The Voice of Squash warned us all on Wednesday night that only 60 tickets were left for tomorrow's Bermuda Open final

So hopefully someone will have the good sense to invite the Carifta Games organisers along to witness the culmination of a week of fast-paced, frenetic and highly-enjoyable sport.

Maybe they will learn something about how to a) run a superb tournament featuring all the high-class sport one could hope for, b) how to sell Bermuda as a first-class venue and as THE place to compete and c) how to take advantage of the rare position of host to give the Island's young athletes the best possible leg-up.

Watching an incredibly nervous Nick Kyme enter the Jessie Vesey gym to the thunderous applause and feet-stamping of an incredibly partisan crowd really was a sight that should have made all involved in sport on the Island proud.

Sports Minister Dale Butler, who had nearly upstaged the Voice of Squash with his on-court antics during the opening ceremony, could not have failed to be impressed at the atmosphere generated to support the Island's 23-year-old great squash hope.

The events of Wednesday night, which saw Kyme take 30 points from one of the world's most dominant players, will have done his career immeasurable good.

He will be the first to admit he will head to his next tournament in Liechtenstein a better player and he will probably come back to next year's Bermuda Open ? which will no doubt be even bigger and better ? able to mix it even more effectively with the sport's big names.

He has the backing of his sport's governing body, other leading sportsmen, even the Government, it seems, and also the public.

As Robert Edwards, the Voice of Squash, said, this tournament was wrapped around Kyme and it was there to help him as one of the sport's promising athletes.

So why is it with another major upcoming sporting event, the same principles are not being applied.

As squash seems to be showing, running a tournament in your own country is an opportunity to showcase your talent and take advantage of all the privileges that being the host nation offers to boost the young athletes.

Yet the Bermuda Track and Field Association seem to be quite happy to leave out some top athletes and possibly not take the opportunity of filling the two spots available in each event.

If the high costs of flying to the Caribbean were involved, it could be understandable from a funding point of view not to bother sending everyone, but when the event is in your own backyard ? it is inexcusable.

Squash has shown the lead here with Kyme particularly benefiting and also young pro James Stout being given a helping hand, with his qualifier wildcard.

Unfortunately Stout somewhat wasted his opportunity with a rather diffident performance, but at least his chance was there.

All who have been involved in the squash tournament can be incredibly proud of what they have achieved. Despite running incredibly late on Wednesday, something they might want to think about remedying next year by splitting the opening round into four sessions over two days, the tournament has done nothing but good for the Island.

The sport is being promoted, Bermuda is being promoted and the Island's players are being helped.

This is how to run a tournament.

It may be a little bit late, but if anyone at the BTFA is worried about how Carifta is going to work out, give squash tournament director Ross Triffitt a call.