Meet Our Staff!

 Pat grew up paddling at the Carleton Place Canoe Club and paddled at the National level for many years. Passionate about sport and athlete development, Pat is a Competition Development Certified coach through the National Coaching Certification Program. He has been coaching at the CPCC for over 12 years, 9 of which have been in his current role as Head Coach. Pat is currently enrolled in the Advanced Coach Diploma program at the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario to further his professional development.

Ellie began paddling with the Carleton Place Canoe Club in 2010. Ellie became a full-time high-performance athlete around the age of 14, when she began training year-round and competed at various regional, provincial and national championships throughout her paddling career. Ellie began coaching in 2015, and transitioned into a full-time coaching role in 2019 after attending her first-year of university, following her time as U14 Program Coordinator she became the Program Manager at the Carleton Place Canoe Club. Ellie is certified under the NCCP as a Canoe Kids Coach and Entry-Level Competitive Coach, as well as has earned  various multi-sport certifications such as Safe Sport Training, Sport Nutrition and various others.  Ellie graduated from St. Francis Xavier University is 2022 with a degree in Human Kinetics, with a minor in Sport Management. 

Gabby is the U14 Program Coordinator and the Assistant Head Coach for the U16+ Sprint Program, she has been a coach at the club since 2018. She began paddling in 2015 in the U13 sprint program (presently U12) and continued padding for 5 years competing at the Provincial and National level. Gabby is certified as an Entry Level Competitive Coach (ELCC) and Canoe Kids Coach under the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP), As well as, obtaining her Standard First-Aid and CPR, Pleasure Craft Operators Licence, and Safe Sport Certification from CKC, as required by the CPCC. Gabby is going into her 2nd year of study at the Bishop's University for sports studies and plays rugby for the university.   

 Chelsea has been a part of the Carleton Place Canoe Club since 2004. She began paddling at the CPCC in the Canoe Kids Program and continued in our camp streams for several years afterward. She first started working as a certified Canoe Kids Coach in 2016, and became the Canoe Kids Coordinator in 2018. Chelsea has obtained her Standard First- Aid and CPR certification, her Pleasure Craft Operators License, her Safe Sport Certification, as well as several others. She has recently graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor’s in Education in French as a Second Language. Chelsea has always had a passion for working with children and plans on beginning her career as a teacher with the OCDSB or UCDSB in the fall.