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US Quidditch Now Recruiting for an Executive Director
The ideal candidate will be experienced in board development, fund development, fiscal management, and staff and volunteer management. The executive search is being conducted with the firm Loveall Price & ...
USQ 2014-2015 Membership Award Winners
TEAM AWARDS USQ SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD FOR A COMMENDABLE DEMONSTRATION OF FAIR PLAY, GENEROSITY AND INTEGRITY George Mason University and ...
Level Up: USQ Seeker Workout
Level up your fitness: a seeker's guide to catching them all By Jared Rohrer Please be sure to co...
USQ Hosts First Tackling Clinic
Brajeux is a USA Rugby certified coach, Play Rugby instructor, and veteran Parisian rugby player. Since March, he has been researching physical contact and tackling in quidditch by watching film, and attending scrimmages and tournaments in the LA area along with World Cup 8. After his r...
Transfer Policy Update for 2015-2016 Season
Effective immediately, all individual players will be allowed the opportunity to transfer from one official member team to another official member team one time before November 1, 2015. After November 1, or after the one transfer has been used, no further transfers wil...
Gameplay Format for US Quidditch Cup 9
Gameplay Format After a year’s hiatus, US Quidditch Cup 9 will return to a pool play preliminary format. The Swiss format implemented at USQ World Cup 8 benefited both teams and spectators by providing compelling, competitive, and safe matches...
North American NGBs Announce International Friendly Policy
This policy aims to promote and increase international play between North American teams. International competition fits into USQ’s strategic priority to grow the sport by expanding competitive opportunities, and contributes to th...
USQ Announces New Regional Logos
In December of 2014, USQ announced that beginning in the 2015-2016 season, the league would contain an additional region. This new region is called the Great Lakes region, and...
Event Locations Announced for USQ National and Regional Championships
The US Quidditch Cup 9 will be held on April 16 and 17, 2016 at the brand new Fields at Saluda Shoals Park in Columbia, SC. Sixty of the league’s top quidditch teams will compete at this event in order to be crowned the ...
US Quidditch and Quidditch Canada Restrict Membership for 2015-2016
For the 2015-2016 playing season, US Quidditch membership will only be open to teams and individuals residing within the United States of America. Teams and individuals residing in other countries should seek to register with their respective quidditch national governing body. If, throu...
Take Your Position: USQ Chaser/Keeper Workout
Slow-Ball: Bodyweight Strength to Help Chasers/Keepers Put Games Away. By Jared Rohrer Please be sure to consult with your physician before beginning any exercise program--we promise they won't look at you weird if you mention it's for quidditch! ...
USQ Releases 2014-2015 Annual Report
The report covers the timeframe from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. This was one of USQ's busiest, and most successful, years to date. The report details USQ's accomplishments in impact, programming, and awareness; showcases the 2016-2018 strategic plan; and includes information about finances an...
USQ Team Sponsorship Grant Recipients Announced
US Quidditch awards its 2015-2016 team sponsorship grants to the District of Columbia Quidditch Club and West Virginia University.The annual grant, consisting of membership dues for 14 additional players, is given to two offic...
Spotlight on 2015 Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship
“Virginia Beach is excited to welcome the US Quidditch Regional Championship to our City. We are looking forward to showing the athletes, coaches and fans the best of what our City has to offer including the best competi...
How to Recruit
With the quidditch season starting anew in autumn, both college and community teams face the daunting task of recruitment. Even returning regional champs struggle with finding new teammates…sometimes it’s just hard to convince someone to run around with a stick between their legs, yo...
USQ Coach Sponsorship Grant Recipients Announced
In honor of the second year of USQ coach membership and the coach certification requirement for the 2015-2016 playing season, an exciting and important step toward increasing league knowledge, safety standards, and legitimacy ...
USQ Announces New Executive Director
Quinine was hired following a nationwide search process this summer. He will succeed outgoing Acting Executive Director Alicia Radford, who served the organization for six years in partnership with founder and former CEO Alex Benepe. Quinine comes to USQ with a Masters...
Honolulu Nightmarchers Granted Season Play Requirement Waiver
The Nightmarchers quidditch team, USQ’s only team from Hawaii, has begun fundraising efforts and plans to travel to the continental United States this season for their region’s premiere event, the 2016 West Regiona...
Community Spotlight: UMD’s Physics of Quidditch Camp
The week-long camp, held on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, MD, had campers play quidditch in the mornings and learn physics in the afternoons. Various custom lab exercises helped the campers discover the many ways that concepts in physics—including kinematics and aerodyn...
Spotlight on 2015 Midwest Regional Championship
Veteran’s Park is an 80 acre sports complex featuring ten acres of multi-use fields, along with four ball diamonds. The field space is in an open area next to a permanent restrooms, a concessions stand and a small playgr...
