Coaches

Turning children into athletes, athletes into players and players into champions.

“My daughter is in the Mini Water Polo program. Her coach makes sessions fun and challenging. She really enjoys coming to water polo and is looking forward to joining more classes next year in hopes of joining a team.” Selena
“Our son has gained confidence, has become physically fit, is thriving in a team environment.” Kelly
Aiden Masters

Aiden Masters

Aiden is a Shadow Water Polo Club alumni. In 2019 he played on Canada’s Youth National Team. He also played with University … Read More

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Kate Glushkova

Kate has over 17 years of experience and advanced training in swimming and water polo. Before joining Shadow, she lived in Kazakhstan … Read More

Coach Erin

Erin Cleyndert

Erin coaches Mini Water Polo at Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI and is the Assistant Coach with the U15 and U17 Girls Teams.

Cheryl Woods

Hailing from Ottawa, Cheryl started coaching with Shadow Water Polo Club in 2017. Outside of coaching, Cheryl is head of Science at … Read More

Mohamed Mekni

Drawing on his extensive playing experience in his native Tunisia, which included a league championship in 1994-95, Mohamed started coaching Shadow Water … Read More

Wendy Wright

Level 3 NCCP – Coaching with Shadow Water Polo Club since 2007 Wendy is a National-level Coach and instructor, with 14 years … Read More

Vlad Novak

Level 3 NCCP – Coaching with the club since 2001 Vlad has been playing water polo in Almaty, Kazakhstan at the age … Read More

Head Coach: Francis Gross

Level 3 NCCP – Coaching with Shadow Water Polo Club since 2000 International experience in both playing professionally and coaching in Europe … Read More

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