31/08/2026
Murray Neighbors Challenge 2026 Summary and Results
On Saturday the 22nd August the Renmark Table Tennis Association hosted the Annual Murray Neighbors Challenge in Renmark. The Sunraysia Table Tennis Association travelled across from Mildura with 22 players plus their supporters to battle it out for the perpetual trophy and 12 months of bragging rights. In What was a huge day of quality table tennis with a total of 84 matches being played it was Sunraysia who came out on top, winning 45 matches to Renmark’s 39. Final scores were Sunraysia 45 Rubbers, 160 games, 2901 points to Renmark 39 Rubbers, 158 games, 2918 points. The matches were a combination of doubles and singles with a great show of sportsmanship and healthy competition from both teams.
Club President, Dennis Robinson, lead the charge for Renmark, winning all 3 of his singles matches on table 1. Robinson defeated Wayne Carmichael, Kate Carmichael and Jackson Tung from Sunraysia, with all 3 of them being higher ranked players. Frank Sulllivan won the only other match for Renmark on table 1, defeating Jackson Tung 13-11 in the 5th with Renmark going down 4-8. On table 2 it was Joel Stoeckel who stood out for Renmark, first teaming up with Byron Livingston-Bornholm in the doubles to Defeat Paul Kealley and Jamie Kealley in their doubles match. Stoeckel then went on to defeat both Paul Kealley and Rohan Reimers in his singles matches, picking up the only 2 singles wins for Renmark on table 2. Jamie Kealley for Sunraysia was too good for Renmark and won all 3 of his singles. On table 3 Geoff Haby and Jackson Rogers each picked up 1 singles match win with their table going down 3-9. Liam Wood was the standout for Sunraysia winning all 3 of his matches and proving to be too strong on the day.
Jemima Livingston-Bornholm continued her good form this season and had 2 wins on table 4. Livingston-Bornholm defeated Deegan Kerslake and Quinton Clark in 3 straight in her singles matches. For Sunraysia, Josh Arnold was playing well, defeating Rogers and winning all 3 of his singles matches. In a close battle on table 5 it was Allan Hughes leading the way for Renmark, picking up 2 singles wins against Hayden Wilson and Kym Sykes. Hughes had a marathon 5 setter, coming away with the win 12-10 in the 5th and won his doubles with Sonia Adamczyk with Renmark narrowly going down 5-7 overall. On table 6 Renmark were too strong for Sunraysia with Scott Bornholm, Mason Karpany and Pras Chowta all picking up 2 singles wins each. Darren Bottams from Sunraysia was all that stopped Remark from a clean sweep on table 6, with Bottams winning all 3 of his singles matches as Renmark got up 9-3. On Table 7 it was all Renmark with Maddie McGregor, Chris Gaskin, Simon Adamczyk and Noah Johnson winning all their matches to win the table 12-0. Nathan Beard from Sunraysia had a great match with Adamczyk, narrowly going down 12-10 in the 5th.
The Renmark Table Tennis Association would like to Thank the Sunraysia Table Tennis Association for making the trip across on the day and for being great competitors. Thank you also to all our members for all of the work and effort that went in to making the day happen, there is a huge amount of behind the scene work that goes in to a day like this. Lastly thank you also to our sponsors, without your support days like this wouldn’t be possible.
Results
Doubles
F. Sullivan/D. Robinson lost to W. Carmichael/K. Carmichael 11-6, 3-11, 7-11, 4-11. F. Sullivan/B. Williams lost to W. Carmichael/J. Tung 5-11, 6-11, 11-9, 15-17D. Robinson/B. Williams 2-11, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 9-11
Singles
F. Sullivan d J. Tung 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 13-11. D. Robinson d W. Carmichael 13-11, 11-6, 11-2. B. Wiliams lost to K. Carmichael 5-11, 7-11, 2-11. F. Sullivan lost to K. Carmichael 3-11, 5-11, 11-7, 7-11. D. Robinson d J. Tung 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7. B. Williams lost to W. Carmichael 9-11, 5-11, 8-11. F. Sullivan lost to W. Carmichael 4-11, 7-11, 5-11. D. Robinson d K. Carmichael 11-9, 11-8, 11-6. B. Williams lost to J. Tung 10-12, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 14-16
Doubles
B. Livingston-Bornholm/J. Stoeckel def J. Kealley/ P. Kealley 11-7, 11-4, 7-11, 9-11, 11-6. B. Livingston-Bornholm/P. Rogers lost to J. Kealley/R. Reimers 12-10, 7-11, 8-11, 8-11. J. Stoeckel/P. Rogers lost to P. Kealley/R. Reimers 11-8, 4-11, 5-11, 8-11
Singles
B. Livingston lost to R. Reimers 9-11, 11-5, 9-11, 4-11. J. Stoeckel lost to J. Kealley 2-11, 9-11, 4-11. P. Rogers lost to P. Kealley 4-11, 11-8, 5-11, 6-11. B. Livingston-Bornholm lost to P. Kealley 7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11. J. Stoeckel d R. Reimers 11-3, 4-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6. P. Rogers lost to J. Kealley 5-11, 6-11, 6-11. B. Livingston-Bornholm lost to J. Kealley 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 6-11, 10-12. J. Stoeckel d P. Kealley 12-10, 11-8, 12-10. P. Rogers lost to R. Reimers 9-11, 7-11, 4-11
Doubles
G. Haby/J. Rogers lost to L. Wood/G. Carmichael 11-4, 3-11, 4-11, 12-14. G. Haby/G. Dyer lost to L. Wood/J. Gifkins 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 9-11. J. Rogers/G. Dyer def G. Carmichael/J. Gifkins 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10
Singles
G. Haby lost to J. Gifkins 10-12, 5-11, 12-10, 8-11. J. Rogers lost to L. Wood 11-8, 5-11, 7-11, 6-11. Sv. G. Dyer lost to G. Carmichael 6-11, 9-11, 4-11. G. Haby def G. Carmichael 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8. J. Rogers def J. Gifkins 12-10, 11-9, 12-10. G. Dyer lost to L. Wood 4-11, 11-13, 4-11, 8-11. G. Haby lost to L. Wood 11-6, 9-11, 5-11, 11-8, 4-11. J. Rogers lost to G. Carmichael 8-11, 5-11, 11-6, 8-11. G. Dyer lost to J. Gifkins 7-11, 9-11, 8-11
Doubles
M. Rose/B. Schier lost to Q. Clark/J. Arnold 5-11, 11-9, 6-11, 5-11. M. Rose/J. Livingston-Bornholm lost to Q. Clark/D. Kerslake 9-11, 11-13, 15-13, 11-9, 6-11. B. Schier/J/ Livingston-Bornholm lost to J. Arnold/D. Kerslake 5-11, 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 10-12.
