LATEST NEWS

October 13, 2022

KWSC Membership Services Coordinator, Amy Seeger

The Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club is very pleased to announce that Amy Seeger will be joining our office staff as Membership Services Coordinator effective immediately. Amy will be covering this position for Brooke while she is on leave.

We wish Brooke well wishes as she embarks on her next adventure as a new mother!

As the Membership Services Coordinator, Amy is responsible for the overall customer service and communication with skaters and the families of Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club, as well as providing support to staff, coaches and volunteers.

A note from Amy:

I’m very excited to be working with the Kitchener/Waterloo Community and the Skating Club. I already like the positive energy and friendly environment here.

I grew up in Amherstburg, ON which is about 30 minutes outside of Windsor, and currently live in Brantford, ON. I’m a past graduate of St. Clair College Business Administrative Marketing Program. I’m eager to put my skills and years of customer service, administration, marketing, and leadership experience to good use at KWSC. 

Please let me know if I can help support you in any way ~ Amy

aseeger@kwsc.org

Amy’s office hours can be found here:
http://www.kwsc.org/contact

September 17-25, 2022

National Coaches Week is a weeklong public awareness campaign that encourages people in Canada to say thanks and celebrate the tremendous positive impact coaches have on athletes and their communities. This week puts a spotlight on coaches and gives this integral part of Canadian sport a thanks! With events held across the province and country to celebrate coaching, National Coaches Week provides coaches with the recognition they deserve for the time they devote to ensuring people in Canada live an active, healthy lifestyle. Especially through the challenging times of the pandemic, coaches have had to adapt to protect themselves, their skaters and their families; all while supporting participants from a distance.

During National Coaches Week, I encourage you to say ‘thanks’ to the 40 coaches who are part of the KW Skating Club coaching team. Please take the time to add a note of gratitude to our #ThanksCoach display in the Carolyn Fedy Skating Rink at Manulife Sportsplex, or send a thank-you note to your coach directly. Take a picture of you and your coach, post it online and include #KWSCProud and #ThanksCoach.

Coaches are important role models in the lives of thousands of skaters at the KW Skating Club. This week, we celebrate the tremendous positive impact coaches have on athletes.

Contact:

Debra Brown, Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club, 226-505-9120, dbrown@kwsc.org

The Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club will be hosting the Skate Ontario Sectional Series- July Event from July 22-24, 2022 at Manulife Financial Sportsplex & Healthy Living Centre, RIM Park. We are thrilled to be partnering with Skate Ontario for the July event and look forward to seeing skaters and families from all over Ontario in our facility. 

Event Information

Detailed event information can be found on the Skate Ontario website

Pratice Ice

Practice Ice is available for purchase from the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club. Please follow these steps:

1. Setup an online account on www.kwsc.org by clicking the blue 'members' tab in upper right corner.
2. Use link to book ice sessions – this will bring you to all practice ice sessions
3. Select your preferred practice ice sessions

Link to purchase practice ice: https://members.kwsc.org/registration/products/

Volunteer

The Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club is seeking volunteers to fill the following high priority positions:

1. Sectional Series Competition Volunteers at RIM Park (July 22-24, 2022)
2. We are also in need of Ice Captains the day of the competition. Ice Captains need to have a skating background and over the age of 18.

Interested in getting involved? Please fill out our SECTIONAL SERIES VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM

Thank you to our event sponsors, Dairy Farmers of Ontario and Danielle Earl Photography!

We are thrilled to announce that Anabelle Langlois-Hay will be the new Technical Director at KWSC. Anabelle will be stepping into this role as the wonderful Pat teBoekhorst is set to retire at the end of this summer.

Anabelle is a 2008 Canadian Champion in Pairs, a three-time National medalist and two-time Canadian Olympian, with her husband Cody Hay. Cody and Anabelle have coached pair teams to seven National medals from Pre-Novice to Junior, as well as three teams to Junior international events, one Junior World participation and two Senior internationals between 2012-2018. 

After retiring from competitive skating, the couple then moved to Calgary where they started a pair program in hopes of helping grow the discipline of pair skating in Canada. They are married and busy parents to their children Mia & Zac. Anabelle is currently the Director of the Pair Program at Academie Performance Isatis. 

Anabelle has also participated in The Battle of The Blades television series, and currently serves as a coach mentor for Skate Canada’s National Pair Initiative (NPI).

Anabelle is passionate about creating an environment where skaters can thrive and reach their full potential. This aligns with KWSC’s ‘skater-first’ philosophy. Anabelle’s international experience brings KWSC’s vision of being a world-class skating centre one more step closer to reality. Anabelle will be starting with KWSC in September and Pat will remain working part-time while Anabelle gets settled in. 

Thanks to Pat, Laszlo and base coach Melinda for serving as part of the Hiring Committee.

The Club is excited to welcome Anabelle to her new role as Technical Director at KWSC!