by Alex Benepe | July 1st, 2012
Logo provided by QuidditchUK
This July 8-9, five national teams representing the UK, USA, Canada, France, and Australia will compete in Oxford as part of the Olympic torch relay celebration, held as the official torch passes through the town. The event’s goal is to exhibit the sport of quidditch to a broader, global audience, and enhance international relations and pride among quidditch players and fans everywhere.
Read on to:
- See the schedule
- Get details on venues
- Learn about how you can watch & follow the games online
- Meet the teams and buy team jerseys
SCHEDULE
Day 1 – Tournament at Cutteslowe Park
10 AM – 7 PM (BST)
Round-robin matches and bracket play all-day, free and open to the public.
See the map, get travel information and more details here
Day 2 – Exhibition Match at South Park Torch Relay Festival
3:30 PM – 4 PM (BST) – Central Performance Area
Just before the torch itself arrives on-site, hundreds of attendees at this sold-out festival will have the option to watch to a live game of Quidditch (among other activities), between the UK hosts and the best team from day 1. For more details on the event, go here.
WATCH THE GAMES ONLINE
How can I watch the IQA Summer Games from my computer (if I don’t have a portkey, flying broom, floo powder or a bazillion dollars to be allowed on one of those muggle flying machines)?
Well, we’re glad you asked. There are three options:
1. Major Media
Currently three global media outlets are planning to come to Oxford to record segments of the demonstration game on Monday. Air times of the segments and/or links will be published as soon as they are available.
2. Youtube
An in-house team of IQA volunteer video staff led by Samantha Medney of UMD Quidditch will be capturing a selection of games from day 1 from multiple angles. Edited footage will be published as soon as possible after the event on the IQA’s youtube channel.
3. Twitter
If you want up-to-the-minute scores, photos, and updates, make sure you are following @Quidditch2012 on Twitter!! (Don’t forget that Oxford, like London, is on British Summer Time, and 5 hours ahead of east coast US time. This website can help you figure out your time difference).
And without further ado
MEET THE TEAMS!
(and buy a swanky jersey to support them)
Mattia Piola
July 2, 2012
3:26 pm
So, no stream? Too baaaad.
I’ll be there with my heart, anyway
Have fun for us, too!
Mike Seese
July 2, 2012
4:15 pm
I’m a little disappointed there will still be no stream. Sure it’s hard to set up, but if you have months of planning, you can definitely get something going. Surprised we still don’t have TV coverage for these kind of events but Little League gets coverage for championships.
Hali
July 7, 2012
1:14 pm
http://www.molewoodmedia.co.uk/live/ This is the streaming website…you’re welcome
Meagan Carmack
July 2, 2012
6:22 pm
One of these days, they’ll stream Quidditch like football games <3
Alex Buening
July 2, 2012
6:27 pm
Well that’s no fun with a stream, but whatever i might find it on tv which is better and im looking forward to see quidditch get expanded
Shannon Adams
July 2, 2012
8:28 pm
so so so excited!!!! can’t wait to see Team USA play and win their games against the Brits, Aussies, French and our neighbors to the North, eh!
hedgehogpeace
July 2, 2012
8:45 pm
I wish there was a live stream :/ Go team USA!
Adam Shoulders Robillard
July 2, 2012
10:55 pm
how many pitches are going to be set up?
Kat
Captain, Melbourne Manticores
July 2, 2012
11:50 pm
Team Aus page isnt working
Matt Hudson
Captain, New Castle Fireballs
July 3, 2012
1:07 am
The team Australia link isn’t working…
Alex Benepe
Commissioner
July 3, 2012
1:12 am
The disadvantage to being logged into your account while you do work on the site, is that when you click on unpublished links, they will still show up for you
. It’s fixed now! Thanks for the tip.
Ben Morton
July 3, 2012
4:36 pm
I believe there WILL be a live stream
although it may not be amazing quality.
‘www.molewoodmedia.co.uk/live – Snitch GPS tracking, Live footage and score updates will be available at that address’
Ben Morton
July 3, 2012
4:38 pm
I might add that its not my page…. this address was posted on QuidditchUK’s facebook page
Mattia Piola
July 4, 2012
11:03 am
I’ll check that out! Thank you very much!
Zach Bickhoff
July 4, 2012
5:06 pm
Do we know what media outlets these will be yet? I want to know if we’ll be able to pick it up here
Rose
July 4, 2012
10:14 pm
Just want to say thanks in advance for mentioning you’ll be posting game footage on Youtube–I work at a sleepaway camp and would completely miss out on the games otherwise!
Tegan Séxy Cáctus Bridge
July 5, 2012
7:55 am
Where’s the “meet the team” for Canada and France? When will they be live?
Mark Schenfisch
July 5, 2012
1:54 pm
Since when is Canada playing? I missed that!
That’s awesome though. The more the merrier!
Eric Sawyer
July 5, 2012
9:16 pm
There will be streaming!
http://www.molewoodmedia.co.uk/live
Gage Holding
July 5, 2012
9:25 pm
Ah i wanted to be helpin out at this! i’ll see if i can get up to watch it
Alex Buening
July 6, 2012
7:02 pm
I know this might be a little off topic but when does our jerseys arrive i know some time in july but i forget since i ordered it in like late may to early june
Hali
July 7, 2012
1:11 pm
I would also like to know this…I ordered mine June 5th.