Girls 17U Navy Coaches
Allison Lerette
Head Coach
11th season coaching with blizz
14u girls navy 2021, 15u girls navy 2022, 16u girls navy 2023
Played RS/LS on blizz’ second ever team
Played for team NS, 1 year Dalhousie university, 1 year captain of UKC
Member of Dalhousie university track and field (AUS champion in long jump, AUS silver in triple jump)
Bronze, gold and gold medal wins at the last 3 provincials champions as coach
Bachelor of science in kinesiology and masters of physiotherapy from Dalhousie
Works in pediatric orthopedics at the IWK
Private physiotherapy at forte physical therapy
Sarah van den Heuvel
Assistant Coach
1st season coaching with Blizz
Assistant Coach, Citadel High School (2024) Assistant Coach, Team Nova Scotia Royal (2024) Session Coach, Provincial Excellence Program (2023 & 2024) Head Coach, DVC U15 White (2023 & 2024)
Played for Dal AC Rams for 2 seasons, team captain and awarded team MVP in second season
Coaching highlights: earning bronze at U15 provincials in 2023, assistant coaching at Canada Cup with Team NS in 2024
Coastal Engineer in Training with CBCL Limited
Tara Gowan
Assistant Coach
4th Year coaching with Blizz
Two-Time Co-Head Coach-of-the-Year in 2024 and 2023 season for Blizz with Allison Lerette
Played professionally for ASKÖ Linz-Steg in Linz, Austria (2016)
Trained with the Full-time Training Center of Excellence with Team Canada (2015-2016)
Played for University of Louisville in Kentucky in the ACC, NCAA Div 1 (2014)
Played for Dalhousie 2011-2013
Played for Team NS 2009-2013
Job: Elementary & Middle School Visual Arts Teacher at Halifax Grammar
