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Our Professional Coaching staff are fully accredited by Skate Canada and NCCP Trained/certified

Each coach subscribes to the standards of Skate Canada Professional coaches and continually seeks opportunity to improve their techniques and skills. 

Jeanette Shaw

Club Head Coach

Coaching Level: NCCP: Level 2 Provincial Coach

Clubs I've Coached at: coaching in Drayton since 1997

Skating Qualifications: Started skating a 18months old, high level competitive skater for 6 years

The Drayton and District Figure Skating Club offers an atmosphere of community and inclusivity. As a coach, this has always been a quality that has been acknowledged and appreciated.  With guidance, technique and effort from the skater, each skater has the ability to find their self discipline and determination to achieve the art of skating.  And of course the fun of achievement with fellow skaters.  


Sasha Shannon

Club Coach

Coaching Level: NCCP Regional Coach & CanSkate Coach 
 
Number of years coaching: 20 years
 
Clubs I’ve coached at: Listowel Skating Club, Palmerston Skating Club, Thorold Skating Club, Drayton Skating Club, St. Catharines Recreational Skate. 
 
Skating qualifications: Gold Dance, Gold Skills, Senior Bronze FreeSkate
 
My love for skating goes back to my childhood, I grew up skating with the Drayton Skating Club. My parents took me out of skating for 1 year to try Dance, and ultimately, my love for skating prevailed and I quickly returned to the ice the next season and have not left since. 

Being able to step on the ice and share my passion for the sport is what drives me to continue to coach. Seeing the skaters succeed, gain confidence in their skills, and the excitement and joy when they pass a test and even through failure, lessons are learned and perseverance grows. Sports teach us a lot of life lessons that are transferrable on and off the ice. My hope for my skaters is the come to skating with determination, dedication, and the drive to succeed, and when they don't they get back up and try again. 
 
When I am not on the ice, I work as the Director, People for a Saas company, in the govtech sector. My passion for coaching and mentoring translates well between my full-time job and my passion for coaching figure skating. 
 
 

Carolyn Borges

Club Coach

Coaching Level: NCCP Regional Coach & CanSkate Coach & CanPower Coach
 
Number of years coaching: 10 years
 
Clubs I’ve coached at: Howick FSC, Hillsburgh FSC, KW FSC, Preston FSC, Drayton FSC
 
Skating qualifications: Gold Freeskate, Dance, Skills, and Interpretive
 
I love sharing my passion of free skate, choreography and technique that I have gained through the years of skating and passing it down to skaters. Figure skating is a beautiful but humbling sport. It has taught me musicality, technique, perseverance, goal setting, how to train and compete, and how to deal with failure. These were all lessons that shaped me to be the person and coach I am today. My favourite part of coaching figure skating is seeing the skaters improve over time and witnessing their accomplishments. 
 
Off the ice my passions include teaching French (I am a high school French teacher), being active (I am big into weight training) and learning Spanish. 

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Micayla Shantz

Club Coach

 

Coaching Level: NCPP regional - Currently working towards my provincial coaching
 
Number of years coaching : 11 years 
 
Clubs I’ve coached at: Drayton, Belmore Skating Club, KW skating club 
 
Skating qualifications: gold level dance, skills, interpretive and senior silver freeskate 
 
How you got into skating: I got into skating when I was 4 years old to learn how to skate, I fell in love with it and the rest is history 
 
Interests off the ice: I used to be a competitive synchronized skater with Nexxice. I currently am working full time at Camino as a family support worker and planning to go back to school next fall for my masters of social work.