Wedding Party

Team Bride

Rochelle Tkach

Bride

Sloane Gordon

Maid of Honour

Sloane and Rochelle met in Grade 9 business class at SWC HS by exchanging hotmail accounts. They survived Undergrad and TeacherEd at BrockU with many late night coffee dates and Real Sushi lunch hangouts.

Memorable Moments: Sloane and Rochelle have shared many core memories, including a springbreak vacay in Cuba, working at Tim Hortons, and an unforgettable girls trip to NYC!

Tina Sharifi

Bridesmaid

After meeting in Grade 1, Tina and Rochelle are each others' longest friendship. They attended Briardale PS, Oakridge PS, and a bit of SWC HS together!

Memorable Moments: Tina and Rochelle have grown up together hanging out at reccess, having late night homework phone calls, and attending each others' birthday parties. Now, they share biological doggie siblings, Fred and Oakley!

Liza Niesink

Bridesmaid

Liza and Rochelle met at SWC HS through mutual friends. Both of them had their first job at Avondale Dairy Bar where they worked and grew closer as friends!

Memorable Moments: Rochelle and Liza share many memorable moments throughout their University partying days, talking about boys and going to local clubs. Now, they spend their time going on chill walks or coffee dates catching up on life.

Emma Verstraete

Bridesmaid

Emma, Rochelle, and Nick met in a very happenstance way back when Willow and Minnie were at Pet Smart puppy training. Between classes, our aussies crossed paths, and it was love at first puppy kiss.

Memorable Moments: Emma and Rochelle have built their friendship rooted in little things they love most: plant collecting, Animal Crossing, and camping. They love having chats over a bottle of wine or bubble tea.

Natasha Rogers

Bridesmaid

Natasha is Rochelle's soon to be sister-in-law! Over the years, their friendship has grown through their shared interest in environmental stewardship and a love of plants and animals.

Memorable Moments: Natasha, Nick, and Rochelle have had many fun nights competing in trivia nights at local breweries. Natasha worked at Heartland Forest and sometimes Rochelle's ECO Club would field trips when she is leading activities!

Wael El Assaad

Bridesman

Wael is Rochelle's most recent friend. While working at JAM PS, they grew close as teaching partners and hanging out a lot on weekends, enjoying games nights and having life chats.

Memorable Moments: Wael and Rochelle have had a reputation for acting like "siblings" at work. Their work banter and sarcasm with each other have lead to many laughs and stories. Willow and Oakley have grown very fond of Wael.

Team Groom

Nick Rogers

Groom

Rob Smith

Best Man

Nick and Rob have been best friends since Grade 7 at Dalewood, rowed together throughout high school, and have travelled together all over Atlantic Canada (NFLD and PEI).

Memorable Moments: Nick was honoured to be the best man at Rob's Wedding with his wife, Kelsey. It was a wonderful ceremony at Ravine Winery (Nick’s former job) and an awesome reception filled with many friends in Nick’s groomsmen party.

Zach Hollingham

Groomsman

Besides Rochelle, no one has spent more time with Nick than Zach. They were students together at Dalewood, rowed together at Sir Winston, and then lived together as roommates at Western University.

Memorable Moments: Nick was a groomsman in Zach’s wedding with Jenn back in 2017, with memorable experiences including drinks at the barbershop, euchre at the Airbnb and a wild party with lots of dancing (and drinking) for the reception.

Dylan Hannahson

Groomsman

Dylan and Nick have been friends since middle school, and although at diferent universites, still hungout which led to some hilarious nights in London and Waterloo. While now in T.O., the fun nights continue.

Memorable Moments: Alongside Rob, Zach and Nick, Dylan road triped out to see Nick’s family in Nfld. It was an incredible adventure, including a hike up Gros Morne, getting "screeched in", and cod jigging with Nick’s grandfather.

Dylan Priddle

Groomsman

Dylan is another long time friend going all the way back to high school, and had some fun times throughout university, although Nick was at Western and Dylan was at Waterloo. Dylan now lives just around the corner from Nick and Rochelle.

Memorable Moments: Dylan was apart of another east coast roadtrip, this time to PEI to visit Rob. We had some great times, hanging out on the beach, golfing, and visiting some great breweries.

Brandon Rogers

Groomsman

Brandon is Nick's only brother and we spent most of our childhood, playing video games, different sports, and trying not to get into too much trouble. Brandon also has two young sons, Elias and Hudson who will be the ring bearers.

Memorable Moments: Brandon and Nick share many moments as kids, on road trips down to Florida, or out east. But they always share a fond memory with their Grandfather playing in his school bus in Wareham.

Mitchell Tkach

Groomsman

Mitchell is Nick's future Brother-in-law, and they have spent many years hanging out while at home during games nights, or camping in Algonquin. They share many hobbies like video/board games, the outdoors and a love of dogs.

Memorable Moments: On Nick's first backpacking trip to Algonquin, so much went wrong, with plenty of rain and difficult portages, yet Mitch kept a smile on his face and made it still an unforgettable experience.