The Total Quadball. Podcast

Oda Schiøtz from Münchner Wolpertinger and Anjit Aulakh and Simon Bidwell from Werewolves of London join us to discuss what went down at the recent European Quidditch Cup Division 1 tournament held in Limerick, Ireland. We talk about our personal experiences of the tournament including Werewolves' epic run to winning their first European title as well as casting our eyes tentatively towards Europe...

For our first people focused episode of the new series, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jackson Johnson. Fresh off the back of winning his first national title with Texas Hill Country Heat, Jackson tells us about his quidditch career in which he has become one of the best beaters in the game. From Texas State, to Lone Star, to Austin Outlaws in MLQ and the US National Team, Jackson has worked...

For the start of the new series, OSI Vikings' Jakob Lenz and Werewolves of London's Luke Twist join us to discuss the upcoming European Quidditch Cup Division 1 tournament taking place this weekend in Limerick, Ireland.  We look back at some of our favourite memories from past EQCs before turning our attention to this year's edition of the tournament. We discuss what we're looking forward to...

Our series 4 finale episode is another trip into the unknown experimenting with a new type of episode. Jay Holmes joins us to talk about the topic of team culture. Throughout the episode we discuss this in all kinds of different aspects drawing on examples from our experiences playing quidditch and other sports and identifying key traits and behaviours that people should strive for in order to cre...

Amber Connerton, Anjit Aulakh and Emma 'Jandels' Humphrey join us to debrief following this year's British Quidditch Cup in Sheffield. Intro/Outro music- Shake by Cultures #LiveTheGame

In this latest episode, Belgium and Antwerp star Seppe De Wit joins us for a chat. Seppe reveals all about the retirement and return of the Dodos during the coronavirus pandemic as well as various other topics. He also discusses his new passion for extreme endurance cycling, his rise through European quidditch with Antwerp QC, the highs and lows of playing quidditch at the top level as well as det...

Alice Walker and Seb Waters join Fraser to look ahead to this weekend's British Quidditch Cup in Sheffield, UK. In this episode we look back on memorable moments from past BQCs before switching focus to the weekend ahead including Day 1 matchups and exciting teams & players to watch out for. *This episode was recorded before the releasing of any rosters so there may be some inaccuracies* We ho...

Part 2 of our episode with 4 out of the 5 QuidditchUK Presidents. Guests Rob Barringer, Ben Morton, Mel Piper and Matt Bateman tell us more stories about their time running the British NGB for Quidditch as well as giving us an insight as to where Quidditch has been at organisationally for past few years, where's it at now with the impact of the global pandemic and where the sport is heading in the...

In our first ever two part episode, we sat down to talk with 4 out of 5 of the QuidditchUK Presidents. Rob Barringer, Ben Morton, Mel Piper and Matt Bateman joined us for what ended up being a 3 hour conversation about their respective experiences leading Quidditch in the UK and shedding light on what it takes to run a National Governing Body for an emerging sport. Part 1 focuses more on the origi...

For this episode we have the pleasure of a long chat with quidditch powercouple Julia Baer & Tyler Trudeau. In an entertaining and insightful discussion, the pair of them tell us a series of interesting stories including their college experiences at Richmond & Emerson, meeting each other while playing for the Boston Nightriders (now Boston Forge), their successful run of MLQ & USQ titl...

In this episode, Fraser is joined by former teammate Alex Carpenter, current teammate Andrew Hull and Belgium's Pauline Raes to discuss some big recent quidditch news. In December, Major League Quidditch and US Quidditch stated their intentions to start the process of creating a new name for the sport, an announcement that has been picked up by media across the world and shaken the quidditch commu...

For our first recording of 2022, we sat down with Alice Walker- new head coach of Team England (formerly Team UK). In a compelling and honest discussion, Alice tells the story of her quidditch career as a player and coach. Starting with her rapid rise through the ranks and success in her early years at Oxford University Quidditch Club before then discussing her playing experience with Team UK, ste...

