(Hamburg, Germany)- This coming weekend, October 31st to November 2nd,
eighteen clubs will be sailing the grand finale of the 2014 Deutsche
Segel-Bundesliga series sailed in J/70s on Hamburg’s Alster Lake. As
the host for this incredibly successful regatta, the HSC (Hamburg
Segler-Club) hopes that it’s “home town” team, the Norddeutscher Regatta
Verein (NRV) continue their winning ways and are crowned champion for
the 2014 series. While NRV may be leading the event by a substantial
lead of 18 pts, it’s mathematically possible for three teams in
positions 2nd to 4th to take it all overall; those favorites include
Verein Seglerhaus am Wansee (2nd place, 70 points), Deutscher Touring YC
(3rd place, 67 points) and the Württemberg YC (4th place, 62 points).While there may be serious amounts of drama and competition for the podium in the grand finale, there are six other sailing clubs that are on the “hot seat” with regards to qualifying for the “premiere” league, and therefore, also have a chance at participating in the 2015 SAILING Champions League. Those six clubs include Berliner YC, Bayerischer C, Dusseldorf YC, Segelkameradschaft “Wappen Von Bremen”, Schweriner YC and Muhlenberger Segel-club. Those teams that finish 13th to 15th will sail in next weeks qualifier on the same Alster Lake and the top six teams from that event will sail in the 2015 Premiere league against the top 12 teams from the 2014 season. The bottom three clubs from next week’s event have to compete in Bundesliga #2 for 2015.
One
of the exciting elements of this year’s finale is the entire event will
be broadcast from the SAP Live-Center on Alster Lake for public viewing
at HanseBoot (Hall B3 upstairs at the boat show in Hamburg) and across
the Internet. In addition, to the usual live broadcast with moderator
and sailing expert Matthias Bohn, Europe’s largest sailing publication,
the YACHT (yacht.de/sport/segel-bundesliga), the Segel-Bundesliga
(segelbundesliga.de) website, and Sportsdeutschland.TV will also carry
the live feed. A unique new angle will be available from a camera from
the roof of the Hotel "Le Meridien Hamburg".The German Olympic Sports Confederation launched "Sportdeutschland.TV" in August 2014 with the mission of showing German sports in all its diversity. With “Discover sports, Experience sports" as the motto, the platform offers video content from a variety of sports as a live stream or on-demand videos. The broadcasts include both national and international events as well as various national league highlights, summaries and background reports on sport, sporting achievements and the people and stories behind it. As THE transmitter for minority sports in Germany, Sportdeutschland.TV wants to establish itself in the German media and sports scene. "Our goal is to show all the amazing performances, great decisions and moving moments in sports that have been missing to a lot of sports fans in the traditional media. We are working together with sports federations and league operators," explains Oliver Beyer, CEO of the German Olympic Sports Confederation New Media GmbH, which operates Sportdeutschland.TV. For more J/70 Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga sailing information
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