Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda - Rankings shuffle after Danish Open

9:18 PM Wed 23 Sep 2009 GMT

'Tovar Mirsky (AUS) matched up against Seb Col (FRA) in the 2008 King Edward VII Gold Cup presented by Argo Group. Credit: RBYC/Charles Anderson' Gold Cup/Charles Anderson Click Here to view large photo

Following the Danish Open, stage seven on the World Match Racing Tour, rankings going into the Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda (Oct. 6-11) have shifted slightly. Tovar Mirsky (AUS) moved up from second to first place on the leader board, Adam Minoprio (NZL) dropped to second, Peter Gilmour (AUS) now fourth has moved ahead of Ian Williams (GBR). Mathieu Richard (FRA) remains in third.

New ISAF rankings came out on September 16 with changes noted in that list also. Adam Minoprio remained on top, but Tovar Mirsky leapfrogged into second place. Mathieu Richard is third. Sebastian Col and Damien Iehl close out the top five at fourth and fifth. Ten of the top twelve skippers in the ISAF Open rankings will be racing in the Argo Group Gold Cup. Eight of these are the top eight on the World Tour.

Many of the twenty-four teams sailing for the King Edward VII Gold Cup Trophy will be arriving in Bermuda for early registration on Sunday October 4th and the first shot at practice on Monday before the three-group round robin phase of the event starts on Tuesday October 5th. Teams that register on Monday will practice later in the afternoon.

In the round-robin phase, each of the three groups will have eight teams. Royal Bermuda Yacht Club race organizers and WMRT officials divide the teams based on rankings and other performance factors. If all goes well with the wind and weather, the top two from each group and the top two in another 'repecharge' round-robin will move into the quarter finals on Friday.

Saturday the going gets tougher as the top four teams match off in the semi finals and the fifth through eighth place teams battle for rank in the bottom four rungs of the money list.

Sunday the petite finals come first, deciding third and fourth place between the losing semi finalists. Then the grand finale decides who takes first place, wins $50,000 and is the next champion of champions named on the King Edward VII Gold Cup Trophy. The other six skippers divide the remaining $30,000 of the $100,000 purse based on their position from third through eighth.

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by Talbot Wilson

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