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 European Games 2022 Review- Our 50th Episode! Germany's Leander Troll and Norway's Stein Elgethun join us for our 50th episode to talk all about July's IQA European Games 2022 tournament in Limerick, Ireland.  We debrief on the key aspects of the final international quidditch tournament before the sport's rebrand as Quadball and speculate on what's to come at next year's World Cup in Richmond, USA. Thank you to everyone who has listened and supported the pod for the first 50 episodes. It's amazing to have reached this milestone and it's been great to share people's lived experiences of the sport with the global community. We look forward to the future of the sport as we rebrand to become 'The Total Quadball Podcast' for our new series coming soon. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Quadball England Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Photo Credit- Squadball Photos Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Fa...

 Psychology with Ash Cooper Dr. Ash Cooper joins us for his second appearance on the pod to talk all about psychology. In this in-depth discussion, we look at various aspects of psychology and its impact on life as well as sporting performance. Whether it's understanding the 'why' behind the way you or your teammates behave, learning how to bring a team together, analysing your opposition or staying calm under pressure, there is bound to be something you can take away from this thought-provoking episode. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Original Photo Credit- Team UK: International Quidditch #LiveTheGame

Unpopular Opinion! Feat. Alice Walker, Luke Twist and Nathan Morton Guests Alice Walker, Luke Twist and Nathan Morton join us for a very special first ever in-person recording of the pod. We look at unpopular opinions from across the sport's community and give our opinions on them. A fun new type of episode which we hope you enjoy listening along to. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Original Photo Credits- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Thanks to everyone for their submissions for Unpopular Opinion, we greatly appreciated your input! #LiveTheGame

European Games 2022 Preview Guests Suzanne Fischer and Emma 'Jandels' Humphrey join us to look ahead to this weekend's European Games 2022. We return to Limerick, Ireland for another international tournament this time with 20 national teams from across Europe (as well as Australia and Hong Kong) competing to win the European crown. We talk about our previous experiences of EG as a tournament, what to expect (or not expect) from the attending teams, the gameplay format, Day 1 fixtures, and ultimately who we feel will win the tournament. Listen on Spotify  Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography We hope you enjoy this episode and for those will be attending the tournament in Limerick this weekend, we look forward to seeing you there! #LiveTheGame 

Leading & Learning, Cones and Berlin Beginnings- Miguel Vázquez Miguel Vázquez joins us to talk through his career in the sport. Miguel details his path to quidditch via Fencing & Rugby, the early days of Spanish quidditch, the development of the Spanish national team and its various milestones, club level quidditch with the Madrid teams and the Bizkaia Boggarts, his leadership style, and his move to playing with Berlin Bluecaps and training with the German national team. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Claire Purslow Quidditch Photography Big thanks to everyone for their mailbag questions, our biggest mailbag to date! We hope you can keep up that effort for future episodes. #LiveTheGame

  Coaching with Gen Middleton We're joined by former Australian Dropbears Head Coach Gen Middleton to discuss all the ins and outs of coaching quidditch at the highest level. Having started her coaching career in Gymnastics, Gen tells us about the skills she learnt which she brought to her role as a quidditch coach and all the hard work that went into putting together the 2016 Dropbears team that won the World Cup. Within the overall topic of Coaching, we discuss the importance of people management, self-evaluation, gender, culture, and personal development both as a coach and as a player. Some excellent insights from one of the sport's highest achieving coaches. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Thanks to everyone for their mailbag questions, we hope you all enjoy the episode! #LiveTheGame

Endurance, Staying Hungry and A New York Summer- Etienne Pogu Paris Titans beater Etienne Pogu joins us for a catch up following the most recent EQC and to talk about his journey through the sport. During the episode we cover all kinds of topics including- Etienne's new passion for endurance racing and his travels over the past few years, his introduction to the sport and rapid rise to the top, the summer he spent playing for New York Titans in the first MLQ season, winning European titles with Paris Titans and France, avoiding complacency, dealing with animosity, learning from and reacting to defeat and Etienne's approach to beating. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor A wide ranging and insightful episode with one of Europe's best players, we hope you enjoy it. #LiveTheGame Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography

