SFU Quidditch
The Sports Peakbox: quidditch
January 20, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Welcome to The PeakBox. I am your host, and resident Ravenclaw, Isabella Urbani. Each week The Peak will answer student submitted questions about sports at SFU. This week, we focused on quidditch. What is quidditch? Quidditch was invented in the Harry Potter novels. It has since been adapted into a full-contact competitive sport with its own professional league and non-profit federations. Quidditch is gender-inclusive and incorporates skills from many disciplines, such as rugby (physicality), soccer (speed), dodgeball (agility), and basketball (shot). Players are required to play with a broomstick in between their legs. What are…
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SFU Quidditch win bronze medal at Quidditch Canada Western Regional Championship
November 16, 2018This past weekend, the SFU Quidditch team travelled to Victoria to compete in the Quidditch Western Regional Championship. The team enjoyed a great tournament, finishing third despite nearly two thirds of the team being rookies, “which is nearly unheard of…
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SFU Quidditch offers an untraditional athletic outlet for SFU students
September 21, 2018By: Amal Javed Abdullah What do you do during these first few weeks of school when you’re slightly affronted that you still haven’t received your Hogwarts letter? You play quidditch. SFU Quidditch, an SFU sports team that has been around…
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