The 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Annual Awards took place on Saturday the 20th April and it was a magnificent event for all who attended. 

TTV would firstly like to give a massive thank you to our great partners at Infosys, for allowing us to use their incredible Living Labs facility, and for sponsoring the Awards Soiree. 

AGM: 

The 2023 AGM was held first from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, with great representation from our clubs. A massive thank you to everyone who attended this meeting. 

During the meeting Daniel Moloney, Rhys Thomas and Raj Datta were reappointed to the TTV Board of Directors. Heba Elakwah was also appointed for the first time to the TTV Board.  

After the AGM, there a Board Meeting held from which Melissa Tapper was appointed to the final position available on the Board. 

We congratulate the five of them on their appointments and thank them for putting their hands up to represent and give time to TTV in these roles. 

At the conclusion of the AGM, there was a Q&A session held where some great discussions took place regarding the future direction of table tennis in Victoria. 

Annual Awards: 

The 2023 Annual Awards Soiree was held shortly after the AGM with a great turnout to recognise the achievements of our athletes and community members in 2023. 

The awards finalists and winners are below: 

French Award – Senior Player of the Year: 

Female Finalists: Lina Lei, Melissa Tapper, Qian Yang (Winner)  

Male: Finalists: Aditya Sareen (Winner), Finn Luu, Nicholas Lum, Sanish Ambekar 

Coburg Award – Junior Player of the Year: 

Female Finalists: Alice Xia, Connie Psihogios (Winner), Sanaya Buddhadasa 

Male Finalists: Aditya Sareen (Winner), Finn Luu, Nicholas Lum 

Sokolowski Award – Veterans Player of the Year: 

Female Finalists: Christina Xiong (Winner), Debbie Wilson, Lydia Liu 

Male Finalists: Buddy Reid, Craig Carter (Winner), Simon Johnson 

Rosario Award – Para Player of the Year: 

Female Finalists: Danni Di Toro, Lina Lei, Qian Yang (Winner) 

Male Finalists: Christopher Addis, Ma Lin (Winner), Nathan Pellissier 

President's Award – Distinguished Service: 

Finalists: Daisy O’Bryan, Les Dawson (Winner), Ward Leydon 

Guggenheim Award – Volunteer of the Year: 

Finalists: Damian Taranto (Winner), Gerard McCarthy, John Keating, Terry Saundry 

Javor Award - Coach of the Year:

Finalists: David Griersmith, Jenny Langridge (Winner), Michael Mastromonaco, Rahul Mathew

Singer Award – Official of the Year: 

Winner: Gary Warnest 

St Kilda Cricket Table Tennis Club Award – Affiliate of the Year: 

Finalists: Dandenong TTA (Winner), MFTTA, Melbourne Veterans, Geelong TTA 

15 Years’ Service Award – Outstanding long-term service: 

Winner: Mark Bristowe 

A big thank you to everyone who attended, and congratulations to all who were recognised at the awards. 

Our photos of the awards presentations are now live on our flickr account thanks to our RMIT photography interns Mingyu & James!