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- 1 2 Buffery, Steve (1997-02-23). "Doug Leigh is skating's master chef". Toronto Sun. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Skating Coaches for all levels". The Mariposa School of Skating. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ↑ Pereira, Gene (May 2, 2017). "David Islam, Paul Matheson taking over figure-skating school from Doug Leigh on June 1". The Barrie Examiner. Archived from the original on November 28, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2018.