Welcome to Raleigh Open Tournament 2025!!
This year’s event will include SIX tournaments:
Rookie Longsword, Tier A Longsword, Tier B Longsword, Unaccompanied Sidesword Open, Saber Open, and Two-Swords Invitational!
Raleigh Open is being held Fri Aug 1st - Sun Aug 3rd
~ 2025 REGISTRATION IS OPEN ~
Registration Information
Events
Longsword this year will be divided into three tiers: Rookie, Tier B, and Tier A. If you want to participate in the Rookie Tournament, please select and add this event to your cart. For Tier A and B, please add “Longsword” to you cart. You will be notified of your Tier placing and be given the chance to verify you are in the correct event.
Rookie Tournament: you qualify if you (1) have been practicing HEMA for less than two years as of Aug 2025, (2) have competed in two or fewer HEMA longsword tournaments, and (3) have not made it out of the pools in a longsword tournament. The Rookie Longsword Tournament will have a maximum of 32 competitors.
Tier A: If you (1) have placed in the top 8 (or quarterfinals) in a longsword HEMA event with 40 or more competitors, OR (2) have placed in the top 4 in an event with 10 or more competitors, then you will be placed in Tier A Longsword (32 competitors).
Tier B: All other longsword competitors will be placed in Tier B (64 competitors).
The Two-Swords tournament is an invitational event. Please do not register for this event unless you have been approved by the Tournament Manager. To request an invite to this tournament, please email raleighopentournament@gmail.com before registering.
Unaccompanied Sidesword and Saber are open tournaments with a maximum of 64 competitors for Sidesword and 48 competitors for Saber.
Cost: Rookie Longsword is $45, all other tournaments are $60 each
Register Here:
https://triangleswordguild.com/register/raleighopen
Electronic Waiver:
Raleigh Open Rules and Equipment Requirements - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xj2-zEvRBQAI0-REQQN9NCqQHpQzE2ahZ9zPKRT6bZE/edit?usp=sharing
The Volunteer Sign-up Form can be found here. Please consider volunteering to help out.
Tentative Schedule
Friday Evening Aug 1: Saber Open
Saturday Aug 2: Tier B Longsword, Tier A Longsword, Rookie Longsword
Sunday Aug 3: Unaccompanied Sidesword, Two-Swords Invitational
***schedule is subject to change ***
Event Location
XL Soccer World, 5600 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606
Questions/Contact
raleighopentournament@gmail.com