Recap: TTA Tour brings Table Tennis to Goulburn

Table Tennis Australia (TTA) are delighted to have held the third TTA Tour of 2026 at Veolia Arena, Goulburn, New South Wales, on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May.

The tour saw youth, senior and para categories take to the table, with players from all around Australia taking part in the event, following on from successful TTA Tours in Perth, Western Australia, and Traralgon, Victoria.

The action got underway at the Veolia Arena at 8.30am on Saturday morning, with the U19 and U11 singles kicking off the tournament.

As well as the U19 and U11 events, the Men's and Women's Senior Opens took place, alongside the U15 singles tournaments, where some of Australia's brightest table tennis stars produced incredible efforts on the table.

In the Men's Senior Open, Nicholas Lum battled his way to victory in the final, denying Dillon Chambers back-to-back titles after his victory in Traralgon. Xavier Dixon won the bronze medal, with Xuqi Lin unable to participate in the third place match.

Yitian Yin went one better than TTA Tour Traralgon, securing gold with a straight sets victory over Katherine Sui Ying Gao (11-5, 11-8, 11-6). Zhehan Yang, who was edged out by Gao in the semi finals, secured bronze with a 3-1 win over Erin Quixia Li. 

Yousef Hassan, who impressed in the Open Men's draw, falling to a narrow defeat to Lin in the quarter finals, did however secure the U19 title by defeating Stephen Liu in the final, after previously not dropping a set in the knockout stages. The bronze medal went to Steven S So, who proved too much for Adeepa Keerthiratne. 

In the U19 Girls Singles, Kavyaa Madaan, who won bronze at TTA Tour Victoria, impressed throughout the draw, as she beat Amy Yunzhao Cai 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-5) to win gold. Daisy Xie, who was edged out by Madaan in the semi-finals, would go on to win the bronze medal. 

Table Tennis New South Wales' Oscar Pan took the top prize in the U15 Boys' singles, with an assured victory in the  final over Jayden Cao, who had only dropped one set in the knockout stages prior to the final. Samyukt Vinodhkumar completed the podium places, with a straight sets win in the bronze medal match.

Ariel Li would take first place in the U15 Girls' singles, after a mammoth 3-2 win over Alyssa Yeung in the final (11-4, 14-16, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8). Both Li and Yeung showed incredible passion, skill and committment in the final, in what was a fitting way to end the competition. Ling Wei Yannis Li took home third place, defeating Aoran Amilia Sun.

Rounding off Saturday's medalists are the U11 singles events, with Akira Duggal winning gold in the Girls' event, with Seungheon Sean Yoo winning the Boys' tournament. Arianna Zhang and Aiden Lam won silver, whilst Grace Xiaoxi Lu and Chengning Yang took home the bronze medals.

On Sunday, the Para, U21, U17 and U13 tournaments took place, with the U21 and U13 sides of the draw getting us started from 8.30am.

In the Para competition, Maximos Papaconstantinou and Jimmy Huo played out an incredible final, with Papaconstantinou coming out victorious, with a 3-2 win (11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7). Both athletes were a credit to Australian Para table tennis, in a final which will live long in the memory. Raphael Uzoma would take home the bronze medal, beating Samir Eshani in the bronze medal match.

Stephen Liu secured his first gold and second medal of the weekend in the U21 Men's singles tournament, defeating Aaron Nguyen in the final, whilst it was Arvin Yeung who took bronze. Ling Wei Yannis Li also took home her second medal and first gold of the tournament in the U21 Women's singles, as the South Australian overcame Serena Zhang 3-1. Shrinkia Hariprasad finished in third place.

The final matches to take place were the U17 Boys' and Girls' sections of the draw, as Serena Zhang defeated Daisy Shutian Xi in the final to take gold, whilst the bronze medal went to Amy Yunzhao Cai. In the Boys' side of the tournament Aaron Nguyen claimed gold, battling past Arvin Yeung, whilst the bronze was claimed by Steven S So.

The youngest age catergories in action on Sunday were the U13's with Rishab Bhaskaracharya and Ariel Li winning gold in the Boys' and Girls' sections respectively, with Aaryan Batta and Oscar Kong completing the Boys' podium, whilst Lydia Tran and Alyssa Yeung would complete the medals in the Girls' format.

TTA would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those involved who made TTA Tour Victoria the success it was, including Goulburn Mulwaree Council, Veolia Arena, Tibhar, Table Tennis World, Sport Vot, Stupa, our referees and umpires and the local organising commitee.

Full event results can be found here, whilst the official photos from the event can be found via the TTA Flickr account.