Equine Canada has Announced Coaching Awards

Source: News Release

Equine Canada Announces Coaching Awards

Ottawa, ON—At the 2012 Equine Canada Awards Gala held February 3 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Equine Canada honoured certified coaches with the first annual coaching awards.

The first category was the Equine Canada/National Coaching Certification Program Coach Awards. These awards were for the coach or instructor that exemplifies the National Coaching Certification Program through coaching/teaching skills, concern for safety and equine welfare, business practice and support of the national rider and coaching programs. Over 50 nominations came in from all over the country from youth, adult amateurs, peers, employers and barn staff telling Equine Canada why each coach was doing a great job and deserved to be awarded.

Coach Award recipients

Coach 1 Para-Equestrian — Lynn Marshall, Milton, ON

Coach 2 & 3 Para-Equestrian — Andrea Taylor, Surrey, BC

Coach 3 /High Performance Dressage — Ute Busse, Breslau, ON

Coach 3 / High Performance Event — Yves Landry, Napierville, QC

Coach 3 / High Performance Jump — Josee Turcotte, Mirabel, QC

Coach 3 / High Performance Western — Pat Carter, St. George, ON

High Performance Candidate — Ruth Allum, Ashton, ON

Instructor / Coach Therapeutic — Pat Bullock, Burlington, ON

Instructor of Beginners — Kris Bhattacharya, Ste Anne, MB

Saddleseat Coach/Instructor — Archie Hurst, Sherwood Park, AB

Newfoundland — Marylew Murray, Antigonish County, NS

Yukon — Celine Skerget, Watson Lake, YT

Level 1 English Ontario — Regina Schmitter, Burlington, ON

Level 1 English Québec — Claudia Iannuccilli, Wentworth, QC

Level 1 English West — Selena Pellizzari, Nanaimo, BC

Level 1 Western Ontario — Chanda Burke, Thorndale, ON

Level 1 Western West — Carola Friesen, Lethbridge, AB

Level 2 English Dressage — Deborah Fox, Ladysmith, BC

Level 2 English Eventing — Pascale Tremblay-Wagner, St. Jean Baptiste, QC

Level 2 English Jump — Jill Barker, Windsor, NS

The Equine Canada Coaching Excellence Awards were also presented for the first time this year at the Gala. The Excellence Awards recognize those who have made significant contributions to the development of Equine Canada coaching or rider programs. Equine Canada programs like these are usually developed over several years and with the involvement of several dozen committee members and program leaders from across the country. Contribution is largely on a volunteer basis and volunteers are usually practicing coaches with already charged schedules and other commitments. With so many coaches involved in the creation of each new program or program revision, it would be easy for programs to get hung up in discussion loops, or progress interrupted by the understandable need for contributors to attend to their training and competitive season.

“The milestones achieved in 2011 would not have been possible without the will and commitment of project leaders to make it happen,” said Heather Sansom, Equine Canada Manager of Coaching. “Coaching Excellence recipients contributed hours of their personal time, going above and beyond to support their peers and invest in programs that impact coaches and athletes across the country.”

The Coaching Department would like to extend special thanks to the Ontario Equestrian Federation for their leadership in facilitating program pilots in several disciplines in 2011. Also, special recognition goes to the following people for their outstanding commitment to the coaching and athlete development programs in 2011.

Coaching Excellence Award recipients

Recipient	Award	For over and above contribution to Equine Canada coaching program development
Trish Mrakawa of Dewinton, AB	Jump High Performance	Competition Coach Specialist Jump Training Clinic pilots and contributions to the High Performance 1 – Jump program.
Lyne Laforme of Mont St Hilaire, QC	Reining High Performance	Western Competition Coach Evaluation pilots, Competition Coach Specialist Reining development and High Performance 1 Reining.
Ian Roberts of Port Perry, ON	Eventing High Performance	Competition Coach Specialist Eventing Training Clinic pilot and High Performance 1 Eventing program development.
Chris Dolinski of Oak Bluff, MB	Coach Development	Significant contribution and excellence in developing instructors and coaches as an NCCP Learning Facilitator teaching the Equestrian Theory courses.
Wendy Hudson of Hopewell Hill, NB	Western Coaching	Extensive personal investment in the Western Competition Coach and Western Rider Basic Training programs.
Mary Ruth Moore of Bowmanville, ON	Saddle Seat Coaching	Championing and developing the Saddle Seat Competition Coach program, mentorship of Evaluators and Learning Facilitators, and significant contributions assisting peers with other programs.
Victoria Andrew of Ottawa, ON	Program Leadership	Significant personal investment, leadership in team building and extensive program documentation resulting in achievement of approvals and significant milestones in all competitive coaching contexts in 2011. Particular mention goes to her work drafting the Coach Specialist and High Performance programs in Dressage.
Grant Field of Stouffville, ON	English Coaching	Extensive personal investment of time as a Committee Chair and Master Evaluator, serving the sport community and peers in all three competitive coaching contexts, and in several disciplines; and for leadership in team building nationally resulting in milestone achievements in all coaching contexts.

The annual coaching awards nomination forms will available on the Coaching section of the Equine Canada website at http://bit.ly/ydLviD near the end of 2012. Be sure to nominate coaches that need to be recognized for their hard work and dedication.

About Equine Canada
Equine Canada is Canada’s national governing body for equestrianism. A member-driven, charitable institution, it is the executive branch of the Canadian Equestrian Team, and the national authority for equestrian competition; the national voice for recreational riders; and the national association for equine welfare, breeding, and industry. Equine Canada is recognized by the Government of Canada, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), and the Canadian Olympic Committee as the national organization representing equestrian sport and equine interests. For more information about Equine Canada, please visit www.equinecanada.ca.

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