Quidditch at William Woods

At the beginning of the year I went to the club fair and guess what? I signed up for Quidditch, I like Harry Potter and my house is Hufflepuff. When we come together though, it doesn’t matter what house you are or what school you go to. It’s a game muggles play and love it or just love the game, either way it’s still fun.  

This school year (2016-2017) we played three tournaments. Our first tournament we played we didn’t win, but it was a great game. I got to play a lot, my position on the team is a beater, and is essential to the team. What I do is hit people with a dodgeball and get them out and away from our side of the hoops or away from our people. Our Third tournament however we placed third and we got an amazing trophy and we went home, that tournament was in Illinois though. It was an all-day tournament and I learned many valuable skills from all of the tournaments at all of the tournaments. In this game, you have to be able to trust your teammates and know what their next move is going to be before they know what it is.

We have practice every Saturday at Noon or two and it can last up to two hours sometimes, but it’s a great game to play. I’m not the most athletic person in the world, but being able to play an almost sport at college is a lot of fun, especially since nobody else on the team is on a sports team on campus. With Quidditch there is not a lot of time commitment to it, just come to practice and you’re all set. For anybody who wants to be physically active on campus and likes or doesn’t like Harry Potter come out and join the team!

Compared to beaters at other schools I’m short and not as built, but that comes into my advantage. I know I have a lot to learn, but I am sneaky and if I run and turn every so often they can’t steal the ball from me. We are also called “Human Meat Shields” for our keeper and chasers if we don’t have the ball. That allows them to keep on going without being hit with the ball so that our team has a chance to score and win the game.

This coming year I will be the new Team Manager of the Quiddatch team on campus, which I’m actually really excited about because this is a great opportunity to use my leadership skills and lead our team to excellence. As of right now we need more team members, so if you’re looking for a school with a Quidditch team come and play, you don’t even have to know anything about Quidditch, there are people who will help you!

Until the ‘morrow we will speak again

~Megan