National coach Gus Logie set aside the disappointment over his team's current form on tour of Europe yesterday to salute the achievements of Bermuda's victorious Under-19 national team that secured a berth in next year's Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia last weekend in Toronto.

Logie singled out Under-19 coaches Arnold and Andre Manders and Clevie Wade for special praise, and offered the Island's youngsters best wishes moving forward.

"I congratulate captain Rodney Trott and his players and the management team for a job well done. I think it's a great fillip for youth cricket in Bermuda and cricket in general on the island," the former West Indies vice-captain said.

"Cricket has been on the front page for many different reasons over the past few months. But to have two teams qualify for the World Cup in two years has shown that something is being done right - be it at the Board or ground levels."

Yet while Logie sang the team's praises, he also hammered home the point that there was still room for improvement.

"A lot more has to be done if we want to maintain any semblance of respectability on the world stage," he added.

"Qualifying (for the World Cup) is great, but as we have seen with the senior national team that is just the tip of the iceberg as we still have a lot of work to put in."

Following their nail-biting 13 run win over Americas rivals Canada in last Saturday's rubber at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club ground in King's City, Ontario, there is already talk of plans to have the island's youngsters tour Logie's homeland in Trinidad where they would have full use of the training facilities at the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Academy located in Couva to intensify World Cup preparations.

"We have be prepared to be committed and make sacrifices and do more at home to ensure that these youngsters reap the benefit from this wonderful opportunity in years to come," Logie said.

Bermuda team manager Lionel Thomas also acknowledged the Island's recent success in Toronto.

"Obviously they must have played decent cricket to have won," the former Devonshire and Bermuda batsman said. "And I would think that some of these players will be ready to move on to the senior level in the very near future."

Three of the victorious young squad - Malachi Jones, Rodney Trott and Stefan Kelly - will be joining the senior squad in Ireland this week for the Intercontinental Cup match against the Irish.