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Queen’s Quidditch looks to recruit more team members

Written on September 10, 2021. Posted in Sports.

At Queen’s, Quidditch has had a notable effect on the landscape of club athletics, and the team is working to recruit more athletes who are interested in the sport. For Bella Rose, ArtSci ’23, treasurer and chief safety officer for the club, seeing the Quidditch team at Queen’s in The Park in her...

Achintya Garikaparthi remembered

Written on September 7, 2018. Posted in Sports.

Earlier this summer, family and friends mourned the loss of Queen’s student and member of the Quidditch team, 18-year-old Achintya Garikaparthi. Garikaparthi tragically passed away on July 27 at the age of 18 in a three-car collision in his hometown of Nassau, Bahamas. He’d recently completed his...

Harsh conditions make for good Quidditch

Written on February 16, 2017. Posted in Sports.

Snow, ice, and below zero temperatures. These were the weather conditions for the Quidditch tournament held on Saturday, Feb. 11, hosted by the Queen’s Quidditch Club. That morning while I sat with my first-year teammates in Leonard Hall for breakfast, we looked out the window at the falling snow...

Making magic on the sidelines

Written on January 8, 2016. Posted in Sports.

While she never got her letter to Hogwarts, Queen’s student Jessalynn Tsang has found another way to make the world of magic a part of her life. In just a few short years, Tsang, ConEd ’16, who still hasn’t read the Harry Potter series, has made her way to the championship of the fictionally-inspired...

Sports in brief

Written on July 29, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Gaels medal in Moncton A pair of Queen’s athletes found themselves on the podium at the Canadian track and field Championships in June. Julie-Anne Staehli snagged the silver medal in the 3,000m women’s steeplechase at the national event, while Jeff Archer registered third in the men’s 10,000m. The...

Nationals a success

Written on November 16, 2012. Posted in Sports.

There’s nothing worse than being heckled as a Hufflepuff. Queen’s hosted the Canadian Quidditch Cup last Sunday at Tindall Field. The team placed fourth out of 13 different university and collegiate teams. After a strong start to the day, beating the University of Toronto (St. George) and the McGill...

Running on brooms

Written on September 28, 2012. Posted in Sports.

Thanks to the sport of quidditch, the Queen’s-Hogwarts comparison will reach an all-time high this November. On Sunday, Nov. 11, Queen’s will host the second annual Canadian Quidditch Cup, where teams from across Canada will take part in the sport’s official national championship. The club executives...

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Queen’s Quidditch looks to recruit more team members

Achintya Garikaparthi remembered

Harsh conditions make for good Quidditch

Making magic on the sidelines

Sports in brief

Nationals a success

Running on brooms

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