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Dawg Daze ‘09 Scrimmage

July 17th, 2009

Quidditch at UW is once again hosting a scrimmage during Dawg Daze this year: September 26th, 1-3pm on Denny Field. Mark your calendars!
There will be prizes for the winning teams, information on how to join the club, how to start a team, how to become an officer, and information about the 2009 QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP. [...]

End-of-year t-shirt sale!

June 1st, 2009

This is your last chance to buy a 2008-2009 official Quidditch club t-shirt!
We still have several shirts left in a variety of sizes, and they’ll be on sale now through June 12th at $10 each.
To order one email Alicia with the desired size, how many you want, etc. She can meet you on campus somewhere [...]

World Cup 2008 Recap

November 10th, 2008

On October 26th, 2008, the University of Washington sent nine Quidditch players to the second annual Quidditch World Cup in Middlebury, Vermont. On Saturday ten Middlebury teams competed against each other for Middlebury’s World Cup slot. Sunday’s intercollegiate tournament was double-elimination, and in addition to the games there was live music, food, juggling and fire-juggling [...]

National NEWS

“Forget the movie… try Quidditch” - ESPN

July 22nd, 2009

There it was, in the January edition of the Boston University alumni magazine. Headline, “Stranger than fiction,” subhead, “BU Quidditch team faces toughest opponent — gravity.”
Wait, BU Quidditch team? As in, the game Harry Potter plays?
ESPN writer Jack McCluskey published an article today about the Intercollegiate Quidditch craze. Quidditch at UW’s own Alicia Radford was [...]

Muggle Quidditch: Taking HP ‘Waaay Too Seriously’?

July 17th, 2009

Two days ago Cracked.com wrote this article entitled “5 Ways People Are Taking Harry Potter Waaay Too Seriously,” and way #4 is the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association. The point of the article, of course, is to make fun of the most boisterous segments of the Harry Potter fandom, and Quidditch is no exception:
“And if we told [...]

Site Updates

New website feature: Player Portal

October 19th, 2009

UWQuidditch.com is now hosting a forum called the Player Portal where you can meet other Quidditch players, find prospective teammates, hear about new announcements and events, and generally stay on top of Quidditch news. You can find it by clicking on the “Player Portal” tab on the menu, or going here:
http://uwquidditch.com/portal/
We encourage everyone to register [...]

New Site Layout!

July 17th, 2009

Welcome to the new Quidditch at UW site. We hope you like it. It incorporates a lot of new things - news searchable by category or tags, and the ability to browse our archives on a month-to-month basis. Another new feature of the website is the jobs tab, where all the currently open officer and [...]