Gary Plumstead was happy to be crowned Bermuda's national squash champion, but knows that with the honour comes the pressure of having to live up to the title.

South African Plumstead saw off Nick Kyme in the final of the Professional Squash Association-sanctioned Fast Forward Freight National and Club Championships at the Devonshire courts on Saturday night.

The 30-year-old third seed beat number one seed Kyme, eight years his junior, 3-0 (15-11, 15-9, 15-13) to lift the championship.

"Any time you can win a tournament it's always a nice feeling," said Plumstead. "It's something that you can always put in your record - it's a good feeling.

"There is added pressure on me now, not only here but if I play any tournaments anywhere else they will always know and will be gunning for me.

"Sometimes it's nice to go to a tournament where they don't know who you are. Now when I go they will know who I am and it could mean even more pressure."

Plumstead said he got off to a good start but had to fight hard for the victory as the match wore on.

"The first two games went pretty well, I was hitting the ball quite nicely," he said. "In the third, I started losing my legs a bit and he started putting me under a bit more pressure, pinning me deeper at the back.

"He was taking control and I was lucky I had a few quite good nicks, which helped me in the game and kept me in there. He was leading by quite a bit but I kept on playing my nicks which kept me coming back."

Crucial errors down the stretch ensured the title would be Plumstead's.

"He made three mistakes, one after the other and that gave me the chance to get to 14-12," said Plumstead. "He then went for a nick on match ball and missed it. (But) he definitely had his chances. I think if he had taken the third it would have been different, but he didn't."

Plumstead has never lost to Kyme, although the pair have played mainly training matches rather than competitive encounters.

"He has been playing in the States and I have been playing players here so you don't know how much he has been improving until you actually play him again," he said.

"He has definitely improved, he just has to get a bit quicker. His shots have got better and once he is a bit quicker on the ball he is going to give me less time and I will have to rely on my fitness, which is not exactly there at the moment."

Nick Wiffen finished third in the tournament, seeing off Chase Toogood 3-1 (15-13, 12-15, 15-11, 17-15).

In the men's Division One, junior Andrew Robinson caused a shock by defeating Jan Brewer, a long-time national team member, 3-0 (9-0, 9-3, 9-2).

In Division Two, current Under-13 number one Robert Maycock defeated Neil Lambert 3-0 (10-8, 9-0, 9-2), while in Division Three Simon Biggs beat Damion Henderson 3-1 (5-9, 9-7, 9-3, 9-2).

The men's veterans final pitted John Stout against Colin Alexander, the forming winning 3-0 (9-3, 9-4, 9-6).

In the ladies' Division One final, all-conquering Denise Kyme defeated Liz Martin 3-0 (9-6, 9-7, 9-2) to win her seventh title over a span of 23 years. Her triumphs are all the more remarkable considering she has, over that time, had open heart surgery and a knee reconstructed.

The juniors took the top spots in ladies' Division Two action, Laura Robinson defeating Jessica Mitchell 3-0 (9-5, 9-1, 9-1). Anne Culligan beat junior Alex Furtado 3-0 (9-3, 9-7, 9-4) in Division Three.

In the ladies' veterans final, played earlier in the week, Liz Martin defeated Denise Kyme 3-0 (9-3, 9-4, 9-5).

Michael Shrubb defeated Graham Counsell in the Under-17 final 3-0 (9-3, 9-4, 9-7), while in the Under-13 final Robert Forbes defeated Jeff Olsen 3-0 (9-0, 9-4, 9-1).