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Cippenham Series 6 31.7.10

The curtain came down on the Cippenham Series with Michael White wining a close battle against Liam McTiernan in the final of the Boys’ Singles. Liam, however, still won the overall Series.

Grand Prix 29 13.7.10

New member Rajan Waterman won the latest Tuesday evening Grand Prix with Ricky Hardcastle and Graham Trimming second and third respectively.

Cippenham Series 2 10-11.7.10

Hari Gehlot was the star of the final senior and veteran Series event, winning both men’s titles. He also secured the overall veteran men’s title but the senior title went to Neil Wright. Janice Lee won the veteran women’s event and overall title.

Cippenham Young Players’ Summer Festival 12-13.6.10

Daniel Barna, Jesse Kendrick-Hill, Joseph Langham-Ferreira, Daniel McTiernan and Lara Esquivel were the winners of the five events at this year’s Summer Festival.

Club Championships Junior Singles 27.5.10

George Weller beat off 26 other competitors to win the final event of the season’s Club Championships, the Junior Singles. In the final he beat Lee Fletcher.

Cippenham Series 5 Open 22-23.5.10

Plenty of good performances by Cippenham members but no medals at the end of the weekend. Rafique Sarhadi reached the semi-final of the Men’s Singles and Paul Baker did likewise in the veterans’. Rajan Waterman, after winning his group, and Steve Buck both reached the quarters. The titles went to Jojo Senorin, Ikue Humphrey, Jerome Jonah and Janice Lee.

Club Championship Open Singles 18.5.10

The final Tuesday evening of the Club Championships saw Colin Wilson lose his title in a closely fought battle with Rafique Sarhadi 11-9 in the fifth. Semi-finalists were Anthony Gardner and Rajan Waterman who had enjoyed a 11-11 fifth games success over Ricky Hardcastle in the quarters. Slough Masters champion Paul Baker went out to Colin also in the quarters.

Club Championship Open Doubles 11.5.10

The second week of Club Championships and it’s the youngsters, Eddie Mitchell and Michael Ho, that prevail in the doubles beating top seeds Steve Buck and Steve Smith 11-9 in a topsy-turvy final.

Club Championship Tweenies’ and Veterans’ Singles 4.5.10

Steve Buck and Graham Trimming are the new Club Tweenies’ and Veterans’ champions after the annual Club Championships kicked off on Tuesday evening.

English National Cadet Masters 1-2.5.10

Once again the Club was proud to host the National Cadet Masters and to have two of our players competing. Michael Ho, who has been one the Wednesday evening group coached by Sue Hayes, excelled in finishing fourth in the boys’ event and Charleigh Kirby finished in her expected sixth position in the girls’.

Cippenham Series 4 24-25.4.10

A poorly attended event saw winners’ trophies picked up by Hari Gehlot, who beat Cippenham’s Steve Buck in the final of the Men’s Singles, Julie Furber, Alex Forshaw and Lucy Burks.

Slough Masters 20.4.10

Paul Baker is the new Slough Masters champion. In a scintillating first round battle he defeated hot favourite Rafique Sarhadi 13-11 in the fifth and then cruised through Neil Bird and Russell Holbrook to claim his second Masters title, the first being fourteen years ago.

Slough League 9.4.10

Cippenham Outlaws beat Chalfont 7-3 to win the Slough League title by a single point after suffering a huge 9-1 defeat to title aspirants Cippenham Buccaneers the night before. Neil Bird won 3, Graham Trimming 2 and Anthony Gardner 1 as Outlaws secured the title.

Cippenham Series 3 3-4.4.10

Ben Johnson, once of Reading but now living in the USA, showed his class by wining the Men’s Singles title at the poorly attended Series 3. The women’s title went to Julie Furber of Wales while the two junior events were won by Liam McTiernan and Jasmin Ould.

Slough Sports Awards 22.3.10

Two members of the Club’s management team picked up awards at the Mayor of Slough’s Annual Sports Awards. Graham Trimming and Peter Hillier were each rewarded for years of dedicated service with the Mewa Mann Award for Contribution to Sport and Slough Observer Award for Service to Sport respectively. Peter was nominated by the Club while Graham’s award is not open to nomination and was decided by the Mayor’s Organising Committee.

British League 4th Weekend 13-14.3.10

Both teams playing at Cippenham were engaged in battles against relegation and both were decided only by the final matches. However, a 4-4 draw, from 0-2 down, against Guernsey sealed the second team’s survival by one set as Kingfisher lost 6-2 on the adjacent table and the first team got their second 5-3 win of the weekend to pull three points clear of the drop zone.

National Junior League 4th Day 13.3.10

Alex Nagle did not quite keep his 100% record up throughout  the entire season. His one loss in the final round of matches gave him an aggregate of 34 wins from 35 matches - a tremendous effort. Cippenham’s three teams finished locked together in 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in Division 2.

Junior & Cadet 6 Nations 12-14.3.10

Charleigh Kirby became the latest Cippenham player to represent England. She teamed up with Vicki Smith as the England cadet girls’ team in the 6 Nations. In the team event they came second behind Ireland while Charleigh also reached the semi-final of the individual cadet girls’ singles.

Junior British League 2nd Weekend 13-14.2.10

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 6-7.2.10

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 30-31.1.10

Cippenham’s season of woe in British leagues continues - the veterans’ team lost all five matches at Doncaster and slipped to fifth place and potential relegation from Division 1B.

Cippenham Young Players’ New Year Festival 30-31.1.10

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 5-3 and then led Kingfisher 3-0 only to fail 3-5. The first team lost both matches 2-6 while the third team gained a walkover against Urban Progress II and lost 3-5 to York Gardens.

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-a-side football all made for an enjoyable evening.

County Championship Senior Premier Division 5-6.12.09

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-Star Open 22.11.09

The Cippenham duo of Cedric Brion and Rafique Sarhadi, playing as Spin Team, defeated the youngsters of Blaenafon 2-1 to capture the title. Cedric remained unbeaten all day and Rafique lost only once in the final. The new curtain, designed to improve the lighting, was unveiled and received positive feedback from competitors.

Veterans’ British League 1st Weekend 7-8.11.09

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 5.11.09

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 24-25.10.09

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 10-11.10.09

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 6-2 win over bottom team Generation 2 in Division 1 South gave something to cheer. Perverse, the only Cippenham team that is bottom of their division, the second team, have the most points (five) and all teams can escape relegation with better performances over the final two weekends.

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 26-27.9.09

Despite a bright performance from Charleigh Kirby, who won eight out of ten, Cippenham’s re-entry after a year’s absence from the Women’s British League, did not fare well. Only one point was gained as the team sit bottom of Division 3 at the half-way stage.

British Leaguer 1st Weekend 5-6.9.09

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 29-30.8.09

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-final of MS, Sue Hayes, second in VWS ,and Jonathan Evans won the men’s consolation.

 

News in Brief Season 2009-10

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

Graham Trimming: Award for Contribution to Sport at Mayor of Slough’s Annual Sports Awards 2009

Spin Team, champions, Cedric Brion and Rafique Sarhadi (sponsored by Stag)