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Sport for wizards and witches is now played by mere muggles
By Shao Lingwei |
February 16, 2012, Thursday
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QUIDDITCH is not only available at Hogwarts, Muggles can now play it in China as a school in Hangzhou has set up a Quidditch Association, hoping to promote this sport.
In 2011, the Hangzhou Foreign Languages School established China's first quidditch team. So far, more than 50 students participated in three quidditch games.
Quidditch is a fictional sport in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series of novels that were later adapted for the big screen. In the books, it is described as an extremely rough, but popular, semi-contact sport, played by wizards and witches around the world.
Muggle quidditch does not involve flying around on broomsticks, but brooms still play a part in the game. The sport was first adapted by Middlebury College students in the United States in 2005. Quidditch is now played at over 300 universities and high schools in the US and 12 other countries and regions.
Wang Jiasheng, the initiator of the Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Quidditch Association, says that she came up with the idea when she visited the US last summer.
She visited many universities and surprisingly found that muggle quidditch does exist. So she decided to establish a Chinese quidditch team.
Wang and her classmates visited many websites and translated the rules.
The first game was held in December. At that time, the equipment was simple and both the players and judges were not familiar with the rules.
To some extent, the game was more entertainment than sport.
But the game attracted a lot of students. Wang Chuyue, one of the players, says she is not a Harry Potter fan and hasn't read any of the books, but she loves muggle quidditch.
"Although the rules are peculiar, it is not complicated," she says. "Boys and girls are mixed in one team. Players will always have the right to choose a team freely to achieve the best results."
The official rules of quidditch are as follows: Each team has a minimum of seven and a maximum of 21 players including at least two female players.
Athletes play four different positions - chasers, beaters, keepers and seekers. Three different balls are used.
Every player must have a broom between his or her legs at all times.
The game does not end until the snitch, one of the types of balls, has been caught. Contact is allowed, but a player may not grasp another's broomstick or any part of his or her body.
The members of the Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Quidditch Association are busy preparing for another match in late February.
They hope to make the game more professional. Their goal is to participate in the Quidditch World Cup in the near future.
In 2011, the Hangzhou Foreign Languages School established China's first quidditch team. So far, more than 50 students participated in three quidditch games.
Quidditch is a fictional sport in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series of novels that were later adapted for the big screen. In the books, it is described as an extremely rough, but popular, semi-contact sport, played by wizards and witches around the world.
Muggle quidditch does not involve flying around on broomsticks, but brooms still play a part in the game. The sport was first adapted by Middlebury College students in the United States in 2005. Quidditch is now played at over 300 universities and high schools in the US and 12 other countries and regions.
Wang Jiasheng, the initiator of the Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Quidditch Association, says that she came up with the idea when she visited the US last summer.
She visited many universities and surprisingly found that muggle quidditch does exist. So she decided to establish a Chinese quidditch team.
Wang and her classmates visited many websites and translated the rules.
The first game was held in December. At that time, the equipment was simple and both the players and judges were not familiar with the rules.
To some extent, the game was more entertainment than sport.
But the game attracted a lot of students. Wang Chuyue, one of the players, says she is not a Harry Potter fan and hasn't read any of the books, but she loves muggle quidditch.
"Although the rules are peculiar, it is not complicated," she says. "Boys and girls are mixed in one team. Players will always have the right to choose a team freely to achieve the best results."
The official rules of quidditch are as follows: Each team has a minimum of seven and a maximum of 21 players including at least two female players.
Athletes play four different positions - chasers, beaters, keepers and seekers. Three different balls are used.
Every player must have a broom between his or her legs at all times.
The game does not end until the snitch, one of the types of balls, has been caught. Contact is allowed, but a player may not grasp another's broomstick or any part of his or her body.
The members of the Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Quidditch Association are busy preparing for another match in late February.
They hope to make the game more professional. Their goal is to participate in the Quidditch World Cup in the near future.
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