?I can?t think of any other way to describe his play, but awesome. That?s the only word for it.?

That was the view of Bermuda Amateur Matchplay runner-up Anthony Mocklow on Saturday afternoon after being blown away by lifelong friend Nick Mansell by the 11th hole of the second round of their final at Mid Ocean Club.

Mansell, claiming the trophy for the first time after having been a beaten finalist in 2003, was in top form, particularly with the putter, and humbled the former pro in a one-sided men?s final that finished 8 and 7.

Mocklow, heavily beaten at the final hurdle for the second straight year, was full of praise for his opponent, who he graduated with through the junior ranks here the best part of 30 years ago.

?I was actually quite happy with my scoring and in strokeplay I would be doing okay,? said Mocklow, the winner of three amateur tournaments so far this year in and around London.

?When you are shooting around par and you are six shots down after 18 holes then your opponent has to be playing exceptional golf, and that is what happened here.

?Nick was sensational. There are players on the European Tour who would have struggled to beat Nick on this sort of form. Everything was a birdie with him and he thoroughly deserved the win and deserves every other accolade for the way he played.

?It was an honour to be out there playing with a man on this sort of form.?

Mansell, who admitted that it was Mocklow who was often the winner when the two first battled it out on courses in their pre-teens, was delighted with his victory although more modest with the accomplishment.

?I thought I played pretty well,? said Mansell, who joined his defeated opponent in watching Susie Elton claim the ladies crown over young Laura Robinson in a match that lasted significantly longer.

?Earlier in the week I wasn?t playing so great and my putting was a bit off but it came together for me in this one.

?I don?t know exactly what it was, but I was putting with much more confidence in the final and things were coming off for me.

?I really enjoyed out there battling Anthony and it?s great to win the tournament.?

In the ladies event, the competition was much more fierce, the match ending on the 35th hole with Elton holding off a late revival from Robinson to triumph two and one having led most of the way round.

Against a longer-hitting opponent, similar to Ebonie Burgess who beat Elton on the same hole in the 2004 final, the older player was four up after the first round and never truly let her opponent into the match.

Elton did waver at the end, Robinson claiming 14, 15 and 16 to close the gap to one going into the penultimate hole, but some wayward putting by the youngster was her downfall and ended the brief renaissance was ended to give Elton the win.

It was the perfect end to a week that could not have started any worse for the eventual winner, who contrived to card a whopping 100 in the medal round on Monday, mostly due to a 13 at the fifth ? ?and that is without losing any balls?.

But the week improved for the veteran and victories over Mee-Lin Barbey, Carmen Simpson ? ?the hardest game by far? ? and Ann Symonds brought Elton to the final showdown with the youngster.

?It is always hard playing against these young girls who can hit it such a long way,? she said afterwards.

?I just have to try and hang on to them and make sure with my putts. I am very happy to win it. Even when she won those holes at the end, I wasn?t going to give up and let this go.?