Recap: 2026 National Veterans Championships

Table Tennis Australia’s 2026 National Veterans Championships concluded in Albury, New South Wales, following eight days of competition at the Lauren Jackson Sports Centre from 17–24 October.

The event brought together veteran players from across Australia, competing in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team events across age groups ranging from Over 30s to Over 85s.

Celebrating the skill, experience and passion of Australia’s veteran table tennis community, the Championships showcased the sport’s lifelong appeal, combining high-quality competition with friendship and camaraderie.

Congratulations to all competitors, medallists and award winners, and thank you to everyone, including Albury Wodonga Council, Albury City, our referees and umpires, Stupa, Sportvot, Table Tennis World, Tibhar, and all who helped deliver a successful national championships in Albury.

The full list of medallists can be found here:

Over 80 Mens Teams:

Gold: Victoria A

Silver: Queensland A

Bronze: New Zealand A

Over 80 Womens Teams:

Gold: South Australia A

Silver: South Australia B

Bronze: Presidents A

Over 75 Mens Teams:

Gold: Queensland A

Silver: Queensland B

Bronze: New South Wales A

Over 75 Womens Teams:

Gold: New South Wales A

Silver: New South Wales B

Bronze: Presidents A

Over 70 Mens Teams:

Gold: New South Wales A

Silver: Victoria A

Bronze: Queensland A

Over 70 Womens Teams:

Gold: South Australia A

Silver: Victoria A

Bronze: New South Wales A

Over 65 Mens Teams:

Gold: Western Australia A

Silver: South Australia A

Bronze: New South Wales

Over 65 Womens Teams:

Gold: Victoria A

Silver: Tasmania A

Bronze: Queensland A

Over 60 Mens Teams:

Gold: New South Wales A

Silver: Victoria A

Bronze: New Zealand A

Over 60 Womens Teams:

Gold: New South Wales A

Silver: Victoria A

Bronze: Queensland A

Over 50 Mens Teams:

Gold: New South Wales A

Silver: New Zealand A

Bronze: South Australia A

Over 50 Womens Teams:

Gold: Victoria A

Silver: New Zealand A

Bronze: Queensland A

Over 40 Mens Teams:

Gold: South Australia A

Silver: New South Wales A

Bronze: Victoria A

Over 40 Womens Teams:

Gold: Victoria A

Silver: South Australia A

Bronze: Queensland A

Over 30 Mens Teams:

Gold: Victoria A

Silver: New Zealand A

Bronze: Victoria B

Over 30 Womens Teams:

Gold: New South Wales A 

Silver: New Zealand A

Bronze: Victoria A

Over 85 Mixed Doubles:

Gold: H. Bligh (QLD) / K. Webber (NSW)

Silver: I. Klaf (VIC) / G. Rapley (SA)

Bronze: K. Christensen (QLD) / S. Smith (NSW) & J. Chen (QLD) / M.Fischer (VIC)

Over 80 Mixed Doubles:

Gold: C. Hooper (TAS) / M. Wright (VIC)

Silver: I. Klaf (VIC) / B. May (SA)

Bronze: I. V. Le (NSW) / J. Coombes (SA) & K. Webber (NSW) / H. Wetsteyn (WA)

Over 75 Mixed Doubles:

Gold: E. Kalich (NT) / P. Pinkewich (NSW) 

Silver: D. Pattinson / T. Sulimova (NZ)

Bronze: J. Morgan (NSW) / T. Samuelsson (QLD) & M. Wright (VIC) / J. Aduckiewicz (NSW)

Over 70 Mixed Doubles:

Gold: B. Berry / G. Gao (VIC)

Silver: J. Aduckiewicz / C Pestonji (NSW)

Bronze: T. Sulimova (NZ) / P. Bronstein (VIC) & G. Abdilla / L. Baker (SA)

Over 65 Mixed Doubles:

Gold: W. Heginbotham / J. Ma (NSW)

Silver: R. Robson (NSW) / T. Chappell (QLD)

Bronze: B. Berry / G. Gao (VIC) & I. Tan-Kang / N. Nomura (WA)

Over 60 Mixed Doubles:

Gold: W. Heginbotham / J. Ma (NSW)

Silver: P. Krigovsky / B. Clackson (NSW)

Bronze: R. Robson / G. Vine (NSW) & H. Liang / H. Huang (VIC)

Over 50 Mixed Doubles:

Gold: C. Xiong / R. Huang (VIC)

