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  Greatness, Accountability and Gratitude- Augie Monroe For our series finale, we had the pleasure of a long chat with Augie Monroe. Widely considered as the greatest quidditch player of all-time, Augie talks us through his most recent MLQ title win with Austin Outlaws, how he spent the last year without quidditch getting invested in a new hobby, his quidditch journey through the University of Texas program and now with his own team (Texas Cavalry). We discuss the broader topics of leadership, tactical innovation and his reputation as the GOAT of quidditch as well as his adventures abroad with the US National team and also when he went to South America to play and coach there.  Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify Click  here to listen to the episode on Anchor Photo Credit- Will Michels Photography Our longest episode to date but one with lots of interesting discussion with arguably the biggest name in the sport. Timestamps for this episode will be made availabl...

Livestreaming, Research and the Life of a quidditch volunteer- Annemieke Drost & Toni Zimpel For this episode, we talk to our first Dutch guest, Annemieke Drost, and our second German guest, Toni Zimpel. Annemieke and Toni invite us into the world of live-streaming quidditch with Ruhr Phoenix TV (RPTV), their roles in the livestream team before, during and after a tournament as well as their views on the broadcasting of quidditch as a sport. We also discuss the topics of gender within commentating and analysis, volunteering and applying research to quidditch to help improve the experience for volunteers at future tournaments and events. Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify Click here to listen to the episode on Anchor Annemieke Drost at EG2019. Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Toni Zimpel (centre) at EG2019. Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Big thanks to Annemieke & Toni for a really fun chat about an aspect of quidditch few have yet to...

From Doss to Boss, Momentum and a Shoe Box- Tom O we r We take a trip down memory lane with Bristol Quidditch Club founder Tom Ower, talking about his unconventional quidditch journey. From 'inventing' quidditch in a Reading cul-de-sac in 2002 to starting the Brizzlepuffs, creating a 'doss' culture and all the shenanigans that followed- Whiteknights, All-Star weekends, Double overtime victories, Nandos and a shoe box of hopes and dreams plus many other things. A delightful insight into the life of one of the UK's most likeable teams and people.  Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify Click here to listen to the episode on Anchor Photo Credit- Tom Ower Thanks as always to our listeners for their mailbag questions! #LiveTheGame

  For the first time on the Total Quidditch. Podcast, Fraser is joined by three guests, making this our biggest episode yet! Alex Carpenter from the West Country Rebels, Marianna Parroquin from Olympians QC and Seb Waters from London QC sat down with our host to talk about the state of UK Quidditch following the opening two QuidditchUK Community league fixtures including their tournament experiences at these events, a discussion on the new rules and gameplay plus a talk about the winter break and its value to the UK community.  Click here to listen to episode on Spotify Click here to listen to episode on Anchor Timestamps for this episode will be made available on here at a later date. Thanks to Alex, Marianna & Seb for their time. We hope you enjoy the episode! #LiveTheGame  Alex Carpenter in action for West Country Rebels vs East Midlands Vipers. Photo Credit- Paul Watts Photography Marianna Parroquin celebrating winning Division 2 with Olympians QC in London. Photo...

 North East by South West, Tufflepuffs and Making things happen- Emily Hickmott Back in mid-September 2021, we had the chance to sit down with Emily Hickmott and talk about her involvement in quidditch through the years. We talk about the projects Emily has been involved with this year such as Quidcon and the running of the 2021 MLQ season. We look back through Emily's playing career starting with Tufts University and including her spells playing quidditch for some of the top USQ Club teams and MLQ teams in the North East and South West. We also talk about our shared appreciation of Austin, volunteering, the transition of graduating from college and joining a club team, the impact of quidditch when relocating for your personal and/or professional life plus many other topics. Thanks as always to everyone who sent in their mailbag questions and thank you to our listeners for being patient with us while waiting for this episode to become available. Click here to listen to the episode ...

Meme Wars, Roundnet and Mindset-Mette Sundal   In this episode, we talk with Norwegian star beater Mette Sundal. We talk about all kinds of different topics including Roundnet, Norwegian quidditch, Mette's background in football, her favourite matches and tournaments including Norway's win over France at the 2019 European Games, how she mentally approaches games, gaining recognition as a player, her playstyle as a beater and her role on her new team- Sagene IF Rumpeldunk.   Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify Click here to listen to the episode on Anchor Timestamps for this episode will be available at a later date. Photo Credit- Oskar Gårdsrud Paulsrud, Copyright 2017. All rights reserved Thanks to our listeners for your patience. We unfortunately had some technical issues to sort out with episode which took longer to arrange than was originally anticipated. Hopefully we won't encounter similar issues with future episodes!  Remember to 'like' the Total Q...

  Following the return of quidditch to the UK after the lockdown caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, Jay Holmes and Alice Walker join us to talk about the state of the sport in the UK. We first talk about Jurassic Cup, the first tournament back from lockdown which took place in July, discussing the tournament as a whole and some of the new IQA and tournament specific rules and how they affected gameplay at the tournament. We then look ahead to first community league fixture taking place this weekend in Derby, talking about the format of the league and the Uni-Community split as well as making some tentative predictions for the fixture. Click here to listen on Spotify Click here to listen on Anchor Episode Timestamps 2:35- Jurassic Cup Recap 18:02- The new IQA ruleset and Jurassic Cup specific rules, discussing their impact on gameplay 32:48- QUK Community League Fixture 1 Preview, discussing the Uni-Community Split 38:29- Division 2 discussion, highlighting teams and certain player...