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Round Robin racing concluded yesterday on Hamilton Harbour in the Qualifying Round and the top three skippers in each of two groups advanced into Round One, which begins on Wednesday.

In Group A, local sailor Peter Bromby (BER) and Andy Horton and Mason Woodworth (GBR) qualified, with Horton finishing on top of the group. Horton only lost once in the qualifying round to Woodworth, who needed the win to secure his advancement. "We had our best sailing of the entire regatta today," said Woodworth, who won every match yesterday as well. "It feels good to stay in Bermuda and move into the next round."

For locals Bromby and Adam Barboza, it came down to the last match to decide who would advance through and represent the home team. "It's unfortunate our success was at the expense of my friend Adam, but I'm happy with the way it ended."

In Group B, local favorite Glenn Astwood (BER) easily won his two matches against Tino Ellegast (GER) and Scott Dickson (USA), and advanced. Joining Astwood, who is sailing as Team Bacardi, are Tucker Thompson (USA), Team T2 Productions and Chris Law (GBR) and his team "The Outlaws."

The six qualified unseeded skippers will join the winner and runner-up of the Bermuda Women's Match Race Championship, as well as the eight seeded skippers in Round One of the Bermuda Gold Cup, starting today.

Results: Unseeded Skippers Qualifying Round Robin

<<p>Group A

Skipper	Nation	Win	Loss
Andy Horton	USA	6	1	Q
Mason Woodworth	GBR	5	2	Q
Peter Bromby	BER	5	2	Q
Adam Barboza	BER	4	3
Marten Hedlund	SWE	4	3
Michael Green	LCA	2	5
Sally Barkow	USA	2	5
Bill Buckles	USA	0	7

Group B

Skipper	Nation	Win	Loss
Glenn Astwood	BER	6	1	Q
Tucker Thompson	USA	6	1	Q
Chris Law	GBR	4.5"	2	Q
Karl Ziegler	USA	3	4
Scott Dickson	USA	3	4
Andy Lovell	USA	3	4
Anthony Kotoun	ISV	2	5
Tino Ellegast	GER	0	7