Highlighting Certified Coaches & Instructors

Congratulation to the newly certified Equestrian Canada Coaches and Instructors

Leila Templin English Competition Coach Flat and Jump
Caitlyn Cote English Instructor
Laura Fanning English Instructor
Patricia Cowland English Competition Coach

Congratulations to our new trained English Rider Evaluators in 2023

Jessica York English Level 1-6
Karen Weitemeyer English Level 1-8
Margaret Woloschuk English Level 1-8
Sarah Laxton English Level 1-8
Jenn Therriault English Level 1-6
Karen Erickson English Level 1-8
Cassandra Thorsteinson English Level 1-8
Lara Ghannoum English Level 1-8
Maeve Drew English Level 1-8
Selena Pellizzari English Level 1-8
Jenny McGruer English Level 1-8
Wanda Gust English Level 1-8

Thank you to our 2022 Summer Games Coaches and Support Team

Maeve Drew Coach
Brandy Saunders Coach
Nicole Berthelot Coach
Val McKay Coach
Tracy Comte Coach
Silvana Huber Coach
Shandelle Mathusz Coach
Kirsty Evans Hernes Coach
Melissa Reimche Coach
Carolyn Dobbs Coach
Stella French Coach
Kim Scott Coach Support
Koryn Weber Coach Support
Ashley Sudds Coach Support

Congratulations to newly EC Certified coaches and instructors in 2022

  • Linnaea Crawshaw – English Instructor
  • Tallis Dixon – English Instructor
  • Amy Forsberg – English Competition Coach
  • Cayen Heppner – English Instructor
  • Sarah Laxton – English Competition Coach
  • Analise O’Brien – English Competition Coach
  • Cassandra Tattrie – English Competition Coach
  • Beverley Bonner – English Instructor
  • Jennifer Therriault – English Instructor
  • Eleanor Walton Knight – English Instructor
  • Jennifer Therriault – English Instructor
  • Alicia Harper – Western Competition Coach
  • Sarah Grant – Western Instructor
  • Lynette Crowley – Western Instructor
  • Wanda Gust – English Competition Coach
  • Brooke Doherty – English Instructor with Jump
  • Lara Ghannoum – English Instructor
  • Faye Marges – English Competition Coach
  • Ellie Walton-Knight – English Instructor

Congratulations to newly certified coaches and instructors in 2021

  • Megan Lochhead – English Competition Coach
  • Lizzy Knight – English Instructor
  • Leslie Therriault – English Instructor
  • Cheryl Keith – High Performance 1, Jump
  • Carolyn Weeks – English Competition Coach Specialist Jump
  • Julia Balcom Spreen – English Competition Coach Specialist Jump
  • Haley Fellows – English Competition Coach

Congratulations to newly certified coaches and instructors in 2020

  • Hannah Dixon –  Western Instructor
  • Cassandra Floris – Western Instructor
  • Camilla Woods – Western Instructor
  • Awna Gilding – English Instructor with Jump
  • Beverly Van Guilder – English Competition Coach
  • Kirsten Mitchell – English Instructor
  • Sarah Allison – English Instructor with Jump
  • Nicole Berthelot – English Competition Coach
  • Sahra Rajani – English Instructor

Congratulations to the newly certified coaches in 2019

  • Mickhaela Parsons   English Competition Coach
  • Tamara Mercer  English Instructor
  • Mairi Rathy – English Instructor
  • Faye Marges – English Instructor
  • Maeve Drew – English Competition Coach Specialist Eventing
  • Brandy Saunders – English Competition Coach Specialist Eventing
  • Storm Todoruk – Western Instructor
  • Jacquie Doucet-Howes – Western Instructor
  • Emma Wallin  – English Instructor
  • Wanda Dee Thompson  – Western Competition Coach Specialist Reining

The following coaches are now trained and approved to teach the new EC National Rookie Rider Program

  • Wendy Price
  • Carole Stewart
  • Stephanie Laversin
  • Angel Robson
  • Colleen Ware
  • Joyan Winter
  • Carley Johnstone
  • Vanessa Fraser
  • Janette Lauritzen
  • Sarah Bradley
  • Christine Hassell
  • Sue Thompson
  • Tosca Kocken
  • Tara Prevedoros
  • Susan Gosnell
  • Lisa Marshall Graham
  • Natalie Wood
  • Nina Sheldon
  • Karan Moore
  • Susan Harrison
  • Shandelle Mathasz
  • Sabine Molfentner
  • Erin Robinson
  • Indiana Wynne Smith

Congratulations to Maeve Drew winner of the 2017 Equestrian Canada Competitive Coach of the Year award.


