Nick Cryer started coaching wrestling in Barrie in 2003. He does most of his coaching at the Kempenfelt Bay Wrestling club and with the Bear Creek High School team. Since 2003 he has help coached five individuals that have gone on to be members of Team Canada. His High school teams have won the Georgian Bay Secondary School Association team championships twice. Cryer’s students captured 15 OFSAA medals including 3 Gold. Twelve of his high school athletes have gone on to compete at the University level or higher. Many of Cryer’s wrestlers have also participated in both Provincial and National competitions. Overall they have captured 30 Provincial Medals, including 13 Gold and 16 National Championship Medals, including 6 Gold. Cryer was named Coach of Team Ontario and helped the team to a first place finish at the Sparta Cup in Puerto Rico. As head coach of the Kempenfelt club, Cryer is extremely proud that three out of four of this year’s top athletes at the National Training Center (Brock University) were former wrestlers of the Kempenfelt club. As well, one athlete from the Kempenfelt club went to Mexico for the Pan American Games and another was in Hungary for the World Championships.
~The Barrie Sports Hall of Fame Society

 

         

Wrestling Experience: 10 years

Coaching Experience: 6 years   

Dave Henderson has been coaching with the K-Bay team for 3 years.  Dave is also currently the head coach at Eastview Secondary School while re-introducing the school to a wrestling team.  He has 10 years of wrestling experience in his public and high school days with an additional 6 years of coaching experience.  Dave also holds his A-level coaching certification. 

Coaching – K-Bay Athletic and Wrestling Club
2010 Canada East Championships
2009  Provincial Competitions
2009  Ontario Winter Games

Wrestling
Two time Silver Medalist at GBSSA
Two OFSSA Qualifier

I was introduced to the sport of wrestling by my grade 9 football coach. I took to the sport of wrestling like a fish to water. After a successful high school wrestling career, winning several championships, my wrestling ended when I graduated high school.  Years later, I was looking for a sport that my children could join, and I found wrestling again. The sport teaches so much about yourself, fosters teamwork and life skills that will proved valuable over and over again.  I have coached my children for the last 7 years from my club, New Tec.  I came to the realization that my children’s skills were advancing beyond my ability to keep up, so I enrolled them at K-Bay Athletic and Wrestling Club where they worked under Head Coach, Nick Cryer and his staff.  This move to K-Bay provided my son with a wealth of coaching experience which enabled my son to work his way to the podium at the Canadian Nationals Wrestling Championships where he was awarded a Bronze Medal.

Married to Beverley (38yrs)
Children: Jason, Erin (son-in-law Andrew)

Began wrestling in ’64 at Newtonbrook S.S.
Wrestled at Laurentian University ’71,’72
Newtonbrook W. C. and York U. W.C. “74 -“78

In ’79 I transferred to Portage View P.S., Barrie, from the North York Board of Education, and began a successful Wrestling Program-Club for the students.

Since retirement from teaching in ’05 I have continued to be involved coaching the sport of wrestling, in Barrie, with the “K-Bay” W.C., Barrie Central C.I. Wrestling Team, and Portage View P.S.Wrestling.