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:

The Radcliffe Chimeras 140*- 0 Leeds
Bangor 120* - 50 Nottingham
Southampton 100* - 0 Oxford Quidlings
Leicester 30- 80* Keele

Semi-Finals:

Keele 80*- 10 Bangor
The Radcliffe Chimeras 110* - 0 Southampton

3rd Place match: Southampton 40 – 60* Bangor

Final: Keele 60* - 110 The 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 Avada Keeledavra of Keele University taking the silver medals and The Society of Quidditch in Bangor (SQUiB) from Bangor University taking the bronze medals.

Second tournament, March 2015

The second British and Irish Quiditch Cup is still in the planning stage, with only the date, location and staff confirmed. The date set for the event is 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 1 beating the defending champions, Oxford's Radcliffe Chimera's, to become the new Champions.^[5]

Knock out stage scores

Quarter Finals:

Southampton QC 1 - 290* : 10 - London Unspeakables
Radcliffe Chimeras - 110* : 20 - Nottingham Nightmares
Loughborough Longshots - 120^ : 90* - Falmouth Falcons
Leicester Thestrals - 20 : 110* - Keele Squirrels

Semi-Finals:

Southampton QC 1 - 70* : 0 - Keele Squirrels
Radcliffe Chimeras - 180* : 50 - Loughborough Longshots

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

Final: Southampton QC 1 - 120*^ : 90 - Racliffe Chimeras

(*) indicates a snitch catch

Southampton QC 1 - 120*^ : 90 - Racliffe Chimeras

References

↑ BBC Website: First 'Quidditch' British Cup under way in Oxford
↑ Cherwell:Cherwell Independent
↑ "The home of UK quidditch!". Retrieved 24 December 2015.
↑ QuidditchUK 'BQC 2014-15' https://quidditchuk.org/events/currentbqc (accessed 12 October 2014)
↑ "Quidditch tournament held in 'Batman's garden'". BBC News. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

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