Australian Development Team Cap Off Successful New Zealand Trip

The New Zealand Junior & Senior Open Championships finished up today in Christchurch. An Australian Development Team was in action throughout, cleaning up with a swag of 30 medals. For the absolute vast majority of players, the tournament was their first taste of international competition. A summary of all Australian Development Team medal winners is:

TEAMS
- Under 18 Boys: Gold – Australia B/NZ Composite – Adam Masen (NSW), Richard Littler (QLD), Max Henderson (NZ). Bronze – Hayden Green (QLD), Joshua Lam (NSW), Nicholas Yau (WA)
- Under 15 Boys: Silver – Jithen Aluwihare (QLD), Ashmith Sivayoganathan (QLD), Brian Liao (QLD)
- Under 15 Girls: Gold – Yi-Jen Hsu (VIC), Jasmine Wu (WA), Eleanor Goodsell (VIC)
- Under 13 Boys: Gold – Charlie Hollow (VIC), Oscar Savige (QLD), Rayan Vardinejad (WA)
- Under 13 Girls: Silver – Bridgit Murphy (QLD), Rachel Goh (QLD), Taleisha Gaeta (QLD)

SINGLES
- Under 18 Boys: Silver – Hayden Green
- Under 15 Boys: Gold – Brian Liao. Silver – Jithen Aluwihare
- Under 13 Boys: Silver – Rayan Vardinejad. Bronze – Oscar Savige
- Under 11 Boys: Silver – Charlie Hollow. Bronze – Oscar Savige
- Under 11 Girls: Silver – Yi-Jen Hsu. Bronze – Jasmine Wu

DOUBLES
- Under 21 Men: Silver – Hayden Green/Alfred Dela-Pena (NZ). Bronze – Richard Littler/Finn Holden (NZ)
- Under 21 Women: Bronze – Eleanor Goodsell/Amber Gower (VIC)
- Under 21 Mixed: Bronze – Amber Gower/Helitha Hendawitharana (NZ)
- Under 18 Mixed: Bronze – Eleanor Goodsell/Adam Masen. Bronze – Hayden Green/Erin Huang (NZ)
- Under 15 Boys: Silver – Brian Liao/Jithen Aluwihare. Bronze – Rayan Vardinejad/Nicholas Yau
- Under 13 Boys: Silver – Charlie Hollow/Oscar Savige
- Under 13 Girls: Bronze – Yi-Jen Hsu/Jasmine Wu
- Under 13 Mixed: Bronze – Rayan Vardinejad/Jasmine Wu
- Under 11 Boys: Gold – Charlie Hollow/Oscar Savige
- Under 11 Girls: Gold – Yi-Jen Hsu/Jasmine Wu
- Under 11 Mixed: Gold – Oscar Savige/Jasmine Wu. Bronze – Charlie Hollow/Yi-Jen Hsu

Moreover, although not part of the Australian Development Team, two further medals were secured. Yangzi Liu, who recently arrived in Sydney claimed the Open Women’s Singles crown and Australian Top 10 player Kai Peng claimed bronze in the same event.

TTA congratulates all players and coaches for the fantastic results, being great ambassadors for Australian table tennis and for demonstrating outstanding sportsmanship and fighting spirit throughout. Thank you also to all parents for their support in enabling the trip to be a success.

TTA thanks Table Tennis New Zealand for enabling our players to compete, via the TTA-TTNZ Agreement. This is the first year a formal Agreement has been in place, whereby reciprocal rights are granted to compete at all National Championships; it is already bearing fruit for both countries. We look forward to further strengthening our relationship with TTNZ in 2020 and beyond.

Full results can be viewed by clicking here.