How to prevent a row from vertically expanding?

I’m having a problem with one of my rows expanding vertically. I have a picture set as the background and I have set the height to be 31px. See a picture of the problem at the link below. The html is also below.

This row only expands when certain modules are displayed. Does anyone have any idea how to prevent this row from vertically expanding?
Thanks your help,
Darren

Click here for picture of problem:
[URL=http://www.shootingmatches.com/images/errors/backgroundprob.jpg]Picture of Row that is tiling vertically[/URL]

[CODE]<TABLE width=”100%” BORDER=”1″ CELLPADDING=”0″ CELLSPACING=”0″>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=3 bgcolor=”336699″ valign=”top” align=”left”>
<font color=”#FFFFFF”>
<!– [left-blocks] –>
</font></TD>
<TD bgcolor=”336699″ width=”30″ height=”31″ valign=”top”><img src=”<!– [image-path] –>shootmatch-template5_corner.jpg” width=”30″ height=”31″></TD>
[B]<TD COLSPAN=2 height=”31″ background=”<!– [image-path] –>shootmatch-template5_10.jpg”></TD>[/B]
</TR>
<TR>
<TD background=”<!– [image-path] –>shootmatch-template5_14.jpg” width=”30″ rowspan=”2″></TD>
<TD bgcolor=”FFFFFF” valign=”top” width=”100%”>
<!– [center-blocks] –>
<!– [modules] –>
</TD>
<TD bgcolor=”FFFFFF” valign=”top” align=”center”>
<!– [right-blocks] –>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD bgcolor=”FFFFFF” valign=”top” colspan=”2″ align=”center”>
<hr width=”80%”>
<!– [footer-msg] –>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>[/CODE]

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