Grenada Sailing Association and 2025 Panam Junior Games, Paraguay

The Grenada Sailing Association entered 2 sailors in for the 2025 Pan Am Junior

Games in Paraguay. The Petite Calivigny Yacht Club/Woburn Wind Warriors Junior

Sailing Program had participated in the Grenada Olympic Committee Panam

Preparation Program since 2022 and they selected sailors Azalia Renaud and Kishon

Bruno who are active members of the program, both racing and also coaching younger

sailors.

Grenada joined with other Caribbean Nations to prepare the sailors for the Games with

2 training camps, one in the Bahamas and one in St Vincent. As well as providing the

opportunity to develop skills and race experience, this enhanced our regional

connections – something we identified as an important necessary development

following Elleje Bernard’s participation in the World Sailing Youth Championships in Italy last year.

The Bahamas Camp was run by Trinidad Coach Andrew Lewis, who then led the sailors

at the Games themselves. Azalia and Kishon were supported at the Games by

members of the Grenada Olympic Committee and Barbados Team Manager, Penny

McIntyre. The Caribbean ‘Team’ consisted of junior sailors from St Vincent, Barbados,

Trinidad, Antigua and Bahamas.

As their first venture into international competition, our sailors found the racing

competition tough. The winds were light creating additional challenges over the 5

races. Azalia placed 19th in the ILCA 6 class and Kishon placed 18th in the ILCA 7

class. Coach Andrew Lewis noted ‘there is still so much more potential waiting to be

unlocked’. As a result of his performance and dedication at the Games, Kishon has

been invited to the Caribbean Dinghy Championships in Antigua in October.

Azalia will continue sailing and coaching, and further her role as Race Committee Lead

at Grenada Sailing Week and other National and Regional Regattas and sailing events.

The high level of teamwork from all the Caribbean sailors was also noted by Coach

Andrew Lewis who said ‘From a teamwork point of view, this has been one of the best

experiences of my life. You were truly a 10 out of 10 in the way you worked together,

supported one another, and balanced so many moving parts. It was admirable,

inspiring, and an incredible success.’

As well as the many individuals, companies and organisations in Grenada who

supported the GSA to provide equipment and support the preparation camps, the GSA

would like to recognize the Grenada Olympic Committee; coaches Andrew Lewis

(Trinidad), Niels Broekhuizen (Bahamas), Kristoff Stuven (Trinidad) and Noah Bullen

(Grenada); Team Manager Penny McIntyre (Barbados); St Vincent Sailing Association

and Rob Holden from World Sailing.