The Grand Valley Grindylows play a game on campus.
GVSU to host hundreds at Midwest Quidditch Championship
Nov 4, 2014
From November 8-9, Grand Valley State University will be the site of flying broomsticks, ring-shaped goal posts and a golden snitch.
It will all be part of the Midwest Quidditch Regional Championship, when nearly 600 students will come together to compete to qualify for the U.S. Quidditch World Cup in South Carolina in April.
About 30 teams, including the Grand Valley Grindylows, from 12 states will participate in the two-day competition. Matches will take place from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Outdoor and Intramural Fields on the Allendale Campus. Spectators and media are welcome; admission is free.
Real-life Quidditch is an adaptation of the fictional sport created by J.K. Rowling in her “Harry Potter” series. A Quidditch match includes seven players: three chasers, two beaters, a keeper and a seeker.
The tournament is organized by the Office of Student Life at Grand Valley and West Michigan Sports Commission.
For more information, contact Eric Garvelink, club sports coordinator for Student Life at Grand Valley, at [email protected] or (616) 331-2345. Learn more about the tournament at www.usquidditch.org/about/Midwest-RC.
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