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Aug 18, 2021 · Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. viii, 56 pages : 18 cm. Featured in the Harry Potter novels. J.K. Rowling writing as fictional author, Kennilworthy Whisp. Published in association with Whizz Hard Books. Access-restricted-item.
Jan 12, 2023 · Download or stream the PDF of this book by J.K. Rowling, a fictitious guide to the history and rules of Quidditch. Learn about the origins, teams, fouls, brooms and more of the wizarding sport.
Quidditch in London gives us an insist into Lochrin’s discomfort (see Fig. A). A thick knotty handle of unvarnished ash, with hazel twigs bound crudely to one end, it is neither comfortable nor aerodynamic. The charms placed upon it are similarly basic: It will only move forwards at one speed; it will go up, down, and st<^.
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- About the Author
- The Evolution of the Flying Broomstick
- Ancient Broom Games
- Stichstock.
- Aingingein
- Shuntbumps
- Swivenhodge
- The Game From Queerditch Marsh
- The Arrival of the Golden Snitch
- The Bludgers
- The Keeper
- The Beaters
- The Chasers
- The Seeker
- Rules
- Referees
- Ballycastle Bats
- Vratsa Vultures
- Quafflepunchers
- Heidelberg Harriers,
- Bombers,
- Braga Broomfleet
- Goblins
- Australia and New Zealand
- Moutohora Macaws
- Woollongong Warriors
- Africa
- Sunrays
- North America
- Stonewall Stormers.
- Sweetwater All-Stars
- Finches
- South America
- Asia
- Quidditch Today
- Bludger Backbeat
- Dopplebeater Defence
- Double Eight Loop
- Hawkshead Attacking Formation
- Parkin’s Pincer
- Porskoff Ploy
- Reverse Pass
- Sloth Grip Roll
- Starfish and Stick
- Woollongong Shimmy
- Wronski Feint
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ENNILWORTHY WHISP is a renowned Quidditch Kexpert (and, he says, fanatic). He is the author of many Quidditch-related works, including The Wonder of Wigtown Wanderers, He Flew Like a Madman (a biography of Beating the Bludgers A “Dangerous” Dai Llewellyn) and – Study of Defensive Strategies in Quidditch. Kennilworthy Whisp divides his time between ...
o spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in Nhuman form. Those few Animagi who transform into winged creatures may enjoy flight, but they are a rarity. The witch or wizard who finds him- or herself transfigured into a bat may take to the air, but, having a bat’s brain, they are sure to forget where they want to go the moment they take fli...
room sports emerged almost as soon as broomsticks Bwere sufficiently advanced to allow fliers to turn corners and vary their speed and height. Early wizarding writings and paintings give us some idea of the games our ancestors played. Some of these no longer exist; others have survived or evolved into the sports we know today.
the ancient German game of A twenty-foot-high pole was topped with an inflated dragon bladder. One player on a broomstick had the job of protecting this bladder. The bladder-guardian was tied to the pole by a rope around his or her waist, so that he or she could not fly further than ten feet away from it. The rest of the players would take it in tu...
In Ireland the game of flourished, the subject of many an Irish ballad (the legendary wizard Fingal the Fearless is alleged to have been an Aingingein champion). One by one the players would take the Dom, or ball (actually the gallbladder of a goat), and speed through a series of burning barrels set high in the air on stilts. The Dom was to be thro...
was popular in Devon, England. This was a crude form of jousting, the sole aim being to knock as many other players as possible off their brooms, the last person remaining on their broom winning.
began in Herefordshire. Like Stichstock, this involved an inflated bladder, usually a pig’s. Players sat backwards on their brooms and batted the bladder backwards and forwards across a hedge with the brush ends of their brooms. The first person to miss gave their opponent a point. First to reach fifty points was the winner. Swivenhodge is still pl...
e owe our knowledge of the rude beginnings of WQuidditch to the writings of the witch Gertie Keddle, who lived on the edge of Queerditch Marsh in the eleventh century. Fortunately for us, she kept a diary, now in the Museum of Quidditch in London. The excerpts below have been translated from the badly spelled Saxon of the original. Tuesday. Hot. Th...
rom the early 1100s, Snidget-hunting had been Fpopular among many witches and wizards. The Golden Snidget (see Fig. B) is today a protected species, but at that time Golden Snidgets were common in northern Europe, though difficult to detect by Muggles because of their aptitude at hiding and their very great speed. The diminutive size of the Snidget...