 EQC Division 1 2022 Review Oda Schiøtz from Münchner Wolpertinger and Anjit Aulakh and Simon Bidwell from Werewolves of London join us to discuss what went down at the recent European Quidditch Cup Division 1 tournament held in Limerick, Ireland. We talk about our personal experiences of the tournament including Werewolves' epic run to winning their first European title as well as casting our eyes tentatively towards European Games next month also taking place in Limerick. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Werewolves of London Photo Credit- Honeybadger Quidditch Pictures #LiveTheGame

Silvery Gold, Level-Headedness, and Heat Culture- Jackson Johnson For our first people focused episode of the new series, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jackson Johnson. Fresh off the back of winning his first national title with Texas Hill Country Heat, Jackson tells us about his quidditch career in which he has become one of the best beaters in the game. From Texas State, to Lone Star, to Austin Outlaws in MLQ and the US National Team, Jackson has worked his way up through the ranks, achieving a lot (including 3 MLQ titles and a World Cup) while also dealing with disappointment along the way with 4 silver medals at US Nationals. Jackson gives us an insight into the way he plays the game as well as his thoughts on his career so far, notably the recent championship win with Heat. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Tess Acosta Thanks to everyone as always for their mailbag submissions, stay tuned for our EQC Division 1 Review coming soon! #LiveTheGame

 Episode 41- EQC Division 1 2022 Preview For the start of the new series, OSI Vikings' Jakob Lenz and Werewolves of London's Luke Twist join us to discuss the upcoming European Quidditch Cup Division 1 tournament taking place this weekend in Limerick, Ireland.  We look back at some of our favourite memories from past EQCs before turning our attention to this year's edition of the tournament. We discuss what we're looking forward to about the tournament plus the teams and games to watch. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Paris Titans celebrating winning EQC Division 1 in 2019- Elstad Quidditch Photography Jakob Lenz at EQC 2016- Van Klaveren Quidditch Photography Luke Twist at EQC Division 1 2019- Elstad Quidditch Photography Please excuse some of the audio issues encountered in the episode. We've mitigated this as much as possible so hopefully you can still enjoy the content of the episode without much trouble. We hope you enjoy this episode and we look forward to ...

  Cultivating Team Culture with Jay Holmes Our series 4 finale episode is another trip into the unknown experimenting with a new type of episode. Jay Holmes joins us to talk about the topic of team culture. Throughout the episode we discuss this in all kinds of different aspects drawing on examples from our experiences playing quidditch and other sports and identifying key traits and behaviours that people should strive for in order to create a positive team culture. Note- We did have some connection issue which unfortunately have affected the recording at certain points. Normally we try to edit these issues out beforehand however in some cases this was not possible. If you would like some clarification on certain points where the audio cuts out, please message our Facebook page and we will do our best to expand on the points being made. Apologies for the inconvenience. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- David Richardson #LiveTheGame

 The Total Quidditch. Podcast Episode 39- BQC 2022 Review Amber Connerton, Anjit Aulakh and Emma 'Jandels' Humphrey join us to debrief following this year's British Quidditch Cup in Sheffield. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credits- Paul Watts (QuidditchUK) #LiveTheGame

  Cycling, Fine details and the Comeback- Seppe De Wit In this latest episode, Belgium and Antwerp star Seppe De Wit joins us for a chat. Seppe reveals all about the retirement and return of the Dodos during the coronavirus pandemic as well as various other topics. He also discusses his new passion for extreme endurance cycling, his rise through European quidditch with Antwerp QC, the highs and lows of playing quidditch at the top level as well as detailing his leadership style and his mindset as an elite player.  Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Another great episode with another great guest. Thanks as always to everyone for sending in their mailbag questions. #LiveTheGame 

  Alice Walker and Seb Waters join us to look ahead to this weekend's British Quidditch Cup in Sheffield, UK. In this episode we look back on memorable moments from past BQCs before switching focus to the weekend ahead including Day 1 matchups and exciting teams & players to watch out for. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor *This episode was recorded before the releasing of any rosters so there may be some inaccuracies* Photo cre dits- QuidditchUK (Mark Hill, Kurt Fairhurst, Paul Watts) We hope this episode gets you excited for the tournament ahead and we look forward to seeing you there. Best of luck to all competing teams and players! #LiveTheGame