Silver: S. Huang / A. Brindley (VIC)

Bronze: B. Clackson / P. Krigovsky (NSW) & P. Langley / C. Langley (SA)

Over 40 Mixed Doubles:

Gold: L. Liu (VIC) / A. Soh (NZ)

Silver: B. Griffiths (NZ) / B. Bennett (WA)

Bronze: Z. Pandya / C. Xiong (VIC) & A. Yeung / Y. He (NSW)

Over 30 Mixed Doubles:

Gold: W. Ly / E. Tsukamoto (NSW) 

Silver: Y. Zhou / Z. Anstey (VIC)

Bronze: B. Griffiths (NZ) / B. Bennett (WA) & K. Carmichael / J. Salem (VIC)

Over 85 Womens Doubles:

Gold: J. Coobes / G. Rapley (SA)

Silver: L. Roder / B. May (SA)

Bronze: H. Pannewig (SA) / C. Hooper (TAS) & T. Mathieson / V. Jones (NZ)

Over 75 Womens Doubles:

Gold: E. Kalich (NT) / T. Sulimova (NZ)

Silver: J. Coombes / L. Baker (SA)

Bronze: J. Aduckiewicz / C. Cowie (NSW) & J. Morgan / R. Veerhuis (NSW)

Over 70 Womens Doubles:

Gold: T. Sulimova (NZ) / E. Kalich (NT)

Silver: L. Baker / A. Abbas (SA)

Bronze: C. Cowie / J. Aduckiewicz (NSW) & J. Morgan / R. Veerhuis (NSW)

Over 65 Womens Doubles:

Gold: L. Towler / T. Chappell (QLD) 

Silver: J. Blackburn / I. Sakova (TAS)

Bronze: J. Ma (NSW) / T. Tanfana (NZ) & N. Nomura & M. Dombrose (WA)

Over 60 Womens Doubles:

Gold: C. Xiong / G. Gao (VIC)

Silver: T. Tanfana / C. Fogarty (NZ)

Bronze: C. Owen / L. Fourro (QLD) & T. Chappell / H. Zhang (QLD)

Over 50 Womens Doubles:

Gold: C. Xiong / G. Gao (VIC)

Silver: A. Brindley / B. Bennett (VIC)

Bronze: M. Pinkewich (NSW) / A. Flood (TAS) & R. Young / Y. Lin (NZ)

Over 40 Womens Doubles:

Gold: B. Shepp (NZ) / B. Bennett (WA)

Silver: L. Liu / C. Huang (VIC)

Bronze: K. James / M. Cawood (VIC) & A. Brindley / R. Xu (VIC)

Over 30 Womens Doubles:

Gold: C. Huang / L. Liu (VIC)

Silver: B. Bennett (WA) / B. Shepp (NZ)

Bronze: K. James / Y. Zhou (VIC) & E. Tsukamoto / C. Cong (NSW)

Over 85 Mens Doubles:

Gold: J. Chen (QLD) / I. Klaf (VIC)

Silver: K. Christensen / H. Bligh (QLD)

Over 80 Mens Doubles:

Gold: I. V. Le (NSW) / M. Wright (VIC)

Silver: B. Bowler / I. Klaf (VIC)

Bronze: J. Abrantes (NT) / J. Chen (QLD) & W. Weinstock (NZ) / H. Wetsteyn (WA)

Over 75 Mens Doubles:

Gold: T. Samuelsson (QLD) & C. Sim (VIC)

Silver: B. Bowler / M. Wright (VIC)

Bronze: W. Weinstock & D. Pattinson (NZ) & H. Wetsteyn / C. Wilson (WA)

Over 70 Mens Doubles:

Gold: B. Harper (ACT) & C. Campbell (WA)

Silver: B. Berry / J. Dever (VIC)

Bronze: M. Geller / P. Bronstein (VIC) & P. Pinkewich / J. Wong (NSW)

Over 65 Mens Doubles:

Gold: W. Heginbotham / R. Robson (NSW)

Silver: S. Pandit (SA) / I. Tan-Kang (WA)

Bronze: G. Abdilla / T. Walker (SA) & P. Ranger / C. Campbell (WA)

Over 60 Mens Doubles:

Gold: P. Robson / W. Heginbotham (NSW)

Silver: S. Huang / R. Huang (VIC)

Bronze: A. Laghari / P. Krigovsky (NSW) & D. Brand / H. Huang (VIC)

Over 50 Mens Doubles:

