Meet Our Team
Tammi Chudak
Director/Owner
- 34 years coaching experience
- NCCP National Certified Coach
- Certified First Aid/CPR
- Skate Canada Gold figure, Gold FreeSkate, Gold Dances, Gold Skating Skills
- Novice Competitive
- Coach of Provincial, Challenge, and National Competitors in Singles and Pair skating
- Alberta Winter Games Zone Coach
- Canada Winter Games Alberta Figure Skating Coach
- Coach of many Leading Edge Champions
- Certified National Coach Level 3
- Edmonton Region Competitive Coach Award
- Volunteer Club Coach Award
- Power Skating coach to Timbits to WHL players
Shara Murray
Owner/Manager
- Diplomas in Business and Production Technology.
- Currently finished Animal Science Certificate
- Over 10+ years of work experience in Oil and Gas
- Another 10+ years as a small business owner
- Numerous Volunteer hours within many sports organizations
- Proud Mom of a Competitive Figure Skater and Hockey Player
COACHES
Kate McGath
CanSkate Coordinator
- 14 years coaching experience
- NCCP Regional Certified Coach
- Certified First Aid/CPR
- Certified New CanSkate Program
- 5 years experience CanSkate Program Director
- Currently a part of the the AB/NWT/NUN section Coach Apprenticeship program
- Started the Provincial Coach Certification
- Gold Skills and artistic
- Gold Dance/Partial Diamond Dance
- Gold FreeSkate Part 1
- Experience in FreeSkate, Ice Dance, skills, and Choreography for FreeSkate/Artistic and Ice Show Programs
Laurie Finney
- Over 40 years Coaching Experience
- NCCP National Certified Coach
- Certified First Aid/CPR
- Skate Canada Quadruple Gold tests (freeskate, ice dance, skills, artistic)
- Gold Figure, Gold FreeSkate, Gold Dance
- Gold Free Dance, Gold Pairs. Former Alberta Senior Champion and National Competitor - Novice, Junior and Senior
- Coach & Trainer of Provincial Champions, Divisional Competitors, National & International Competitors, Coach & Trainer of Divisional, National, and International Medalist, Coach of Canada Winter Games Competitors
- Mentor Coach Level I, II and III Certified National Coach
- Skate Canada Volunteer Award
- Alberta Volunteer Award
Wendell McGrath
- 33 years Skating Experience
- Certified First Aid/CPR
- 20 Years of Partnering Ice Dance
- Gold Skills, Gold FreeSkate, Gold and Diamond Dances
- Senior Competitive Dance Test
- 6 year National Competitor
- 2 Time Western Canadian Champion in Novice Dance
- 2 Top finishes at Western Challenge Senior Ice Dance
- Athlete Representative on the Skate Canada Board of Directors for AB/NWT/NUN Section for 4 years
- Ice Dance Technical Specialist
Bryce Chudak
- 6 years of professional coaching experience
- NCCP Regional Coach Certified
- Senior National Pairs Skater
- Started Provincial Coach Certification
- Specializes in jump technique/pole harness, and pairs skating
- Certified First Aid/CPR
-
STARSkate and competitive freeskate coach
- Silver Medalist in Junior Pairs at the 2016 Canadian National Championships
- Competed Junior Pairs at the 2016 World Junior Championships
- Currently a Senior Competitive Pairs Skaters Competing at a National and International level
Bernard Ford MBE
- NCCP National Coach Certified / Partial Level 4
- STARSkate Ice dance, Skills and Competitive Ice Dance Coach
- World & Olympic Coach and Choreographer
- Coach of ISU World Championship Ice Dance Bronze Medalists
- Coach of over 20 Canadian National Ice Dance Champions & Medalists
- Coach of over 12 ISU International Champions and Medalists
- Coach of National Champions and National Medalists from the USA, Australia, Britain and Japan
- Member of the Skate Canada Hall of Fame
- Member of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
- Former 4 x ISU World Ice Dance Champion (with Diane Towler)
Sonya MacMillan
- Over 15 years of professional coaching experience in Alberta & Nova Scotia
- NCCP Provincial Coach Trained
- NCCP Special Olympics Trained
- CanPowerSkate certified
- Coaches Pre-CanSkate, CanSkate STARSkate Freeskate, Ice dance, Skills and Artistic
Desiree Tytgat
- 14 years coaching experience
- NCCP Provincial Coach Certified, National level certification started
- Former Disney on Ice cast member
- Former Junior Competitive skater
- Triple gold award recipient- Gold Dance, Gold Skills, Gold Freeskate
- Coach of Provincial level skaters, Alberta Winter Games participants
- Secondary coach to Junior development team members, leading edge champions, sectional champions, challenge competitors
- Experience as Off Ice Program Coordinator & Junior Development
- Singles Technical Specialist - Base level
- 2200 hr Registered Massage Therapist
- K-Tape Pro Therapist & Instructor
- Certified Cold Laser Therapist
- Certified Equine Cold laser & Massage therapist
- Former Project Manger in the Oil & Gas industry
- 2019 Elite Coach of the Year (5 pin bowling)
Carlotta Edwards
- 15 Years Professional Ice Skater
- CBC Battle of The Blades Finalist 2020
- ITV Dancing On Ice ’19 + ’20
- Hot Ice Principle Adagio Pair Soloist
- Royal Caribbean + Willy Bietak Adagio Pair Soloist
- Disney On Ice Principle Adagio Pair + Soloist
- Skate Canada / NCCP Regional In-Training Coach
- Skate Canada Quadruple Gold Test Completed
- Certified First Aid + CPR
- 23 Years of Coaching + Skating Experience
