Coaching Staff

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Alecs Tudor (Head Coach)  Alecs is co-owner of Stratford Fencing Ontario as of Feb 1, 2025
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Scott Bell (Adult Coach)   Scott is co-owner of Stratford Fencing Ontario as of Feb 1, 2025, and is currently ranked as the number 1 veteran fencer in Ontario.
Alumni: Darren  Marks  (Former Head Coach):  Darren initially trained under French Maestro Francois Rodeur at Toronto's Salle Rodeur Fencing Club and was a nationally ranked foilist.  Among the athletic awards earned  includes an University of Oxford Full Blue.  He founded the  Stratford location in 2009 and designed the current Youth Development Program for up-and-coming champions with the Ontario Fencing Association. When not in the fencing club or piste, he can be found as a Professor at Western University. He is a past President of the Ontario Fencing Association, and is currently head foil coach at Piccolo Teatro Scherma, as well as academic liaison for Future Champions Academy, which are both located in Milan, Italy.
Alumni: Robyn Godfrey (Beginner / Minifence / Adult Coach) started fencing at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When work took her to Stratford, Ontario she picked up a foil again and started coaching with SFO in 2014. She coaches in order to instill a love of the sport in new fencers, and if she is able to 'graduate' them to  competitive classes she considers it a job well done.