Singles
M. Rose lost to D. Kerslake 11-13, 12-10, 6-11, 8-11. B. Schier lost to Q. Clark 15-13, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 9-11. J. Livingston-Bornholm lost to J. Arnold 6-11, 8-11, 4-11. M. Rose lost to J. Arnold 6-11, 6-11, 11-6, 7-11. B. Schier def D. Kerslake 11-8, 12-10, 15-13. J. Livingston-Bornholm def Q. Clark 11-9, 11-5, 12-10. M. Rose lost to Q. Clark 6-11, 10-12, 9-11. B. Schier lost to J. Arnold 11-9, 5-11, 7-11, 5-11. J. Livingston-Bornholm def D. Kerslake 11-9, 11-5, 11-4.
Doubles
A. Hughes/P. Reid lost to S. Campbell/K. Sykes 6-11, 7-11, 11-7, 8-11. A. Hughes/S. Adamczyk def S. Campbell/H. Wilson 11-9, 11-5, 11-8. P. Reid/S. Adamczyk lost to K. Sykes/H. Wilson 12-14, 1-11, 11-6, 7-11.
Singles
A. Hughes def H. Wilson 14-12, 11-9, 11-8. P. Reid def S. Campbell 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10. S. Adamczyk lost to K. Sykes 18-20, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11, 10-12. A. Hughes def K. Sykes 4-11, 10-12, 11-9, 14-12, 11-9. P. Reid lost to H. Wilson 13-15, 7-11, 11-13. S. Adamczyk def S. Campbell 11-8, 11-6, 11-7. A. Hughes lost to S. Campbell 3-11, 5-11, 8-11. P. Reid lost to K. Sykes 6-11, 8-11, 3-11. S. Adamczyk lost to H. Wilson 9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11.
Doubles
S. Bornholm/M. Karpany def C.Crabtree/D. Bottams 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6. S. Bornholm/P. Chowta def C. Crabtree/T. Gilmour 11-7, 14-12, 11-3. M. Karpany/P. Chowta def D. Bottams/T. Gilmour 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 12-10.
Singles
S. Bornholm def T. Gilmour 11-4, 11-6, 11-2. M. Karpany def C. Crabtree 7-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5. P. Chowta lost to D. Bottams 3-11, 12-14, 5-11. S. Bornholm lost to D. Bottams 4-11, 11-9, 11-3, 8-11, 10-12. M. Karpany def T. Gilmour 11-5, 11-8, 11-6. P. Chowta def C. Crabtree 11-5, 11-6, 12-10. S. Bornholm def C. Crabtree 11-1, 11-9, 11-2. M. Karpany lost to D. Bottams 11-7, 9-11, 10-12, 9-11. P. Chowta def T. Gilmour 11-9, 11-7, 11-4.
Doubles
M. McGregor/C. Gaskin def L. Wilson/M. Starikov 11-8, 11-4, 11-7. S. Adamczyk/N. Johnson def N. Beard/A. Mckay 11-7, 11-5, 11-0. M. McGregor/S. Adamczyk def L. Wilson/N. Beard 11-2, 11-5, 11-4. C. Gaskin/N. Johnson def M. Starikov/A. Mckay 11-5, 11-8, 11-1.
Singles
M. McGregor def M. Starikov 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-2. C. Gaskin def L. Wilson 11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6. S. Adamczyk def A. Mckay 11-2, 11-2, 11-2. N. Johnson def N. Beard 11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7. M. McGregor def L. Wilson 11-6, 14-16, 11-5, 11-5. C. Gaskin def M. Starikov 11-9, 11-5, 11-6. S. Adamczyk def N. Beard 10-12, 11-7, 4-11, 11-1, 12-10. N. Johnson def A. Mckay 11-3, 11-0, 11-2.