lead only to see his title hopes disappear on the second hole of a sudden-death play-off at the Buick Whirlpool Junior Open golf championships in Toronto, Canada yesterday.

Competing in the boys' 12-15 age division, Mello fired a superb final round of one-under-par 71 which tied him with Canada's David Poirie, a winner of three events on the Buick Junior Tour.

Mello then had a 15-foot putt to win on the second hole of sudden-death but although he hit the hole, he then missed the three-footer coming back.

Meanwhile, Bermuda's lone female Jennifer Spurling, who held a one stroke lead heading into the final round, was still ahead in her division with just two holes remaining.

But rival Renata Young chipped in on the 17th to take a one shot lead and then Spurling hit her drive out of bounds on the 18th. She finished on 245.

Mello had finished the 54-hole event on 226, 11 shots clear of Colin Brown who placed sixth on 237. Erie West (242), David Boyce (243) and Teddy Terceira (243), who finished with a fine 75, were close behind.

David Smith finished with his best round of 81 to card 247 followed by Andrew Boyce (249), Nick Dunkle (253) and Anthony Smith (255).

In the boys' 16-18 division, Chris Brough led the Island contingent on 235, nipping Chris Smith (236) by one shot. Matthew Durrant finished on 248 and Aaron Burrows on 255.

SQUASH TEAM FALL TO KUWAIT SQU Squash team fall to Kuwait After their historic victory against Kenya the day before -- their first ever in the Men's Junior World Squash Team Championships -- Bermuda were unable to follow up with another win yesterday over 24th ranked Kuwait in Princeton, New Jersey.

The first match saw Sam Stevens struggle on badly blistered feet against Mohamed Yaqoub Gulum as he put up a valiant effort before going down 9-2, 9-2, 9-3. Next up, Nick Kyme faced Mishari Abdul Hadi Al-Shitan and after 30 minutes of fast paced squash, the Island's number one found himself down 5-9, 9-10. But the next two-and-a-half games belonged to Bermuda as Kyme slowed the play and forced his opponent into making errors.

Kyme was up 5-0 in the fifth and deciding game before the Kuwaiti got himself back on track, making a huge effort to draw level at 5-5 on his way to winning 9-7. Kyme lost the match 5-9, 9-10, 9-3, 9-3, 7-9.

The final game between Michael Stout and Ziyad Tareq Al Owaish was a dead rubber as the match had already been decided, so they played the best of three which the Kuwaiti won 9-2, 9-2.

Today Bermuda face Venezuela in the play-off for 27th place out of the 30 nations. In the previous three attempts at the World Championships, Bermuda placed last.