Metcalfe Coaches

• Amanda Cooper - Amanda has been the head coach of the Metcalfe Skating Club for the past 3 years. She has been coaching for 10 years and is certified as a Level I coach. Amanda is currently working on her level II certification. Her outlook on skating is to have fun and be the best you can be, work hard you will be successful. Amanda has completed gold free skate, gold artistic and gold dances along with novice competitive free skate, and a portion on diamond dance. Off ice, Amanda worked as a volunteer fire fighter, but now concentrates on raising her beautiful daughter.
  
• Amy Duguay - Amy has been coaching for the Metcalfe Skating Club for the past 10 years and is certified as a Level I coach. Amy is currently working towards her level II certification. Amy has completed Senior Silver Elements, Junior Silver FressSkate, Junior Silver Dances and Skating Skills. She believes that her role as a coach is to assist all her skaters to develop a positive attitude towards the sport while developing them into the best athletes they can be. She has taught skaters of many ages and levels from KinderSkate/Canskate to Starskate and also adult programs. Off-ice Amy works for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board as an occasional teacher.
  
• Brandi Young - Brandi has been coaching for 14 years, is a fully certified Level II Singles and Dance coach and has completed her Level III General Subjects and Singles courses and her Competition Development Theory Courses. She is currently working to complete her Competition Development requirements. She has also provided Mentoring for Level I Coaches. As a skater, Brandi completed her Gold Freeskate, Gold Interpretive and Diamond Dances. She has taught skaters from CanSkate to Senior Silver Level in Freestyle, Preliminary to Diamond level in Dance and Preliminary to Gold level in Skills. She has attended seminars by Brian Orser, Jan Ullmark and Frank Carroll , Manon Perron and looks forward to attending many more seminars in the future. Outside skating, Brandi works as a licensed sales associate at a financial planning firm.
  
• Becky Ng - Becky has been coaching for 1 year at the Metcalfe Skating Club and Rideau Skating Club. She is CanSkate certified and StarSkate trained. She has been skating for 14 years and has completed her junior bronze freeskate and dance and senior bronze skills and her skating idol is Patrick Chan. She has taught the KinderSkate program with Metcalfe and is looking forward to taking on more skaters this season. Off-ice, Becky is a student at Osgoode Township High School.
  
• Karen Huibers - Karen has been coaching for over 20 years throughout the Ottawa area and is a fully certified Level I coach with partial completion of Level II. She has been an instructor for a variety of skating programs, from preschool programs to Canskate and Starskate as well as Adult programs. Karen was a member of the Nepean Figure Skating Club for over 15 years both as a skater and a coach and has recently relocated to the Metcalfe area. Off-ice Karen works for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation as a Team Leader for Travel and Facilities Services and enjoys keeping busy with her two children.
  
• Lori Walker - Lori has been coaching for 10 years, the past 4 at various clubs in the Ottawa area and prior to that in the Sudbury area. She is fully level I certified with level II theory completed. She has been skating for 23 years now and has completed her Gold dances, Gold skills and Junior Silver free skate and is currently working on her Diamond Dances and Interpretive. She is also currently skating for a synchronized skating team here in Ottawa (team was National Champs 2008-2009 season). She has taught skaters of many ages and levels from Canskate to Starskate (Preliminary to Junior Silver levels) and also adult programs. Off-ice Lori works as Accounts Receivable Coordinator in the private sector.
  
• Robyn Van Schie - Robyn has been coaching for 6 years at both Metcalfe and Rideau Skating Club. She is fully level I certified. She has been skating for 15 years and has completed her Senior Bronze dances, skills and free skate. She has taught skaters of many ages and levels from Canskate to Starskate and also adult programs. She believes in helping her students to do their best while having fun. Off-ice Robyn is a student at the University of Ottawa in the faculty of social sciences.
  
• Stacy Duguay
  

If you have any questions please e-mail: coaches@metcalfeskatingclub.ca