The ill-fated Bermuda Rosebowl team have returned from Jamaica with no trophies and not that many victories.

A lack of funding meant the defending champions sent a below-par team to the Northern Caribbean tournament and came away with a last place finish in each of the categories they fielded a team apart from the Mens ?A? division.

Led by the Island?s top player Nick Kyme and number three Gary Plumstead, the Men?s A team top pairing won all their matches without dropping a game but Rob Hopping, Don Mackenzie and Alistair McNeish couldn?t keep up with their Jamaican, Caymanian and Bahamanian opponents, losing all of their games except on the final day.

McNeish played the match of his life on the final to day to beat Jimmy Lightbourne of the Bahamas to give the side a 3-2 victory and leave them third out of the four teams overall.

The Men?s B team of Steven Dunkley, Jeff Roach, Grant Souza, Rob Drysdale and Robin Grant didn?t win a match all week at the Kingston venue and came fourth in their category.

In the women?s section, Denise Kyme and Liz Self won a match each but their four-player team also finished bottom ? there was no veterans team entered.

The disappointing showing came as no surprise as the three players in the A team behind Kyme and Plumstead were ranked lower than the weakest player in the Men?s B team from last year.

?Obviously we are pleased to have been able to send a team to represent Bermuda in this tournament,? said Director of Squash Ross Triffitt.

?And we are pleased that two of our top three players were able to go down there but it is unfortunate that due to funding issues we were not able to send a stronger team.

?It is a big commitment for people to make to fund their own way to these tournaments and pay their own way, especially when Bermuda has already established itself at a higher level of regional squash.?

He said that in July when the Bermuda team travel to the Pan-Am Squash Championships in Mexico, players will again be forced to stump up the $2,000 cost themselves.

?All our funding we direct to our junior programme and the long-term development of the sport,? he added.

?There is no funding for elite athletes at this time.?