The city’s leading table tennis players will be using their weekly fixtures in top-grade, as well as a few practice sessions, in the lead up the annual Rockhampton Open Championships that will be played out over the weekend between Friday evening 19th June through to Sunday afternoon 21st June. With the entries closing on Monday 15th June local players need to organise their doubles partners as well as consider the events in which they wish to compete. Intending participan

The count down is on for the annual Rockhampton Open Table Tennis Championships that is being staged at the Leichhardt Park playing centre on Friday evening 19th June through to Sunday afternoon 21st. It is hoped that good numbers will line up for the Chauvel Industrial Services open singles and doubles and ratings events as well as the Bolsover Radiology competitions across the various sections from under-11 through to over-80 as advertised in the 46-event program. June

Seventeen-year-old Cooper Bulow is elated to have received a call-up to the state’s Under-21 team to represent Queensland at the National Senior, Youth and Para Championships at Goulburn, New South Wales early in July. Bulow is an interesting story in the sport. The Rockhampton Association first became aware of him a few years ago at the CQ regional competition of the Queensland Schools Championships when he represented the Gladstone’s Faith Baptist Christian School. From the

A few would-be Rocky representatives missed out on participating in the Mackay Open Championships on the weekend due to a variety of reasons but those who were able to take part reported that plenty of competitive matches were on offer. James O’Sullivan reached the semi-finals stage of his two veteran events but was knocked out in the Over-50 by the improved Jerrod Thompson from Moreton Bay while he bowed out to Townsville’s ever-reliable Max Wellington in the Over-60. Julien

The count-down is on for the next important event hosted by the Rockhampton Table Tennis Association with this year’s edition of the Queensland School’s Championships fast approaching. The 2026 version of Central Queensland’s qualifying play-offs will take place at the Leichhardt Park playing centre on Friday 12 June while the State Finals will be staged at the South Pine Indoor Sports Centre on Monday 14 September. Regional play-offs will also be staged at Bundaberg, Brisban

Rockhampton’s table tennis community has made the most of the short Easter break, blending development, competition and preparation as the state tournament season begins to gather pace. At the Leichhardt Park playing centre, some of the Rockhampton Table Tennis Association’s improving juniors marked International Table Tennis Day in a slightly different way last Thursday, with a session designed to put their training into practice. Rather than the usual format of extended coa

The Rockhampton Table Tennis Association’s sole representative at the Queensland Junior Closed Championships that concluded a few days ago at Moreton Bay returned home with some proud achievements to his credit. Judd Carr, who plays in the local weekly fixture in the top division of open grade, took part in the teams and individual singles and doubles events at this annual tournament that immediately followed the state senior closed titles at the same venue. Carr joined Shivv

The interest in both divisions of fixtures in open grade did not wane during the concluding round of the competition at the city’s headquarters for table tennis on Leichhardt Park leading into the school-holiday break. The results in both sections did not turn out the way most involved would have anticipated and now the players have the two-week spell prior to the start of season-two for the year. In the top division teams lead by Joel Coughlan and Matthew Pettett were tied i

The last round of fixtures in both divisions of open grade will be staged this week at the Leichhardt Park playing centre and plenty of interest will be focused on most of the matches as the premierships will be decided on the first team past the post system. With two teams currently tied in the top spot in both sections and a couple of others not far off the pace any surprise results could tip the scales. The second division draw will provide most interest as only two weeks

The annual Bundaberg Open Table Tennis Championships turned out to be a huge tournament over the weekend and the Rocky club’s representatives did well, particularly in some of the upper-age and lower-ratings events. With over 100 players from clubs in the south-eastern part of the state through to Mackay in the north the organisers had to manage a very heavy schedule. The carnival hit-off on Friday night with some events in the veteran’s category and James O’Sullivan teamed w

Whilst the players in the top division of open grade fixtures at the Rocky Table Tennis Association usually turn on the better matches from a spectacle viewpoint this season their counterparts from second division have created a most interesting score-board situation, and along the way have really turned on some incredible performances. Focusing on the leaderboard in the second section, a week ago one of the teams that was sharing the first place is now sitting at number fi

Despite some players returning some very impressive performances the leaderboards in both divisions of fixtures in open grade remain close at the top end leading into the conclusion of the first season for the year. The premierships will be won by the teams in front in both divisions at the conclusion of the nine rounds of fixtures just prior to the school holidays just prior to the Easter break. After fixtures last week in the top division the combination of Joel Coughlan

Some of the keener players from the Rocky Table Tennis Club have hit the state’s tournament circuit early in the year when they attended the Northern Challenge that was hosted by the Mackay Association over the weekend. Some encouraging results were achieved by these players in competitions that are a bit different to what is played it regular open championships. On paper, Oliver Wright performed particularly well considering that he could only participate in day-1 of the two

After only four rounds of fixtures for the year in top grade players interested in attending tournaments start getting the choice to do so as it seems that the state’s busy tournament calendar kicks off earlier each year. The first event for the year that locals can consider attending is the Northern Challenge which is being hosted by the Mackay Club next Saturday and Sunday. This event offers a different style of competition to normal tournaments and all reports from last ye

While there were some close and exciting matches in the second round of fixtures in open grade at the Leichhardt Park Table Tennis Centre last week the heat and humidity probably assisted some players to achieve better results than expected whilst others really struggled to produce their normal plays in the conditions, and as a consequence suffered on the scoreboard. In the top division Dane Coughlan produced some outstanding rallies to totally outplay Rayden Smith after Smit

The city’s table tennis activities at the local club on Leichhardt Park in Campbell Street returned to normal recently after a recess during the school holiday period and some maintenance issues that needed attention. At the present time the club-house is getting a new roof over the six playing courts, which has been made possible due to a healthy grant from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund. It is hoped that this construction action will not adversely affect day-time playi

Members of the Rockhampton Table Tennis Association gathered at the Rocky Sports Club last Friday evening for the annual presentation of trophies function and to commemorate another successful year of activities at the club. After the presentation of medals for the year’s four fixture seasons and the closed championships the annual perpetual awards were presented to some surprised and ecstatic recipients as well as a few very vocal supporters. The Incentive Trophy is a perp

Despite absences by some leading players in the first week of the final series in the top-grade fixture competition there were still some very good matches and, in reality, the teams that won through to the grand finals this week would probably have been the same if all players had been available for the semis. Work and school commitments put big holes in some teams with one needing to forfeit due to all three players being unavailable and suitable substitutes not being on th

This week the city’s leading table tennis players will take to the Leichhardt Park playing courts to contest the semi-finals of the open grade fixtures. Minor premiership honours in the top division have gone to Joel Coughlan, Ann-Louise Stewart and Oliver Wright and they will take on the fourth placed outfit of Jakob Baker, Monica Deeth and Cooper Bulow in the first semi. On the other side of the draw the second placed team of Matthew Pettett, Pam Clarke and Hilton Kane will

With representative commitments completed for the year the city’s more competitive table tennis players still have the end of season fixtures to look forward to prior to the club’s open grade comp winding up with finals early in December. With only this week’s round remaining prior to the two weeks of finals matches the stage is set for an exciting finish although one outfit has shot ahead on the leaderboard to take favouritism for the major flag. Two divisions will be create