Category: Coaching

Fencing Featured On TV Show

Post author By Manitoba Fencing
Post date May 20, 2021

Hors Quebec TV Showcases Manitoba Fencing

In a full 22-minute episode, follow some of Manitoba’s Francophone fencers and coaches as they showcase athletic life in Manitoba.

Featured in this episode:

Women’s Sabre Athlete Khloé Lessard-Kulchyski
Men’s Sabre Athlete Xavier Slocombe
Men’s Sabre Athlete Zacharia Bounachada
Manitoba’s Provincial Coach Ayach Bounachada
Rapier Fencing Club Coach Zachary Allard

Hors Quebec is at TV series that gives voice to the new face of the Canadian Francophone members living outside of Quebec. The host ventures out to meet communities that have adapted to live in their language and culture on a daily basis.

Coaching News Sport Manitoba

#CoachesforChange Town Hall

Post author By Andrea Dunne
Post date April 19, 2021

Join the Black Canadian Coaches Association (BCCA) and the Coaches Association of Ontario (CAO) for this series of interactive panel sessions about BIPOC and underrepresented coaches in Ontario.

Panelists include:

Olympic Gold medal winning coach Steve Anderson (Volleyball)
Team Ontario Gold medal winning coach Christa Eniojukan (Basketball)
McMaster Marauders offensive coordinator Corey Grant (Football).
Ryerson Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach Aprille Deus (Basketball)

These interactive, facilitated discussions will give coaches a chance to dialogue with the BCCA and CAO and find out how we are working together to level the playing field and create opportunities for BIPOC and other underrepresented coaches in Ontario. Panelists will discuss BIPOC, female and non-binary representation and how sport is made better for everyone when we come together to take a stand against discrimination in all its forms.

#CoachesforChange Town Hall Series

Thursday, April 22, 2021

7:00- 8:30 PM (Central Time)

PD Point: 1

https://www.coachesontario.ca/coachesforchange-town-hall-with-cao-bcca/

Coaching News Sport Manitoba

Bison Transport Sport LeadHERship Series

Post author By Manitoba Fencing
Post date January 13, 2021

Third Session takes place Wednesday, January 27th at 7 p.m.

Register Session #3: Keeping Girls in Sport
Watch Session #2: Levelling the Playing Field
Watch Session #1: Female Coaches Path to Success

Manitoba Fencing invites you to sign up for this FREE online professional development opportunity sponsored by Sport Manitoba and Bison Transport. We hope this event will inspire girls and women to participate in fencing and other sports. We encourage all genders to explore the potential for a lifelong career in sport.

“The annual Bison Transport Sport LeadHERship Series is designed to empower and inspire women to become leaders in sport, community and life. It’s a professional development opportunity designed for coaches, administrators, community leaders, and volunteers of all genders, from all sports, from across Manitoba. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 it will be a FREE five-part online series that brings together inspirational leaders from all areas of sport to tell their personal and professional stories, offer valuable advice and guidance, and share practical tips that participants can use on and off the field of play. “

Coaching News Sport Manitoba

Bison Transport Sport LeadHERship Series

Post author By Manitoba Fencing
Post date November 25, 2020

First Session takes place Wednesday, November 25th at 7 p.m and the second session will be Wednesday, December 16 at 7 p.m.

Session #1: Female Coaches Path to Success
Session #2: Levelling the Playing Field

“The annual Bison Transport Sport LeadHERship Series is designed to empower and inspire women to become leaders in sport, community and life. It’s a professional development opportunity designed for coaches, administrators, community leaders, and volunteers of all genders, from all sports, from across Manitoba. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 it will be a FREE five-part online series that brings together inspirational leaders from all areas of sport to tell their personal and professional stories, offer valuable advice and guidance, and share practical tips that participants can use on and off the field of play. “

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Our Provincial Coach: Fencing Master, Mentor and CTV SportStar

Post author By Manitoba Fencing
Post date November 23, 2020

Our Provincial Coach: Fencing Master, Mentor and CTV SportStar

For nearly 20 years, Manitoba Fencing has enjoyed the privilege of Fencing Master, Ayach Bounachada, as our provincial coach.

This slash of luck for Manitoba Fencing, might not have happened, if not for a random twist of fate. Ayach started his athletic career as a competitive swimmer in Algeria. But, he quickly left the water behind after a chance meeting with a fencing coach. After his first taste of fencing combat, Ayach had found his life’s passion. According to Ayach,

“Since that day, fencing was my sport”.

Ayach trained to become a fencing master. He experienced success on the national level in Algeria. but soon realized his gift was for coaching rather than competing. Ayach moved to Winnipeg in 2003 to lead Manitoba’s provincial program. Ayach embraces the challenges of coaching fencing for children and adults. He teaches all 3 disciplines of fencing: epee, sabre and foil. Ayach says,

“You teach different characters and personalities. You have to change the way you coach to resolve the problems of your students that change every time.”

Manitoba National Team Fencer, Misha Sweet hopes to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. This Olympic opportunity would not be possible without the help of his coach, says Misha.

“He is very good at explaining and demonstrating. And for younger fencers he has a nurturing personality.”

Other Manitoba fencers echo those praises and plan to follow in Ayach’s footsteps. Former National Team Fencer, Daria Jorquera Palmer, can’t imagine anyone better as a coach.

“Ayach is such an amazing mentor for me. He has so much knowledge in the sport, so much international experience. And he is world renown as a fencing coach.”

Despite offers to coach in cities where the sport is more prominent, Ayach’s heart belongs to Manitoba. Ayach commits each day to making the province of Manitoba one of the world’s elite fencing destinations. Ayach Bounachada will always be will always be an outstanding coach, a Fencing Master and mentor, and all-round superstar to Manitoba Fencing. Watch the video: Ayach Bounachada, CTV SportStar Profile

Our Provincial Coach: Fencing Master, Mentor and CTV SportStar

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