Bermuda's three-man squash team ended up in sixth place at the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador this week after defeating Barbados 2-1 and then going down by the same score to Jamaica on the final day's play.

First on court for Bermuda against Barbados was Mel Caines who found himself up against a tough opponent in Shawn Simpson.

The Barbadian quickly won the first game 9-1 and it was much the same in the second as Simpson established an early 5-1 lead before going on to win comfortably 9-3 in just eight minutes. In the third, Simpson again established his dominance early, moving to a 4-0 lead without dropping service.

He advanced to 6-1 and quickly closed out the match, winning the third 9-1.

But it was a different story for Bermuda's number one Nick Kyme who was in control throughout his match with Gavin Cumberbatch.

Kyme won the first game 9-3 without dropping service and in the second quickly progressed from 2-1 up to 7-1 on a mixture of outright winners and errors by the Bajan. Cumberbatch struggled with Kyme's power and tight shots as the Bermudian took the second 9-2 in 11 minutes.

In the third, Kyme built a 7-0 lead without dropping service. And although Cumberbatch recovered to 3-8 there was never much doubt about the final result as Kyme wrapped it up 9-3.

Everything thus hinged on the decider between Bermuda's James Stout and Marlon White and it was Stout who emerged victorious.

He won the first game 9-3 in nine minutes. And in game two, although White appeared on course to draw level as he led 8-5, it was Stout who roared back to win 10-8. Stout then rarely let his opponent into the third game taking it 9-3 in eight minutes.

In the afternoon, Bermuda faced Jamaica in the fifth to sixth play-off match.

But Caines again failed to get Bermuda off to a winning start as he went down in three straight games to Warren Burrowes in a clash that was always going to be difficult for the Bermudian.

Kyme, however, proved too strong for 37-year-old Wayne Burrowes, a former Caribbean senior champion.

Kyme took the first game 9-1 in five minutes and the second 9-3 in nine minutes.

Burrowes established a 3-1 then a 4-2 lead in the third but the Bermudian couldn't be denied as he roared back to win 9-4.

Before the decider, Stout was privately dismissive of his chances against the more experienced 33-year-old Steve Smith.

But against his expectations, Stout went 6-1 up before collapsing to lose the first game 6-9.

However, he hit back to win the second 9-5. And in the third established a 4-0 lead.

But Smith wasn't about to lie down as he fought back to 4-4 before winning 9-4.

In the fourth game Stout got an early lead, moving ahead 4-1. Smith pulled it back to 7-4 and at this point Stout was exhausted and had stopped running in some of the rallies.

It looked as if the match was over. But a volley kill by Stout gave him service at 4-7 down. And totally against the run of play he won a stroke against the Jamaican, followed it with two winning drops, saw the Jamaican tin a cross court drop and then won a stroke to take the game 9-7.

However, Stout's efforts in the fourth took their toll and this time Smith wasn't going to let his opponent escape. He took the deciding game 9-1 in eight minutes to give Jamaica fifth place and Bermuda sixth.

The team event was won by Columbia over Mexico, with El Salvador and Guyana taking the bronze medals.