national team for the ICC Trophy Tournament in Kenya.

And this time, 20-year-old Bailey's Bay star Glenn Smith says he has had it.

"I am not interested in representing Bermuda again,'' said Smith yesterday.

The youngster, who is expected to be Bay's vice-captain next season, believes that there is much more afoot to his omission from the squad than a lack of training, as BCBC president Ed Bailey noted last week.

The issue of the `neglected youth' was first raised when St. David's all-rounder Lionel Cann blasted the board for omitting him from the 16 after he was originally selected.

The board's rationale was that Cann and other youngsters, such as Smith, had been loathe to train.

"This had nothing to do with training,'' said Smith. "I think it was more personal.'' Smith would not say why he thought the board had something against him, but is steadfast in his stance to ignore future selects.

"I am not bickering because I am out of the team. But nobody called me to say anything. It can't be anything else besides something personal.'' This is not the first instance where Smith has had differences with cricket's governing body. Back in May when world one-day champions Pakistan visited, he made his Bermuda debut at St. David's. But when he was dropped the next day, he failed to show as a reserve at Somerset Cricket Club.

The board did not look upon this too favourably and Smith, himself, publicly let his dissatisfaction be known. But when he was chosen in the squad of 30 to train for Kenya it appeared evident that the road was clear for the youngster to stake his claim.

Smith made a rapid 42 not out in the only practice match that has been held thus far, but that was just over a week after the season ended and much has transpired since.

Like Cann and Bermuda captain Albert Steede, Smith is in the Bermuda Regiment.

Actually, they are all in the same company. And, as such, training on Wednesday nights at the Olympic Club was impossible.

"The board knew I was in the army on Wednesdays. But if they were so interested in getting me in the team they would've found a way to get me out of the army on Wednesdays. When they finally got us out the team was picked the next day.

"I really wanted to make that tour, but I guess it will never happen now. I'm not interested.'' Smith has four senior Bailey's Bay team-mates who are in the national team -- Noel Gibbons, Terry Burgess, Ricky Hill and Charlie Marshall.

Of the bunch, Smith says that only Gibbons has been helpful in his cause.

"Noel is the only one who has tried to get me to train. He understood my situation with the army and I thought the board did, too.'' On top of the army commitment came a new job and it is that, above anything else, which may have sealed Smith's fate.

"I was out of a job for a whole year and when I finally got a job at the hotel my boss gave me Saturdays off to train. And then they switched training to Sundays,'' said Smith.

"Albert (Steede) called me and my mom explained the situation to him.'' At his tender age, Smith has at least two ICC tournaments left in him. He captained the Bermuda Under 23 team against Derbyshire earlier this year and was vice-captain of the 1991 youth team.

So, a total withdrawal from international cricket is improbable. But, the way he feels now, he would like it to be so.