“Behind every NCAA-bound athlete is a tireless, unified staff whose integrity, expertise, and belief in our gymnasts make excellence a daily standard.”
Our Team
Empowering Excellence
All coaches at Shenderey gymnastics are nationally certified. They are here to assist each gymnast to reach her maximum potential, and they recognize that each child is ultimately responsible for her own success, involvement, and progress.
Our coaches are dedicated and passionate about providing top quality training in a technically sound and safe manner for all of our athletes. Our coaches take responsibility to ensure that every child develops good physical skills and is taken to her fullest potential. We strive to create a family-oriented atmosphere where our athletes will develop a lifetime of memories.
- Founded
- 1984
- Employees
- 11
Meet our leadership
Alanna Kerler
Head Coach
Alanna Kerler is the Head Coach of SGI. She has made the club what it is today. A place where gymnastics is not only fun and challenging, but like a second home to the athletes. Alanna has over 30 years of coaching experience and is currently coaching the High performance, National and Provincial level athletes and also oversees all our competitive programs. She is well known for her innovative choreography and has won numerous awards. Alanna has produced many champions on the national and provincial floors. She has been named team coach for many teams representing Ontario and Canada. Alanna previously sat on the Gymnastics Ontario Women’s Technical committee.
Chris Hanley
Coach
With over 30 years of coaching experience, Chris Hanley has become an integral part of our coaching staff. He has been instrumental in raising the competitive level of our gym. Strength and flexibility training is an important part of our atheletes conditioning program. Chris is responsible for the design and implementation of these programs as well as our competition programing. We are proud to have athletes now competing on the world stage. Chris is currently coaching our High Performance, National and Provincial level gymnasts. Chris has amassed numerous champions in both mens and womens gymnastics, as well as power tumbling and trampoline. He has also represented Canada at many national and international competitions. Chris previously sat on the Men’s Technical committee.
Liz Dicker-Mati
Coach
Liz has been an essential part of our competitive team. With over 18 years of competitive coaching experience at Shenderey Gymnastics and over 30 years of coaching, she has worked with a wide range of ages and abilities. Her expertise has been a huge part of the success of our team. She has had numerous Provincial Champions and event Champions. She is also known for her choreography and has won many awards for her creativity.
Breanna Badger
Operations Manager
Breanna is one of our most dedicated coaches with over five years of experience working with pre-competitive and compulsory program athletes. Having been part of the club since she was 7 years old, she brings deep program knowledge and commitment while also serving as the club’s main administrator, supporting smooth operations and athlete development.
Viktoriya Khalyavka
Coach
TBA
Bonnie Sansom
Coach
TBA
Cody MacDonald
Coach
Cody is a highly experienced gymnastics coach with over 15 years of coaching across men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics and tumbling. A former national-level men’s artistic and tumbling athlete, he earned a silver medal overall at Canadian Nationals and brings elite competitive insight to athlete development.
Eleanor Mak
Coach
TBA
Emily Hunchuck
Coach
Emily has been part of our club since she was 7 years old, growing up through the program and developing a strong love for the sport. After retiring from competition, she is now beginning her coaching career, bringing firsthand experience, dedication, and passion to the next generation of athletes.
Tamara Evans
Coach
Tamara is a high school physical education teacher. She is a level two gymnastics and trampoline coach. Tamara has been coaching gymnastics for 23 years. She has experience in gymnastics, acrobatics and other forms of dance.
Zoe Hounsell-Gill
Zoe
She has been part of our club since she was young, progressing through the program to reach high-level provincial competition. After retiring from competition, she is now beginning her coaching career bringing firsthand experience, technical knowledge, and a strong commitment to developing and inspiring young athletes
