1.   Goldring booked a berth on the first boat he could.

2.   Already cruise ships from Japan and the United States have booked berths in Gisborne Harbor, which will also host a dozen historic sailing ships.

3.   Former European greats Rapid Vienna and Slovan Bratislava booked berths Thursday in the UEFA Cup championship, comfortably winning their second-leg qualifying matches.

4.   Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Thomas Muster, Michael Chang and Boris Becker are the other players who have already booked their berths.

5.   They join favourites Kenya, Bangladesh and Holland who all booked their berths earlier.