  Part 2 of our episode with 4 out of the 5 QuidditchUK Presidents. Guests Rob Barringer, Ben Morton, Mel Piper and Matt Bateman tell us more stories about their time running the British NGB for Quidditch as well as giving us an insight as to where Quidditch has been at organisationally for past few years, where's it at now with the impact of the global pandemic and where the sport is heading in the UK and across the world.  Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credits- QuidditchUK, LN Graphics & Photography, Matt Bateman, Aym Maidment, Ben Morton, Southampton Quidditch Club Thanks to everyone for listening to our new longest ever episode and to everyone who sent in questions for the mailbag. We hope you like this episode. #LiveTheGame

The One with the  QuidditchUK Presidents Part 1 In our first ever two part episode, we sat down to talk with 4 out of 5 of the QuidditchUK Presidents. Rob Barringer, Ben Morton, Mel Piper and Matt Bateman joined us for what ended up being a 3 hour conversation about their respective experiences leading Quidditch in the UK and shedding light on what it takes to run a National Governing Body for an emerging sport. Part 1 focuses more on the origins of quidditch in the UK, the establishment of QuidditchUK as an organisation and where it went on to from there. Part 2 is more centred on the challenges of the last couple of years as well as looking to the future of the sport.  Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor We hope you enjoy this Part 1, make sure you watch out for Part 2 coming next week. Photo Credits- QuidditchUK, LN Graphics and Photography, Matt Bateman, Aym Maidment, Ben Morton, Southampton Quidditch Club  #LiveTheGame

Boston Strong, Lighting A Fire & Quidditch-Life Balance- Julia Baer & Tyler Trudeau For this episode we have the pleasure of a long chat with quidditch powercouple Julia Baer & Tyler Trudeau. In an entertaining and insightful discussion, the pair of them tell us a series of interesting stories including their college experiences at Richmond & Emerson, meeting each other while playing for the Boston Nightriders (now Boston Forge), their successful run of MLQ & USQ titles with the Riders and QC Boston as well as dealing with a big scare ahead of the 2018 IQA World Cup. We also discuss the impact of their time playing on the Bosnyan Bearsharks and how being a part of the team has helped them maintain a sustainable and healthy relationship with the sport as well as their recent adventures playing and coaching the Washington Admirals in MLQ. A highly enjoyable and motivational episode for our listeners, we hope you enjoy it. Thanks as always to everyone for submitting th...

 In  this episode, Fraser is joined by former teammate Alex Carpenter, current teammate Andrew Hull and Belgium's Pauline Raes to discuss some big recent quidditch news. In December, Major League Quidditch and US Quidditch stated their intentions to start the process of creating a new name for the sport, an announcement that has been picked up by media across the world and shaken the quidditch community with the magnitude of this big decision in the sport's history. We discuss the various implications and pros and cons of the name change on the sport on many levels. From recruitment, to identity, to finances and the actual name itself as well as various other factors at play. Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify. Click here to listen to the episode on Anchor. Pauline Raes at European Games 2017. Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Alex Carpenter playing for the UK at European Games 2019. Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography  Andrew Hull ...

  For our first recording of 2022, we sat down with Alice Walker- new head coach of Team England (formerly Team UK). In a compelling and honest discussion, Alice tells the story of her quidditch career as a player and coach. Starting with her rapid rise through the ranks and success in her early years at Oxford University Quidditch Club before then discussing her playing experience with Team UK, stepping into leadership at Oxford, joining Werewolves of London and the drive that has seen her take up the mantle as national team head coach.  Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify (coming soon) Click here to listen to the episode on Anchor Photo Credit- Mark Walker A great note to start the year on. Thank you to everyone for their engagement with the podcast thus far, plenty more episodes to come in 2022! #LiveTheGame

  Happy New Year!   We are back for 2022 with a brand-new series of the Total Quidditch .  Podcast to wrap your ears around.  Click here to listen to the new episode on Spotify Click here to listen to the new episode on Anchor Kicking us off, our first episode of series 4 is our latest look at the state of the game. Having previously discussed the new QuidditchUK  Community League during last series, we now turn our attentions to the other side of the coin- university quidditch. The first Northern and Southern University league fixtures were played out in Manchester and London respectively back in November. Part of a new format for the 2021/2022 season which splits community and university teams into separate competitions. For this episode, we are joined by Sheffield Quidditch Club’s President Amit Portnoy, Oxford University Quidditch Club’s Beater Coach Callum Brennan and Edinburgh Holyrood Hippogriffs’ President and Head Coach Hannah Glover. They share wi...