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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

  Ambition, Identity and Fandom- Albert Bregeault In our 6th episode, we head to the city of love and light, Paris, to talk with Albert Bregeault. The Paris Titans and France keeper tells us about the creation of the Titans and the standards they set themselves in order to become the most dominant team in Europe, his ambitions of becoming the world's best and his appreciation of Australia's Callum Mayling and other elite players at the top of the sport. Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify As always, thanks to our listeners for following the pod and for sending in your mailbag questions. Make sure you give the Total Quidditch. facebook page a 'like' so you can keep up to date with future episodes.  Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography #LiveTheGame

This week, the quidditch world was rocked by the tragic news of Antwerp QC announcing that they will no longer exist as a club with immediate effect. Guest writer Nick De Leu (Player & Coach for Ghent Gargoyles and player with the Belgian Gryffins- the Belgian national team) reflects on Antwerp's influence on European quidditch at the end of their 7 year existence while also taking into consideration various perspectives on the Dodos' legacy from prominent figures in the European quidditch community.  Extinction event: remembering how Antwerp QC helped shape European quidditch by Nick De Leu Antwerp QC A celebrating winning EQC 2017. Photo Credit- Antwerp Quidditch Club/Bruggeling Quidditch Photography The end of Antwerp QC was a bombshell for European Quidditch. The generation that claimed EQC 2017 and formed the core of a Belgian squad that earned silver at World Cup 2018 is calling it quits, and there are no successors to continue the franchise. But the team will be re

Hello and happy new year! Firstly, apologies for the lack of content, I'm aware it's been a LONG time since I've published an article. The plan is to get back to producing at least one per month but as always, I can't promise anything. So, to get things going in 2020, I thought I'd take a look at one of the biggest matches of 2019 in European quidditch. Rivalries are undeniably what makes sport so compelling and in quidditch they don't come much bigger than the one between Titans Paris and Antwerp QC A. The two sides have faced off against each other on multiple occasions over the past few years not just as themselves but also as France and Belgium respectively with their players making up much of the core of both national teams. With both teams topping their groups after Day 1, sadly they were fated to meet prematurely in the quarter final rather than meeting in the EQC final like they did in 2016 and 2018. Considering the Titans contingent have overall do