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Coaches

 

All of our skating programs are instructed by Professional Skate Canada Coaches.  Skaters will receive instruction from a team of high quality club coaches.


Tomi Morris

Skating Accomplishments:

Quadruple Gold Tests (Free Skate, Dance, Skills, Interpretive), current Adult Masters Free Skate competitor; Competitive Synchronized Skating experience; National Bronze Medalist with Black Gold Open at the 2022 National Synchronized Skating Championships; 4x National Synchronized Skating qualifier. 

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP Provincial Coach Trained, NCCP Certified CanPowerSkate Coach; recipient of the 2020 National Synchronized Skating Coaching Apprenticeship Program; 12 years of coaching experience; currently coaching STARSkate, CanPowerSkate and private lessons.

Accepting new students: Yes

Crystal Dreyer

Skating Accomplishments:

15 years skating experience; Jr. Silver (Skills); 3 years synchronized skating experience with Black Gold Synchronized Skating Club. 

Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP Regional Coach Certified; NCCP CanPowerSkate Certified; NCCP Hockey Canada Skating L1 Trained; 11 years coaching experience; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons 

Accepting new students: Yes

 

Geerthana (Geeta) Somas

Skating Accomplishments:

Gold Test (Free Skate); CompetitiveSkate Athlete Award recipient in 2013; Alberta Select team member; Skate Canada Challenge competitor in Pre-Novice and Novice Women Singles; competed at the Junior Women Singles level before turning coach.

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP Regional Coach Trained; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons.

Accepting new students: Yes

Jamie Kosonic

Skating Accomplishments:

2x Junior Canadian Synchronized Skating Champion, 2x Senior Canadian Synchronized Skating Champion, Senior British Synchronized Skating Champion, 2x Open Canadian Synchronized Skating Champion, Silver Junior World Synchronized Skating Medallist and a Bronze Senior World Synchronized Skating Medallist.

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP Provincial Coach Trained; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons. As well as a Sectional Technical Specialist.

Accepting new students: Yes

Megan Lye

Skating Accomplishments:

Triple Gold Tests (Dance, Skills, Interpretive), Diamond Dances, Competitive solo dance experience, Competitive Synchronized Skating experience; Member of Team Canada for 2020-2022 with Nova Senior, National Bronze Medalist with Nova Senior at the 2022 National Synchronized Skating Championships; 5x National Synchronized Skating qualifier. 

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP Regional Coach Trained; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons.

Accepting new students: Yes

Kelly Clements

Skating Accomplishments:

Quadruple Gold Tests (Artistic, Dance, Freeskate and Skills), Adult competitor in Masters Freeskate and Artistic (competing in Skate Canada and ISU Adult International Competitions). Previously competed in Lake Placid Adult International 2019 and Winter World Masters Games 2020 in Innsbruck, Austria. Currently training for ISU Adult International in Oberstdorf, Germany in May 2023 and Winter World Masters Games - January 2024 in Lombardy, Italy.

Coaching Accreditation / Education:

NCCP Regional Coach Certified; 8 years of coaching experience; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate, Adult and private lessons.

Accepting new students: Yes.

Kiersten (Kiki) Mailhot

Skating Accomplishments:

Triple Gold Tests (Dance, Skills, and Interpretive)

Coaching Accreditation / Education:

NCCP Regional Coach Certified; 7 years of coaching experience; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons.

Accepting new students: Yes

Lexi Horon

Skating Accomplishments:

Double Gold Tests (Dance, Skills); Competitive Synchronized Skating experience, 4x National Synchronized Skating qualifier.

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP Regional Coach Trained; 5 years coaching experience.

Accepting new students: Yes

Lauren Gillespie

Skating Accomplishments:

Triple Gold Tests (Freeskate, Dance, Skills); placed 13th overall of all STAR 10 Women in the Alberta/NWT/Nunavut Section in the 2020 STARSkate Leading Edge Series. 

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP CanSkate Coach In Training; currently coaching CanSkate.

CJ Kmiecik

Skating Accomplishments:

Triple Gold Tests (Dance, Skills, Interpretive). Competitive Synchronized Skating experience; National Bronze Medalist with Black Gold Open at the 2022 National Synchronized Skating Championships; 5x National Synchronized Skating qualifier.  

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP CanSkate Coach Certified; currently coaching CanSkate.

Lauren Coombs

Skating Accomplishments:

Rhumba Diamond Dance, Gold Skating Skills, Silver Interpretive Singles and Senior Bronze Freeskate.

Competitive Synchronized Skating experience; National Bronze Medalist with Black Gold Open at the 2022 National Synchronized Skating Championships; 7x National Synchronized Skating qualifier.  

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP CanSkate Coach In-Training; currently coaching CanSkate.

Lily Sharma

Skating Accomplishments:

Junior Sliver Dance and Skills

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP CanSkate Coach In-Training, currently coaching CanSkate

Joan Cascadden

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP CanSkate Coach Certified with 12 years of coaching experience. Specialized in coaching PreCanSkate and CanSkate for all ages: toddlers, teens and adults. Over 40 years coaching experience with skating, volleyball, badminton and field hockey; currently coaching CanSkate.

Alexis Willberg

Skating Accomplishments:

Triple Gold Tests.

Coaching Accreditation/Education:

NCCP CanSkate Coach Certified; currently coaching CanSkate.

Helmet Use Policy

Crowchild Skating Club requires all CanSkate participants (up to and including Stage 5) as well as all skaters in the CanPowerSkate program to wear a CSA approved hockey helmet while on the ice. All PreCanSkate participants must wear a CSA approved hockey helmet with a cage while on the ice. Skaters will not be allowed on the ice without the required helmet. Bicycle, multi-sport and snowboarding/skiing helmets are not acceptable.
 
Additional information regarding helmet use, including a description of a properly fitted helmet, can be found by clicking here.