| Summer 2008
Manager
Ray
Hamel
Ray brings with
him over forty years of teaching experience. He has taught
all ages with a particular emphasis on French and Phys Ed.
Ray's natural enthusiasm and energy has been a great plus
for the club for the last three seasons.
Programs
Administrator
Samantha
Gorlick
Samantha
Gorlick grew up spending summers at the Lake. Conveniently
located across from the Zig Zag Yacht club, Samantha and her
siblings became regular participants in the Sailing and Summer
Fun programs. In later years Samantha acquired extensive experience
in planning programming for the B'nai Brith Youth Organization.
She is currently attending university at Ryerson in Toronto.
Sam is familiar
to many of us around the club from her many years running
our very successful Summer Fun program.
Sailing Instructors 2007
Gord
Parke – Head Instructor
Sailing
Level: Silver VI
Instructor
Level: Level 2
Most
significant racing achievement:
2007
- Placed 1st in the Open Event at the Zig Zag Closed winning
the Corrin Cup, sailing a 49er with crew, Tristan Bruning
- Raced
an Olympic class 49er skiff at local regattas within Manitoba
2006
-Placed 1st at the Royal Lake of the Woods Richardson's Regatta,
Open Event, 12 th at the North American 29er Championship
at Cork, and was MSA's Best 19 & Under Male Sailor in
the province of Manitoba sailing with crew, Chris Ferguson.
2005
- Represented Manitoba at the Canada Summer Games and sailed
at the 29er Worlds in San Francisco. As a member of the Male
Canada Summer Games team, Gord was one of four awarded the
Charles Fleming Memorial Trophy to the best 19 & under
male sailor in the province of Manitoba.
Gord
is currently in his 3rd year at the University of Toronto
and has completed his fourth and unfortunately his last year
as instructor at ZZYC. He has loved his years of teaching
at the club.
Tristan
Bruning
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
Level: Level 1
2007
- Placed 1st in the Open Event at the Zig Zag Closed winning
the Corrin Cup, sailing a 49er with skip, Gord Parke
2005
- Placed 6th in the Bronze fleet at the 29er Worlds in San
Francisco, 2005
.
Triston
is currently in first year at the University of Manitoba and
has completed his third year of teaching at the Zig Zag Yacht
Club.
Chris
Ferguson
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
Level: Level 1
Most
significant racing achievement:
2007
- Placed 3rd at the National Youth Championships in Hamilton
with skip, Chris Bradley
-Placed 1st
at Sail West at Falcon Yacht club with skip, Chris Bradley
2006
- Placed 2nd at the Canadian Youth Championships, 1st at Sail
West, and is MSA's Sailor of the Year all with skip Chris
Bradley;
- Placed
1st at the Royal Lake of the Woods Richardson's Regatta, Open
Event, 12th at the North American 29er Championship at Cork,
and MSA's Best 19 & Under Male Sailor in the province
of Manitoba, all with skip Gord Parke.
2005:
-Represented Manitoba at the Canada Summer Games. As a member
of the Male Canada Summer Games team, Chris was one of four
awarded the Charles Fleming Memorial Trophy to the best 19
& under male sailor in the province of Manitoba, all with
skip Gord Parke.
Chris
is currently in Grade 12 and has completed his second year
as an instructor at ZZYC as well as sailing with the Manitoba
Sailing team.
Maddie
Ferguson
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
Level: Level 1
Most
significant racing achievements:
2007
- Placed 1st at the ZZYC Open Regatta with crew, Celeste Ferguson
- Placed 3rd at
Sail West with crew, Vanessa Stewart
- Placed 3rd at
the Western Canada Summer Games with crew, Vanessa Stewart
- Won
the prestigious Fogh Marine Sportsmanship Award with sister,Celeste
Ferguson, at Canadian Youth Championsip at Kingston.
2006
–Placed 3rd at the Canadian Youth Championships in a 29er
with crew, Celeste Ferguson, MSA's Best 19 & Under Female
Sailor of the Year with Celeste as crew.
2005
– Placed 1st at the Canadian Youth Championships in the Female
420 boat class.
Maddie
is currently in her first year at Western University in London,
Ontario. She has been sailing since she was eight years old
and has just completed her third year teaching at Zig Zag.
Mark
Townsend
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
Level: Level 1
Most
significant racing achievement –placing 6 th in the Bronze
fleet at the 29er Worlds in San Francisco, 2005.
Mark
is a member of the MSA Provincial Sailing team and
has completed his fourth year of teaching at the Club.
Mark
is currently at Western
University taking his second year of Commerce.
Laura
Wiebe
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
level: Level 1
Laura
has completed her grade 12 at St. John's-Ravenscourt School
in Winnipeg. She has been an instructor at ZZYC for three
years. She loves skiing (downhill and water), volleyball,
dancing, music, travel and of course, sailing!
Vanessa
Stewart
Sailing Level: Bronze
V
Instructor Level:
Level 1
Most significant racing achievements:
2007 -
Placed 3rd at Sail West with skipper, Maddie Ferguson
- Placed
3rd at the Western Canada Summer Games with skip, Maddie Ferguson.
-Was
awarded the Manitoba Sailing Association Most Improved Sailor
for the Province of Manitoba
Vanessa has completed
her second year of teaching at ZZYC
Caitie
Lawrence
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
level: Level 1
This was Caitie's
first year of teaching sailing at ZZYC having taken many
lessons last year
in a 29er and earing her Bronze V. She sailed a 29er in the
ZZYC Closed with
crew, Leigh Mackenzie. Caitie loves sailing and volleyball
and is in Grade
11 at St. Mary's Academy.
Leigh
Mackenzie
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
level: Level 1
This was Leigh's
first year of teaching at Zig Zag and she really enjoyed it.
She also took many
lessons in a 29er last year with Caitie and together sailed
a 29er in the Zig Zag Closed. Leigh is in Grade 11 at St.
Mary's Academy.
Max
Hall
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
level: Level 1
Max (yellow teeshirt)
enjoyed his first year of teaching at Zig Zag after achieving
his Bronze V last year. Max lives in Victoria.
Summer
Fun Instructors
Jill
Penman - Head
of Summer Fun
Jill has been a
part of the Zig Zag Yacht Club for a decade. Not only was
she the head of Summer Fun this summer, but she also has her
Bronze V sailing level and is a certified sailing instructor,
instructing at the club the summers of 2005 and 2006. Jill
had a wonderfully successful six weeks of heading up the summer
fun this summer with a record number of children enjoying
the program.
Holly
Penman
Lauren
Casey
Tennis
Instructor
Ryan
Gorlick
Swimming
Instructor
Kurt
Moddemann
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