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Junior British League 2nd Weekend 13-
Cippenham girls’ team enjoyed a much better second weekend in the Junior British League, gaining three wins from four matches and thereby catapulted themselves up two places to finish third in the Premier Division. England number 7 Natalie Slater fared best of all, winning 7 out of 8 during the weekend and 10 out of 15 overall. She was well supported by Haylee Potts and Charleigh Kirby.
Women’s British League 2nd Weekend 6-
Charleigh Kirby put in another sparkling performance with 8 out of 7 as Cippenham won 1, drew 2 and lost 2 matched to climb one place to fifth in Division 3.
National Junior League 3rd day 6.2.10
Alex Nagle retained his incredible 100% record in the NJL and has completed 25 matches without defeat. His Cippenham C side finished Round 2 second in Division 2, above both Cippenham A and Cippenham B.
Veterans’ British League 2nd Weekend 30-
Cippenham’s season of woe in British leagues continues -
Cippenham Young Players’ New Year Festival 30-
Bradley Tuttle was the star on Sunday winning both the U16 and U16 boys’ titles. Other titles went to Chris Griffiths, Vincent Stacey, Lucy Burks, Majada Yasmin, Chrissie Slot and Letitia McMullan.
British League 3rd Weekend 17.1.10
It was another disappointing day for Cippenham teams in the British League. The 2nd
team beat Fusion II 5-
Christmas Party 20.12.09
About fifty people braved the Arctic conditions to attend the Club’s annual Christmas
Party. Plenty of food and drink, good conversation, Ken’s popular robot challenge,
the picture board and 5-
County Championship Senior Premier Division 5-
Bucks first team, comprising all Cippenham players, struggled in the first weekend of matches played at Cippenham. Bucks lost all three matches but have played the top two teams. They will hope to do better in the second half in the new year.
Slough Schools’ Tournament 23.11.09
The first event in the Slough & Wexham School Sport Partnership took place at Cippenham TTC with Herschel A finishing first and Langley Grammar A second.
Cippenham Team 2-
The Cippenham duo of Cedric Brion and Rafique Sarhadi, playing as Spin Team, defeated
the youngsters of Blaenafon 2-
Veterans’ British League 1st Weekend 7-
The veterans’ team are the most successful so far this season of all the Club’s team in British leagues. In truth, there was not a lot to beat but fourth place and four points in Division 1A after an unearned promotion is a good return. Roger Hookey was the most successful player with six wins out of eight.
National Junior League 2nd Day 7.11.09
The National Junior League is half way through. The Cippenham A side is struggling, bottom of Division 1 but the B and C teams have done well and set in second and third positions in Division 2. Alex Nagle has won all fifteen of his matches for the C team while Duncan Calvert won all nine on day 1 for the B team but found it harder going when promoted to the A team for day 2.
Anniversary Party and Awards
Alan Farral will be forever remembered at the Club now that the Junior Player of the Year Award carries his name, a fitting tribute to our much loved coach who succumbed to cancer a year ago. His widow Jean and children Adam and Vanessa were on hand at the party to make the presentation to Eddie Mitchell. Charles, Steph and Eddie Mitchell also presented the Outstanding Contribution Award to Jim Hayes in rmemory of Karen Mitchell. The Senior Player of the Year award was presented to Steve Smith.
Junior British League 1st Weekend 24-
The junior teams did little better than their senior counterparts two weeks earlier. Placed in high divisions, the girls managed two points from drawn matches in the Premier Division while the boys have one point only in Division One. Highlights of the weekend were Natalie Slater’s win over England number 2 Emily Bates and Charleigh Kirby’s win over Laura Robinson, ranked eight places higher.
British League 2nd Weekend 10-
Oh dear! One win and eleven defeats was Cippenham’s sorry tale of woe from the worst
set of results ever for the Club in a single British League weekend. Only the first
team’s 6-
Bucks Trials 26.9.09
Eddie Mitchell topped the boys’ section of the Bucks Trials last weekend. Incredibly, this was the third season in a row that Eddie had accomplished this feat. Anthony Gardner finished fifth, Alex Nagle eighth, Elliot Ford tenth and Joseph Underwood eleventh. In the girls’ section there were only two competitors but, nevertheless, Stephanie Mitchell came out on top.
Women’s British League 1st Weekend 26-
Despite a bright performance from Charleigh Kirby, who won eight out of ten, Cippenham’s
re-
British Leaguer 1st Weekend 5-
The three Cippenham teams made solid, in unspectacular, starts to their British League campaigns. The first two gain two points from a couple of drawn matches, the second team fared best with two wins and a draw resulting in five points and third place in Division 1 South and Midlands while the promoted third team, operating in Division 2 South and West, started well with three points on Saturday but faded on Sunday. Most successful players were Owen Clutterbuck (6/8) and David Hayes (3/4) while Cedric Brion, Martin Adams, Steve Buck, Paul Baker and Tony Stead all won half of their eight matches.
Grand Prix 23 1.9.09
By winning the two weekly events that he entered,Krysztof Zemelka is the latest winner of the Cippenham Grand Prix. Graham Trimming’s consistency over four events earned him second place and Terry Osborne’s win in the final event was enough to give him third place overall. 34 players took part and the other three weeks were won by Paul Baker, Jonny Evans and Colin Wilson.
Cippenham Series 1 29-
The new season kicked off with the first events of the second season of the Cippenham
Series. First winners were Garth Kinlocke (MS), Charlotte Carey (WS), Hari Gehlot
(VMS) and Janice Lee (VWS). Most successful Cippenham members were Rafique Sarhadi
and Cedric Brion who reached quarter-
News in Brief Season 2009-
Outstanding Contribution Award winner Jim Hayes with Charles Mitchell and family
The family of the late Alan Farral, Adam, Jean and Vanessa present the Junior Player of the Year award which now carries Alan’s name
Senior Player of the Year Steve Smith