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Marc Bowles
Athlete Development Advisor | Canadian Sport Centre Pacific
Marc is an Athlete Development Advisor at Canadian Sport Centre Pacific, based out of the PacificSport Okanagan offices in Kelowna. He is the Lead for Performance Services for both the BC Games and Western Canada Summer Games. His task is to work with and ensure that national, provincial and regional athletes, coaches and teams perform to their highest levels. To accomplish this Marc works in partnership with PSO’s, sport technical directors and coaches in the areas of planning/periodisation, coach development, program evaluation, and regional centre support for the athletes.Marc is a Level 4/5 coach and a graduate of the National Coaching Institute (NCI) in Victoria. His coaching career began in 1970 with a local hockey team while he continued to compete in community, school and high performance sport. Outside of his role with CSC Pacific he has continued on the coaching education pathway mentoring community and school coaches. Over the last 37 years he has coached in the CHL, CIS and International level in Norway, as well as being the Head Coach for New Zealand and Australia at the world championships.
Marc holds an undergraduate degree in Secondary Education from the University of Victoria, is a graduate from the Certified Executive Coach (CEC) program at Royal Roads University, and a graduate from the National Coaching Institute (NCI) through the University of Victoria and Coaching Sciences from the University of Alberta. He continues to use his education and experience to assist individuals, organizations and businesses in the areas of leadership and performance. Marc is also a member of the CABC, Coaches of Canada, CAC and the ICCE (International Council for Coach Education).
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Mike Chu
General Manager of Rugby Operations & Performance | Rugby Canada
Mike Chu is the General Manager of Rugby Operations and Performance for Rugby Canada. He is responsible for the direction and management of Rugby Canada’s international and domestic development and elite Rugby Programs. The primary challenge of this position is to improve Canada’s international success and status. This role encompasses all operational facets of Rugby Canada’s Development and High Performance programs including national squads, Centre of Excellence programs and the coordination of High Performance Unit programs.
Mike started this role in January 2012 and prior to that was the New Zealand Rugby Union High Performance Coach Development Manager. He was with NZRU for nine years and worked with elite rugby coaches and players at international, franchise and provincial level. He was responsible for the identification, development, review and retention of New Zealand’s high performance rugby coaches. He also helped to establish the regional player academy framework in NZ as well as working closely with NZRPA on the Professional Development Programme for players.
Mike trained at Massey University, NZ, firstly in business studies, then in sport coaching and sport psychology, and also spent a year studying and teaching at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. Mike has a mental skills training background having lectured sport psychology and coaching at Massey University for nine years prior to his role at NZRU. In addition to working with coaches, he was also responsible for leading the mental skills and player leadership development programmes at NZRU.
Mike has worked with numerous team and individual sports from provincial through to international level, including cricket, hockey, rugby league, sailing, athletics and multi-sports. He has published a number of articles in coaching and has also presented both nationally and internationally at numerous workshops and conferences. Mike represented NZ at age grade level in field hockey and senior level in indoor hockey.
He currently lives in Langford, close to the Centre of Excellence with his wife and three children.
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Kristina Groves
Four-Time Olympic Medalist | Long Track Speed Skating
A native of Ottawa, Kristina started skating when she was 11 because she wanted to distinguish herself from her ski-crazed family. Good news for Canada.
Twenty-years later, in 2007-08, she produced a season to remember collecting 18 World Cup medals culminating in her first overall title (1500m), a World Allround Championship bronze medal, and an historic five-medal performance at the World Single Distance Championships including gold in the 3000m. In 2008-2009, Kristina continued her success on the ice, winning her second overall title in the 1500m and producing a three-medal performance at the World Single Distance Championship and Olympic test event at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
At the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Kristina carried a heavy load competing in five events, capturing a silver and a bronze medal to add to the Olympic silver medal in the women's 1500m and Team Pursuit event at the 2006 Games in Torino.
Outside of skating Kristina is passionate about supporting Right To Play. She wears her favorite Right To Play toque whenever she is training and has a web page to raise money for the organization – RightToPlay.com."Right To Play gives me a unique opportunity to use whatever success I have as an athlete to promote the values of sport and most importantly, to try and bring peace to children in communities where war, conflict or famine have torn families apart," said Kristina.
