| Summer 2009
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
Laura Wiebe
Laura has taught sailing for four years. She learned to sail at the old club and continued on to achieve her Bronze V and Green Instructor levels. She was in charge of the Mini Sail program last year. She has also helped out with the Summer Fun Program and has volunteered at Movie Nights, Wine and Cheese events and worked at the Annual Dinner Dance since she began working at Zig Zag. She is hoping to spend some time in the 29er and continue to help out with Wednesday Afternoon Races this summer.
Laura just completed her second year in the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary on an entrance scholarship. She achieved her gold level of the Duke of Edinburgh Award in 2006. She enjoys playing tennis, traveling and both downhill and waterskiing. She is looking forward to spending the summer at the lake!
Sailing Instructors 2008
Head Sailing Instructor: Maddie Ferguson
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
Level: Level 2
Manitoba Sailing Association Team Member
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 has completed her second year at Western University in London,
Ontario. She has been named to the Dean's Honour List. She has been sailing since she was eight years old
and is just starting her fifth year teaching at Zig Zag.
Learn to Race Instructor: Tristan
Bruning
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
Level: Level 2
Manitoba Sailing Association Team Member
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 Instructor
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
Level: Level 2
Manitoba Sailing Association Team Member
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
has graduated from St john's-Ravenscourt and is going off to Univercity of Western Ontario to pursue a commerce degree.Chris has completed his second year
as an instructor at ZZYC as well as sailing with the Manitoba
Sailing team.
Vanessa Stewart- Sailing Instructor
Sailing Level: Bronze
V
Instructor Level:
Level 1
Manitoba Sailing Association Team Member
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
Celeste Ferguson- Sailing Instructor
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
Level: Level 1
Manitoba Sailing Association Team Member
Most
significant racing achievements:
2007
- Placed 1st at the ZZYC Open Regatta with skip, Maddie Ferguson
- Won
the prestigious Fogh Marine Sportsmanship Award with sister,Maddie
Ferguson, at Canadian Youth Championsip at Kingston.
2006
–Placed 3rd at the Canadian Youth Championships in a 29er
with skip, Maddie Ferguson,
_ MSA's Best 19 & Under Female
Sailor of the Year with Maddie as skip.
2005
– Placed 1st at the Canadian Youth Championships in the Female
420 boat class.
Celeste is presently in grade 11 at St John's-Ravenscourt.
-She is one of six representatives of Canada for the Youth Leaders International travelling to Washington D.C. in 2007 for leadership conferences. 2008 will take her to Prague for another symposium and in 2009 she will be representing Canada again in London, England.
-Celeste is also involved with Youth to Youth, a youth mentorship program helping inner city children learn to read.
-Celeste also volunteers her time at the Health Sciences Centre. She is active in Team Sports with her school.
- Celeste loves to race in a 29er because she finds it "exhilirating".
Caitie
Lawrence- Sailing Instructor
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
level: Level 1
Caitie has been sailing since she was eight years old and is just starting her second year teaching at ZigZag. This year she received an award for Athletic Commitment and Dedication at her school and will be the head of the Athletic Council at St. Mary's Academy where she will be returning in the fall to complete grade twelve. Caitie has worked with kids as a peer tutor, camp counsellor, and a volunteer at her old daycare. She loves to play any sports, especially volleyball, loves the lake and sailing! Caitie is looking forward to a great summer of sailing at the lake!
Leigh
Mackenzie- Sailing Instructor
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
level: Level 1
Leigh has been sailing at Zig Zag Yacht Club for 9 years, and this will be her second year as an instructor. Leigh loves the lake and is very excited to be back teaching. Leigh attends St. Mary’s Academy, where she will be returning for her grade 12 year. As co-president of her grade 11 class, and member of the senior competitive debating team, Leigh is an active member of her school community. This fall Leigh will be busy as co-head of the first St. Mary’s Academy Green Team, and she is also looking forward to Cancer Care’s “Challenge For Life”, which she is raising funds for as a participant in the walk this September. In her spare time Leigh enjoys waterskiing, running, watching 24, and sampling Cornelia Bean teas.
Max Hall- Sailing Instructor
Sailing
Level: Bronze V
Instructor
level: Level 1
Max
has just finished his second year studying at the University of Victoria, where he is working on completing a history degree. He is an active member of the Uvic Intercollegiate Sailing Race Team and competes year round. Max's sailing levels from beginner White Sail to Bronze IV were all completed at the Zig Zag Yacht Club. This will be Max's second year teaching at Zig Zag.
Summer
Fun Instructors
Summer Fun Head Instructor: Holly Penman
Holly Penman has worked at Summer Fun for 5 years. She loves kids, and is enrolled in the Faculty of Education at the University of Winnipeg in hopes of becoming an Elementary School Teacher.
Some of Holly’s interests include hockey, visual arts, volunteering at Mulvey School, and visiting an Orphanage in the Dominican Republic.
Holly looks forward to a great summer at the Zig Zag Yacht Club.
Tennis
Instructor
Bill Serbin
Bill Serbin, a physical education teacher at John de Graff School, was honored with Tennis Manitoba’s first-ever “Tennis Champion” award in 2005 at the Annual General Meeting held at the Winnipeg Winter Club. Bill, a competitive player, teaching pro and member of the Wilson Tennis Advisory Board, was recognized for his lifetime of dedication to the organization of tennis programs in schools, introducing young people to the game through what he calls Tennis Futures clinics and more recent programs offering aboriginal youth an introduction to the game of tennis.
Bill has coached tennis for more than 20 years in Manitoba, covering the spectrum from grassroots to high performance development. Under his leadership the Tennis Futures program has been responsible for introducing the sport to more than 400 children per year at the clinics held every May.
Swimming
Instructor
Lauren Casey
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