There will be no National Cup three-peat for Sheffield Sharks this season.

Thames Valley Tigers knocked the holders out at the first round stage on Saturday night, running out 112-100 winners at Bracknell. 

The Tigers posted bursts of nine and eight without reply in the opening quarter, the latter giving them a 23-10 lead, which they never
relinquished. However, Sheffield were not prepared to lie down and provided their hosts with a late scare, putting together an 4-11 final quarter run to trim the lead to just seven points at 96-89. 

Tigers steadied the boat by scoring the next six points and making the result certain. 

Tigers' Greg Meldrum and John McCord both scored a game high 29 points, while ex-England veteran Peter Scantlebury added 22 for Sheffield.