Leaside Beach Coaches

John Child - Founder, Technical Director, Senior Beach Coach

John is a 3-time Olympian and Bronze Medalist in Beach Volleyball.  

After an incredible 15 year career in AVP & FIVB professional beach volleyball, John founded Leaside Volleyball Club with the intention to share his deep love of the sport, both beach and indoor, with our next generation of young athletes.

​Over the course of his career and following his retirement in 2006,  John has coached athletes at various levels from young beginners to aspiring Olympians.

Meet a Few of Our Amazing Coaches!

Program Coordinator, Aidan Haslett

Aidan has been involved with Leaside Volleyball for 6 years with the House League program.  He has served as an assistant coach for 3 years with the University of Toronto's Men's Volleyball team and has head coached with Waves Volleyball Club for 3 years. 

As a player, Aidan played Club for Crush and went on to play for the University of Toronto for 5 years. 

Aidan graduated from the University of Toronto with a BKin degree and then attended OISE for his Master of Teaching degree. 

Aidan is eager to head up the Beach Volleyball program for Leaside this summer and bring the sport of beach volleyball to many young athletes that are learning the game and working on their skills.
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Anna Feore

We are so happy that Anna will be returning to the beach again with us this summer!   Anna has had a great volleyball career that included 5 Years with the Varsity Blues at the University of Toronto as a left side hitter and as captain for 3 seasons.  She's a 3 time provincial champion  and won National Championships in 2016. She's a 3X Provincial All Star, 3X Academic All-Canadian, 2019 Clara Benson Award Winner and a Varsity Board Member (athlete union).  

More recently she played in the FISU Games (University Games) 2017 Taiwan, Taipei  and 2 seasons with Team Canada (senior women’s national team) as a libero.  
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Carleigh Semeniuk

We are honoured to have Carleigh coaching beach to our young and developing athletes. Carleigh spent the academic year playing beach volleyball for a Top 20 NCAA Division I university. Her beach experience started young when she won Silver at the 12U Ontario Beach Championship in 2011. Carleigh’s 8-year volleyball career includes Silvers at the 2014 & 2015 National Beach Championships, Silver at the 2015 Canadian NORCECA Beach Trials and Gold at the 2016 U19 Canadian FIVB World Championship Trials. Carleigh represented Canada at the 2016 U19 World Championships in Cyprus.
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Jenna Child

Jenna is very excited to be part of Leaside Beach again!   She has a BSc degree in Human Kinetics from the University of Guelph and is currently taking her second degree in accelerated Nursing at the University of Toronto. She is a Leaside club volleyball alum, having played for Leaside from 2008-2014. Jenna fell in love with the sport at a young age through watching her Dad play. She has a warm, energetic and encouraging coaching personality and is looking forward to another fabulous season on the beach!
Fun Fact: Jenna was a multi-sport athlete and along with playing many years of club volleyball she also represented Canada at the 2014 Synchronized Skating French Cup in Paris and numerous other international competitions throughout her athletic career.