COACHES
Sarah Godelie - Club & Freelance Coach
I am thrilled to be starting another skating season here in Norwich! This will be my 17th year coaching at NDSC. I am a NCCP Regional Starskate & Canskate Certified coach. I currently coach skaters at all levels of STARSkate. I have had skaters successfully complete gold tests in FreeSkate, Skills, Interpretive & Dance. This season I will be club coaching the STARSKATE Session 1 program on Monday and Session 2 & 3 Stroking & Spins session on Friday.
I am looking forward to another year with the Norwich & District Skating Club. This year I will be teaching PRE & CANSkate on Wednesdays & Saturdays, Session 1 on Mondays & Wednesdays, Session 2/3 stroking on Monday and private lessons on Mondays and Fridays. I have 16 years professional coaching experience. I am NCCP Level 1 Certified (Regional Level) and CANSkate Certified. I am professionally qualified to teach all disciplines from CANSkate up to and including gold levels. I have had students complete numerous Skate Canada tests in all disciplines including Gold Levels. I have personally completed my Gold Skills, Gold Dances, Gold Interpretive and part of my Junior Silver Freeskate. I am available for private lessons with the Norwich & District Skating Club.
Katie O’Brien – Club & Freelance Coach
Skating has been a love of mine since my earliest childhood memories, I began skating at four years old and it has been a passion of mine ever since. I’m excited to join the Norwich & District Skating Club for the 2025/2026 season and begin coaching, sharing my experience and helping to shape and develop our future generation of skaters. I am a NCCP Regional StarSkate coach and a CanSkate coach with experience teaching in both Ontario and Alberta. As a figure skater I completed my Four Gold Levels for Dance, Skills, Interpretive and Freeskate. One of my proudest accomplishments as a figure skater was competing and placing second place for Western Ontario and becoming a part of the provincial team in 2015. I will be at the rink coaching Session 2/3 Mondays, Session 1 Wednesdays and Pre-CANSkate & CANSkate on Saturdays.
Carrie Butterworth - Club & Freelance Coach
I am excited to be returning to Norwich for another season! I am a NCCP Regional Starskate and Canskate Certified coach, as well as a Qualified Skills Coach Assessor. I have coached skaters from Canskate to Gold test levels since 2015. I personally have achieved 5 Gold level tests in Freeskate, Skills, Dance, Artistic & Couples Artistic, and I had the opportunity to skate professionally with Holiday on Ice on 3 European Tours, and at Canada’s Wonderland as a chorus skater! I will be Freelance coaching on Mondays and Fridays. At this time I am not able to accept new skaters.
I am excited to start my coaching career this year at the Norwich and District Skating Club! I began my own Figure Skating journey at the NDSC so returning as a coach feels like a full-circle moment. My passion for the sport was sparked at a young age and led to a successful career, culminating in provincial qualification. I continued to pursue my love for figure skating while attending Brock University as I was a member of the schools Varsity Figure Skating team. Now, as a CanSkate certified & STARSkate Trained coach, I am eager to share my passion and experience with the next generation of skaters, helping them achieve their goals.
Michele Jarvis – Freelance Coach
I am pleased to announce that I will be back coaching with the Norwich and District Skating Club for the 2025/26 skating season! I have been a qualified Skate Canada Skating Coach since 1979. I am NCCP Level 2 Certified, NCCP Level 3 Theory & Technical Certified, CANSkate Certified and have numerous years of carnival production. Professionally qualified to teach all disciplines from CANskate up to and including gold levels. I have had students complete and compete up to Novice Competitive Level. Successful in the completion of students passing gold tests in all disciplines. My Philosophy: To train each Athlete to become the best they can be while still having fun learning the sport they love. I am available for private lesson with the Norwich District Skating Club on all sessions.