As an active environmentalist, Kristina is also committed to limiting her footprint on the earth and donates her time and money to the Clean-Air Champions Campaign. She was invited to attend the Climate Project Canada in Montreal and was part of a group that spent time with climate change activists Al Gore and David Suzuki and also received some unexpected praise and encouragement from Yoko Ono for her work in organizing and hosting a "Bed-In" for Sustainability with community leaders in Calgary.
In 2011, Kristina was honoured as the University of Calgary's Distinguished Alumni of the Decade for a decade of consistent athletic performance and her work in building green initiatives within Speed Skating Canada.
An accomplished public speaker and mentor, Kristina visits several elementary schools each year with the Youth Education through Sport program (YES).
When she is not skating, training or fundraising, Kristina spends time in the Rockies and on camping trips with long-time boyfriend Scott Maw.
Bio: Agenda Sport Marketing
Image: Ewan Nicholson Photography 2009
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David Hill
Director, National Coaching Institute - BC | Canadian Sport Centre Pacific
Dave has dedicated his career to legitimizing the role of coaches in Canada and raising awareness of the value of coach education, coaching and athlete development. He started his coaching in Alpine skiing, coaching from the Nancy Greene ski league to the FIS levels spanning over 10 years. During this time he began coaching rugby and has coached at all levels of the game in Canada and on the international stage.
Professionally, Dave has grown as a leader in the development of the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP), facilitating sports in the transition to a competency-based coach education model. Dave spent three years at the Coaching Association of Canada in Ottawa, before moving back to Victoria where he was engaged in regional and high performance athlete/coach programming with the Canadian Sport Centre Pacific.
A graduate of the National Coaching Institute-BC, Dave's qualifications include a Master of Science (UVIC), Bachelor of Education (UCalgary), and Bachelor of PE (UCalgary). As Director of the NCI-BC he envisions a world leading coach education program accessible to coaches who wish to further their skills and experiences and help athletes reach their full potential.
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Kurt Innes
Director of Talent Development | Canadian Sport Centre Pacific
Kurt has contributed to Canadian, and International High Performance Sport in the roles of Olympic athlete, Olympic coach, and HP sport director.
A 1992 Olympian and six-time national cycling champion (track cycling); and former Junior Canadian Speed Skating Champion, Kurt has held the positions of Associate Director of High Performance Sport at the Olympic Oval in Calgary (2004-2005), Head Coach of the New Zealand Olympic Cycling Team (2004) and Head Coach and Manager of the National Cycling Centre-Calgary. During his time in Calgary, Kurt was a National Team cycling coach from 1997-2003, and also an Olympic Team cycling coach in 2000 (Sydney).
A two time recipient of the Coaches Association of Canada, Coaching Excellence award (98 & 99) – Kurt has coached athletes to multiple medals at Pan Am and Commonwealth Games, and World Championship events in track cycling.
Kurt graduated from Mount Royal College in Calgary in 1992 (Sport Administration Diploma) and the National Coaching Institute-Calgary in 1998, receiving a diploma in High Performance Coaching (NCCP level IV certification) in both Speed Skating and Cycling. In 2007 Kurt became one of few Canadian Cycling coaches to receive NCCP Level V coaching certification.
Kurt moved to British Columbia in 2005, and from 2005, to December of 2008 worked as the Lead Performance Planner for the Canadian Sport Centre-Pacific, based in Kelowna, BC. Working primarily with the provincially targeted sports of the IPS to facilitate best practices in athlete preparation and coach development. Kurt also worked with one of the key IPS partners, Team BC, as director of performance planning for TeamBC. In this role Kurt provided performance planning and long-term athlete development expertise to Provincial Sport Organizations (PSO’s) for all targeted and non-targeted IPS Canada Games and Western Canada Summer Games Sports.
In December of 2009, Kurt was recruited to work with Triathlon Canada as High Performance Director, and moved to Victoria, BC to take on this role in January, 2009. For the next 30 months, under Kurt’s leadership -Triathlon Canada's National and Development teams were successful in earning medals at World Championship Series events, and Junior/U23 World Championships.
