Oct 16
Here are a few photos from today’s intercollegiate Quidditch tournament, the Middlebury Classic. The countdown to the International Quidditch World Cup begins…it’s only one month away!
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Nov 16
Claiming the 4th Quidditch World Cup, here’s a quick take at how the media whirlwind took on the weekend festivities. Add any more articles, photos, etc. to the comments.
New York Magazine | Muggles Take Manhattan for the Quidditch World Cup – “Middlebury is sporting blue soccer jerseys with matching athletic shorts. They look like an athletic team. Tufts is wearing T-shirts over a ragtag collection of shorts and tights. They look like a fan club getting some exercise.”
Wired | Quidditch World Cup Seeks Wizardry’s Best – “In all, 46 teams arrived in New York for the chance to snag the first-place trophy from Middlebury College, the defending champions and prohibitive favorite going into the tourney”
GOOD.is | Quidditch takes Manhattan – “Laura Budd, a 21-year-old Middlebury beater, is undecided. ‘Quidditch started on a whim as a way to work off your hangover on a Sunday morning. You can be silly like kids. It could lose its magic.’”
Techland | Quidditch World Cup Diary Day 1 and 2 – “As the defending champions, they spoke with the confident humility of a winner: a lot of great teams, we need to play them all hard, etc. “We’re going to have to lose eventually,” said one. “We just hope it’s not today.”
WPIX 11 | Middlebury College Takes Quidditch World Cup – “…the New York Yankees of Quidditch, Middlebury College.”
Tufts Daily | Holy snitch: Tufflepuffs stun Quidditch community, finish second at World Cup – “Though the extra 30 points that came with the Snitch’s capture only cut the deficit in Middlebury’s 100-50 win, simply being in the finals was far more than the Tufflepuffs expected.”
DNAinfo | Middlebury takes gold at Midtown’s Quidditch World Cup – “Adrienne Losch, 20, a junior at Middlebury and a member of the victorious team, credited her team’s 100-to-20 victory over Tufts to plenty of experience. ‘Quidditich started at Middlebury so we’ve had time to figure out the winning strategies,’ said Losch, who said the experience would rank among the highlights of her college career.”
CBS | Quidditch World Cup Held in N.Y.
NY Daily News |
Nov 15
Proving that our dominance extends beyond our small Vermont campus, Middlebury Quidditch captured their fourth World Cup title last night in New York City by defeating Tufts, 100-50. The match was a close one at first, with the Tufts Tufflepuffs playing a hard, and violent game. Middlebury soon pulled ahead however, and came out on top at the end, even with the Tufts seeker catching the snitch.
Photo courtesy Metromix New York
The numerous Middlebury fans stormed the field and went into a rousing rendition of “There’s Only One Middlebury” before being awarded the prestigious, if not flimsy gold World Cup trophy. The team and its fans celebrated their victory in true Midd Kidd fashion: a playing of the Midd Kid Rap, complete with the Quidditch verse being sung by player Phil Gordon.
The final match marked one of many for Middlebury and the other 45 teams competing in the 2010 IQA World Cup IV this Saturday and Sunday in DeWitt Clinton Park in Manhattan. Earlier in the fall, many Middlebury students expressed concern at the fact that the World Cup was moving from Middlebury to the Big Apple. However, the move seems to have been a success for the IQA, gaining a multitude of press coverage for the event. With a total 757 players competing, the IQA has set themselves up for another great year of publicity. This year’s World Cup featured high school teams as well as graduate schools.
Middlebury was still very well represented at the Cup though, with many students taking advantage of the fan bus from Middlebury to NYC. Three Middlebury groups also took part in the festivities, with Otter Nonsense and Middlebrow providing commentary to the matches and the Mountain Ayres performing their Quidditch repertoire.
Overall the event was one of pride and excitement, resulting in a great weekend for not only Middlebury College but for the sport of Quidditch as well.
Nov 11
Middlebury Quidditch will attempt to defend its title this Saturday (11/13) and Sunday (11/14) in the Fourth Annual Quidditch World Cup at DeWitt Clinton Park in New York City. Sixteen players will be representing the College: Matt Engel, Phil Gordon, Ben Silton, Dan Glanz, Zach Doleac, Phil Palmer, Ryan Scura, Andy Hyatt, Max Odland, Ben Wessel, Leah Nagle, Kat Nagle, Lara Andrade, Laura Budd, Adrienne Losch, and Kate Olen.
The tournament will follow a round-robin format on Saturday, allowing all 48 teams in attendance to play three games 
each. Half of the teams will advance to Sunday’s single-elimination format based on their record and scoring differential in Saturday’s matches. Middlebury is scheduled to play Michigan State University (12:30 pm), Franklin Marshall College (2:00 pm), and Johns Hopkins University (7:00 pm) on Saturday in the hopes of advancing to the second day of the tournament. A full list of competing teams can be found here.
It does not appear that the World Cup will be broadcast live on the IQA (International Quidditch Association) website, as it has been in years past. Instead, people hoping to see the matches will have to make the long trip from Middlebury via car. The Quidditch Club has helped to subsidize a fan bus, meaning that Middlebury students also have the option to pay $20 for round-trip fare if they don’t mind getting up early on Saturday morning.
[Edit 11/11 1:15 pm: As Ryan's comment has pointed out, some live video is likely, and scoring updates will be provided. Follow the action here over the weekend if you can't make it to NYC.]
At the risk of a MiddBlog jinx, I should also mention one striking statistic: Middlebury has never lost a Quidditch match!
Nov 4
Check out the IQA’s newest Quidditch promo video and get excited for the Quidditch World Cup, November 13th and 14th in New York City!
After last weekend’s Middlebury Cup, the team ‘Constant Vigilence’ will be representing Middlebury in New York. Good luck!
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