The re-titled Junior British Clubs League, formerly the National Junior League, got underway at various venues across the country on Saturday with Cippenham hosting the event for teams from around our area.

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Cippenham have only entered two teams into this league this season and neither performed particularly well on the first day although there were a couple of standout individual performances. Twenty-four teams were arranged into six divisions and the Cippenham teams have been initially placed in divisions 3 and 6.

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The A team finished bottom of their division with only one win from their three matches but, incredibly, this was against the team that finished top of the division, Edward Meacock, who won seven of his nine individual matches during the day, was accredited with the player of the match award as his three successes, along with two from Akpesiri Egborge, gave the hosts a 5-4 victory. However, the other two matches were lost: 3-6 against Chesham Grammar School and 2-7 against Guildford A.

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The B team fared better in their division, winning twice against Ashford C 5-4 and Warren Spring C 8-1 but lost to divisional leaders Crusaders D 3-6. The outstanding performance in the division came from Cippenham's Nayan Bhardwaj who won all nine of his individual matches to mark a perfect debut for the club. Yaseen Abdelbary also assisted with five wins while Shaurya Bapna, also on debut, won twice.