NC SPORTS WEEKLY NEWS - Nautical Channel TV FRONTPAGE - July 17th, 2014 NC Sports News Desk Tough choices for this week's NC Sports Frontpage, as so many sensational stories came into the newsroom last week. Ollie Phillips - former England Rugby captain and now also a seasoned sailor just had to go number one. Like the other 670 amateur crewmembers that rotated at the Clipper Round the World Race, his experience best represents the spirit of an event that fosters openness even in the most challenging of disciplines - offshore sailing. Also in the program: This is truly a packed edition as Nautical Channel crews are on the move all around the blue planet. Andi Van Zyl was at the Mr. Price Pro in South Africa for Tony Reyes' victory, also as special guest-host of the official ASP broadcast . NC Sports got more exclusive access as Lucia Metzbauer and new addition Nikolai Berger instead landed in Turkmenistan to meet the pro windsurfing tribe for the PWA Awaza Cup; full results here. Their half-hour special will be going on air in September. Senior Correspondent Sebastien Destremau always delivers , and this week he gives us an update from the online multiplayer world of Virtual Regatta, where sailing gets very real. The future is now, and it's clean and quiet. Check out the first edition of the Solar1 Race in Montecarlo. Then a final recap from the revolutionary Foiling Week 2014. 37.9 knots, that's the sensational speed record set by the GC32 Racing crew on Italy's Lake Garda, and don't miss the great James Grogono the true and original Foiling Pioneer who started "flying" catamarans way back in 1969. Plus Nautical Channel subscribers will also be able to watch Saturday's premiere of the NC Sports Buzz with Lucia Metzbauer reporting from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Get the full picture on youth sailing in America, with US College Sailing President Mitch Brindley, Olympic coaching legend Gary Bodie, and the ODU Varsity Team. (subscriber only - n.a. online) Plunge into the action ! With NC Sports. Only on Nautical Channel. NC Sports Weekly News airs on Nautical Channel's Tv broadcast every Thursday at 17:00 in 42 countries and four languages. Online release every Friday www.youtube.com/user/TVNauticalChannel Like: http://facebook.com/nauticalchannel Follow: http://twitter.com/nauticalchannel Visit: http://nauticalchannel.com










