Coaches & Team

Figure 8 Skating Club has a team of great coaches and an office manager.

Coaching Team

The coaching team instructs skaters in technical skill development, physical training, musical interpretation and mental preparation. All coaches have received training and certification through Skate Canada and the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP).


Shelley Douglas – Skating Director

  • National Coach Certified, partial High Performance
  • Over 25 years coaching experience
  • Skate Canada Skills Evaluator
  • Base Level Technical Specialist (BLTO) – in training
  • Hockey Skating Skills Coordinator experience
  • Bachelor of Science – Kinesiology, diploma in Manual Osteopathic Therapy

Personal Achievements:

  • Coach/Choreographer of provincial and national level skaters
  • Coached skaters from beginner to Gold and Senior competitive singles
  • Alberta Winter Games Coach 2006 & 2016
  • Former Senior competitive skater and national competitor
  • Senior Competitive Singles, Junior Competitive Dance
  • Gold Freeskate
  • Gold Skills
  • Gold Dance
  • Gold Artistic

Shelley’s Bio

skatingdirector@figure8skating.ca 


Justine Toppin – CanSkate Coordinator & Coach

  • Regional Coach Certified
  • 14 years coaching experience
  • Bachelor of Science, Masters of Science-Ecology, University of Alberta

Personal Achievements:

  • Gold Skills
  • Gold Dance
  • Sr Bronze Freeskate
  • Introductory Artistic

canskatecoordinator@figure8skating.ca 


Cassidy Connell – CanSkate Coordinator & Coach

  • Regional Coach Certified
  • 4 years coaching experience

Personal Achievements:

  • Gold Skills
  • Gold Dance
  • Gold Artistic
  • Sr Bronze Freeskate

Abby Kozma – Coach

  • Provincial Coach Certified
  • 9 years coaching experience

Personal Achievements:

  • Gold Skills
  • Gold Dance
  • Sr Bronze Freekskate
  • experience coaching competitive skaters, including skaters on the Section’s Junior Development Team
  • coach of Merit Award winner at StarSkate Championships
  • experience coaching skaters with disabilities

Brielle Pulfer – Coach

  • Regional Coach Certified
  • 6 years coaching experience

Personal Achievements:

  • Diamond Dance
  • Gold Freeskate
  • Gold Skills
  • Gold Artistic

Regan Barford – Coach

  • Provincial Coach in Training
  • Regional Coach Certified
  • 5 years coaching experience
  • Star 6-Gold Skills Assessor
  • bilingual in French

Personal Achievements:

  • Gold Skills
  • Gold Dance
  • Gold Artistic
  • Sr Bronze Freeskate

Abigail Hill – Coach

  • Regional Coach in Training
  • 1 year coaching experience
  • bilingual in French

Personal Achievements:

  • Gold Skills
  • STAR 9 Dance
  • STAR 5 Freekskate

Chloé Gauvreau – Coach

  • CanSkate Coach
  • 2 years coaching experience
  • bilingual in French

Personal Achievements:

  • Gold Skills
  • STAR 9 Dance
  • STAR 7 Artistic
  • STAR 5 Freeskate
  • 2020Skate Canada AB|NT|NU Program Assistant of the Year Award

Rochelle Beekman – Coach

  • CanSkate Coach
  • 1 year coaching experience
  • bilingual in French

Personal Achievements:

  • Junior Women’s sectional competitor
  • Gold Freeskate
  • Gold Artistic
  • STAR 7 Skills
  • STAR 7 Dance

Claire Slauenwhite – Coach

  • CanSkate Coach
  • bilingual in French

Personal Achievements:

  • STAR 10 Skills
  • STAR 8 Dance
  • STAR 6 Freeskate

Lana Bezik – Coach

  • CanSkate Coach

Personal Achievements:

  • Partial Gold Dance
  • STAR 9 Skills
  • STAR 9 Artistic
  • STAR 7 Freeskate

Office Manager

Jacklyn Blades

Jacklyn is available to answer questions you may have on our programs and registration.

Office Hours at Kenilworth Arena:

  • Wednesdays 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  • Saturdays 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Contact: info@figure8skating.ca