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Papakura hosted the inaugural Para Table Tennis Festival from September 26 to October 4 at Rosehill College.
Forty-eight athletes, from Fiji, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tuvalu, and New Zealand, attended. This included 15 Paralympians who competed for Oceanic titles and qualifying spots at the 2026 World Para Championships.
New Zealand’s team had 16 members, including 11 who made their international debut.
Paralympian 230, Matthew Britz, won the men’s singles classes 6-7, placing third in both the men’s doubles classes MD14-18 with Waikato’s Mark Liddle, and mixed doubles MD14-20 with Cadence Grant.
Britz is the reigning Oceania Class 6–7 Men’s Singles Champion and captured New Zealand’s only singles gold of the 2025 Para Table Tennis Championships, a proud moment for both him and Team NZ.
Counties Manukau player Timothy Johnson placed second in men’s doubles classes MD4–8 with Matthew Grant Hall, and third in men’s singles classes 1–3.
Waikato’s Sarah Clarke took silver medals in women’s singles classes 3–5, women’s doubles WD10 with Lysiane Teiri, and mixed doubles XD7–10 with James Goulding at the ITTF-Oceania Table Tennis Championships.
