Nick Kyme described his CAC team bronze in Colombia last month as one of "the greatest moments" in his career.

Kyme, along with team-mates Melrindo Caines, Michael Shrubb and James Stout received their $1,000 prize from Government yesterday for picking up the Island's first medal in 12 years at the regional multi-sport games.

In a "short and sweet" ceremony at the Cabinet Office yesterday, the medal-winning team were handed the cash award, while fast-progressing triathlete Flora Duffy and veteran sailor Peter Bromby were handed training grants from the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Fund.

"I like team squash," said Kyme, the highest-ranked pro in the Island's history.

"Sometimes it can be frustrating, but it can be very rewarding. There is a lot to be said for working together and it was a great event for us. It really was a great achievement for us to get that medal ? it certainly beats any of our Caribbean or Island Games wins.

"When we won it we had Katura (Horton-Perinchief, a diver in the CAC Games) and the track and field guys watching us, it was great to be part of something like that."

But in the coming months for Kyme, it is going to be all about individual achievements.

In two weeks, the Island's top player is upping sticks and moving to Belgium where he is hoping new training partners and plenty of face time with one of the world's best coaches is going to propel him into the world's top 50.

"It's really going to be make or break for me," explained Kyme, who set himself up in Wales ahead of last year's Virtual Spectator Bermuda Masters.

"I have reached a plateau training here in Bermuda and I have to really go all out now and find out if I can really get any better by having more training facilities.

"I have done all I can here in Bermuda and now want to throw everything into trying to get up the rankings. This will be the deciding year for me. I didn't want to walk away from the sport until I was sure I had given myself every chance to get to the top."

Kyme will be training at least three times a week with Shaun Moxham, coach of former world number one David Palmer, and Kyme will get plenty of on-court training time with both Palmer and other pros in Europe.

Rather than basing himself in one of the most isolated places on earth, Kyme will instead be in the thick of the buzzing European scene, playing regularly in tournaments ? which will be much cheaper to get to ? as well in the pro leagues.

His final two weeks in Bermuda will be spent mostly cross-training as he allows his "body and brain to recover" ahead of the new push when he gets to Europe.

His first tournaments are likely to be towards the end of next month.