New Equestrian Canada Certified Coaches and Instructors for 2018

  • Madeleine (Keri) Rodgers – English Instructor
  • Carley Johnstone – English Instructor
  • Elizabeth Macdonald – English Instructor Jump Component
  • Jennifer Nixon – English Competition Coach
  • Karen Erickson – English Competition Coach Specialist Jump
  • Hayley Penton – English Competition Coach
  • Amy VandenDungen – English Instructor with Jump
  • Colleen Ware – English Competition Coach
  • Ashley Jackson – English Competition Coach
  • Joanna Kerr – English Instructor
  • Jennifer Melchiorre – English Instructor
  • Deborah Bell – English Competition Coach
  • Meghan Parlee – English Competition Coach
  • Marta Modzelewska – English Competition Coach
  • Leora Gibson – English Competition Coach Specialist Jump
  • Shandelle Mathusz – English Competition Coach
  • Amanda Martin – English Instructor with Jump
  • Nicole Sanregret – English Instructor with Jump

Thank you to our 2018 BC Summer Games Head Coaches

Rochelle Kilberg
Elenore Elstone
Jeanine Ellingham
Selena Pellizzari
Lorraine Bradbury
Georganne Gregory
Jackie Cooper
Louise Crooks

Congratulations to new coaches certified in 2017

  • Jennifer Dimen – English Instructor
  • Judith Carter – English Instructor with Jump Component
  • Elizabeth MacDonald – English Instructor
  • Alyssa Bigiolli – English Instructor
  • Hilary Leach – English Competition Coach
  • Samantha Bates – English Instructor
  • Natalie Wood – English Competition Coach
  • Trina Thompson – Western Instructor
  • Alison McClintock – English Competition Coach
  • Shannon Wiens – English Instructor
  • Stephanie Gerdson – Provincial Vault Trainer
  • Catherine Kendall – Provincial Vault Trainer
  • Stephanie Wall – Provincial Vault Trainer
  • Tara Norman – English Competition Coach Specialist Jump
  • Grace Sabo – English Instructor

Congratulations to newly certified Coaches and Instructors in 2016:

  •  Kendra DeWilde – English Competition Coach
  •  Mona Beckmann – English Competition Coach
  •  Leah Ricketson – English Instructor with Jump Module
  • Bre Westfield – English Instructor
  • Jessica York – English Instructor
  • Debbie Wynne – English Instructor
  • Karin Cordua-von Specht – English Instructor Jump Component
  • Brett Friesen – English Instructor with Jump Component
  • Samantha Eby – English Instructor with Jump Component
  • Eliane Nevares – English Competition Coach
  • Louise Crooks – English Competition Coach Specialist Jump
  • Christine Ross – English Competition Coach
  • Nicole Ketter – English Competition Coach
  • Tina Slamka – English Instructor
  • Catherine Winter – English Instructor
  • Amanda Cain – English Instructor
  • Marlies Kerkhoven – English Competition Coach
  • Lindsay Whitehead – English Competition Coach
  • Silvana Huber – Western Instructor and English Competition Coach
  • Braidy Neufeld – Western Instructor
  • Vendela Villaneuva – Western Instructor

December 4, 2015

Congratulations to the Coaches and Instructors certified in 2015

  • Laura Card Hall  – English Competition Coach
  • Heather Fryd – English Competition Coach
  • Milissa Sahota  – English Instructor plus Jump
  • Lisa Marshall Graham – English Instructor plus Jump
  • Brianna Frewin – English Instructor plus Jump
  • Marianne Arsenault  – English Instructor plus Jump
  • Selchie Middleton  – English Instructor plus Jump
  • Irene Lintner  – English Instructor
  • Maria Chrysopoulos – English Instructor plus Jump
  • Karin Cordua Von Specht – English Instructor
  • Patty John  – English Instructor plus Jump
  • Sorel Schoenberger  – English Competition Coach
  • Jaqueline Wall  – English Instructor plus Jump
  • Elizabeth Brown  – Competition Coach Specialist Dressage
  • Amanda Jefferson  – Western Instructor
  • Bobbie Jo Cudworth  – Western Instructor
  • Madalene Espenhain  – Western Instructor
  • Taelor Marchant  – Western Instructor
  • Mikayla Paterson  – Western Instructor
  • Jenny Bouwmeester  – Western Instructor
  • Joanna Lepiarczyk – English Competition Coach

Check out the Find a Coach Section for details and their contact information.


December 3, 2015

Congratulations to a great group of coaches who attended the 5 day Equine Canada High Performance 1 NCCP Training. They are now moving along the pathway to HP Certification.

  • Cheryl Keith
  • Dominque Buckland
  • Georgann Gregory
  • Kiersten Humphrey
  • Marcie Doyle
  • Nikki Ayers
  • Rick Maynard
  • Leslie Steele
  • Susan Thompson
  • Carol Zigler