Holmgång 2025

 

Welcome to Holmgång 2025! 

Below follows some preliminary and general information regarding the event.

Preliminary schedule

Saturday 26.04.2025

07:00 –             Doors open

08:00 –             Check-in open

09:00 – 11:00     Beginners' Longsword

11:00 – 13:00     Women's Longsword

                               Lunch

14:00 – 18:00     Open Longsword

18:00 – 19:00     Finals & prize ceremony

Sunday 27.04.2025

07:00 –           Doors open

07:30 –           Check-in open

08:00 – 10:00    Open Rapier

10:00 – 12:00    Open Sword & Buckler

                                     Lunch

13:00 – 15:00    Open Sabre

15:00 – 16:00    Finals & prize ceremony

NOTE: Listed start times for respective discipline refers to pool start. Fencers will be expected to be ready at their assigned mat checked-in, geared-up, warmed-up and with their weapon, to await gear check at this time. Info regarding pools will be available via HEMA Scorecard at a later date as well as on-site at the competition.

Weapon requirements

Weapon requirements can now be found within the Holmgång 2025 ruleset listed under “Bring your own weapon”. Find the ruleset on the Holmgång webpage on this link or attached to this email. 

If your weapon does not fulfill the requirements you will not be allowed to compete with it. If this is the case, we first recommend seeing if you can borrow a weapon from your club or fellow club members. If that is not possible for you, Holmgång will have a limited number of weapons available for rent at a price of 300 SEK/weapon & discipline. If demand for rentals is high, we will prioritise renting to beginners. If you are interested in renting a weapon please reach out to us at holmgang.competition@gmail.com. 

HEMA Scorecard

Pools, brackets, schedules, results and more will be available through HEMA Scorecard. We have yet to publish the event, but will include a link to it in future informational emails when it’s up.

Location

Holmgång 2025 will be hosted at Eriksdalshallen. Enter through the main entrance (pictured below). We plan on having flags placed at the entrance to help guide you. When inside there will be access to changing rooms, bathrooms etc. 

Connections

Eriksdalshallen is easily reachable by tunnelbana (subway), pendeltåg (commuter trains) and bus. Subway station Skanstul (green line) is about 600m away when exiting towards Ringvägen, and commuter train station Södra Station about 700m away when exiting towards Rosenlundsgatan. Several buses service stations in the nearby area including lines 3, 4, 55, 57, 74 and 164 stopping at Eriksdal and Rosenlund right outside the hall. Tickets for traveling with public transport “SL” can be purchased through the SL-application (which also includes a trip-planner) or at train-station ticket-booths and convenience stores such as “Pressbyrån”. You can also pay-as-you-go with a contactless pay enabled card or phone. See the SL-webpage here for more info.

Parking in the area around the hall may be limited, so traveling by public-transport is recommended. However, some parking opportunities within walking distance may be found on: 

• Nearby streets, for example Vickersgatan (fees may apply, see street signs)

• Eriksdals bollplan, located right behind the hall and has a small visitors parking lot (fee: Stockholm Parkering)

• Scen- & Teaterhögskolan, school parking lot, Allhelgonagatan 4, 80 parking spots, open 24-7. (fee: Q-park)

• Rosenlunds parkeringshus, parking garage, Tideliusgatan 10-12, 85 parking spots, open 06:30 - 23:00 (fee: Stockholm Parkering)

Address:

Eriksdalshallen

Ringvägen 68-70

118 61 Stockholm

Audience 

You, family, friends and acquaintances are all more than welcome to come watch both on the days and disciplines you’re competing in and not. Eriksdalshallen is a sizable venue with up to 1 300 audience capacity, so we won’t run out of space! 

Livestream

For those who can’t come and attend in person, we plan on livestreaming the entire event. Last year we only streamed the finals, but this year we plan on also streaming pools and brackets. The finals however will feature a boosted production value including commentators, buttery smooth transitions and more courtesy of our stream-team. The link to the livestreams will be findable through the HEMA Scorecard event when the event goes live and possibly also on the Holmgång YouTube channel where the VOD’s also will be available some time after the event is over. We’ll see how it all ends up working and keep you up to date through future info-emails as well as on our socials.

Kulturnatten

This year Holmgång coincides with a festival in Stockholm known as Kulturnatten which is an event where various cultural institutions, organisations and venues across Stockholm stay open from 18:00 - 24:00 hosting various events, most free of charge! It’s usually a fun night where you can find everything from poetry readings and museum tours, to concerts, dance parties, theater, movie showings and much more. You can find more information about Kulturnatten here. The program will be released on the 26th of March and can be found on the website including event descriptions and a map of locations.

Donations to the Charity Prize Pool

If you wanted to donate to the Charity Prize Pool and missed to do so during the registration, feel free to donate an amount of your choice with the message DONATION via the payment information listed below. 

The Charity Prize Pool is funded by the competitors of Holmgång, sponsors and SPIFF. Each fencer has chosen one of four charities to champion. The further the fencer advances in any given discipline, the larger portion of the prize pool will be donated to their championed charity. This year we will be donating to UNICEF, Naturskyddsföreningen, Givewell and WWF.

PlusGiro: 214 41 95-1   

or    

IBAN: SE27 9500 0099 6042 2144 1951

BIC: NDEASESS    

or   

Swish: 123-028 22 51

For international payments, you might need our full address:

Stockholmspolisens Idrottsförening Fäktning

c/o Andreas Rockstroh

Vegagatan 7D

761 32 Norrtälje

Payment deadline 

If you have not yet done so and wish to compete, remember to pay your participation fee before 24:00 on the 31st of March or a late-fee of 300 SEK will be added to your participation fee. If a fencer has not yet paid the registration fee by the 7th of April their spot may be passed on to a fencer on the reserve list, if there are any. If not, the fencer may still pay their fee (including late fee) to secure their spot. 

If you for any reason must withdraw your registration, a full refund will be received if the withdrawal request is issued before 24:00 on the 31st of March. Any withdrawal after that will not be entitled to a refund.

Future updates and social media

We will be sending out some further information regarding things such as finalised schedule, HEMA Scorecard event, hall lay-out, lunch places and on-day contact info as the competition date draws close. But also make sure to follow us on our socials such as Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date!

If you have any problems, feel free to contact us at holmgang.competition@gmail.com.

Warm regards, 

The Holmgång Team