In May of 2011 Kurt returned to the CSC Pacific team, in the newly created role of Director, Sport Development. In this new capacity Kurt provides technical oversight to the Canadian Sport Institute development programs in Triathlon, Rowing, and Swimming as well as general oversight for the CSC Pacific Sport Development department.
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Peter Lawless
National High Performance Coach | Cycling and Athletics
Peter has been involved in High Performance sport for over 20 years in the sports of sailing, athletics and cycling. A two time winner of the Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award, most recently Peter has been a staff coach with Team Canada at the UCI Paracycling World Championships and several World Cups. Peter’s athletes have had remarkable success including breaking 12 World Records in athletics and winning over a dozen Paralympic or World Championships medals in both cycling and athletics. While predominately a coach of Paralympic athletes, Peter also coaches high performance able-bodied athletes including the highest placed Canadian finisher at the 2011 World Junior Championships (cycling).
Beyond direct coaching Peter is the President of Coaches of Canada, sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence and Cycling BC. Peter also serves as the President of Tripleshot Cycling; one of the largest cycling clubs in BC and is one of the organizers of a large (100+ rider) charity ride which has raised almost $100,000 for cancer research to date.
In his professional life Peter is a partner in a full service law firm where he practices civil litigation. With a wide ranging litigation practice, Peter has acted for clients in matters before all levels of court in British Columbia as well as the Federal Court of Canada, the Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench, U.S. District Court in California and the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Given his sports background he often provides legal representation to sports organizations, athletes and coaches involved in doping, selection and other disputes. Peter has also appeared as counsel before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport centered in Lausanne, Switzerland and has served as the Chief Arbitrator for several national level sports disputes.
Peter lives in Victoria, BC with his wife Karen March who is a member of the National Cycling Team.
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Johnny Misley
Director of Technical Leadership | Own the Podium
In April of 2011, Johnny Misley was named as the Director of Technical Leadership for Own the Podium (OTP). In this new senior management position Johnny is responsible for leadership development for the purposes of recruitment, retainment and professional development of Olympic and Paralympic sport national team coaches and high performance directors. Prior to his new role Johnny served OTP briefly as a High Performance consultant to summer team sports in preparation for the 2012 and 2016 Summer Games.
Johnny comes from the sport of ice hockey where he has worked for 27 years as a hockey executive, coach and player at the club, provincial, national and international levels. For 12 years Johnny served Hockey Canada as the Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations (2002-2010) and Director of Hockey Development (1998-2002). While serving as the High Performance management lead for Canada’s National Men’s, Women’s and Sledge Hockey Teams, Johnny was a part of the management group of 14 gold medal teams which included 5 Olympic Gold Medals and 1 Paralympic Gold medal from the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Johnny also served as the General Manager for Canada’s National Men’s Team at international tournaments such as the annual Spengler Cup. While working as the Director of Hockey Development, Johnny authored or co-authored numerous new development programs and coaching resources for Hockey Canada. Johnny also was the program manager for BC Hockey from 1991-1998 and coached hockey and played full time in Europe and in Canada from 1985-1990.
Johnny has served on various International and National sport committees and Boards and is still active in his community as a youth level coach, mentor and instructor. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education (Coaching Sciences), a Master's degree in Human Kinetics (Sport Management) from the University of British Columbia, and is a NCCP Level IV graduate of the National Coaching Institute in Victoria, BC. In 2004 Johnny was inducted as a member of the Men's 2002 Olympic Gold Medal Team into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. Johnny grew up in Vancouver and currently lives with his family in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Charles Parkinson
Men's Volleyball Head Coach | Camosun College Chargers
Currently the Head Coach of the two-time Provincial Champions and National Bronze Medallists Camosun Chargers Men’s Volleyball Team, Charles graduated from the National Coaching Institute – BC in July of 2011. Charles pursued coaching following a successful athletic career where he was a member of the National Men’s Volleyball Team and captain during his last two years of competition.
Charles has provided beach and indoor volleyball colour commentary and play-by-play for many networks since 1990. He was part of the CBC broadcast team covering a number of international events including the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008 and the Pan Am Games in 1999 and 2003. He has also been a broadcaster for TSN for the 2009 Canada Games in PEI and the CIS Women’s National Championships in Edmonton.
