Coaches and Directors
Reg Shaw is the Knights Head Coach / Director of Swimming. Being fully certified level III and coaching for 20+ years, Reg brings forth years of experience both swimming coaching, and team management.
Reg started his coaching career with Prince George Barracuda while attending college and move on to Head Age Group Coach with Kelowna Aqua-jets for 6 years. After time in Kelowna, Reg spent many years with Kitimat/Points North as Head Coach/General Manager and finally down to the lower mainland.
Since taking over the helms of the Knights, the club has seen growth and performance in all areas. Over the past 6 seasons, Reg’s experience includes event Coach for 2010,2013, 2015 IPC Worlds, 2012 Paralympic Coach, and 2013 Queens Diamond Jubilee Recipient
"With the support of the SKSC board and assistant coaches, I can assure you all that the upcoming season will be filled with, excitement, performances, and social opportunities for all swimmers and parents. Knight’s Swimming has a lot to offer each season, so I encourage you all to invite friends, and neighbors to the TEAM." - Reg Shaw
My name is Amber Czerniej and I am proud to be in my 12th season with the Surrey Knights Swim Club as Assistant Head Coach! I am currently NCCP Age Group and Senior Coach trained. I also have a BSc in Kinesiology with certificates in Active Health and Nutrition.
I have been in or around swimming pools my entire life. I was a competitive swimmer for 17 years, 8 of them at the senior national level for the Hyack Swim Club, SFU Varsity Team, and Simon Fraser Aquatics. On deck, I have been coaching or teaching swimmers for over 15 years. I have coached and taught a wide variety of ages and abilities ranging from preschool learn to swim lessons to provincial/age group level swimmers for both summer and winter clubs and up to adults masters swimming and pretty much everything in between.
My coaching philosophy comes a lot from my own personal experiences as swimmer combined with my coaching experiences. My goal is create a love of swimming in all the swimmers I coach and help them learn important life skills such as dedication, hard work, and accountability to use both in the pool and in life. I am a strong believer in long term athlete development and focus a lot of time on the skills and technique necessary to be successful in the long term. My goal is to instil the passion that I have for swimming into my athletes to create “swimmers for life” who continue to love the sport even once they have stopped and use the values learned in the pool and apply it to their lives.
I look forward to another successful season with the Surrey Knights and working with swimmers from all groups!
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Representing Canada on the Junior National Team at age 17;
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Being a finalist at Nationals on several occasions;
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Spending his last 2 years being coached by Jeno Thianyi, who coached Alex Baumann to his Olympic Golds in 1984.
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My name is Juliette and I am proud to be in my fifth year of coaching with the Surrey Knights and tenth year as a part of the team. I am humbled to be apart of a sport that has made a huge impact on my life. It has helped me become a physically, strong female athlete; as well has shaped me into a patient and confident person. Every practice I would set a goal for myself to maximize my time in the water to achieve as many skills as I could. It’s incredible to see what you are capable of once you commit to the process and put your heart into it.
Currently I am an undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University pursuing a BSc in Kinesiology. I am delighted to be sharing what I've learned in my swimming experience and from my past coaches, and passing it down to others. Seeing young swimmers excited to come to practice and race makes my love for the sport even stronger and I'm thrilled to be coaching for another amazing year with the Knights!
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I’m Coach Kayla, and I’ve been involved in the swimming world for 11 years now, and I’ve been with the Surrey Knights for 6. I’ve officially been a coach for Surrey for three years now – I started as a volunteer for the summer camps four summers ago, when I was 15, and was officially added to the coaching staff when I was 17. My swimming career was on and off over the years as I was plagued with medical problems, but I was never out of the water for too long. (I remember mornings when my mother thought I’d prefer to sleep in instead of going to the pool for morning workout. Those mornings usually contained arguments after I realized I’d missed practice, as she severely underestimated how much I preferred the water over my sleep.)
I love every moment I spend at the pool, whether I’m in the water or on deck. Interacting with the swimmers I help coach in Mini Knights, Bronze, and Silver is always the best part of my day. I can’t count how many days I’ve left the deck after coaching feeling much happier than when I walked on to it. I hope that I can continue to coach with Surrey and meet new swimmers for many years to come!
