Kyme Wins Bermuda Nationals
Mar 5, 2005, by Ross Triffitt
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Nick Kyme Earns Place in April 4-9 Bermuda PSA Masters Event
Bermuda's number one squash player Nick Kyme has been confirmed as the wild card entrant for the Virtual Spectator Bermuda Masters 2005, presented by Logic and hosted by Endurance.

Kyme, 24, earned the honour following his four game victory over James Stout in the final of the Fast Forward Freight National Championships on the 26th of February.

This is the first time in the history of the Professional Squash Association Masters that anybody outside the world's top 32 players has been allowed to compete - an honour which Kyme, the world's 71st ranked player, is determined to do justice.

"I'm absolutely ecstatic about the wild card - what a fantastic opportunity!" he said.
"To be the first player outside the world's top 32 to play in this tournament is a dream come true and makes all the training and the hard work seem worthwhile. I'd like to pay tribute to the Bermuda Squash Racquets Association (BSRA) for all their efforts towards making this opportunity possible. I am eternally grateful for what is a chance of a lifetime. To be able to play in the largest professional squash tournament in the world bar the World Open, in front of my own countrymen on the island of my birth - well, it's pretty special."

Director of Bermuda Squash Ross Triffitt said Kyme "fully deserved" the wild card slot.

"Nick is the best Bermudian squash player ever and is a product of our thriving junior programme," he said.
"He's been a professional for close to two years now and we are starting to see signs of genuine progress in his game. He earned the wild card at the inaugural Bermuda Open in 2004 and acquitted himself admirably against Peter Nicol, losing in three well-contested games. I'm confident Nick learnt a great deal from that experience and, coupled with the improvements in his game over the last year, will be more than capable of holding his own in the main draw. I wish him the very best of luck."

The Virtual Spectator Bermuda Masters 2005 takes place between the 4th and the 9th of April in Hamilton, Bermuda, and will be the first time the PSA Masters is held in the western hemisphere.

The tournament is part of a three year deal between the PSA and the BSRA to host two PSA Masters as well as the World Open in 2007. This landmark agreement, for $350,000, represents the largest contractual package in the history of squash.

RESULTS: Fast Forward Freight National Squash Championships 2005, February 19 - 26
1st Round:
[1] Nick Kyme bt Edwin Wickham walkover
[6] Richard Brewer bt Alisatir McNeish 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 (18m)
[5] Stephen Smith bt Chris Thornton 11-6, 11-9, 11-4 (20m)
[4] Anthony White bt Derek Sickling 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4, 11-3 (26m)
Colin Alexander bt [8] Jan Brewer 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 (26m)
[7] John Stout bt Tony Prentice 11-2, 11-10 (2-0), 11-5 (25m)
[3] Mel Caines bt Graham Counsell 11-6, 11-1, 11-8 (16m)
[2] James Stout bt Rob Hopping 11-4, 11-0, 11-0 (15m)

Quarter-finals:
[1] Nick Kyme bt Colin Alexander 11-0, 11-2, 11-0 (13m)
[4] Anthony White bt [7] John Stout 11-5, 11-9, 11-3 (25m)
[3] Mel Caines bt [5] Stephen Smith 11-2, 11-1, 11-5 (22m)
[2] James Stout bt [6] Richard Brewer 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 (19m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Nick Kyme bt [4] Anthony White 11-0, 11-0, 11-0 (15m)
[2] James Stout bt [3] Mel Caines 11-5, 11-7, 11-4 (25m)

Final:
[1] Nick Kyme bt [2] James Stout 11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-6 (50m)

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