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Event Description
The time has come to once again announce the Swords of Imbolg. This year our flagship two day event will be slightly different.Saturday 31st of January will be the first leg of the IHFL 2026; featuring two tier longsword action.Day two will take us to a mysterious second location for a longsword class delivered by the talented Connor Kemp-Cowell of Caledonian Sword Guild. Rated in the top 2% globally he literally wrote the book on Vadi and has lots to teach us. More details to follow.The second location is Flagmount Community Hall - just 13 minutes aaway from Feakle (https://maps.app.goo.gl/5sDS8aN837tEHScs8)In between there will be the usual Saturday evening meal and jaunt to a local hostelry for refreshments as the night progresses. -
Fun Stats
204 days since the start of the event.
2 countries* represented. (?)
RED has 43 wins, BLUE has 38 wins,
5 blowout matches (out of 82).
220 minutes of match time. (3.7 hours)
For individual tournament and club numbers you can check outTotal Event Participants
35Total Event Fighters
34Tournament Registrations
34# of Schools Represented
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Event Information > Event Stats > Attendance/Schools.
Longest Matches:- 11 exchanges: James Houlihan vs Ronan Concannon
(Longsword - Tier B Open Steel) - 11 exchanges: Froilan Regueiro Noguera vs Jordan Murphy
(Longsword - Tier B Open Steel) - 11 exchanges: Oisin Newport vs Brian Moloney
(Longsword - Tier A Open Steel)
Highest Scoring Matches:- Samuele Ragazzini 16 | 17 Patryk Klamrowski
(Longsword - Tier A Open Steel) - Luke O'Keefe 19 | 13 Martin Claffey Healion
(Longsword - Tier B Open Steel) - Luke O'Keefe 24 | 8 Froilan Regueiro Noguera
(Longsword - Tier B Open Steel)
Most Appearances as Fighter 1:- 5 matches - Luke O'Keefe
- 5 matches - Connor Kemp-Cowell
- 4 matches - James Welfare
Most Appearances as Fighter 2:- 6 matches - Patryk Klamrowski
- 6 matches - Eoin Walker
- 5 matches - Nathan Dean
Most Clean Hits:- 31 clean hits - Luke O'Keefe
- 28 clean hits - Connor Kemp-Cowell
- 21 clean hits - Patryk Klamrowski
Event SummaryNumber of Tournaments:2Number of Weapon Sets:1Number of Matches:82Number of Pieces:
0For even more detailed tournament exchange statistics you can check out Event Information > Event Stats > Tournament Exchanges.Exchange Summary Clean Hits: 389 (54%) Double Hits
:0 Afterblows
:323 (45%) No Exchanges: 2 (0%) Solo Scored
:0 Total Exchanges: 714 - 11 exchanges: James Houlihan vs Ronan Concannon
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Tournament Placings
Longsword - Tier B Open Steel Show All ↓ (19) 1 Michal Sworzeniowski Blademasters Academy 2 Nathan Dean Galway Gallowglass 3 Luke O'Keefe The Wrathful Peasants 4 Martin Claffey Healion Blademasters Academy Longsword - Tier A Open Steel Show All ↓ (15) 1 Connor Kemp-Cowell Caledonian Sword Guild 2 Eoin Walker Blademasters Academy 3 Patryk Klamrowski Goats Head Historical Fencing 4 Oisin Newport Dublin Hema Club -
Team Awards
No team awards at this event.
