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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SEASON UPDATE
Sept. 18: Kansas Quidditch defeated Missouri in the Border Showdown match winning 2-of-3 matches (111-40, 80-40, 60-90).
Oct. 8-9: The team competed at the IQA Midwest Cup in Fishers, Ind., and walked away with its first championship trophy.
Oct.14: The team announced via Facebook it would compete at the IQA World Cup in New York City.
Oct. 17: The International Quidditch Association ranked Kansas No.1 in the world above Middlebury College, the school that founded the game. The team was also designated to have the best offense in the world that week.
Oct.25: Kansas Quidditch falls a spot to No. 2., but continues to train for the World Cup Nov.12-13.
Nov. 12-13: 100 teams will hit the pitch on Randall's Island in New York City for the World Cup. Last year Middlebury College walked away victorious.
JOIN IN THE MAGIC
SUA's Harry Potter Extravaganza
The team will be at the Kansas Union talking about what quidditch is, how to play and how to join the team. Later, SUA will screen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II.
Tomorrow at 6 p.m. Movie begins at 8 p.m.
All Harry Hallow's Eve
Downtown Overland Park will be transformed into the world of Harry Potter. The team will be scrimmaging to show how quidditch is played and to generate local support for their World Cup journey.
Saturday 2 to 6 p.m., in Historic Downtown Overland Park
3 Spoons donation day
The 3 Spoons on Massachusetts St. will donate 25 percent of their profits from noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 5 to the Kansas Quidditch team.
Kansas Quidditch book drive
The team is collecting books to join in the International Quidditch Association book drive. They will be taking books during practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m.at the field next to the sand volleyball courts.
KEEP UP WITH THE TEAM IN NEW YORK CITY
Quidditich writer Hannah Wise will be in New York
following all of the action on and off the
pitch. Check Kansan.com for blogs, stories and match updates.
Follow her live-tweets @UDK_Quidditch
WHAT POSITIONS ON TH
The chasers are the offensive players in the game. They need to score as many points as possible by throwing the quaffle (a volleyball) through one of the three hoops.
They advance the ball by either throwing or kicking it. There are three chasers per team.
The chasers begin on the end line. When the "brooms up" signal is given, they look for the quaffle and attempt to move down the field to score on the opposing team's hoops.
Each team has two players called beaters. It is their goal to keep the opposing team's chasers from scoring by hitting them with dodgeballs called bludgers.Their goal is to interrupt the rhythm of the match to throw off the opposing offense.
When a players are hit by a bludger, they must dismount their broom and return to their team's hoops.
The beaters begin on the end line before "brooms up" is called. They look for the bludgers first. After they find the bludgers, they attack the opposing team's chaser who have the ball. They around throughout the game chasing the chasers and protecting their own hoops.
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The keeper is the goalie, and he must guard the team's hoops from opposing chasers. Many teams will also allow their keepers to switch from defense to offense when they make a save at the hoops.
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