Quidditch is a growing sport that started in the United States of America in 2005 at Middlebury College by Xander Manshel and Alex Benepe.
The sport of Quidditch is based on JK Rowling’s best-selling Harry Potter series. The sport in the series is played high in the air on flying broomsticks with a golden snitch, quaffle, and deadly bludgers. The muggle version of Quidditch is played on the ground with brooms that unfortunately don’t fly, a quaffle (volleyball), bludgers (dodge balls) and a golden snitch (person wearing yellow shorts with a tag).
The rules and rulebooks for Quidditch can be found http://www.quidditch.org.au/rules/
There are now over 500 teams in over 26 countries around the world. It began in Australia in 2011 and has grown a lot since. The teams throughout Australia include:
NSW/ACT
- State Body – Quidditch New South Wales
- Western Sydney QC (Community)
- Macarthur Weasleys (Community)
- Sydney City Serpents (Community)
- UNSW Snapes on a Plane (University)
- Macquarie Marauders (University)
- UTS Opaleyes (University)
- USYD Unspeakables (University)
- Wollongong Warriors (University)
- Newcastle Fireballs (University)
- ANU Owls (University)
VIC
- State Body – Victoria Quidditch Association
- Melbourne Manticores (Community)
- Blackburn Basilisks (Community)
- Wrackspurts QC (Community)
- South Melbourne Centaurs (Community)
- Monash Muggles (University)
- Melbourne Unicorns (University)
- La Trolls (University)
QLD
- State Body – Queensland Association of Quidditch
- USC Dementors (University)
- QUT Lycons (University)
- JCU Galleons (University)
- ACU – Brisbane (University)
- Griffith Quidditch (University)
- University of Queensland (University)
- Townsville Quidditch (Community)
WA
- State Body – Western Australian Quidditch Association
- ECU Centaurs (University)
- Murdoch Mandrakes (University)
- Curtin Chimeras (University)
- Perth Phoenixes (Community)
S
A
- State Body – South Australian Quidditch Association
- Adelaide Augureys (Community)
- Adelaide Abraxans (Community)
- Glenelg Gargoyles (Community)
- Flinders Fantastic Beasts (University)
- Adelaide University (University)
