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Hey Y'all, As the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic rage on and the Black Lives Matter movement fights for racial equality in the face of police brutality and racism in the US and around the world, I decided that it was time to write a different kind of piece and reflect on less turbulent times. This time last year, I was in the US myself, just a few weeks into my trip having visited Boston and New York before heading to Honesdale, Pennsylvania where I'd be working at summer camp for 10 weeks followed by a month's worth of travel around the country afterwards. More or less since I started playing, I knew I wanted to go and play and experience US quidditch for myself someday and having done one summer of camp in the US back in 2014, I also knew that I wanted to return and do another summer at some point so this seemed like as good a time as any to satisfy those two desires. Like when watching match footage, I also enjoy travelling to different countries for quidditch to ...

Hello there! While the world is under Coronavirus lockdown and sadly no quidditch is currently being played, let's revisit one of the games from 2019's European Games in Bamberg, Germany. Honestly, European Games 2019 isn't a tournament I've really given much thought about since it happened. I was away at summer camp in the US at the time, almost entirely unplugged from the outside world so mentally I feel very disconnected from it but I guess now is as good a time as any to dive into some of the game footage available online. Special shout-outs to my friends Amund and James (UK coach for this tournament) for requesting this article, I hope they enjoy it just as much as the rest of you. Remember, if you would like me to do analysis on a specific game, please leave a message in the comment section here or on the facebook page (with a url link to the footage) and I will take it into consideration. Of the matches I've watched, this is one of the more entertaining o...

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...

Hi there, since their World Cup victory in 2016, I've quite enjoyed occasionally following the Australian quidditch scene. As someone who watches from afar many thousands of miles away, there seems to be obvious sporting talent and depth across all genders, a healthy yet determined competitive attitude towards the sport and what excites me most- unpredictability. Unlike quidditch played in the UK or in other European nations, there appears to be constant competition between a large amount of teams in Australia with multiple in-range games. Dropbears (Australian national team) players are spread across numerous teams rather than clustered in one or two 'super teams' which makes their national tournament (QUAFL) genuinely entertaining year after year. Now that film from the QUAFL 2018 Grand Final has become available (Thank you very much Ajantha Abey and Quidditch Australia!), I decided it was time to take a trip down under and have a stab at analysing some Aussie footage. ...