Bermuda and Guyana will battle it out in the finals of both the girls' and boys' team competitions of the the Caribbean Junior Squash Championships today.

Eleven-year-old Beckette Simmons was the hero for the Bermuda boys' side, setting up a narrow 3-2 win over OECS in the semi-finals yesterday after team-mate Robert Maycock had slipped to a shock defeat.

And Kelly Barnes did the business for the girls' team, recovering from a game down to cause a major upset for the second year in a row.

Maycock, Bermuda's top junior, had already claimed the individual title against OECS' Joe Chapman, but lost to the same opponent yesterday after having a serious off-day.

The defeat didn't matter in the end, though, as first Simmons and then Kristian Muldoon pulled off fine wins to give Bermuda victory over OECS and set up a clash in today's final against Guyana.

Chris Stout, in as a replacement for the injured Micah Franklin, got Bermuda off to a fine start, winning his match 3-0. But when Noah Browne lost his semi-final by the same score, the two countries were tied at 1-1.

Maycock had been expected to beat Chapman, a player he had never previously lost to, but a series of unforced errors saw him crash to a 9-6, 9-3, 9-6 defeat.

"It was just one of those days when it wouldn't happen for me. I just wish it hadn't been today," said Maycock.

"I've had it at school a lot, I have all the shots, and I'm certainly fit enough, but I just didn't have that mental toughness to pull it out when I wasn't playing my best.

"That's not an excuse, it's just the way it is. It's just a shame that it had to happen today in the semi-finals. But I'll learn from it and make sure that next time it doesn't happen."

At 2-1 down, Bermuda seemed destined for defeat, but Simmons pulled off a stunning win recovering from a game and 3-8 down, to eventually win 8-10, 10-8, 9-2, 9-1.

Simmons has improved with every game that he has played in the tournament so far, and yesterday his ability to recover from a perilous position showed that he also has the mental side to go with the talent.

Muldoon had a much easier time of things, wrapping up a fairly comfortbale 3-0 win, 9-1, 9-2, 9-0.

In the other boys' semi-final Guyana and Trinidad played out a close fought affair with the tie going down to the final match between Alexander Arjoon and Kale Wilson. Arjoon took a two-game lead and looked to be heading for a comfortable victory, before Wilson fought back to claim the third game. Arjoon recovered and eventually won the match 9-5, 9-7, 6-9, 9-6.

In the girls' semi-final, Bermuda pulled off a stunning upset for the second year in a row with a 3-2 win over Trinidad and Tobago.

Alex Marshall led the way with a 9-7, 9-3, 9-7 win over Emily Farah, and there were also wins for Emma Keane, 9-7, 9-2, 9-5 over Charlotte Knaggs, and Kelly Barnes who recovered from losing her first game to eventually win 1-9, 9-7, 9-7, 9-2.

Bermuda will face Guyana in this morning's final, and are very much the underdogs having already lost to a powerful Guyana team 5-0 earlier in the competition.