Fictitious Harry Potter Sport Quidditch Comes To Real Life

MIDDLEBURY, VT – OCTOBER 26: Middlebury College hosted the first large Intercollegiate Quidditch Tournament. Twelve teams from around the country traveled to Middlebury College: Princeton University, Vassar College, Louisiana State University, University of Washington, McGill University, University of Massachusetts, Boston University, Chestnut Hill, Emerson College, Green Mountain College, and Ives Pond, a club team from Buffalo, New York. Quidditch, the sport from JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books, was adapted into a real-life game which began at Middlebury College in 2005. The sport is a cross between soccer, dodgeball, and rugby. A player from Vasser College runs past a player from Princeton on Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Christopher Capozziello/Getty Images) Original Filename: 83444767.jpg