Gold: K. Malyschko / P. Langley (SA)

Silver: J. Qiao / G. Morden (NSW)

Bronze: M. Bowrey (ACT) / W. Ly (NSW) & A. Yeung / C. Siu (NSW)

Over 40 Mens Doubles:

Gold: A. Vong / P. Mias (NSW)

Silver: J. Salem / Z. Pandya (VIC)

Bronze: M. Azimi / J. Ngo (NSW) & M. Bowrey (ACT) / W. Ly (NSW)

Over 30 Mens Doubles:

Gold: R. Thomas / Z. Anstey (VIC)

Silver: A. Soh / Z. Cheng (NZ)

Bronze: C. Carter / S. Palmer (VIC) & M. Ahlawat / R. Kumar (NZ)

Over 85 Womens Singles:

Gold: Kathleen Webber (NSW)

Silver: Thelma Mathieson (NZ)

Bronze: Maureen Fischer (VIC) / Gwen Rapley (SA)

Over 80 Womens Singles:

Gold: Julie Coombes (SA)

Silver: Kathleen Webber (NSW)

Bronze: Lenore Roder (SA) / Bev May (SA)

Over 75 Womens Singles:

Gold: Elfrida Kalich (NT)

Silver: Tetyana Tanya Sulimova (NZ)

Bronze: Jennifer Aduckiewicz (NSW) / Lorraine Baker (SA)

Over 70 Womens Singles:

Gold: Guiqin Gao (VIC)

Silver: Alice Abbas (SA)

Bronze: Tetyana Tanya Sulimova (NZ) / Elfrida Kalich (NT)

Over 65 Womens Singles:

Gold: Joanna Ma (NSW)

Silver: Tutty Tanfana (NZ)

Bronze: Guiqin Gao (VIC) / Irina Sakova (TAS)

Over 60 Womens Singles:

Gold: Beverley Clackson (NSW)

Silver: Belgin Bennett (VIC)

Bronze: Clare Owen (QLD) / Catherine Fogarty (NZ)

Over 50 Womens Singles:

Gold: Catherine Fogarty (NZ)

Silver: Yumin Lin (NZ)

Bronze: Alison Flood (TAS) / Belgin Bennett (VIC)

Over 40 Womens Singles:

Gold: Cheryl Huang (VIC) 

Silver: Lydia Liu (VIC)

Bronze: Aviva Brindley (VIC) / Kim James (VIC)

Over 30 Womens Singles:

Gold: Emiri Tsukamoto (NSW)

Silver: Barb Shepp (NZ)

Bronze: Lydia Liu (VIC) / Yunzhu Zyana Zhou (VIC)

Over 85 Mens Singles:

Gold: Harold Bligh (QLD)

Silver: Igor Klaf (VIC)

Bronze: Jeff Chen (QLD)

Over 80 Mens Singles:

Gold: Bernard Mick Wright (VIC)

Silver: Inh Van Le (NSW)

Bronze: Hans Wetsteyn (WA) / Bob Bowler (VIC)

Over 75 Mens Singles:

Gold: Paul Pinkewich (NSW) 

Silver: Bob Bowler (VIC)

Bronze: Thomas Samuelsson (QLD) / John A Sheriff (QLD)

Over 70 Mens Singles:

Gold: Craig Campbell (WA)

Silver: George Abdilla (SA)

Bronze: Mikhail Geller (VIC) / Chau Hung James Wong (NSW)

Over 65 Mens Singles:

Gold: Sharad Pandit (SA)

Silver: Wayne Heginbotham (NSW)

Bronze: Craig Campbell (WA) / Richard Bill Robson (NSW)

Over 60 Mens Singles:

Gold: Sharad Pandit (SA)

Silver: Yuliang Jiang (NZ)

Bronze: Peter Krigovsky (NSW) / Richard Bill Robson (NSW)

Over 50 Mens Singles:

Gold: Paul Langley (SA)

Silver: Xuan Hoa Ngo (NZ)

Bronze: Emil Kostandinov (NSW) / Michael J Bowrey (ACT)

Over 40 Mens Singles:

Gold: Zankar Pandya (VIC)

Silver: Alexandre Vong (NSW)

Bronze: Paul Langley (SA) / Adrian Soh (NZ)

Over 30 Mens Singles:

Gold: Craig Carter (VIC)

Silver: Naoya Yamamoto (QLD)

Bronze: Alexandre Vong (NSW) / Zankar Pandya (VIC)