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College Quidditch Gains Media Coverage (Updated)

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Posted by: Sue
March 27, 2008, 03:47 PM

Over the past several years we’ve reported on the rise in popularity of Quidditch being played at various Harry Potter gatherings and especially now at US universities. This week, the Middlebury College Quidditch club is taking the magical sport on the road with it’s Spring Break tour. This event has garnered media attention, as a recent match played at Princeton University was covered by outlets such as CBS, ESPN, and MTVU which filmed the event. TLC reader Rebecca emailed to say a report on this Quidditch tour and the game is due to be broadcast tomorrow morning on the CBS Early Show. UPDATE:CBS has now uploaded the video of this, which you can watch via this link.

You can learn more about the Middlebury Quidditch program via this link, as well as see a video here at youtube.

UPDATE 2: In addition to the CBS Early Show link above, additional video can be seen at a second CBS link, here. Other media reports on this event include coverage from The Boston Globe, The Springfield Republican, Local Buzz blog report, CBS Springfield, WBZ, and another video on YouTube. Enjoy!

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Rachel

I really hope they have Quidditch at whatever college I choose!

Posted by Rachel on March 27, 2008 @ 04:03 PM
Karen Graham

Tivo this tomorrow morning!

Posted by Karen Graham on March 27, 2008 @ 04:07 PM
Flittwick

WTG, This is great news I hope that more people try it. ( without hospitalizing themselves as they do in the books) For those who can swim “water quidditch” is great fun.

Posted by Flittwick on March 27, 2008 @ 04:17 PM
Flittwick

WTG, This is great news I hope that more people try it. ( without hospitalizing themselves as they do in the books) For those who can swim “water quidditch” is great fun.

Posted by Flittwick on March 27, 2008 @ 04:17 PM
Lady_Love_07

I have work tomorrow morning! cries I’ll see if I can record it though.

Posted by Lady_Love_07 on March 27, 2008 @ 04:21 PM
Ashley

I’ve heard that Sarah Lawrence has one too…or at least a club! That would be awesome.

Posted by Ashley on March 27, 2008 @ 04:54 PM
Carla

WOW, people are taking this way too seriously..

Posted by Carla on March 27, 2008 @ 05:24 PM
budb

There is a specific reason why they played at Princeton: that is where the first college football and college frisbee games were played (both times, Rutgers vs Princeton), and the rules of the games were established. So, what we should be hearing next is the establishment of an official Quidditch League with set rules (instead of campus intramural teams/clubs with differing rules, which is the current state of things)

Carla, I’m a college teacher…I’m just delighted to see students with enthusaism for anything constructive! And obvsiously, we’re talking about college students who actually read books! Hey, great stuff, this HP world!

Posted by budb on March 27, 2008 @ 05:29 PM
Carrie

The Harry Potter Club at Penn State University plays Quidditch, as well, though we aren’t involved with Middlebury. (IMHO, the rules we use are better.) A thought for anyone contemplating coming to Penn State!

Posted by Carrie on March 27, 2008 @ 05:37 PM
Muggletonks

That is Hi-larious!! The best is the guy in the yellow suit running around as the snitch. I’d never seen quidditch played by muggles – only pics. That’s just awesome. WTG

Posted by Muggletonks on March 27, 2008 @ 05:50 PM
Ethan

I hope they have this at LeakyCon or sometime at Leaky!

Posted by Ethan on March 27, 2008 @ 05:52 PM
Lindsay

OMG!! This is great!! I am so gonna be on a team when i go to college!!

Squeeee!

Posted by Lindsay on March 27, 2008 @ 05:53 PM
Lindsay

Thia should SO be at Leakycon!! I would be soo happy!

Live, Love, Harry Potter!!

Posted by Lindsay on March 27, 2008 @ 05:56 PM
Cassie

We have a team here at Florida State University

Posted by Cassie on March 27, 2008 @ 07:35 PM
El Caz

I read in some interview that JK invented quidditch after a sports argument with a friend or her then husband (don’t really remember that part) and that she had come out angry or something so she ended up inventing her own sport with her own rules and what have you.

I bet that the day JK came up with it, she never, ever, EVER in the EVERS figured it would be played someday in the nearby future at american colleges.

Posted by El Caz on March 27, 2008 @ 07:37 PM
budb

So, Cassie and Carrie, arrange for matches between FSU and PSU! ;-)

Posted by budb on March 27, 2008 @ 08:02 PM
Deb

JK Rowling: Most influential person of our time!

Posted by Deb on March 27, 2008 @ 08:10 PM
sara

Hey! They have college quidditch were I go too! They even have a facebook group called Yale Quidditch and they meet and play often.

Maybe it will replace football one day.

Posted by sara on March 27, 2008 @ 08:47 PM
LePetitCanard

My college plays Quidditch as well – we have a Quidditch Club. It is a very awesome club, but Quidditch is an annoying sport to play on the ground! Too many balls flying around and running up and down the court for my taste.

Posted by LePetitCanard on March 27, 2008 @ 09:17 PM
Luiz

College Quidditch sounds fun and all, but why oh why do people have to run around with a broomstick between your legs? I mean, that’s just silly (¬¬).

Posted by Luiz on March 27, 2008 @ 09:44 PM
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