Our Team
Boardworks Diving Academy is proud to have a dedicated and passionate board of directors and set of coaches. Our team is committed to excellence and constantly strives to push the envelope of diving in the community and beyond. We work together to support and inspire our athletes, our community, and each other, both in and out of the water.
Neil Barrett
Neil is the Academy Program Director, Head Coach, and highly respected leader whose competitive achievements, coaching expertise, and personal character have been recognized throughout more than four decades in the diving community. Neil fosters a safe, supportive, and development-focused training environment for divers of all ages and skill levels. He has represented Canada as both an athlete and a coach, is a former national record holder, and earned a bronze medal for Canada at the World Student Games. Neil has a strong track record of growing programs and supporting athletes in reaching their full potential.
Cody Powell-Tuckett
Cody was an elite diver for 12 years and a coach for the past 6 years in the UK. Adept at talent development, she has helped athletes compete at national competitions and earn various awards. Cody embodies our vision of sportsmanship, teamwork, and positivity. With a solid balance between mental health, overall well-being, and instilling confidence and drive, Cody brings her talents to the pool deck to mentor and grow our young core of divers into the next batch of Canadian elites.
Lucy Christopher
Lucy dove competitively for 8 years with Revolution Diving in Winnipeg. During her time as a diver, she helped out with coaching and found she had an aptitude for it. Lucy coached with Winnipeg for 4 years before moving to Victoria to study English Literature at UVic. The Academy quickly scooped up Lucy's services! Now in her 7th year as a coach, Lucy still finds joy in seeing her athletes conquer their fears, gain confidence, and succeed at learning new dives and skills.
Fielding Wagar
Fielding has an extensive background in artistic gymnastics and trampolining. He has demonstrated a keen aptitude for body positioning and training younger athletes which has translated well to the world of diving. Fielding enjoys watching his athletes progress through new skills and building foundations in diving.
Kim Batalla
President
Kim is a retired X-Ray Technician, who ran an X-Ray Intervention department for 10 years in Edmonton, Alberta. Kim is also a board member of the Pacific Animal Therapy Society (PATS). She works closely with schools, hospitals, and care facilities to provide positive and uplifting experiences through pet therapy. In addition to the fulltime job of Organizer In Chief for her daughter, Renée Batalla, Kim volunteers at competitions and helps facilitate events, activities, and the competitions themselves. You're sure to see her on the pool deck!
Angela Kachanoski
Treasurer
A native to Vancouver Island, Angela has been living in Victoria for 14 years. Although she loves the sciences and obtained a bachelor of science from the University of Alberta, she has worked in finance related roles in both the private and public sectors, for more than 30 years.
Angela has been volunteering with her church community for all her adult life, in various capacities, from teaching classes to running youth and children's programs and camps. She has been enjoying volunteering at her daughters' local dive competitions for the last few years and looks forward to many more.
Tiffany Congdon
Secretary
Tiffany is born and raised in Victoria and has been Public Servant with the BC Government for 28 years. Tiffany is currently going into her third year as the President of the PAC at Royal Oak Middle School and has always been heavily involved in her children's school and sport communities as well as her church community. Tiffany puts much of her time into volunteering her children's sports; competitive gymnastics for her daughter and competitive diving for her son. At the pool, Tiffany volunteers at any and all events and competitions; from organizing and facilitating the preparations for the events to helping in any area where there's a need during the competitions. During regular training she is often still watching and cheering in the stands!
Fraser McKean
Director
Fraser is a former Canadian diver who competed for Boardworks from 1997 to 2015. He represented Canada on both the junior and senior national teams, earning national medals at each level. Fraser received an athletic scholarship to Auburn University, where he became an NCAA All-American and was named the 2015 SEC Male Diver of the Year.
After retiring from competition, Fraser earned a Master’s degree in Physical Therapy from the University of British Columbia. He now works as a physiotherapist in Victoria, British Columbia, where he applies his knowledge of high-performance sport, movement, and rehabilitation to help others reach their full physical potential.
Kevin Vos
Director
Kevin was a competitive diver for Boardworks from 1998 to 2008, representing the Canadian Junior National Team at multiple international events. His achievements include winning two silver medals at the Junior Pan American Games and reaching the finals at the 2008 World Junior Diving Championships.
Professionally, Kevin is a director at a biopharmaceutical company in British Columbia, where he focuses on business development and scaling companies. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Victoria and collaborated with the World Health Organization during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kevin has travelled globally for conferences and entrepreneurial competitions throughout his career and gave a TEDx talk at TEDxVictoria in 2024. He is passionate about giving back to the community and supporting the growth of the sport of diving in Victoria, which played a significant role in shaping his life.
Renetta Henderson
Director
Renetta is an experienced Operations Manager that specializes in policies and procedures, operational efficiencies and employee relations. Her career has included working for; a corporate grocery chain in Loss Prevention and Category Management; the largest manufacturer of cabinetry in western Canada as the General Manager/Plant Manager; and she currently holds the position of Operations Manager for a local greenhouse/retail establishment that focuses on island grown products.
Renetta is extremely passionate about her family, that includes her husband and three sons, and she thrives at taking on new challenges that tests her abilities, and allows her to continue learning new things. Her youngest son Brady is an active competitive member with Boardworks Academy and in the last couple of years she has thoroughly enjoyed learning all the in and outs of the BC Diving program.