Even though we don’t train specifically for tournaments, some of our members have had noteworthy competitive success over the years. This is a record of what our members have been able to achieve.
2025
December – Liverpool December Fechtschule (Liverpool, England)
- Arnold Shum – 2nd place in the Fechtschule for experienced fencers
- Nathanial Tetley – 1st place in the Fechtschule for beginner fencers
- Rchard Salisbury – 2nd place in the Fechtschule for beginner fencers
October – Stramash (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Wojciech Kwasik – 1st place in the Big Stramash for steel broadsword and sabre
August – Ecky Thump Cup (York, England)
- Wojciech Kwasik – 2nd place in the Medieval competition
July – Liverpool July Fechtschule (Liverpool, England)
- Alex Roberts – joint 1st place in the Fechtschule
- Jack Farthing – joint 1st place in the Fechtschule
- Arnold Shum – joint 2nd place in the Fechtschule
- Zoey Sidoli – 3rd place in the Fechtschule
July – LHFC Fight Night (London, England)
- Will Goodman – victory in the match-up event
2024
December – Liverpool December Fechtschule (Liverpool, England)
- Alex Roberts – 1st place in the Fechtschule for experienced fencers
- Jack Farthing – joint 2nd place in the Fechtschule for experienced fencers
- Rachael Tynan – 1st place in the Fechtschule for beginner fencers
September – Edgebana (Dundee, Scotland)
- Wojciech Kwasik – 3rd place for open singlestick
July – Liverpool July Fechtschule (Liverpool, England)
- Wojciech Kwasik – 1st place in the Fechtschule
- Will Goodman – joint 3rd place in the Fechtschule
June – Albion Cup (Marlow, England)
- Wojciech Kwasik – 3rd place for open steel longsword tier B
- Will Goodman – 1st place for open steel longsword tier B
April – Wolf’s Call (Lincoln, England)
- Wojciech Kwasik – 2nd place for open steel sabre
2023
September – Wessex League (Winnersh, England)
- Will Goodman – 1st place for beginners longsword
February – Glasgow HEMA Open (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Wojciech Kwasik – 3rd place for cutting
2022
August – A Midsummer Fight’s Dream (Oxford, England)
- Wojciech Kwasik – 2nd place for open dussack
Before the club opened in 2017
Keith Farrell, our chief instructor, was quite active on the international tournament scene while still based in Glasgow. He was largely retired from mainstream tournaments by the time he moved to Liverpool and opened this club. However, he had managed to achieve some significant success before retiring, ranking in the top 100 fencers in the world at the time for each of four competitive disciplines (according to the information available through HEMA Ratings):
2016 – September – ranked 80 in the world for open steel longsword
(HEMA Ratings data accessed 06/06/24)
2016 – July – ranked 11 in the world for mixed synthetic longsword
(HEMA Ratings data accessed 22/08/23)
2015 – August – ranked 7 in the world for open singlestick
(HEMA Ratings data accessed 06/06/24)
2014 – November – ranked 44 in the world for open sword and buckler
(HEMA Ratings data accessed 06/06/24)
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