Bermuda men’s tennis team have been denied a chance to regain their Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III status after being pulled from the competition because they were ill-prepared.The Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association president Coleridge Place yesterday confirmed they would not be sending a side to compete in the sport’s premier international team event.It will be the first time in many years Bermuda have not taken part in the annual knock-out competition in which they were relegated to Division IV last year.They had been due to play in a round-robin tournament against Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and the US Virgin Island in Bolivia from June 16-18.However, Place decided to withdraw the team because a poor training programme had left them ‘under-cooked.’ The new BLTA boss pulled the women’s team out of last month’s Fed Cup for the same reason.“I’ve only just come in ... when I reviewed all the challenges we had I made the decision (not to enter),” said Place, who succeeded David Lambert as BLTA president in March. “We need to review it, look at it, and go back next year more positive and be better prepared.“I couldn’t send a team after considering all of the facts that I had in front of me. We’re reviewing the policy and we’re putting new things in place. Next year I think we will be stronger for both the Fed Cup and Davis Cup.”Place said he was tired of Bermuda’s Davis Cup ‘yo-yo’ side reputation, gaining promotion one year and relegation the next, and said he would be reviewing the BLTA’s policy for preparing teams for international competitions.“To me it’s pointless in competing in something that you’re constantly going up and down in,” he said. “I’m not sure what it is. Is it the coaches, the players’ commitment, do they need to get together earlier to train? To me eight weeks isn’t long enough to start training for a Fed Cup or Davis Cup. There has been a little bit of a funding issue too; we weren’t able to get enough sponsorship.”Gavin Manders led the Island to promotion to Division III in 2009 when he become the first Bermudian to win all of his singles matches. Bermuda slipped back down to Division IV after failing to win any of their Group III ties.