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In the United Kingdom, the Quidditch Premier League is played between 10 teams, split between the North and South divisions. In 2017, West Midlands Revolution won the QPL. a b "The Leaky Cauldron and MN Interview J.K. Rowling". The Leaky Cauldron. 16 July 2005 . Retrieved 29 May 2017. According to David K. Steege, the books "follow very closely the school story tradition of making games and sports central to the boarding school experience; some of the most vivid and popular scenes in the series take place on the playing field." [12] Realistic fluttering wings incorporating a patented illusion of flight using high tensile Aramid fibre thread (invisible thread). The Golden Snitch, commonly referred to as a Snitch, is the smallest and fastest ball in the game of Quidditch.Gladstein, Mimi R. (2004). "Feminism and Equal Opportunity: Hermione and the Women of Hogwarts.". In Baggett, David; Klein, Shawn (eds.). Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts. Open Court Publishing. ISBN 9780812694550. In response to allegations of J. K. Rowling's anti-trans positions, US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch announced in 2022 that they were renaming the sport "Quadball". [27] See also [ edit ] Heilman, Elizabeth E.; Donaldson, Trevor (2009). "From Sexist to (sort-of) Feminist: Representations of Gender in the Harry Potter Series". In Heilman, Elizabeth E. (ed.). Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter (2nded.). New York: Routledge. p.142.

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Flood, Alison (22 June 2016). "Quidditch leaves Harry Potter behind as (real) World Cup fever grows". The Guardian. The first Golden Snitch to be made in real life is probably the one used in the Harry Potter movies. The Harry Potter filmmakers made it a point to make the Snitch as realistic and accurate as possible, despite the graphics covering all the flight scenes for it. The iconic Golden Snitch used in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stonewas made of a metal ball made of copper and later plated with gold, with art nouveau shapes carved on it and combined the elements of industrial design to make an aerodynamically accurate Snitch. Furthermore, two thin feather-like structures in the form of a sail were added to it. Rowling published Quidditch Through the Ages in 2001 to benefit Comic Relief; Quidditch Through The Ages Illustrated Edition was published in 2020, with banners being presented to 11 towns in the UK and Ireland that in the books have Quidditch teams, including the Ballycastle Bats, Falmouth Falcons, Holyhead Harpies, Montrose Magpies, Pride of Portree and Wigtown Wanderers; two teams based in fictional places, the Chudley Cannons and Puddlemere United, were also celebrated. [7] [8] Game progression [ edit ] The Golden SnitchBaude, Will (14 May 2014). "The Volokh Conspiracy: More thoughts on the rules of Quidditch". The Washington Post (Opinion) . Retrieved 3 July 2021. Manfred, Tony. "Sorry Harry Potter Fans, Quidditch Is The Dumbest Sport Ever". Business Insider . Retrieved 10 September 2017. Once you have the design figured out, I used the plastic from a gallon of milk as the final material. I traced the paper design onto the plastic then cut it out with an exacto knife.