Greetings fellow Pokémon enthusiasts from the land of Oz! On May 3rd the Melbourne VGC’15 Regionals took place at the Collingwood Town Hall, Collingwood in Victoria. There were 41 Juniors, 81 Seniors and 251 Masters, for a total of 373 entrants. The Juniors, Seniors and Masters played 6, 7 and 8 rounds of best-of-one Swiss respectively, with a best-of-three top cut of 8 for both Junior and Senior division, while Masters had a top cut of 16.
Masters
1. Chris Giagozoglou (The Batman)
2. Nathan Farrugia
3. Callum Witt (CruiseVGC)
4. Jackson Lackey (FamousDeaf)
5. Nicholas Vella
6. Yehya El-Leissy (millifor)
7. Jake Robins
8. Aaron Kovacs (Esquilax)
9. Zak Tober (Zakdos)
10. Bailey Owens (bargens)
11. Thomas Selby
12. Devlyn Wu
13. Nihal Noor (UchihaX96)
14. Luke Bradley (auselote)
15. Jim Sullivan
16. Layne Hall (Lejn)
Senior Division
1. Jakob S. (TheRealFurret)
2. Samuel L.
3. Arvin B (EspyyVGC)
4. Harrison O
5. George K
6. Michael A (GreatTornado)
7. Sam G
8. Deloy T
Summary
There were 50 different Pokémon used across both divisions in top cut. A tabulated result of those used more than once can be seen below.
| Pokemon | Times Used |
| Landorus-T | 15 |
| Heatran | 12 |
| Kangaskhan | 12 |
| Sylveon | 10 |
| Thundurus | 9 |
| Amoonguss | 6 |
| Cresselia | 6 |
| Terrakion | 5 |
| Metagross | 4 |
| Rotom-W | 4 |
| Talonflame | 4 |
| Suicune | 3 |
| Gengar | 3 |
| Scrafty | 3 |
| Bisharp | 2 |
| Breloom | 2 |
| Milotic | 2 |
| Gardevoir | 2 |
| Salamence | 2 |
| Aegislash | 2 |
| Clefairy | 2 |
| Mawile | 2 |
| Venusaur | 2 |
| Charizard | 2 |
| Hydreigon | 2 |
Recorded Matches
The Masters semi-final of Callum vs Chris and the final between Chris and Nathan can be watched as a past broadcast on twitch here.
Photo taken by Jesse from PokéMelbourne and used with permission. Check out other images by him of the event on the PokeMelbourne Facebook group.
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