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Owner + Head Coach
My skating career began playing competitive Hockey, transitioned to high-performance Speed Skating, and then evolved into coaching and sport administration. I remain a high-performance Speed Skating coach, continue to play Hockey recreationally, and recently began playing co-ed Ringette.
With many years as a volunteer and professional with provincial and national sport organizations I am an experienced and skilled coach, event manager, volunteer manager, team builder, and public speaker.
Through the Coaching Association of Canada I am recognized as a Chartered Professional Coach, certified Competition-Development Speed Skating Coach with an Advanced Coaching Diploma, and a certified Coach Developer. This builds upon my education background with a Bachelor or Arts in Psychology from Carleton University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Recreation and Leisure Management from Humber College.
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Chartered Professional Coach
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Advanced Coaching Diploma
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Certified Coach Developer
My motivation for coaching and mentoring is to achieve that moment of performance realization when a plan is achieved. My approach to coaching is that sport is an apprenticeship for life; in a sport environment an individual can develop positive characteristics to benefit personal, academic, and professional endeavours.
I look forward to working with you to enhance your players, coaches', and organization's confidence to perform.
1992 - 2005
Volunteer Coach + Administrator
Community + Provincial Associations
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Coached at Cambridge, Gloucester, and Newmarket Speed Skating Clubs in Ontario.
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Represented Skaters on Ontario Speed Skating Association's Board of Directors.
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Organizing Chair of four Ontario Summer Speed Skating Camps.
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Coached Ontario Speed Skating teams at several Canadian and North American Championships.
2004 - 2008
Founding President + Head Coach
Milton Speed Skating
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Received seed funding to acquire equipment and ice time to start a speed skating club in Milton ON.
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Recruited skaters and volunteers to build and sustain a viable club.
2006 - 2008
Director of Sport Development
Ontario Speed Skating Association
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Collaborated with the organization's board and clubs to ensure the ongoing growth of the sport.
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Managed Ontario's 2007 Canada Winter Games Long Track Speed Skating team and mentored the Coach winning 3 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze medals.
2008 - 2011
Provincial Coach + Technical Consultant
Manitoba Speed Skating Association
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Built programs to develop Manitoba athletes towards improved national speed skating ranking.
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Coached Manitoba's 2011 Canada Winter Games Long Track Speed Skating team winning 1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal.
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Mentored Manitoba's 2011 Canada Winter Games Short Track Speed Skating Coach towards achieving the team's best results in recent Games.
2012 - 2016
Regional Development Mentor
Speed Skating Canada
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Mentored coaches through practice planning, annual planning, and preparation for major events.
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Developed coaches facilitating NCCP Competition-Introduction and Competition-Development.
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Evaluated coaches for NCCP Competition-Introduction and Competition-Development certification.
2012 - 2016
Long Track Coach
Canadian Sport Centre Atlantic
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Recruited and developed the first ever Atlantic athletes to achieve standards and attend Speed Skating Canada's high-performance long track competitions.
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Mentored Nova Scotia's 2015 Canada Winter Games Long Track Speed Skating Coach towards achieving the teams best ever Games results.