Jordan Mock wins Northumbrian League 2026 longsword title

Jordan Mock of Academy of Steel won the Northumbrian League 2026 longsword title by beating Wojciech Kwasik of Liverpool HEMA in the final, closing out a 22-fighter open steel bracket at York Sport Centre in Heslington. The two-day event ran April 11-12 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. BST, and the top of the table ended with a club split that kept the bracket from tilting toward one school.

Mock’s title run came through a field that had enough depth to make every elimination bout matter. HEMA Scorecard’s final results page listed the division as Longsword - Open Steel with 22 entrants, and the podium ended with Samuel Jones of The Society for the Study of Swordsmanship in third and Angus Macleod of The Vanguard Centre in fourth. The fifth-place tie was packed as well, with Adam Goodier of Caledonian Sword Guild, Toni Santoyo McLeod and Jack Fraser of Dawn Duellists Society, and Davide Baldassin all sharing that line of the standings.

The final mattered because Liverpool HEMA stayed within reach all the way to the last bout, but Mock finished the job for Academy of Steel when it counted most. The spread across Academy of Steel, Liverpool HEMA, The Society for the Study of Swordsmanship, The Vanguard Centre, Caledonian Sword Guild and Dawn Duellists Society showed a competitive Northumbrian League bracket rather than a runaway. For the regional longsword scene, that kind of distribution usually points to a balanced pecking order, with several clubs capable of making a deep run and the final decided by execution rather than by one program overwhelming the draw.

The result also fits into the broader tournament-record ecosystem that tracks HEMA results beyond a single weekend. HEMA Scorecard records tournament statistics and analytics tools including export results, match timings, a tournament time calculator, attendance by fighter and placings by country, while HEMA Ratings’ Mixed & Men’s Steel Longsword July 2026 page logged 169 fighters, 723 fights, five tournaments and three events across three countries in its rating changes. In that context, Mock’s Northumbrian League win landed as a clean marker of club strength in an active longsword month.