ISU's new Quidditch team plays an amazing season of rough-and-tumble Quidditch. My family and I enjoyed watching the lively games rendered for Muggle-style as the teams played hard last fall on the ISU Quad. The season seems to have two parts, fall and spring. Here's a link to the team's Facebook page.
Since this week we're studying Harry Potter in one of my classes, I thought I'd post a few photos from a match we saw last fall. The team is definitely worth checking out. It's an amazing mash-up of book fans with a curiously interesting real game that's a cross between rugby, lacrosse, soccer and broom ball.
Instead of having the golden snitch a flying ball, in the Muggle version it's a person dressed as gold who runs around and hides.
The players ride broomsticks while trying to get balls through the hoops.
The play can get intense.
The fans are enthusiastic and creative as well.