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Quidditch Championship Coming to Rochester, NY this Weekend
The best of the Northeast region compete in a co-ed full-contact sport
This weekend, the best quidditch teams of the Northeast will gather at Total Sports Experience in Rochester, New York to determine the regional champion. Twenty-five teams and over 500 players from New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island will all be in attendance. The top teams will also qualify for the US Quidditch World Cup 8, to be held in Rock Hill, South Carolina this spring.
Real-life quidditch has swept the nation as an intense, co-ed, full-contact adaptation of the sport from the Harry Potter books, with more than 170 official teams, 4,000 players, eight annual championship events, and hundreds of thousands of fans. The sport is played with seven active players on each team: three chasers who attempt to move, pass, or score with the quaffle (a volleyball) by shooting it through their opponents’ three hoops, and two players who hurl bludgers (dodgeballs) to temporarily knock opposing players out of the game. There is also a keeper to defend the hoops, and a seeker on each team to chase the snitch, a velcro tail attached to the shorts of a swift runner dressed in yellow. The game ends when the snitch is caught, and the winning team earns an extra 30 points, equivalent to three goals.
Games will run this weekend at Total Sports Experience in Rochester, New York. This event will feature action-packed quidditch games all weekend, from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Sunday, along with youth quidditch games open to young attendees on Saturday. Admission and parking for the tournament are free and open to the public. To learn more about the event and to view attending teams, click here.
The event is supported by the Monroe County Sports Commission. Ranked No. 2 for the Top Minor League Markets by Sports Business Journal, Rochester is regarded as one of the nation’s premier sports communities. Monroe County has a rich sports history at both the professional and amateur levels, playing home to the Rochester Red Wings, Rochester Americans, Rochester Rhinos, Rochester Knighthawks, and Rochester Razor Sharks. All of the area Colleges, Universities, Section V, club and travel teams provide a strong variety of quality sports for everyone to enjoy. To learn more about the Monroe County Sports Commission, click here.
The Northeast Regional Championship is organized by US Quidditch, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to governing the sport of real-life quidditch and inspiring young people to lead more active and engaged lives. US Quidditch is not affiliated with JK Rowling, Warner Bros., or Time Warner. To learn more about US Quidditch, click here.
