Volunteers Needed for Quidditch Tournament at Fort Adams
The Northeast Regional Championship Tournament of Quidditch, inspired by the Harry Potter series, will be held in Newport on Nov. 17-18.
Fort Adams in Newport will be the host of this year's International Quidditch Association (IQA) Northeast Regional Championship Tournament on Nov. 17 and 18, 2012. For those unfamiliar with Quidditch, it began as a fictional sport created by British author J. K. Rowling for the Harry Potter book series. Matches are played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals, three on each side of the Quidditch pitch (field). Since 2005, the sport has been adapted in the real world by the International Quidditch Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to "governing the sport of Quidditch and inspiring young people to lead physically active and socially engaged…
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