TTNSW PLAYERS ACHIEVE 27 MEDALS AT 2022 TTA TOUR SYDNEY

The 2022 TTA Tour - Sydney kicked off on 4-5 June 2022 at Sydney Olympic Park with 353 individual event entries. It attracted Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games representatives.

192 top athletes from 6 States/Territories competed across a full quota of events, ranging from U11 to Open as well as Para (Class 1 - 11) during the two-day national event.

23 NSW players achieved incredible results with a swag of 27 medals.

U11 Girls Singles S Zhou Silver, M Mirzadah Bronze. U11 Boys Singles M Tang Silver

U13 Girls Singles L Zhang Gold, C Huang Silver, D Xie Bronze. U13 Boys Singles L Piyachai Gold.

U15 Girls Singles A Wu Silver, D Xie Bronze. U17 Girls Singles C Cheng Bronze.

        U17 Boys Singles C Nie Gold, C Cheng Silver, J Guo Bronze.

U19 Boys Singles C Cheng Silver, C Nie Bronze. U19 Girls Singles S Oh Silver.

                 U21 Men’s Open Singles S Liu Silver, C Nie Bronze.

Men’s Open Singles X Lin Silver, D Shimojo Bronze. Women’s Open Singles

Y Liu Gold.

Class 6-11 Men’s Singles P Umetsu Silver. Class 6-11 Women’s Singles G Hockley Gold, S Sood Silver.

Class 1-5 Men’s Singles J Huo Gold, J Chen Silver, R Uzoma Bronze.

TTA CEO Scott Houston commented TTA Tour on 10 Mar 2022:“It is pleasing to see that so many players are travelling from interstate to compete, which is a big step forward after COVID-19 impacted many national events in 2020 and 2021 and gives us full confidence to move forward in 2022.”

TTNSW Junior Team Manager, Leonie Whiteford congratulated NSW junior players for their fantastic results at 2022 TTA Tour - Sydney, where NSW junior players won 3 Gold Medals, 7 Silver Medal and 7 Bronze Medals. This follows on from the success of the NSW Junior players who won 5 Gold Medals, 3 Silver Medal and 4 Bronze Medals at 2022 TTA Tour – Melbourne and won 8 Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medal and 7 Bronze Medals at 2022 TTA Tour - Canberra. Leonie wishes TTNSW junior players good luck in the 2022 National Junior Championships in July 2022.

TTNSW President, Tony Aduckiewicz said: “TTNSW is proud of our players’ great achievements: 17 players achieved 22 medals at 2022 TTA Tour - Canberra, 10 players achieved 15 medals at 2022 TTA Tour - Melbourne, and 23 players achieved 27 medals at 2022 TT Tour - Sydney. TTNSW is delighted to continue supporting TTA in its endeavours to assist the elite players to achieve their goals at both national and international level. “

Full details about 2022 TTA Tour – Sydney can be found via the following link:

https://www.tabletennis.org.au/news/2022-tta-tour-sydney/

Thanks to the commentary team of 2018 National Men's Doubles Champion Luke Cosgriff and Olympian Michelle Bromley’s calling all the shots.

David Lee and Michael Li wish to gratefully acknowledge Table Tennis Australia and Table Tennis New South Wales.