Auckland Longsword

🐇 March Hares 2026 🐇

Thanks to everyone for making it out for March Hares 2026 last weekend.

We had a wonderful time hosting you all for our first swiss tournament. Fencers went through 12 rounds facing a new opponent each time.

There were 19 fencers total representing 7 clubs from around the country.

We've put together some of the photos taken by

It seems you all loved the swiss format!

The results are live on HEMA Ratings now.

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Well done to all fencers, especially the medallists:

1st Atreyu Norman
2nd Nico Leiseder
3rd Olive Nuttall

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Thank you, Adrien, for your insightful workshop on Sunday. It has given us all a lot to consider!

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Finally, thanks to our referees, table staff, medic, and photographer.

Pictures by

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Happy holidays!

We recently held our AGM and have a new committee.

President - Chris Lynch
Secretary - Nick Williams
Treasurer - Sergei Shmigirilov

We will be on break over the holidays. Our first night back will be the 8th of January.

Thanks for a great year everyone! 🥳