Creating a Table with HTML: blank space problem

[RedKnight]

I have been experimenting with the use of tables in vBulletin and feel that the format, when coverted to BBCode, will be of great value in displaying various information. Unfortunately when I create a table and inexplicable white space is always displayed above the table, and appears that the larger the table the larger the white space. Does anyone know of a solution to this issue? I have include the basic table coding for reference.

<table border=1 cellpadding=5 width=100%>
<tr>
	<th>Column 1</th>
	<th>Column 2</th>
	<th>Column 3</th>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Item 1</td>
	<td>Item 2</td>
	<td>Item 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>Item A</td>
	<td>Item B</td>
	<td>Item C</td>
</tr>
</table>