UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA QUIDDITCH

Minnesota Quidditch, possibly the only team to bring a...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:41:47 -0500

Minnesota Quidditch, possibly the only team to bring a disposable camera to World Cup VI.

New Leadership!

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:25:33 -0500

In preparation for the end of the year, and the beginning of a new season, Minnesota Quidditch hosted their annual elections last Sunday. The newly elected board of officers for the 2013-14 school year is as follows:

President - Taylor Zastrow
Vice President - Cody Narveson
Secretary - Tim Ohlert
Treasurer - Jared Sipe
Public Relations - Kayla Millard
Event Coordinator - Natalie Bodin
Travel Coordinator - Carly Eichten
Outreach Coordinator - Trevor Atherton

We also ran our first-ever captains elections. The results are as follows:
Chaser Captain: Jared Sipe
Beater Captain: Tim Ohlert
The new President elect (Taylor Zastrow) will join Jared and Tim as a third captain.

Congratulations to our newly elected leadership! We anticipate a great year of Quidditch ahead of us!

http://www.mnquidditch.com/index.html

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:58:05 -0500

http://www.mnquidditch.com/index.html:

Minnesota Quidditch has an official website! Go check it out, quidkids!

Today, Minnesota Quidditch visited Eli for his 8th birthday at...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:06:00 -0500

Today, Minnesota Quidditch visited Eli for his 8th birthday at the U of MN Children’s Hospital!
He is a huge fan of Harry Potter, and is a proud member of Slytherin House after only reading the first book!!

scrappyproducts: Alright, you’re lying if you tell me this...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:06:03 -0500

Minnesota Quidditch Team duffel bag!

Minnesota Quidditch Team duffel bag back

scrappyproducts:

Alright, you’re lying if you tell me this isn’t one of the best things you’ve ever seen! Harry Potter fans unite because this Scrappy Products duffel bag is just begging to be custom ordered to hold your flying broomsticks!

** This is a custom made duffel **

Thanks to Scrappy for the COOLEST duffles any of us have ever seen! We can’t wait to roll into WCVI with these bad boys.

The Spring Intramural season starts Sunday the 24th!Yeah we see...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:44:58 -0500

The Spring Intramural season starts Sunday the 24th!
Yeah we see the snow, and we are still having games. Be down to the East River Flats by 12:30 , or if you haven’t registered for the season show up at 12:00!

taylorareyouokay: Just a few of my favorite photos from the...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:24:00 -0500

taylorareyouokay:

Just a few of my favorite photos from the Spring Breakout Tournament this weekend.

beccif: My mom found this in Runner’s World Magazine. I just...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:40:56 -0500

beccif:

My mom found this in Runner’s World Magazine. I just died.

there’s our captain max Grossman from World Cup 5!

And a few more, these ones starring Minnesota Quidditch’s...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:32:32 -0500

And a few more, these ones starring Minnesota Quidditch’s very own Snitch-extraordinaire, Max Meier.

Some pictures I took at the Spring Breakout tournament this...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:28:00 -0500

Some pictures I took at the Spring Breakout tournament this weekend. Use and abuse as you will.

deckitout: my life in a nut shell spring intramural season...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:30:25 -0600

deckitout:

my life in a nut shell

spring intramural season demonstration. hopefully the snow won’t be 6” deep when we start in a few weeks!

Photo

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:26:20 -0600

silencewillsetherxfree: liquid-thought: daniweasley-potter: Re...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:28:46 -0600

silencewillsetherxfree:

liquid-thought:

daniweasley-potter:

Reblogging because squirrel

Reblogging because baby squirrel.

IT’S SO TINY ERMERGERHD

clivedavinci: clivedavinci: damn that squirrel is fat as fuck

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:36:32 -0600

clivedavinci:

clivedavinci: damn that squirrel is fat as fuck

Has anyone started a league in the twin cities outside of U of M? Meaning: I've graduated! Where are all the other graduated quidditch players?

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:54:10 -0600

We are unaware of any community teams in the area, however Minnesota Quidditch is open to non-university students! We have a few graduate level players that have stuck around this year— and you can, too!
Spring League starts up in late March, so for more in-depth information regarding info meetings, registration, and games, keep watch here or at our facebook page: facebook.com/umnquidditch

How do you join? Do you have to try out?

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:52:34 -0600

Our intramural league requires no try outs! Simply come to our info meeting and registration to join spring league this semester! To keep updated on specific dates and times, you can keep watch on this page or like us on Facebook at facebook.com/umnquidditch

hawlinass: So we had to do impromptu speeches today where you go up in front of the class, people...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:13:10 -0600

hawlinass:

So we had to do impromptu speeches today where you go up in front of the class, people shout out topics, and you give a speech on whatever they shout out.

The topic they gave me? Why I’m a better beater than Tim.

Tim went after me and the topic he got was: Why she is a better than you.

He said some very nice things. Tim is perf.

Our beaters throwin’ down in class.

Meet Minnesota Quidditch!

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:30:35 -0600

Name: Elijah Hartsell
Age: 20
Year: Sophomore
Officer Title: PR Chair
Major: Advertising Journalism
Intramural Team: Puddlemere United
What is your greatest Quidditch Memory?: “Making a diving catch on Snitch Pie at the Halloween Tournament to send the match into OT.”
What is the best part about Quidditch?: “The on-campus snitch posse.”
Fun Fact: Elijah is an “AVID TIMBERWOLVES FAN.” No, my caps lock did not break, he is just very excited about it.

Meet Minnesota Quidditch!

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:01:08 -0600

Name: Natalie Bodin
Age: 19
Year: Sophomore
Officer Title: Event Coordinator
Position: Goku: True Warrior
Major: Currently Applied Economics, but switching to Elementary Education (f’real)
Intramural Team: Fiend Fyre
What is your greatest Quidditch Memory?: “Every memory is great when you’re with Quidditch people. MN Quidditch=QUAMILY”
What is the best part about Quidditch?: “Making a fool out of my non-athletic self (but if there were water Quidditch, I’d be all over that shit).”
Fun Fact: NatBod’s face is crooked. And also she’s a synchronized swimmer!

Meet Minnesota Quidditch!

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:30:42 -0600

Name: Justin Sims
Age: 22
Year: Senior
Officer Title: Secretary
Major: Architecture Major, Sustainability Studies and Urban Studies double minor
Intamural Team: Puddlemere United
What is your greatest Quidditch memory?: “Puddlemere executing “The Possum” for the first time.”
What is the best part about Quidditch?: “Otherwise impossible mix of jocks and nerds coming together to have a crazy fun time and forget differences for a little while.”
Fun Fact: Justin used to have a terrible fear of papercuts.