Our Coaches
Trina Dykstra-MacPherson -Program Director, Provincial Level Coach & Choreographer
Trina is our Program Director, and has been coaching with Gananoque Skating Club for four seasons. Trina is a Provincial Coach & Choreographer in the Singles and Ice Dance disciplines, and is a qualified STAR 6 - GOLD Skills & Artistic Coach Assessor. She has been coaching since 2017 and has a very diverse skating background with experiences in competitive skating (up to Novice Women), varsity skating (2019-2023), and volunteering as a Section Level Technical Specialist in Singles and Star 1-4 Event Assessor.
Alex Wright - NCCP Provincial Coach & Choreography
Alex is an NCCP Provincial Coach & Choreographer in the Singles and Pairs disciplines. Having been a former Novice competitive skater, Alex has a wealth of knowledge in the competitive skating world, and is also a Senior Sectional Technical Specialist in Singles. Outside of the rink, Alex is a Pediatric Registered Kinesiologist, working with youth and young athletes maintaining healthy and active lifestyles.
Emily Clark - Regional Coach & Synchro Coach
Emily is a Regional Certified Coach and is this year’s Star 4 U13 Synchro Coach here at Gananoque Skating Club. Emily is also the Assistant Synchro Coach for Queen’s Varsity Figure Skating. Aside from coaching in Gananoque, Emily coaches at Fort Henry Heights Skating Club. When Emily isn’t at the rink, she is studying to become a teacher at Queen’s University! During the off-season, Emily works at Fort Henry National Historic Site. We are very happy to have Emily on-board for her second season at Gananoque!
Amanda Mathieu - CanSkate Coach
Amanda has been Gananoque’s CanSkate Director for multiple seasons. She recently became a Regional Coach In-Training, and we are excited to continue to have her onboard this season. Amanda is very loved by our Advanced CanSkaters and has played such an integral role in the Advanced CanSkate programming. We look forward to seeing Amanda coach some STARSkate this season with us.
George Waddell - Dance Partner
Although George is not a coach, he is the dance partner for all of our Gananoque Skaters, and for that we are extremely grateful to him for helping our skaters progress in assessing ice dance. George does partnering at other local clubs, and when he isn’t in the rink, he is studying as a BCom/JD student at Queen’s University. George also helps the Queen’s Varsity Figure Skating Team.