Teams & Results from the VGC ’15 Melbourne Regionals
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.
About the Author
Rusty a pokemon player of old, has been an avid VGC player since the days of Hoenn! Since then he has become an advocate for Pokémon within Australia, and helps to run tournaments within his own state. Never one to keep knowledge to himself, he is here impart what he knows onto the next generation of Pokémon world champions.
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You don’t need any championship points to enter the National event. It is recommended though if you can, to pre-register on the Saturday though, to help with registration for the Sunday.
Thankyou!
I’m fairly happy with 3rd! Looking forward to nationals ;]
But as for the standard teams… What works, works for a reason, right? The fact that most seniors in the tournament actually used teams that were “legit”, ie they contained some t12 mons, like Kangaskhan/Gengar (w/ Sash)/Talonflame shows that we’re improving! A lot of people have mentioned to me that they’ve improved because they’ve been watching Cybertron’s or Alex Ogloza’s videos! I’m happy with that :]
thought i’d mention too that I am #12 in masters, devlyn 🙂
Pretty solid results from the top cut. Hopefully at the Aus Nationals I can do better than I did at the Melbourne Regionals, though.
I was happy with coming 4th but I agree with EspyyVGC, even tho they are standard teams they are standard for a reason, because they are good.
Ugh I came 11th in seniors I’m really disappointed in myself. I’m going to nationals for retribution though.