Championships in Nassau, Bahamas -- their first in the competition's 17-year history.

Building on their success in the individual tournament in which Nick Kyme lifted the under-19 crown and James Stout the under-14 title, the Bermuda boys went on to win the team title, while the girls finished second to Barbados, their best-ever placing.

Seeded third, Bermuda's boys beat second seeds Trinidad and Tobago 3-2 in the final, having already downed their rivals to win Pool A and then beaten Pool B runners-up and favourites Guyana 3-2 in a tense semi-final.

The match against Guyana hinged on a fiercely contested five-setter between Bermuda's Sam Stevens and Julian Chin which saw Chin race out to a 2-0 lead.

But Stevens roared back to win 4-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-0, 9-3.

Trinidad, meanwhile, gained their final berth by beating Venezuela.

In the final, Michael Shrubb lost his under-12 match 0-3 to Allister Van Sertima, but under-14 James Stout evened the score with a 3-0 crushing of Sean Quan-Soon.

Brother Michael Stout then lost to Colin Ramasra 0-3 in the under-16 match which left both Stevens and Kyme needing to win their under-19 matches in order to clinch the championship.

Stevens looked to be losing his first game against Trinidad's Ryam Abraham after a disputed call upset his concentration. But he persevered to win 10-8 and then rolled through the next two games 9-4, 9-3 for a 3-0 victory.

Kyme faced his third match of the tournament against Kwame Johnson who he had already beaten in the individual final and in a Pool B match. And there was never any danger of the Bermudian losing this match as he ran out a comfortable 9-2, 9-4, 9-1 winner.

Meanwhile, the fourth seeded girls team finished second in Pool A after victory over fifth seeds Jamaica and defeat to favourites Barbados. But they surprisingly beat second seeds Guyana in the semi-finals with Kristen Law upsetting under-14 top seed Andrea King 3-1 and a determined Melissa Harney downing Shannon Da Silva 3-0. Clare O'Connor lost 0-3 to former under-16 champion Nicollette Fernandes.

In the final the Bermuda girls went down 0-3 to a Barbados team that have now won the title seven times.

Law lost to Tracey Goodridge 1-3, O'Connor went down to under-16 Caribbean champion Tracy Roett, also 1-3, while Harney lost to Caribbean under-19 champ Lillianna Seale 0-3.

The Bermuda girls will now begin preparation for their first appearance at the Junior Women's Championships in Belgium next September.

But for the boys, there's a more pressing engagement.

Immediately after the Nassau championships finished Bermuda Squash Racquets Association director and coach Jane Parker accompanied Kyme, Stevens, Michael and James Stout to the US for pre-tournament training in the build-up to next week's Junior Men's World Championship in Princeton, New Jersey.

Beginning on August 1, the championships will see Bermuda's boys compete for a fourth time and looking to improve on their previous last-place finishes.

One team who they will be fancied to beat will be Venezuela who also took part in the Caribbean championships.

NICK KYME -- clinched title with victory in the final's deciding match.