Our Clients

Blake Hara, Partner

With unprecedented gold medal results at Dragonboat World Championships, Blake Hara has demonstrated his appreciation and understanding of how to effectively employ the tools to achieve excellence in his field.

• Head Coach, National Dragonboat Club, 2006-present
• Most recent teams: NDC Slipstream and NDC Ocean 1
• Coach of Canada's Premier Teams at IDBF Worlds, Berlin 2005, Shanghai 2004, Poznan 2003, Philadelphia 2001
• Winner of three IDBF Nations Cup Trophies

Chrissy Wessman, Partner

Passionate about health and having achieved world champion paddling performances as well as obtaining a world class MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business, Chrissy Wessman understands the parallels of achieving success regardless of the arena.

• National Premiere Mixed and Women's Team, Eleven-Time IDBF World Dragon Boat Champion, Australia, Germany, China, Poland, 2003-2007
• Pan American Championships, Gold Medalist, C1 and C2 (one and two person) Sprint Canoeing, Mexico, 2006
• Multiple Canadian National Championships for C1, C2, C4, War Canoe
• Coach of Collegiate team at World Collegiate Dragonboat Championship, China 2012 & 2013; gold, silver and bronze

Born and raised in Australia, Cheryl is Paddlecore's first official international team member!

With over 15 years experience as an Executive Assistant at some of Australia and the UK's most reputable firms, Paddlecore is excited to have Cheryl on its team to provide the same first class service to Paddlecore customers and partners.

Cheryl has always had a passion for adventure and outdoor activities (scuba diving the great barrier reef and piloting light aircrafts to name but a few!), and Sunnyside Paddling Club (SPC) customers will sense this passion when they connect with Cheryl to register their teams for the upcoming on-water season.

Cheryl's international work experience and exploits make her the perfect candidate for dealing with the demands of Paddlecore's diverse corporate clients and SPC's grassroots teams and paddlers.

It's ripper to have Cheryl on board at the Core mate! Paddle on!

Omar has been a part of the paddling community for seven years. His background in water sports stems from first being a rower and swimmer, having rowed for University of Toronto Varsity Men's Rowing Team (UTRC) and swimming for the Toronto Swim Club (TSC). He has proudly represented his country by standing on the Canadian National Premier Open Team at the 2013 IDBF World Championships in Szeged, Hungary which went on to bring home Canada's first ever Men's Gold Medal in the 2000m race distance.

In early 2013, Omar was appointed the Coaching Coordinator on behalf of the coaches at Sunnyside Paddling Club (SPC). Most importantly, he is happy to be a development coach and member of the PaddleCore team as he finds it tremendously rewarding to pass along his knowledge, experience and passion of paddling to others.

Our Olympic Speakers understand how to achieve top results in their sport and are experienced with connecting their success to the success of each corporation they address. Paddlecore partners with Olympic speakers from various disciplines and is proud to work with Olympic Medalists, Mark Oldershaw and Cheryl Pounder.

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