nought when the Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA) announced the team for the Barcelona Games last night.

The pair were amongst a luckless three, including sailor Brett Wright, that were cut from the Olympic team as the BOA reached the requirements set down by the Barcelona Olympic Organising Committee (COOB'92).

While the latest developments were a blow for some, sprinter Dawnette Douglas and equestrienne Susan Dunkley will be representing Bermuda at a major games for the first time.

"It is prudent to mention that the original figure we had was 19 and Barcelona said we could only take 12,'' said BOA president Austin Woods when announcing the team. "We were in a position where we had to cut seven before finally being allowed to take 20.

"The team was received well and I believe that the BOA worked fairly and ardently. We would have liked to have taken them all, but it was not possible.'' The restrictions came about because of severe overcrowding at the Olympic Village. COOB'92 sent a circular to all members of the Olympic family stating that the team numbers can be no more than at Seoul, except in the case of countries who had past representation in non-quota sports, which involved pre-qualifying competitions.

Bermuda had 11 athletes at Seoul and COOB'92 mandated that 10 percent of the immediate past representation could be added to the number for the coming Games, which open on July 25.

After weeks of negotiation, the BOA convinced COOB'92 to increase the athletes allowed in the Olympic Village to 20 and cut the officials to 11. But after April 22, the BOA were given additional headaches with news that Dunkley, Douglas and finally the swim relay team had reached the qualifying standard.

Woods confirmed last night that the recommendation of Finn Class sailor Wright was rescinded at the April 22 meeting "because of his performance since qualifying''.

"We took into consideration those who had attained the standard before April 22 and the rest took care of itself,'' added Woods.

Mary-Frances Gaglio, president of the Bermuda Equestrian Federation, was delighted after the full council meeting of the BOA ratified the BEF's recommendations.

Bermuda's first Olympic three-day event team will be led by Peter Gray, a veteran of the Seoul (1988) and Los Angeles (1984) games as well as in-form Mary Jane Tumbridge, Dennis Cherry and Nicola DeSousa.

Dressage specialist Dunkley, who has been living in Holland for the past two years, is the most unknown quantity. But Gaglio said last night that she is well worth her place, despite qualifying after the BOA's cut-off date.

"It was not through any fault of her own that she qualified late,'' Gaglio explained. "The qualifying process was quite complicated and she did not get a chance until shortly after April 22.'' Dunkley has done extremely well in her most recent shows, finishing sixth in a World Cup event and seventh at a Grand Prix show where all five judges gave her marks well in excess of the Olympic standard.

Dunkley is still in Holland preparing for the Games while the three-day event team will tune up at the Savernake Horse Trials in southern England this weekend.

Miles Smith, the stepfather of Dawnette Douglas last night expressed his family's relief that the 20-year-old will line up in Barcelona alongside the likes of world champion Katrin Krabbe of Germany, Gwen Torrence of the United States and Merlene Ottey of Jamaica.

"I heard from one of the officials on my way home,'' he said. "We're very relieved that she made it, it was touch and go a while.

"Her coach (Neville Hodge) just called me and he said he would tell her and once she hears she has been chosen she can settle down and do what she has to do.

"She's always been very strong in track and once she made the time she was very excited about going.'' The team cuts put to rest rumours that Bermuda's best-known athlete Clarance (Nicky) Saunders' place could be in jeopardy.

Saunders is coming off his worst season in high jump, brought on by a recurring injury and bad form.

He is now hoping to rediscover the magic that brought him a fifth-place finish in Seoul and then the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland two years later.

AUSTIN WOODS -- "We would have liked to have taken them all, but it was not possible.''