Coaches

Our Coaches are mostly made up of amazing individuals who once did gymnastics themselves.

They dedicate their time and effort into making sure your family has the best possible time when coming to our gym!

We are Team CCGC!

Coach Adam

Adam DeGannes

Coach Anickoli

Anickoli Hennig

Coach Anna Z

Anna-Lise Zirk

Coach Anthony

Anthony DeGannes

Coach Ary

Ary Holmstrom
 
Ary was a competitive gymnast for 7 years. She was in gymnastics for 13. Ary started coaching after stopping gymnastics.  She has been a coach for about 4 years. She loves helping her athletes improvement and overcome challenges. Ary loves watching her athletes learn new skills and grow. Ary enjoys the fact that the lessons taught in the gym are applicable in all aspects of life. 
Ary is foundations, active start, trampoline and C1 trained. 
When Ary isn’t in the gym she is either dancing in the studio, hanging out with friends, studying for school or watching Netflix. Her favourite event while training was floor and beam. Ary’s favourite event to coach is floor and vault 
 
 

Coach Ashley

Ashley Ponak

Coach Ava

Ava Ayyobi

Coach Brooklyn

Brooklyn Alexander

Coach Camila

Camila Valenzuela

Coach Cat

Cat Prather

 

Cat has been coaching gymnastics over the last 32 years. Cat started her passion for gymnastics at the age of 8 where she started Competitive gymnastics. Her love of children and the sport has taken her into coaching. Cat has been at Capital City for  the last 20 years. She enjoys to see the kids have fun, love the sport and progress to their maximum potential.

 

 

Coach Emily A

Emily Angell

Coach Emily T

Emily Tally

Coach Emma

Emma Connolly

Coach Garrison

Garrison Paquette

Coach Juliet

Juliet Allen

Coach Kara

Kara Johner

Coach Kaya

Kaya Bochinski

Coach Kierra

Kierra Walker

Coach Lily

Lily Huff

Coach Liz

Liz Webster

Coach Melissa

Melissa Belter

 

Melissa has been involved in the sport of gymnastics for many years, first as a gymnast for 17 years and now as a coach. Melissa was a high performance gymnast, who was a part of Team Canada for her Novice and Junior years up until an Achilles injury. In overcoming this obstacle, she competed at the Senior High Performance level until the age of 17, where she left on a full ride scholarship to Brigham Young University, competing at the NCAA level while completing her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education Degree. In continuing education, she also has her Graduate Certificate in Leadership. Melissa has been coaching the Team 3 group for the past 10 years at Capital City Gymnastics Centre, alongside being a full time grade 4 teacher. Her qualifications include: 

  • NCCP Level 2 WAG Certified
  • Level 1 Tramp Certified
  • Active Start Trained

Melissa hopes that she can give back to the sport by helping others learn and grow a love for gymnastics. As a coach, she tries to create a positive, respectful learning environment where she can challenge her athletes while providing support and encouragement. She hopes to empower her athletes to gain confidence and achieve their goals while having fun at the same time.

 

 

Coach Mikaela

Mikaela Lewis

Coach Paige

Paige Graham

Coach Peryn

Peryn Gibbings

Coach Sam J

Sam Johnston

 

Sam was in gymnastics for 14 years before she retired back in 2018. She decided to come back to the gym to start coaching in 2022. Being back in the gym helped her decide that she wanted to start training again in January of 2023 as well as continue coaching.

One of her favorite parts about coaching is seeing the joy on the athletes faces when they achieve something they have been working on and putting so much effort into!

Sam J is Foundations certified, Active Start trained, Foundations Trampoline trained, and C1 WAG & C1 Trampoline trained. 

Fun fact about Sam J is that she is currently at Concordia University of Edmonton working on her Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Physical Education and Sports Studies.
She plans on going into Sports Psychology to help athletes with their mental health! 
 
When she’s not at the gym or at university, Sam J can often be found hanging out with her friends in her free time or spending time with her three cats!
 
 
 

Coach Sarah

Sarah Eddy

Capital City Gymnastics Centre

4130 - 101 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, T6E 0A5

780-469-0662
info@capcitygym.com

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