Following recent announcements from both Quidditch Europe and the International Quidditch Association, QuidditchUK would like to announce the following clarifications and amendments to our policies for EQC spots, rules amendments, and the 3-max gender rule.

New Gameplay Announcements

QuidditchUK support this great moment in the development of our sport, which is both symbolically and practically significant. The name change indicates a firm stance with our trans players and members, as well as giving us more firm legal footing and opening up greater opportunities for funding and external partners. 

We’d like to thank our members who participated in the QUK survey, IQA volunteers for the international survey, and USQ and MLQ for taking the lead on this project. 

QUK are happy with the name that USQ have chosen, which was the second most popular name among our own members. At some point in the future, players should expect the balls and snitch to also be renamed, however details of this are not yet confirmed. We intend to move ahead with the QUK rebrand later this year, and will provide guidance for clubs alongside this.

Following the USQ and MLQ announcement in December of last year, we're pleased to announce we are joining USQ and other national governing bodies in renaming our sport to Quadball. 

Quadball Announced as New Name

QuidditchUK are exited to announce the release of our very own NFT collection ahead of BQC 2022. The exclusive collection of commemorative NFTs are a celebration of quidditch past, centred around the theme "Classic Quidditch Moments." This is a monumental release as it comes in our tenth year as a sport, and ahead of our biggest and stonkest BQC ever. 

The project represents a bold move from QUK to embrace new and emerging technologies whilst staying true to our roots. And now is your once in a lifetime chance to OWN several of the moments that defined QuidditchUK as a sport, organisation, and a community.

The collection of six exclusive NFTs represent different moments from our history as a sport. With a rumoured 7th phantom set to be a limited release before mysteriously vanishing.

You can own the moment Doug's whole world collapsed, the literal fear in Dan's eyes, the pain in Newton's heart. All can be yours, today.

The Moment

The Flight

The Name

The Fear

The Mind

The Fall

The NFTs will be available for sale as a limited run from 1 April up until BQC 2022. Collection will NOT be available for these at BQC as they are non-fungible. 

QuidditchUK are exited to announce the release of our very own NFT collection ahead of BQC 2022. The exclusive collection of commemorative NFTs are a celebration of quidditch past, centred around the theme "Classic Quidditch Moments." This is a monumental release as it comes in our tenth year as a sport, and ahead of our biggest BQC ever.

Introducing QuidCoin! QuidditchUK to release Exclusive line of NFTs

We are excited to announce our new Conduct Policy hub, complete with guides focused on making the sport a more inclusive space.

The three new guides cover racial discrimination, trans and non-binary inclusion, and making complaints, but as part of creating the hub we've also refreshed our existing guide on recognising and reporting sexual harassment. Below we've given a quick rundown of what each resource includes.

Going forward, the conduct hub will also host investigation reports from past complaints (only when safe and appropriate to release them publicly) so that members can see how we respond to issues raised. It's also hoped that this will be useful for organisers of community tournaments, for example to see if potential attendees have any outstanding penalities.

Our EDI Committee was created with the aim of bettering representation and input into the running of QuidditchUK from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority community members. An output of conversations since has been the need for a resource covering racially motivated discrimination within our community. Topics this guide coveres include basic definitions, recognising different types of discrimination, reporting racial discrimination, and what response can be expected from QUK.

Work on this resource was lead by our committee chair, Rudi Obasi-Adams, with input and review from the wider committee. The guide can be found at the link below.

This guide is aims to enable club leadership and tournament organisers to better include trans and non-binary people in their work. That said, we hope it's advice will be useful more widely in making quidditch a better space for its players, volunteers, and community. Topics covered include basic definitions around gender, gender in games, respecting pronouns, targetting events towards specific genders, and handling gender as part of positional rotations.

Work on this resource was lead by the Volunteers Director, Josh Fogg, with significant input and review from a diverse community focus group. To further similar work in future, we're recruiting for an EDI committee co-chair focused on gender. If this sounds of interest to you, drop us an email! The guide itself can be found at the link below.

We're aware that, clocking in at 14 pages, our Conduct Policy which outlines our complaints process can be intimidating, particularly for those in a vulnerable situation. However, a sizeable chunk of that information is primarily for QUK volunteers, helping us handle complaints consistently and fairly.

This new guide gives a simple summary of our complaints process, broken down step by step, and only including what's needed by someone submitting a complaint or appealing a decision. This resource was written by our Volunteers Department and reviewed by members of QuidditchUK. It can be found at the link below.

If you have any feedback on these resources or have suggestions for future guides, get in touch with the Volunteers Department, either by email or using the contact form below. We would love to hear from you! You might also be interested in our Bitesize Guides, available with many other resources here.

We are incredibly excited to announce that from May 2022, the role of QuidditchUK President will no longer be a volunteer role.

QuidditchUK President Role to Become Paid Position

New Guides from QuidditchUK

We are happy to confirm the transfer window is now open, those wishing to transfer between clubs may do so via the following process.

The individual must inform the leaving club and new club of their intention to transfer

The individual must email teams@quidditchuk.org requesting the transfer, listing both clubs in the email and the reason for transfer.

The Teams Department will notify the teams and confirm the details.

The incoming team will need to consent to the transfer

The outgoing team only needs to be notified of the transfer

Assuming approval, the Teams Department will inform the player and QuidditchUK will update their records accordingly.

Please note, university players may transfer 'up' into community clubs, but a community player who has competed in the community leagues that same season cannot transfer 'down' into a university club UNLESS

They have physically moved to the location where the university club is based AND

They are enrolled in the university the club is affiliated with

If you have any questions please get in touch with via the contact form below.

The window is open from 15th December 2021 and closes 21st January 2022 at 11:59pm

The transfer window is now open from 15th December 2021 and closes 21st January 2022 at 11:59pm

Transfer Window 2021/2022

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QuidditchUK Events

With considerable changes lined up for England regarding Covid-19, read further to find out how this will affect quidditch. Wales remains under Covid-19 restrictions for the foreseeable future, so Welsh teams should continue to follow relevant guidance. The Scottish government has not yet confirmed its position regarding the end of restrictions.

With full-contact quidditch returning from the end of July, we encourage all our players to continue booking their vaccinations. If you’ve booked your second vaccine through the NHS website, you may be able to book an earlier appointment here!

Announcements News

New Gameplay Announcements

Quadball Announced as New Name

Introducing QuidCoin! QuidditchUK to release Exclusive line of NFTs

New Guides from QuidditchUK

Transfer Window 2021/2022

Announcing Post National Unlocking Amendments for UK Quidditch