What is Quidditch?
Quidditch is a full contact, co-ed sport. It is played on a hockey rink sized pitch with three hoops on either end. To score points, chasers or keepers must get the quaffle, a volleyball, into one of three of the opposing hoops which scores the team 10 points. To stop the quaffle from advancing down the pitch, chasers and keepers are able to tackle opposing chasers and keepers at the same time as beaters using their bludgers, dodgeballs, to take out opposing players. Once a player is hit by an opposing bludger, that player must dismount their broom, drop any ball being held, and return to and touch their hoops before being allowed back into play. Players must be on broom, a short pvc pipe, at all times. The game is ended once the snitch, a tennis ball inside a long sock hanging from the shorts of an impartial official dressed in yellow, is caught by one of the seekers, awarding that team 30 points. The ultimate goal is to have more points than the other team by the time the snitch is caught.
Chasers- wear white headbands, handel the quaffle (volleyball) and score goals on the hoops.
Seekers wear yellow headbands. They try to pull the snitch from the yellow snitch shorts to end the game and win 30 extra points
Beaters wear black headbands. They handel the bludgers (dodge-balls) and beat the other teams players.
Keepers wear green headbands. They guard the goal posts and act as another chaser.
Quidditch at UF
Quidditch is a co-ed club sport at UF. As a team, we aim to engage students in an athletic community while also competing against the best teams in the nation. In the 2019-2020 school year, UF Quidditch competed in Eagle Cup, O-Town Throwdown, Swamp Cup, South Regionals. The team won first place at South Regionals for the second consecutive year.
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If you are a current UF student and you are interested in joining the quidditch team feel free to email us at quidditchatuf@gmail.com or check out our social media!
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