Bermuda will go to next month's Pan-Am Games on a high - but don't expect anything close to the medal haul that was witnessed at the Island Games, warns vice-president of the Bermuda Olympic Association Michael Cherry.

The Island finished the week-long Island Games in Guernsey with a total of 37 medals - 15 golds, 14 silvers and eight bronze - taking fourth spot in the final medal table.

However, though some of the those who were present are travelling to the Dominican Republic for the Pan-Ams, the standard of competition is going to be way beyond what they experienced in Europe.

Kris Hedges will be joined by compatriot Geri Mewett in the men's cycling team - both riders having competed at the B World Championships in Switzerland at the weekend.

The women's team, however, has still to be finalised with only one place having been allocated at present. Melanie Claude and Julia Hawley, who competed at both the Island Games and the World Bs, are vying to travel. Both have qualified but the Bermuda Bicycle Association have yet to submit their nomination in the hope that two spots will be made available.

In sailing, Bermuda will be represented by Malcolm Smith in the Sunfish class and Zander Kirkland in the Lasers.

Swimmers Ronald Cowen and Kiera Aitken will lead the challenge in the pool, while Katura Horton-Perinchief will be scaling the diving platform.

The track and field squad currently consists of triple jumper Brian Wellman, 800 metre runner Tamika Williams and 1,500 metre runner Ashley Couper. Sprinter Xavier James and long jumper Devon Bean were still attempting to qualify as of this past weekend while at the CAC Championships in Grenada.

The final competitors are the ten pin bowling quartet of Steven Riley, Antoine Jones, June Dill and Diane Ingham.

The BOA's Cherry said people needed to be realistic about the Island's expectations at the Games.

"It would be nice to get a medal, but quite frankly I am not all that hopeful," he said. "The standard of the Pan-Ams is a lot higher than the Island Games - the Island Games is really were we should be. It's nice to get our better (competitors) at the Pan-Ams, it's something to aim for, but we are not expecting to come away with a fist full of medals.

"We got a gold medal last time and we got two silvers. It would be nice if we came back with something like that but to be frank I am not too hopeful."

Despite the prediction, Cherry said the Pan-Ams were an important event for Bermuda.

"We need to be recognised and we need to be there and the people that are going deserve to go," he said. "If you go expecting to come back with a gold medal then people won't go. You go to participate and to perform at the best of your ability."

The Games, to be held in Santo Domingo, run from August 1 to 17.