At The Table 26 June

TABLE TENNIS

The Mackay Open table tennis championships brought out some of the best competition seen for years by players throughout the state.

Players from Cairns to the Gold Coast competed over three days at a packed Mackay Table Tennis Centre in what visitors and local players described as the best tournament of the season so far.

Shanith Jayamaha of Brisbane won the men’s open singles ahead of Townsville’s Olav Dahl, with Mackay’s Vimal Chilukuri and Goncalo Serra Gagiero runners-up.

In a youthful women’s final, Lin Zhu of South East Queensland took out the women’s open title from Townsville’s Taliesha Gaeta.

Vimal and Goncalo won the men’s open doubles, and Goncalo made it a double by teaming with Taleisha to win the mixed doubles.

Other Mackay medalists were:

• U1000 singles Trent Day bronze, U800 singles Trent Day gold, Yilin Jiang, Niro Premachandra bronze.
• U1200 doubles: Neil and Josh Brown gold, Anne Sheridan, Janice Kent silver, Steve Whiting (M) Marshall Muller (T); Sisca Fran (T) and Tony Bowman (M) bronze.
• O19 mixed singles: Vimal Chilukuri silver.
• O30 men’s singles: Zhan Yang bronze.
• O30 women’s singles: Andrea Nicholson bronze.
• 065 women’s singles: Janice Kent silver.
• O70 women’s singles: Val Austin silver.
• O75 women’s singles: Pam Joyce gold, Iris Grasso silver.
• O80 men’s singles: Graham Drury silver, Peter Goodson bronze.
• O80 women’s singles: Pam Joyce gold, Coral Morgan silver.
• U21 and 19 girls singles: Lily Boland silver.
• U17 girls singles: Lily Boland bronze.
• U15 boys singles: Yilin Jiang, Ollie Hamelink bronze.
• Junior development singles: Remy Zahn gold, Logan Brown silver.

Mackay Table Tennis Tuesday night fixtures June 3, 2025 RESULTS:

Division 1:

Data Dashers (Josh Brown, Barry Patterson) d Code Crackers (Emma Widdup, Lee Brake) 5-4. Barry d Lee -12, 10, 13, 9.

Tech Titans (Ivan Perkins, Neil Brown, Geoff Denman) d Byte Bouncers (Anne Sheridan, Graham Brake, Daniel Warfield) 7-4. Graham d Neil 6, -5, -9, 11, 9.

Pixel Paddles (Goncalo Serra, Robbie Richards, Trent Day) d App Attackers (Andrea Nicholson, Steve Whiting, Janice Kent) 9-2. Goncalo/Trent d Steve/Andrea -11, 7, -16,10, 8.

Nano Nets (Andrew McHugh, YiLin Jiang) d Pixel Players (Lily Boland, Jacob Whelan) 5-4. YiLin d Jacob 5, 5, 13.

Division 2:

Cloud Chasers (Rod Hamelink, Syed Aminul Hossain) d Giga Gamers (Ross de Boer, Peter Goodson, Liz Burton) 7-4. Syed d Peter -5, 7, 3, 9.

Turbo Techs (Val Austin, Steve Mathieson, Jye Callander) d Quantum Quick (Mark Sleeman, Logan Brown, Ollie Hamelink) 6-5. Mark d Jye 8, -5, 10, -7, 4.

Mega Movers (Craig VanDaKaa, Duncan Treloar, Mark Stam) d Robo Rallies (Will VanDeKaa, Noreen Fredericksen, Tiffany Camilleri) 6-5. Duncan d Will 6, 7, -4, -14, 6.

Circuit Cyclers (Darryl Ross, Simon Hogan, David Symons) d Stream Strikers (Melanie Theodore,  George Camilleri) 6-2.

There were hard-fought matches in Tuesday morning fixtures last week. Division 2 had two 6-all matches, with Josie just edging out Madge -6, 4, 7, -6, 9.

Mackay Table Tennis Tuesday morning results June 3, 2025:

Division 1:

Ghost Spin (George Camilleri, Branko Vucurovic, Darryl Ross) d Cosmic Sourcerers (Delma Knight, Pam Joyce, Coral Morgan) 7-5. George/Darryl d Delma/Coral 10, -10, 10, -10, 4.

Phoenix Fire (Donna Abbott, Steve Mathieson, Noreen Fredericksen) d Panther Prowlers (Doug Dungavell, John McGee, Kevin Abbott) 7-5.  Donna d Doug 7, 11, -9, -9, 9.

Star Lords (Tony Bowman, Peter Goodson, Veronica Shepherd) d Ant Warriors (Geoff Denman, Judy Zahn, Don Boettcher) 7-5. Peter d Judy -4, 6, -9, 5, 3.

Division 2:

Eclipse Spin (Helen Ware, Ian Dodds, Virginia Clayton) d Nova Smashers (Marie Taylor, Gloria Vella, Frank Caruana) 9-3. Ian d Frank 7, -8, -9, 3, 11.

Orion Orbiters (Ross DeBoer, Kim Daffy, Robyn Bushell) d Astro Aces (Iris Grasso, John Hamelink, Chris Collins) 8-4. Chris d Kim -9, 7, -3, 6, 10.

Division 3:

Captain Spins (Josie Davis, Sharon Muller, Trish Zamparutti) drew Bat Serves (Kim Challender, Madge Saunders, Ron Johr) 6-all. Josie d Madge -6, 4, 7, -6, 9,

Spider Smashers (Gerry Synnott, Cheryl Pearson, Thelma Caruana) drew Iron Rallies (Sally Muir, Allison Day, Laurie Bradshaw) 6-all. Cheryl d Allison -5, 2, -6, 7, 6.

For more results, visit www.revolutionise.com.au/mackaytta/fixtures-results

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Vimal Chilukuri has his eyes on the ball as he serves in the Mackay Open table tennis championships.

Will VanDeKaa

Duncan Treloar. Photos supplied

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