Wellington College’s famous Derby Field was the venue for their triumph in the competition, which is part of the borough council’s Young People in Sport Scheme.

Although the 24 teams taking part arrived under leaden skies, the weather quickly improved and the conditions were near perfect as the group games got under way.

The teams were divided into six groups with the winners and two best runners-up qualifying for the quarter-finals.

In Group A, the first match proved critical. Ascot Heath edged out Great Hollands by just two runs in an exciting match. Both teams won their remaining matches but, Ascot Heath went through.

Group B was fairly straight forward as Uplands won all their games comfortably.

In Group C, St Josephs B team were top of the pile with other sides taking points from each other. Whitegrove dominated Group D with three good wins to progress.

Groups E and F were the highest scoring of the lot. Holly Spring looked very strong, winning all their games in Group E, as did Meadow Vale in Group F.

Winkfield St Mary’s and Owlsmoor were runners-up in Groups E and F respectively, scoring enough runs to qualify for the quarter-finals with the best run rates.

The quarter-finals were drawn out of a hat and produced some intriguing contests.

In the first, Winkfield St Mary’s were restricted to 222 runs by Holly Spring, who managed 247 after a late run spree.

Holly Spring’s semi-final opponents came from the third quarter-final, where Uplands made a relatively low score but bowled beautifully to keep Owlsmoor at bay.

In the other half of the draw, Whitegrove proved too strong for St Joseph’s B team, whilst Ascot Heath and Meadow Vale produced the closest contest with Heath’s last pair seeing them home by five runs.

In the first semi-final, Uplands matched Holly Spring almost run-for-run as they chased down a score of 235.

However, the runs dried up in the last two overs and a couple of wickets fell to leave them 15 runs short.

In the second semi, Ascot Heath accumulated runs steadily against accurate Whitegrove bowling, but would have been slightly disappointed with a total of 215.

Whitegrove started well but then found it difficult to score. They endured a testing second half of their innings until a boundary from the penultimate ball saw them into the final by five runs.

The final between Holly Spring and Whitegrove was an absolute classic.

Both sides batted and bowled well, but the match was decided by some fantastic catching by both teams.

Holly Spring batted first and struggled to 219 despite an opening blitz from their first pair.

Whitegrove fielded brilliantly, taking a number of excellent catches to keep the score down.

When Whitegrove batted they also started well and, after five overs, had crept into the lead.

The turning point came in over six when the Holly Spring bowler took a magnificent catch from her own bowling that looked destined for a boundary.

The scores remained close and, with one ball remaining, Whitegrove needed four runs to tie the match.

The ball squirted off the edge of the bat towards the boundary, but did not quite have the pace to beat the fielder and the Holly Spring celebrations could begin.

Bracknell Forest Mayor Alan Kendall watched the final, and then presented the successful teams with their medals and trophies.