Charles retired from work with the Province of BC in May 2010 and returned to school at the National Coaching Institute - BC. He is a Level 3 evaluator and Chair of the High Performance Committee for Volleyball BC, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Volleyball Canada. In his spare time he writes for The Source magazine.
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Dr. Andy Van Neutegem
Chair, Sport Education | Centre for Sport and Exercise Education at Camosun College
Andy has worked in British Columbia for the past 2 years in a number of sport-related roles. Previous to moving to BC, Andy worked and lived in the United Kingdom for 15 years. His sport-related roles included Athletics Director at a local University as well as developing, implementing and teaching a number sport diplomas and degrees in the area of sport development and athlete & coach education. Working in community and high performance sport, Andy also chaired a number of national committees and was responsible for developing an athlete ‘life-skills program’ for the National Sport Scholarship Program (TASS). His final role in the United Kingdom was the Head of the National Anti-Doping Program in which he developed ‘profiling’ drug cheats in sport as well as implemented the UK National Anti-Doping Code with National Sport Organizations.
In Canada, he has worked for Canadian Sport Centre Pacific as a High Performance Director as well as undertaking the Lead role in the Performance Readiness Division of CSC Pacific. In this role he was able to work with VANOC and the Home Field Advantage Project, implementing sport science and sport medicine provision for Canadian athletes and teams training and competing in Whistler/Vancouver for 2010. Andy was also seconded to Rowing Canada Aviron while at CSC Pacific, serving as Sport Science/ Sport Medicine Coordinator for the National Team. Currently, he is working with the National Wheelchair Rugby Team as their High Performance Director and leads them in their preparation for the London Paralympic Games.
Andy has recently taken up the position of Chair of the Sport & Fitness Leadership Degree as well as the Sport Education Diploma Program in the Centre for Sport and Exercise Education at Camosun College. In his role, he will be responsible for establishing and integrating a vibrant sport education program with a strong community outreach component linked with the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence. He continues to teach and mentor coaches through the National Coaching Institute-BC. He has recently received his Doctorate in Career Transitions and Long-Term Athlete Development from the University of Southampton, England.
Andy also operates his own sport management & strategic consulting company, SportMind Business Solutions, working with a range of national and provincial sport organization as well as the National Coaching Institute in BC. He is also a Tutor with Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) project. When Andy is not working in sport, he is an active coach for his two daughters in a variety of sports. He enjoys kayaking and wine tasting, amongst his many passions and interests.
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Laura Watson
Technical Director, Executive Director (Interim) | Coaches Association of BC
Laura is the Technical Director and Interim Executive Director for the Coaches Association of BC. She is a Master Learning Facilitator in the NCCP and works with a variety of sports consulting with their Learning Facilitator development. She is a Level 3 & Competition-Development certified coach in the NCCP, and holds her professional designation of Chartered Professional Coach (ChPC) with the Coaches of Canada. Having been involved in many sports, Laura has coached from the grassroots to the international level, including coaching Team Canada at the first World U19 Ringette Championship, held in Prague, Czech Republic.
Currently completing the Executive Management program at UBC Sauder School of Business, Laura has a Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics (University of British Columbia), a Diploma in Sport Science (Douglas College) and a Diploma in Coaching (Douglas College). She is on the board of directors for ProMotionPlus, the BC organization for Women in Sport.
Laura owns her own business providing educational workshops and training opportunities for coaches and athletic development. In her spare time she enjoys canoeing and camping (even in the winter), and anything that involves being outdoors. Laura grew up in Ottawa, Ontario but now lives in Port Moody, BC.
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Michelle Wyngaarden
Performance Analyst | Canadian Sport Centre Pacific
Michelle Wyngaarden is a Performance Analyst based at the Canadian Sport Centre Pacific's Performance Lab in Victoria. She brings experience from participating in both team (rugby) and individual (snowboarding) sports.
A graduate of UBC (BHK- Health and Fitness), Michelle gained valuable knowledge in both physiology and biomechanics through her work internship at the CSC Pacific Performance Lab. She recently travelled to Beijing for the 2008 Paralympics working as Performance Analyst for the bronze medal winning Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Team.
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