College Quidditch takes off

[Lady Freedom]

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Craig Wilson
USA TODAY
Nov. 27, 2007 12:00 AM

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - The broomsticks they hold between their legs can't help them fly. The Snitch is not a winged golden ball but a young man who sprints across the field at lightning speed. And at times, the game looks like the mongrel offspring of rugby, dodge ball and soccer. But somehow it all works.

The first intercollegiate Quidditch match was held here earlier this month, and while this version of the game is earthbound, it's taking off. Originally played by wizards darting about on broomsticks in the "Harry Potter" novels, the game is now taking root on college campuses.

Quidditch surfaced at Middlebury two falls ago when a handful of students gathered to play a rudimentary form of the game on Sunday afternoons, making up rules extrapolated from the books.

[FloridaJudy]

1. It sounds a bit like "Calvinball"

That's the kind of sport I enjoy. ttp://www.simplych.com/cb_rules.htm

[Lady Freedom]

2. But there are no changing the rules.