Kirsten Ryan, HEAD ADULT COACH

Kirsten is a passionate coach who brings decades of experience, humour and humility to the coach boat. She began her rowing and coaching at Winnipeg Rowing Club over 25 years ago. While in Winnipeg, she coached many levels of rowing, including adaptive rowing, and also served as general manager of the Prairie Fire Rowing Club in Winnipeg from 1999 to 2001, starting that club from the ground up with the assistance of the Foundation 2000plus. Kirsten has been a member and volunteer at Hanlan Boat Club since 2011. She has experience coaching adults and junior rowers and has prepared athletes for various regattas including the Head of the Charles Regatta. Kirsten believes she has as much to learn from all athletes as they do from her - and approaches coaching as a partnership toward each athletes' goal.

Kirsten was named as Row Ontario’s 2022 Learn-To-Row/Recreational Coach of the Year in 2022. Kirsten can be reached at kirsten@hanlanboatclub.ca.

HORACIO TENDILLA,
HeaD JUNIOR/U23/SENIOR Coach

Horacio Tendilla is Head Coach for Hanlan’s Junior Development, Junior Competitive, and U23 / Senior Competitive programs.

Horacio started his rowing career in 1976 in Mexico and rowed for many years on Mexico’s national rowing team, where he later became the Director of Talent Development. After immigrating to Canada in 2008, Horacio worked as Director of Rowing and Head Coach at several Ontario rowing clubs, where has had repeated success in both growing rowing programs and developing rowers to compete at the highest levels. He has also coached at the provincial level, training Ontario’s top U19 rowers for provincial, national and international competitions.

Horacio joins Hanlan in April 2024. Contact horacio@hanlanboatclub.ca for all inquiries.

COACH Tony Tremain

Tony has been coaching since 1984 at all levels and serves as Managing Director of the Hanlan Coaching Centre of Excellence. Tony supports all of our coaches with one-on-one feedback during their on-the-water coaching sessions and by encouraging professional development opportunities.

Tony can be reached at tony@hanlanboatclub.ca

Paul CHaruk, Director of operations
lead coach, HANLAN ROWING LEAGUE

Paul learned to row in high school on the competitive junior team at Durham Rowing Club. He loves introducing the sport to as many people as possible. Paul finds rowing to be an intense, yet graceful, sport, and truly the ultimate team-building sport. The most rewarding part of coaching for him is watching the “light bulb” learning moments and seeing the joy on the crews' faces when they push hard and have a great row. Paul’s works primarily outside the coach boat as Hanlan’s Director of Operations. On Tuesday and Thursday evenings, however, you will find him behind the megaphone, coaching athletes as part of the Hanlan Rowing League. Paul can be reached at operations@hanlanboatclub.ca.