HEMA Scorecard

Event Description

Bring out your silliest swords and messiest moves! Silly Goose Swords is hosting Flock of Fools I, a two day Sabre & Rapier event hosted in Wellington, NZ. Day one will first feature a right of way Sabre tournament inspired by Scholar Victoria's ‘Ides of March’ priority system, then a thrilling Rapier tournament to close the day out. Day two will feature workshops from two outstandingly silly geese, Grant Kendal with a Sabre workshop & Olive Nuttall with a Rapier workshop.

Fun Stats

94 days since the start of the event.
1 countries* represented.
BLACK has 45 wins, YELLOW has 29 wins,
5 blowout matches (out of 74).
155 minutes of match time. (2.6 hours)

Total Event Participants

14

Total Event Fighters

13

Tournament Registrations

26

# of Schools Represented

7

For individual tournament and club numbers you can check out
Event Information > Event Stats > Attendance/Schools.

Longest Matches:

17 exchanges: Maxwell Arnott vs Aurora Brown
(Saber - Open Steel)
15 exchanges: Jonothon Grose vs Will Smart
(Saber - Open Steel)
15 exchanges: Maxwell Arnott vs Stewart Knapman
(Saber - Open Steel)

Highest Scoring Matches:

Jonothon Grose 9 | 11 Will Smart
(Saber - Open Steel)
Lewis Bishop 9 | 11 Simone Donders
(Saber - Open Steel)
Aurora Brown 10 | 9 David Ball
(Saber - Open Steel)

Most Appearances as Fighter 1:

12 matches - Will Smart
8 matches - Grant Kendal
8 matches - Jonothon Grose

Most Appearances as Fighter 2:

9 matches - Brendan Vogel
8 matches - George Bellwood
8 matches - Jonothon Grose

Most Clean Hits:

87 clean hits - Jonothon Grose
86 clean hits - Will Smart
82 clean hits - Brendan Vogel

Event Summary

Number of Tournaments:

2

Number of Weapon Sets:

2

Number of Matches:

74

Number of Pieces:

0

Exchange Summary
Total Exchanges:	760
Clean Hits:	657	(86%)
Double Hits :	0
Afterblows :	0
No Exchanges:	103	(14%)
Solo Scored :	0

For even more detailed tournament exchange statistics you can check out Event Information > Event Stats > Tournament Exchanges.

Tournament Placings

Saber - Open Steel Show All ↓ (13) Hide ↑
1	Will Smart	Canterbury Historical Fencing Club
2	Jonothon Grose	Waikato Duellists Society
3	George Bellwood	Southern Cross Swords
4	Brendan Vogel	Iron Folk Combat
5-tie	Maxwell Arnott	Southern Cross Swords
5-tie	Tye Wilson	Iron Folk Combat
5-tie	Aurora Brown	Iron Folk Combat
5-tie	Grant Kendal	Silly Goose Swords
9	Simone Donders	Iron Folk Combat
10	Stewart Knapman	HEMA Nelson
11	David Ball	Whakatane Sword School
12	Lewis Bishop	HEMA Nelson
13	Halina Smith	Silly Goose Swords

Rapier (Single) - Open Steel Show All ↓ (13) Hide ↑
1	Brendan Vogel	Iron Folk Combat
2	Grant Kendal	Silly Goose Swords
3	Will Smart	Canterbury Historical Fencing Club
4	Jonothon Grose	Waikato Duellists Society
5-tie	George Bellwood	Southern Cross Swords
5-tie	Aurora Brown	Iron Folk Combat
5-tie	Stewart Knapman	HEMA Nelson
5-tie	David Ball	Whakatane Sword School
9	Tye Wilson	Iron Folk Combat
10	Lewis Bishop	HEMA Nelson
11	Maxwell Arnott	Southern Cross Swords
12	Simone Donders	Iron Folk Combat
13	Halina Smith	Silly Goose Swords

Team Awards

No team awards at this event.

Flock of Fools I 2026

Final Results

Event Description

Fun Stats

Total Event Participants

14

Total Event Fighters

13

Tournament Registrations

26

# of Schools Represented

7

Tournament Placings

Team Awards

Flock of Fools I 2026

Final Results

Event Description

Fun Stats

Total Event Participants ? 14 Total Event Fighters ? 13 Tournament Registrations ? 26 # of Schools Represented ? 7

Tournament Placings

Team Awards

Total Event Participants

14

Total Event Fighters

13

Tournament Registrations

26

# of Schools Represented

7