Club Leadership
Christian Redmann - Director
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Christian is a coach and club director with 15+ years building youth volleyball programs, coaching every club age level from 13/14U development to 18U provincial and national-medal teams, and leading high-performance and character development initiatives. He spent ten years as Head Coach of Havergal College—during which the school won 25+ independent school championships and a provincial title—and co-founded Leaside Volleyball Club a decade ago, growing it into a community-serving organization with 1,000+ registered youth and both house-league and provincial-caliber programs. Christian also coaches beach volleyball at the international level on the FIVB World Tour and Olympic-qualifying events. His playing career spanned 15+ years internationally: two-time Canadian national champion, top-10 world ranking, 2011 Pan Am Games, multiple World Championship appearances, 2014 Continental Champion, helped qualify Canada for the 2012 London Olympics, and 10+ years with the Canadian National Team. He now lives in Vancouver with his wife, Olympic snowboarder and Dr. of Traditional Chinese Medicine Dominique Vallee.
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Natalie Eades - General Manager
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Natalie discovered her love for volleyball on the Sunshine Coast in Grade 6. After several years with the Sunshine Coast Volleyball Club, she began commuting to North Vancouver in Grade 11 to play for BCO Volleyball Club. Her hard work paid off with a scholarship to play middle for the SFU Clan in 2004. After two years at SFU, Natalie transferred to UBC, where she competed with the Thunderbirds until 2009—winning two CIS National Championships along the way.
Since graduating, Natalie has shared her passion for the game through coaching at BCO, Thunder, Argyle Secondary, and Lord Byng Secondary, while continuing to play recreationally herself. She’s now excited to help guide young athletes as they work toward achieving their own volleyball goals. |
Richard Schick - Technical Director
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Richard brings a wealth of experience, having coached at every level—from 13U club to university, as well as with both Canada’s Men’s and Women’s National Teams. As a player, he captured National Championships at the college, university, and professional levels, and as a coach, he’s guided teams to titles at the college, university, and junior beach levels. Over the years, many of the athletes he’s worked with have gone on to represent Canada on both the indoor and beach national teams.
In 2025, Richard served as head coach of the PCVC 15U Girls team, leading them to the club’s first-ever Nationals silver medal. |