Sport Club Highlight: Quidditch

Sport Club Highlight: Quidditch

Born out of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of books and movies, Quidditch is a magical sport full of flying broom sticks and floating hoops; but in recent years it has taken on a whole new life on college campuses.

Since 2005, Quidditch has been adapted from the books and movies into a real life sport, quickly becoming popular on college campuses and it just keeps growing. Today there are hundreds of college Quidditch clubs, a major college Quidditch championship every year, and now there is even a professional league.

But how is Quidditch played in the real world?

Quidditch is played on an oval shaped section of a standard football field that is set up similar to a game of capture the flag with two teams zones and a neutral zone in the center. There are three hoops on each end with the center one standing taller then the other two. These serve as goals for each team.

Field Diagram

There are three different “balls” in the game of Quidditch and four different positions:

Other important rules are:

·      All players must hold a broomstick between their legs at all times during the game.

·      Quidditch is semi-contact and unisex.

·      There are 7 players on the field at a time including 1 seeker, 3 chasers, 2 beaters, and 1 keeper.

Quidditch has finally come to Rowan! Starting in Fall 2016, Rowan Quidditch Club began practicing and recently began playing competitive games against other local schools.

If you’re interested in joining Rowan Quidditch, the club practices every Wednesday night on the IM Field at 8:30 pm or contact Mason Weems at weemsm9@students.rowan.edu.

-Sam Aloi

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