British Quidditch Cup 2017

It wasn’t your normal Sunday afternoon in the rural English town of Rugeley this weekend as 14 players riding broomsticks took to the field to become champions of Britain.

That’s because Velociraptors QC and BrizzleBears were playing quidditch, a sport dreamed up by author J.K. Rowling for her Harry Potter books, which is quickly developing into a global sporting alternative.

Countries playing quidditch now span all corners of the globe with the fourth edition of the British Cup, held over the weekend in Rugeley, the latest example of the game’s growth.

In quidditch two teams of seven players compete using four balls: three “bludgers” used to momentarily knock opponents out of the contest and a “quaffle” which a player can put through one of six ring-shaped goals to score.

Matches, which last anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour, are finished when the golden snitch – a tennis ball stuffed in a stocking worn by an independent player - is caught.

[TDdd]

Couldn't they afford the latest brooms?

[JokeShinet]

Ironic that in Quidditch it claims to be inclusive mixed-gendered sport, but then the majority of female players complain of feeling treated not fairly and equally. I remember few weeks, ago when I pointed this out, I was told we needed to support transgender rights against JK Rowling. This is not the first time that female players treated unfairly or equally has occured. It's always discussions and no improvement in attitudes or behaviour.

[leshageary]

my favorite sports are quiddich and rugby