WASZP Games 2025 Overall
by Nicola Hoyle 26 Jul 2025 06:04 BST
19-25 July 2025
2025 WASZP Games Day 5 © Down Under Sail
The final day of the WASZP Games 2025 delivered everything you could want in a championship showdown—tight racing, pressure starts, tactical battles, and decisive performances. With the Gold Fleet behind on their race schedule, the priority was clear: course racing, and lots of it.
The morning brought a West-South-Westerly, and the race committee waited patiently for it to build weight before launching the fleets. Once out on the course, the stakes were sky-high.
Race 1 saw Gavin Ball (USA) come out flying. He led early, holding off Pablo Astiazaran Pérez-Cela (ESP) down the run, while Andrew Chisholm (CAN) and Matthis Johnson (FRA) fought hard behind. By the final beat, Gavin had extended to a clear win. Mina Ferguson (AUS) had a storming performance, finishing eight places ahead of Pearl Lattanzi (USA)—a strong effort in the fight for second overall, though Lattanzi's lead remained unshaken.
In Race 2, Ball was back at the front, chased by Matthis Johnson (FRA) and Pablo Astiazaran Pérez-Cela (ESP). Rachael Betschart (BER) led the women's charge early, rounding the upwind gate ahead of Pearl and Mina, who were neck and neck. As the race unfolded, Chisholm surged to the front, rounding the second windward gate ahead of Pablo and James Crossley (GBR). Chisholm held firm to take the win, with Pablo second and Federico Bergamasco (ITA) sneaking into third. Lattanzi powered through the fleet to finish 11th—another marker of her championship consistency.
After a short postponement to let the breeze settle in, Race 3 brought forward new names at the front of the fleet. Jasper Camenzind (NZL) took the win, with Pablo Lemarchand (FRA) and Alexandre Grognuz (SUI) rounding out the top three in a tightly contested finish.
Race 4 delivered one of the most dramatic starts of the event. The first attempt saw over 20 boats stacked up on port, looking to thread through the starboard fleet. A general recall was called. The second attempt saw similar positioning—15 boats on port, pin-end starboard fleet headed them off but in doing so most were over the line—another general recall. On the third go, there were bold port crossers and the race got away clean. Roo Purves (GBR) led from early on and sailed a composed race to take the final bullet of the championship. Pablo Astiazaran Pérez-Cela (ESP) was close behind but dropped back after completing a penalty turn on the final leg. Alexandre Grognuz (SUI) secured second, with Jackson Macaulay (CAN) in third.
The news came through quickly on the water—Federico Bergamasco had done enough. He was the 2025 WASZP Games Champion.
Bergamasco: "It's amazing. It's wonderful. It's been an amazing week. Thank you all. We had a nice qualification series with more breeze and when we started in gold we had a little bit less wind, so staying in the top five was everything. I fight with these amazing guys—Pablo, Antonio, Gavin—it's been super racing. The pressure was a lot today as we all want first place."
Pearl Lattanzi (USA) was crowned Top Woman, capping off a dominant week in which she stayed consistent across every wind range.
Lattanzi: "I'm so happy. I don't even know what to say. It doesn't feel real now. The qualifying was pretty windy for me, so happy with getting through to Gold fleet. It's the most boats I've ever raced against in a fleet. Really competitive fleet of racing."
Meanwhile, Andrew Chisholm (CAN) took 1st Junior honours and narrowly missed the overall podium in fourth overall—his best Worlds result yet.
Chisholm: "I made it my goal to win Top Junior this year. This is my third Worlds—I've been third twice before. Everyone's pushing. Everyone's going fast. It's super high-performance, and intense racing. So fun racing top guys and girls from around the world. I'm just so proud and thankful for everyone who's helped me."
Overall Results:
Top Men
1 Federico Bergamasco (ITA)
2 Pablo Astiazaran Pérez-Cela (ESP)
3 Antonio Gasperini (ESP)
4 Andrew Chisholm (CAN)
5 Gavin Ball (USA)
Top Women
1 Pearl Lattanzi (USA)
2 Mina Ferguson (AUS)
3 Rachael Betschart (BER)
4 Louise Metenier (FRA)
5 Julia Gebhard (GER)
Top Junior (U19)
1 Andrew Chisholm (CAN)
2 Mose Bellomi (ITA)
3 Roo Purves (GBR)
Top Youth (U21)
1 Federico Bergamasco (ITA)
2 Pablo Astiazaran Pérez-Cela (ESP)
3 Antonio Gasperini (ESP)
Top Core (12-29)
1 Gavin Ball (USA)
2 Matthis Johnson (FRA)
3 Hippolyte Gruetr (FRA)
Top Master (30+)
1 Enzio Savoini (ITA)
2 Andrew Bridgman (GBR)
3 Dan Haydon (AUS)
Top Super Master (50+)
1 Stefan Eriksson (SWE)
2 Mikel Vazquez (ESP)
3 Jervis Tilly (AUS)
Top Men 7.5m rig division
1 Alex Jones (GBR)
2 Martinius Melleby Hopstock (NOR)
3 Theo Smith (GBR)
Top Women 7.5m rig division
1 Pia Henriette Brun Tveita (NOR)
2 Katy Jenkins (GBR)
3 Pia Raber (GBR)
Top Men 6.9m rig division
1 Jacopo Andrian (ITA)
2 Pietro Moncada (ITA)
3 Ricardo Bille (ITA)
Top Women 6.9m rig division
1 Olivia Castaldi (ITA)
2 Lena Fries (SUI)
3 Clarissa Vedovelli (ITA)
Top U16
1 8.2m rig - Jacopo Tesei (ITA)
2 7.5m rig - Gaetan Ismael (USA)
3 6.9m rig - Oscar Hoyle (GBR)
Green fleet
1 Trystan Hocking (BER) - Junior (U19)
2 Finley Kirkby (GBR) - U16
3 Derek Stannett (GBR) - Super Master (50+)
More information on the event website here.