Natalie BARTLETT
Director of Coaching
Natalie has been skating since 1992 years and been involved in BSISC since 1994.
She is a Level 2 accredited coach with a Bachelor Degree in Secondary Education majoring in health education and home economics. Natalie also runs her own real estate business specializing in property management throughout greater Brisbane and beyond.
Natalie was a successful junior and senior synchronized skater competing at Junior worlds, overseas senior international ISU events, and selected to participate in several national and international skating seminars.
As Head Coach of 3 time world championship and 12 time ISU representative synchronized skating team Nova, I pride myself on forming wonderful relationships with my students and parents alike.
Perfection is a moving target that we all need to strive towards. This comes from hard work and dedication from athletes and coaches alike
Sally Scott
My name is Sally Scott and I have been coaching since 1993 here in Australia and in Toronto, Canada. I have been coaching with the Boondall Synchro Club since 2002. I have coached all levels of Synchro during my time with the club including Aussie Skate, Novice, Junior, Mixed Age and Senior. I am currently the coach of our two Adult teams – Evolution who are in the Adult Division and Solstice who are in the Advanced Adult division.
I have ice skated since I was 12 years old, mainly concentrating on ice dance where my partner and I were the National Champions and went to Junior Worlds and various ISU competitions overseas. I have also skated Synchro in the Senior Team ‘Corps De Patineur’ for many years. I also love to coach ice dance, learn to skate and skills and pattern tests.
I have been involved with Synchro all my skating career, and it is such a fun and enjoyable team sport to skate and compete in.
Synchro skating is such a fun and enjoyable team sport and we encourage you to come and see what it is all about!
Vashti Lonsdale
Head Coach, Aussie Skate
Vashti is a Level 2 accredited coach and international choreographer with ten years’ experience coaching skaters of all levels and disciplines.
Her skating career spans twenty years, most notably representing Australia at the Junior and Senior level in both Singles and Synchronized skating.
Beth Howarth
Beth has been skating since 2007 and involved with synchro since 2009. She skated with the Isle of Wight teams from Great Britain before joining Nova in 2017.
My favourite part about synchro is skating with your best friends and the trust and bond a team has between themselves
Chris Brindley
| Manager | Aquila |
Chris is the team manager of Aquila (Basic Novice), and has been a member of the BSISC Executive Team since 2021.
Shiralee Poed
Shiralee is team manager for Apollo (Mixed Age) and Luna (Adult Social). Shiralee commenced skating 40 years ago at the Toombul and then Acacia Ridge rinks, before moving to Boondall when it first opened.
Shiralee was an inaugural member of Boondall’s Cutting Edge Junior synchro team. When they combined with the Adult Team Edge to Edge to form BSISC, Shiralee was the inaugural co-president.
Shiralee has held Level 1 Coaches’ accreditation and has skated in Sydney and Melbourne.
Outside of skating, Shiralee is an Associate Professor, and trains teachers to work with students who have disability and complex behaviours.
Tahnee Hume
| Assistant | Apollo |
Tahnee started her singles figure skating journey at age 7. She competed at several state and national championships, and was also selected to compete for Australia in Gdańsk, Poland. She had never considered another ice skating discipline until she was asked to join Aurora, the junior level synchronised skating team at that time. After a few weeks, she began training with Nova, despite not being of age. Due to a serious hip injury resulting in surgery, she saw the end of her figure skating career and began to embrace the synchro discipline more.
By 2017, she was age eligible to compete with Nova full time. Throughout the years, she has won multiple medals and travelled all around Australia. She has also competed in France, Austria, Sweden, Scotland and New Zealand with the team. In 2020, Tahnee became the Nova Vice Captain, to help lead her team towards the ultimate goal of qualifying for the World Synchronized Ice Skating Championships.
Tahnee has been assisting the new Mixed Age team Apollo since they were in Aussie Skate in 2018. The team debuted in the competitive stream in 2021 and were very successful in their first season. She aims to develop these skaters further into a strong team within the Mixed Age division. Tahnee is highly passionate about the sport and is determined to help skaters achieve their fullest potential across the whole BSISC club.
Poppy Lucas
| Manager | Solstice |
Tracy Armstrong
| Assistant Manager | Aquila |
Yvette Dobson
| Assistant | Aquila |
Yvette started figure skating in 2012 and transitioned to synchro in 2019, originally skating with Aurora. She joined Nova later that same year.
SORAYA HAMMOND
| Captain | Nova |
Soraya has been a competitive synchronized skater since the age of six and holds a number of national titles in Novice, Junior, Senior and Adult divisions. She has represented Australia internationally on ten occasions including six World Synchronized Skating Championships. She has also represented the Czech Republic in a World Championship on one occasion.
Soraya has coached a variety of teams over the years, taking mixed gap, novice, junior and adult teams to State and National Championships. She also enjoys coaching private lessons specifically for synchronized skaters.
As a leader Soraya wants to share with other skaters her passion for synchronized skating and strong basic skating skills such as edges, turns and control. She enjoys helping other skaters and teams within the club with her vast knowledge of synchronized skating and loves to answer any and all questions regarding the sport.
Hillary Dykes
| Assistant | Starlight |
Hillary started skating when she was 8 years old in Aussie Skate classes, joining the level 3 Aussie Skate synchro team after 2 years. She skated for 5 years in the competitive team Phoenix, starting in the Basic Novice division and moving up with the team through Advanced Novice to Mixed Age. Hillary is currently skating with the Senior team Nova, after joining in the 2020 season. She has assisted the level 1 Aussie Skate team Starlight since 2020 and is looking forward to the season ahead.
Harriet Dykes
| Assistant | Moonlight |
Harriet has been skating since 2013 years and has skated in synchro since 2015. She has skated in several different teams throughout the club including Orion, Phoenix and Nova and has assisted Moonlight since 2020. She is currently skating in the club’s senior team Nova.
BEV DONAGHEY
| Manager | Nova |
Bev has been a member of Boondall Synchronized Ice Skating Club since its inception and President of the club for the past 7 years.
She has also been on the Ice Skating Qld Inc Council since 2012 and held the position of Secretary since 2016.
Bev has managed Nova and previously Ice Viva and has taken Nova to many International competitions including three World championships.
Her role changed for these competitions as she was appointed by Ice Skating Australia as their Team Leader.
NATALIE PHILLIPS
| Manager | Evolution |
