Meet our Instructors!
FIGURE SKATING: Allison Ezzi returns for her 18th year coaching figure skating at SRA. She is from Massachusetts and loves everything skating. She competed throughout her childhood including on a synchronized team at Michigan State University. Her coaching reflects her ice career as she teaches with love, precision and creativity. We also welcome back the fabulous Kinga Bality. She not only grew up here in the RVA but learned to love skating at an early age here at the Southampton Ice Rink then went on to join a local Richmond team competing up and down the East Coast.
HOCKEY: We’re excited to welcome Tommy Vinson, John Horton and John Chukayne back to coach ice hockey again this year. Tommy Vinson was brought up in the RVA, he learned the joy of playing the game early on and is eager to share is passion with the next generation. John Horton first put skates on at age 2, skated on his very own backyard rink in Ontario, started playing organized hockey at age 5, joined a travel team at age 7 and has been playing as an adult from college through today. John Chukayne is originally from Ohio and has been in organized hockey for over 30 years now. John has played from a young age all the way through Junior hockey. He has coached various youth levels, High School and is currently the head coach for the University of Richmond’s club team. John has a wealth of coaching experience and is excited to offer it to SRA.