Isaac, also from England, retained two of his titles when the Bermuda International Badminton Tournament closed on Saturday at Mount St. Agnes gym.

Isaac, a three-time winner in his first appearance in the tournament last year, was denied another clean sweep when he and partner Randy Brangman of Bermuda went down to Mario Carulla of Peru and Jamaican Robert Richards 15-0, 15-2 in the final.

Isaac and Brangman came from behind to beat Mark Manha and Kampol Surapilboonchai in the semi-final 14-18, 15-9, 15-9, but after losing heavily in the first game of the final there was no way back for the defending champion as Carulla and Richards also dominated the second game.

However, it was a successful tournament for the 20-year old Isaac as he defended his singles and mixed doubles titles. He got by Carulla in the singles final 15-8, 15-7 and teamed up with Hardaker to take the mixed doubles crown with a 15-7, 15-6 triumph over Carulla and Linda French of the United States.

Carulla opposed Isaac in three finals and got the satisfaction of at least denying him a hat-trick.

Hardaker, who admits she doesn't enjoy playing in singles, went through the tournament unbeaten, causing an upset in the final with an 11-1, 11-6 victory over top seed Debra O'Connor of Trinidad and Tobago.

Hardaker, 19, then won the mixed doubles with Isaac and also the ladies doubles where she and Yvonne Fox of the UK teamed up to beat Erika Von Heiland and Linda French of the United States 17-15, 18-14 in the final.

Both Von Heiland and French competed in the 1992 Olympics and have set their sights on next year's Olympics in Atlanta.

"We were both supposed to retire after the '92 Olympics but the fire still burns,'' said Von Heiland, 29, who was born in the Phillipines and moved to the US in 1985.

"My legs are old, I've had five knee surgeries. I'm primarily a singles player and right now I'm trying for doubles.'' Jamaica-born Trinidadian O'Connor has been the Caribbean champion for about eight years. And though she was the top seed in the Bermuda tournament she was not able to hold off Hardaker's surge for the title.

"I wasn't expecting to win, I came to see how far I could go and get as many points as I could to go towards qualifying for the Olympics,'' said O'Connor who practices medicine in Kingston. O'Connor will spend a week back in Jamaica before heading to the world championships next week in Switzerland.

The Olympic qualifying began on April 1 and will continue until March 31 next year.

"Basically you have to go around the world and play in a minimum of eight tournaments internationally and the tournaments are rated from seven stars all the way down to one star and then A and B all the way to E,'' Von Heiland explained.

"The Bermuda International was a B tournament and for all of us it was our first Olympic qualifying tournament. A B rating is quite good actually and is a good way to start. But it's the first tournament and you're not that sharp because we haven't competed internationally on a regular basis for a while.'' As beaten finalists the trio all amassed 102 qualifying points while the winners collected 120 points.

When they leave the Island today, Von Heiland and French, will head to the Olympic Training Centre in Colorado Springs to work with their coach for a month in preparation of the US Open in August.