British and Irish Quidditch Cup

The British Quidditch Cup is a Muggle Quidditch tournament that follows the rules laid out by the International Quidditch Association. It is organised by QuidditchUK, currently led by President Melanie Piper.

Previous tournaments in the United Kingdom have included the Highlander Cup held in Edinburgh, Scotland and Whiteknights held in Reading, England.

First tournament, November 2013

The first British Quidditch Cup took place in Oxford, England on 9 and 10 November 2013.[1] Sixteen teams[2] from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland competed over two days for the inaugural cup, playing in four groups of four with the highest placed eight going on to take part in the knock out format quarter finals, semi finals and the final.

Knock out stage scores

Quarter Finals:

Semi-Finals:

3rd Place match: Southampton Quidditch Club 40 – 60* Bangor Broken Broomsticks

Final: Keele Squirrels 60* - 110 Radcliffe Chimeras [3]

(*) indicates a snitch catch

Final Positions

Overall, the winners were the Radcliffe Chimeras from Oxford University led by captain Ashley Cooper, with Keele Squirrels of Keele University taking the silver medals and the Bangor Broken Broomsticks from Bangor University taking the bronze medals.

Second tournament, March 2015

The second British and Irish Quiditch Cup took place on 7–8 March 2015. After five location bids were submitted in May–June 2014, the location for the tournament was narrowed down to the venues proposed by the Loughborough Longshots, Nottingham Nightmares and Norwich Nifflers. After much deliberation, site visits and further communication, the organising committee accepted the bid put forward by the Nightmares, meaning that the event will take place at Wollaton Hall and Deer Park, Nottingham.[4] 23 teams across the UK came and completed with Southampton Quidditch Club's first team beating the defending champions, Oxford's Radcliffe Chimeras, to become the new Champions.[5]

Knock out stage scores

Quarter Finals:

Semi-Finals:

3rd Place match: Keele Squirrels - 160* : 130 - Loughborough Longshots

Final: Southampton Quidditch Club - 120*^ : 90 - Racliffe Chimeras

(*) indicates a snitch catch

Third Tournament, March 2016

The third British and Irish Quidditch Cup took place at Rugeley Leisure Centre on the 19th and 20th March 2016.[6] 32 teams competed, with the first day involving 8 groups of 4 teams where the first two teams would enter the upper bracket and the lower two teams would enter a lower bracket.[7] These two brackets were then played as knock-out stages on day two.

Knock out stage scores

Round of Sixteen:

Quarter Finals:

Semi-Finals:

3rd Place match: Durhamstrang - 100* : 90 - Nottingham Nightmares (overtime without snitch catch)

Final: Warwick Quidditch Club - 50 : 150* - Radcliffe Chimeras

References

  1. ↑ BBC Website: First 'Quidditch' British Cup under way in Oxford
  2. ↑ Cherwell:Cherwell Independent
  3. ↑ "The home of UK quidditch!". Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  4. ↑ QuidditchUK 'BQC 2014-15' https://quidditchuk.org/events/currentbqc (accessed 12 October 2014)
  5. ↑ "Quidditch tournament held in 'Batman's garden'". BBC News. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  6. ↑ QuidditchUK 'BQC 2015-16' https://quidditchuk.org/bqc/current (accessed 24 March 2016)
  7. ↑ QuidditchUK 'Tournament Structure' https://quidditchuk.org/news/display/1084
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