! 

Our U/21 Men’s and Women’s Teams both won Silver against some tough opponents. 

Our Juniors & Youth did a fantastic job receiving numerous medals across the age groups. 

Both U/19 Boys’ & Girls’ also won a Silver Medal in their category with both of our U/17 Boys’ & Girls’ Teams taking home Gold medals! 

The U/15 & U/13 Boys’ Teams won Bronze medals in very tough groups, with the U/15 & U/13 Girls’ teams both winning Gold medals. 

The U/11 Boys’ Team claimed victory to take home Gold with both the U/11 Girls’ A & B Teams taking Silver and Bronze to round out the Juniors. 

In the Para, our Class 1-5 A Team of Danni and Chris won gold, our Class 6-7 A Team of Jake and Sy won Silver, and our Class 8-11 Team of Anthony and Thi also won Silver. 

To view all Teams Results please click here! 

Victorian State Team Head Coach David Powell was very pleased with the quality of play stating that “we have seen some incredible matches played throughout the Teams competition from our players.” 

“It was nice to have a bit of a home advantage for this event, with a fantastic setup in Traralgon helping out our teams” added Powell. 

State Team Manager Frank Pearce shared that “the team spirit has been off the charts this year, with everyone being a little bit more coherent.” 

Pearce also mentioned that “compared to previous years, the standard has been way higher with a lot of medals coming our way!” 

 We also heard from State Para Coach Jenny Langridge who shared her thoughts about the Para Squads performance stating "the Victorian Para Table Tennis team delivered an outstanding performance at the recent National Table Tennis Championships held in Traralgon, Victoria. Competing across 25 Para events, the team secured medals in 15 of them, taking home an impressive tally of 8 Gold, 8 Silver, and 3 Bronze medals."

"The squad of 14 athletes, including four first-time competitors at a National Championships, showcased not only their skill and preparation but also the team’s strong values of High Performance, Connection, Inclusiveness, Resilience, and Determination. These values were evident in the months of training leading up to the event and throughout the intense week of competition."

"Congratulations to all athletes, coaches, and support staff for a truly inspiring campaign" added Langridge.

Following the teams our players took their talent to the Doubles and Singles events where we saw more medals coming through.  

The pairing of Yousef Hassan & Yi-Jen Hsu won Silver in both the U21 & U19 Mixed Doubles losing out to Cherry Le (VIC) & Clarence Cheng (NSW) on both occasions. 

Oli Pizzey Stratford won Gold in the Class 2 Singles, with Danni Di Toro taking home Gold in the Class 4-5 Singles. 

In the Class 7 Singles Jake Ballestrino took home Gold with Anthony Majtlis winning Gold in the Class 10 Singles.  

In the Open Class 1-5 Mixed Wheelchair Doubles Danni Di Toro & Chris Addis won Gold, with the pair of them also winning the Open Class 1-5 Singles for their respective genders to round out an incredibly strong week. 

A massive shoutout to our Para team for their superstar efforts and fantastic medal haul from this year’s Nationals! 

In the Gender Doubles, Sanaya Buddhadasa & Cherry Le took home Gold, with Sanaya and Yi-Jen winning Gold in the U/21 Women’s Doubles as well. 

Cherry & Yi-Jen won Gold in the U/19 Girls’ Doubles with Yi-Jen also winning the U/17 Girls’ Doubles with Chloe Cheng (NSW) to cap off an impressive medal haul. 

Wrapping up the National Championships over the weekend was the individual finals with Sanish Ambekar taking Silver in the Men’s Singles and Cherry Le claiming a Bronze in the Women’s Singles. 

Kavyaa Madaan had an impressive performance to claim Gold in the U/21 Women’s Singles along with Cherry Le winning Gold in the U/19 Girl’s Singles. 

Lucas Lum won Gold in the U/17 Boys’ Singles with Kavyaa claiming another Gold in the U/17 & U/15 Girls’ Singles to add to the medal collection.  

Alice Xia won Gold in the U/13 Girls’ Singles to round out our individual Gold medal winners for the Nationals. 

All results from the entire week can be found here! 

A huge congratulations goes out to all players who represented Victoria this year and a thank you to everyone for their hard work and achievements to make it to this level. 

We look forward to seeing everyone at the remainder of our tournaments taking place this year.