Dan Banks - Assistant Coach: A nationally ranked competitive foilist who is certified as an NCCP Aide-Moniteur, Dan assists with our competitive and advanced programs. Dan is also a nationally certified referee, and a provincially certified coach educator.

Tracy Brazeau - Conditioning Specialist (Yoga): Tracy leads a playful, yet challenging Vinyasa yoga experience which invites the body to naturally discover the harmony  between breath, body, and spirit.  She encourages her students to explore their boundaries by opening their minds, and allowing their inherent intelligence to take over and be present in the moment. She is grateful to her instructors and mentors, Christi-an Slomka and Shiva Rea who continue to inspire her to share her passion for evolution and the natural rhythm of life with her students.

Lisa Ciancone - Administrative Assistant, Tournament Coordinator: A parent volunteer, Lisa helps out with administration, and also with the running of most of our in-house tournaments. Lisa holds her Provincial Secretariat License.

Michael Ciancone - Instructor: Mike helps with our intro and competitive programs. Mike is also a competitive sabre and foil fencer who holds C classifications in both weapons, and is a provincially certified referee.

Sandra Dulac - Senior Coach and Vice-President: Certified by the NCCP as an Aide-Moniteur instructor and evaluator in foil and sabre, Sandra runs our children's, introductory and competitive programmes, and assists with our competitive and advanced fencers. Sandra is also a Learning Facilitator for the Ontario Fencing Association's Community Instructor certificate and fences foil and sabre in her spare time.

Daniel Effinger - Instructor: Daniel runs our Intro classes whilst working his way up the rankings as a competitive foilist.

Bob Fitzpatrick - Club Armourer: Bob looks after our equipment, and also helps to teach our fencers and parents how to maintain and repair their personal equipment. He may be persuaded to help you to fix your equipment if you ask him very nicely (and offer him a bribe!). Bob is the provincial equipment coordinator and armourer in his spare time.

Logan Fitzpatrick - Instructor: Logan helps with our youth and intro programs. Logan is also a competitive sabre and foil fencer, and a provincially certified referee.

Terri Fitzpatrick - Treasurer: Another parent volunteer who unwittingly got sucked into The Westdale Vortex, Terri is responsible for the day to day finances of the club, and for keeping us solvent. She can often be found in a corner weeping over the balance statements.

Tia Gayowsky - Junior Instructor: Tia helps with our youth programs, and is a competitive sabre and foil fencer. She is also working towards her coaching and refereeing certifications.

Skye Hobden - Registered Nurse: A nurse at Hamilton Health Sciences by day (and night!), Skye is our first-aid consultant and helps out at many of the events we run.

Victoria Kay - Junior Instructor: Victoria helps with our youth programs, and is a competitive sabre and foil fencer.

Jarek Krawczyk - Physiotherapist: Jarek graduated from the University of Toronto in 1996. He studied also trained in acupuncture at McMaster University, and more recently in China at the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He was a member of a Epée Fencing Team at GKS Piast Gliwice (1978-1982), and AZS AWF Katowice (1982-1988), and U of T Varsity Blues (1992-1995), competing in multiple national and international competitions. By day, Jarek is Director of Rehabilitation Services at the  Ancaster Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre.

Amy Lillico - Senior Athlete With Bossing Privileges: Amy helps out with all aspects of the club, working with our less experienced athletes and coaches, and filling in wherever she is needed. Amy holds her Provincial Secretariat License and collects stars in her spare time. She also fences sabre and foil when the fancy takes her.

Rob Smith - Assistant Coach: A sabre fencer by choice (or some might argue, genetics), Rob works with our competitive foil and sabre fencers. Rob holds his Aide-Moniteur certification, and is a provincially certified referee.

Ranil Sonnadara, Ch.P.C. - Head Coach and President: Ranil has been coaching for over 20 years, and has led several fencers to national and international success on both sides of the Atlantic. Ranil offers instruction in all weapons, and supervises the coaching staff. For more information about Ranil's day job, please visit his personal or lab websites. Trained and certified in Europe as a master coach in all weapons, Ranil is also registered as a Coach, Referee, Learning Facilitator, Master Evaluator and Master Course Conductor with the Coaching Association of Canada (NCCP), the Canadian Fencing Federation and the Ontario Fencing Association, and holds Charter Member status with the Coaches of Canada. Ranil also sits on the Canadian Fencing Federation's Coaching Education and LTAD Committees, is President of the Board of Directors for the Ontario Fencing Association, is a member of the Board of Directors for the Coaching Association of Canada, and is a consultant for various national and international expert and policy groups in his 'spare time'! Ranil is also currently serving as the Interim Head Coach of Excelsior Fencing Club.