Quidditch

ABOUT

NAU Quidditch is an organization dedicated to the sport of Quidditch. This sport is based off the fictional sport in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. It combines elements of rugby, dodgeball, and soccer. The organization hopes to hold scrimmages and matches within the Northern Arizona University community as we work towards forming a team that can compete in tournaments against other schools within the International Quidditch Association.

THE INTERNATIONAL QUIDDITCH ASSOCIATION

From the IQA website:

"’Muggle Quidditch’ or ‘Ground Quidditch’ began in 2005 as an intramural league at Middlebury College in Vermont. The rules were adapted from JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels by Alexander Manshel, the first Quidditch Commissioner.
In 2006, Alex Benepe took over as the Middlebury Commissioner and, in 2007, founded the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association following the first intercollegiate Quidditch match between Middlebury College and Vassar College on November 11, 2007.

Since then the IQA has helped students from more than 400 colleges and 300 high schools form teams, and over half of them are active already. The vast majority are based in the US, where Quidditch is represented in 45 states. US teams are split into five regions: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West. Other countries with teams or leagues that play by IQA rules include Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

In 2010 the IQA changed its name to the International Quidditch Association and became a registered nonprofit organization. Today the IQA comprises the Commissioner and President, Alex Benepe, and college volunteers making up the Board of Directors, seven Regional Directors and a dozen Regional Correspondents who work together to network and coordinate matches between schools around the country.”

PRACTICES

Open practice schedules will alternate every other week - Thursdays and Sundays the 1st and 3rd weeks of the month and Wednesdays and Saturdays the 2nd and 4th weeks of the month. Come when you can!

Practices will be held from 4:00 to 5:00 at the field behind Reilly Hall (on the west side of San Francisco St.).

More information about practices can be found at facebook.com/nauquidditch

MEETINGS

Meetings are held every other week on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. They are held at 7:30 PM in the University Union Walnut Room B.

QUESTIONS?

Email bp292@nau.edu or visit our facebook page (facebook.com/nauquidditch) or student community page. Also check out the International Quidditch Association website for rules and regulations: internationalquidditch.org.

 

Contact Us

Recreation Center
928-523-1733
928-523-0096 (fax)
PO Box 5773
Flagstaff AZ, 86011
reccenter@nau.edu

Outdoor Recreation
928-523-3229
Trips and Classes
928-523-2732
PO Box 5773
Flagstaff AZ, 86011
outdoors@nau.edu

Intramural Sports
& Sport Clubs
PO Box 5773
Flagstaff AZ, 86011
928-523-3111
sportclubs@nau.edu
imsports@nau.edu

Wall Aquatic Center
928-523-4509
928-523-7984 (fax)
PO Box 5649
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
wallaquaticcenter@nau.edu

   
 
 

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