Honed Pokémon Trainers descended on Manchester’s Event City this past weekend to compete at the 2015 Pokémon UK National Championships, competing for a chance to challenge the world’s greatest at the 2015 Pokémon World Championships in Boston.
Trainers battled across three age divisions (Junior, Senior, and Masters), in either the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) or Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.
After an intense day of battling and inspiring sportsmanship, those that were victorious now have a greater chance of earning themselves invitations and travel awards to participate at the 2015 Pokémon World Championships in Boston.
The event will take place between Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd August, and will see players from North America, South America and more than 30 countries around the world go head-to-head to be crowned World Pokémon TCG or VG Champion.
The Pokémon Company International have confirmed the 2015 Pokémon TCG and Video Game National Champions as follows, and shared their video highlights:
2015 Pokémon Trading Card Game National Champions — Junior Division
1st: Adam Balela
2nd: Vanshay Bhucher
3rd: Marcus Palmer
4th: Robin Waters
2015 Pokémon Trading Card Game National Champions — Senior Division
1st: Adam Gregson
2nd: Kyle Guest
3rd: Joshua Toulmin
4th: Luke Campbell Lowe
2015 Pokémon Trading Card Game National Champions — Masters Division
1st: Oliver Fennelly
2nd: Alex Dao
3rd: Jamie Serhan
4th: Karl Blake
2015 Pokémon Video Game National Champions — Junior Division
1st: Enzo Tigroudja
2nd: Rhys Stevens
3rd: Lisle Costard
4th: Charlie Taylor
2015 Pokémon Video Game National Champions — Senior Division
1st: Jack Durrand
2nd: Joseph Richardson
3rd: Jan Tillmann
4th: Mark McQuillan
2015 Pokémon Video Game National Champions — Masters Division
1st: Markus Stadter
2nd: Arash Ommati
3rd: Eugenio Discalzi
4th: Baris Akcos