The first Bludgers (or “Blooders”) were, as we have seen, flying rocks, and in Mumps’s time they had merely progressed to rocks carved into the shape of balls. These had one important disadvantage, however: They could be cracked by the magically reinforced Beaters’ bats of the fifteenth century, in which case all players would be pursued by flying ...
The position of Keeper has certainly existed since the thirteenth century (see Chapter Four), though the role has changed since that time. According to Zacharias Mumps, the Keeper should be first to reach the goal baskets for it is his job to prevent the Quaffle entering therein. The Keeper should beware of straying too far towards the other end of...
The duties of the Beaters have changed little through the centuries and it is likely that Beaters have existed ever since the introduction of the Bludgers. Their first duty is to guard their team members from the Bludgers, which they do with the aid of bats (once clubs, see Goodwin Kneen’s letter in Chapter Three). Beaters have never been goal-scor...
Chaser is the oldest position in Quidditch, for the game once consisted wholly of goal-scoring. The Chasers throw the Quaffle to each other and score ten points for every time they get it through one of the goal hoops. The only significant change in Chasing came about in 1884, one year after the substitution of goal hoops for goal baskets. A new ru...
Usually the lightest and fastest fliers, Seekers need both a sharp eye and the ability to fly one- or no-handed. Given their immense importance in the overall outcome of the match, for the capture of the Snitch so often snatches victory from the jaws of defeat, Seekers are most likely to be fouled by members of the opposition. Indeed, while there i...
The following rules were set down by the Department of Magical Games and Sports upon its formation in 1750: Though there is no limit imposed on the height to which a player may rise during the game, he or she must not stray over the boundary lines of the pitch. Should a player fly over the boundary, his or her team must surrender the Quaffle to th...
Refereeing a Quidditch match was once a task for only the bravest witches and wizards. Zacharias Mumps tells us that a Norfolk referee called Cyprian Youdle died during a friendly match between local wizards in 1357. The originator of the curse was never caught but is believed to have been a member of the crowd. While there have been no proven refe...
Northern Ireland’s most celebrated Quidditch team has won the Quidditch League a total of twenty-seven times to date, making it the second most successful in the League’s history. The Bats wear black robes with a scarlet bat across the chest. Their famous mascot Barny the Fruitbat is also well-known as the bat featured in (Barny says: I’m just batt...
Bulgarian is most renowned. Seven times European Cup winners, the Vratsa Vultures are undoubtedly one of the most thrilling teams in the world to watch, pioneers of the long goal (shooting from well outside the scoring area), and always willing to give new players a chance to make a name for themselves.
are famed for their flamboyant play as much as for their shocking-pink robes. In Germany we
find the the team that the Irish Captain Darren O’Hare once famously said was “fiercer than a dragon and twice as clever.” Luxembourg, always a
celebrated for their offensive strategies and always among the top goal-scorers. The Portuguese team
have recently broken through into the top levels of the sport with their groundbreaking
gave us arguably the world’s most innovative Seeker, Josef Wronski.
Quidditch was introduced to New Zealand some time in the seventeenth century, allegedly by a team of European herbologists who had gone on an expedition there to research magical plants and fungi. We are told that after a long day’s toil collecting samples, these witches and wizards let off steam by playing Quidditch under the bemused gaze of the l...
best are the (New Zealand), with their famous red, yellow, and blue robes, and their
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash. Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski. here can be no doubt that Quidditch has changed Tbeyond all recognition since Gertie Keddle first watched “...
With comprehensive coverage of famous Quidditch teams, the commonest fouls, the development of racing brooms, and much more, this is a must-have sporting bible for all Harry Potter\ fans, Quidditch lovers and players, whether the weekend amateur or the seasoned Chudley Cannons season-ticket holder.
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Charting its journey from Queerditch Marsh in the eleventh century to the sophisticated sport of today, Quidditch Through the Ages will show you the moments of exhilarating triumph and crushing despair (such as supporting the Chudley Cannons) that are part of the game of Quidditch.