Happy New Year! We are back for 2022 with a brand-new series of the Total Quidditch. Podcast to wrap your ears around. Kicking us off, our first episode of series 4 is our latest look at the state of the game. Having previously discussed the new QuidditchUK Community League during last series, we now turn our attentions to the other side of the coin- university quidditch. The first Northern and So...

For our series finale, we had the pleasure of a long chat with Augie Monroe. Widely considered as the greatest quidditch player of all-time, Augie talks us through his most recent MLQ title win with Austin Outlaws, how he spent the last year without quidditch getting invested in a new hobby, his quidditch journey through the University of Texas program and now with his own team (Texas Cavalry). We...

For this episode, we talk to our first Dutch guest, Annemieke Drost, and our second German guest, Toni Zimpel. Annemieke and Toni invite us into the world of live-streaming quidditch with Ruhr Phoenix TV (RPTV), their roles in the livestream team before, during and after a tournament as well as their views on the broadcasting of quidditch as a sport. We also discuss the topics of gender within com...

We take a trip down memory lane with Bristol Quidditch Club founder Tom Ower, talking about his unconventional quidditch journey. From 'inventing' quidditch in a Reading cul-de-sac in 2002 to starting the Brizzlepuffs, creating a 'doss' culture and all the shenanigans that followed- Whiteknights, All-Star weekends, Double overtime victories, Nandos and a shoe box of hopes and dreams plus many othe...

For the first time on the Total Quidditch. Podcast, Fraser is joined by three guests, making this our biggest episode yet! Alex Carpenter from the West Country Rebels, Marianna Parroquin from Olympians QC and Seb Waters from London QC sat down with our host to talk about the state of UK Quidditch following the opening two QuidditchUK Community league fixtures including their tournament experiences...

Back in mid-September 2021, we had the chance to sit down with Emily Hickmott and talk about her involvement in quidditch through the years. We talk about the projects Emily has been involved with this year such as Quidcon and the running of the 2021 MLQ season. We look back through Emily's playing career starting with Tufts University and including her spells playing quidditch for some of the top...

In this episode, we talk with Norwegian star beater Mette Sundal. We talk about all kinds of different topics including Roundnet, Norwegian quidditch, Mette's background in football, her favourite matches and tournaments including Norway's win over France at the 2019 European Games, how she mentally approaches games, gaining recognition as a player, her playstyle as a beater and her role on her ne...

Following the return of quidditch to the UK after the lockdown caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, Jay Holmes and Alice Walker join us to talk about the state of the sport in the UK. We first talk about Jurassic Cup, the first tournament back from lockdown which took place in July, discussing the tournament as a whole and some of the new IQA and tournament specific rules and how they affected game...

For the third episode of series 3, we return to Australia to talk to star beater and Quidditch Australia President Luke Derrick. Luke tells us all about how he got thrown into the deep end when he started playing quidditch with his first tournament being QUAFL (the Australian national championship) with the University of Sydney Unspeakables and the journey he went on from that point. We talk about...

Our 2nd episode of the series is another double bill as we are joined by good friends Luke Twist and Jan Mikolajczak. The pair tell us about their early days starting out at Oxford playing for the Radcliffe Chimeras, reaching the top of the UK and European game with club and country, having fun on the Mighty and Amazing Quercs, moving to Werewolves of London and having further success in the Briti...

In our series opener, we speak to Boston's Beater Max Havlin & Lulu Xu. We cover all kinds of topics from challenges and struggles when they started out playing with Boston University, coaching Harvard University, starting up the Boston Pandas, all the way to tasting victory at USQ Cup 9 with QC Boston and on the Major League and World stages with Boston Forge (formerly Boston Nightriders) and...

In our series 2 finale, we speak to none other than THE Kody Marshall- chaser of Texas, Lone Star, Austin Outlaws and USNQT fame. Kody tells us about how he got into the sport, his early years playing at the University of Texas including winning their first national title, his recruiting experiences and methods including how he brought Augie Monroe and Kaci Erwin into the sport, creating the first...

After an unexpected break, we're back to finish series 2! This week, we're talking with Austin Wallace, player for Vancouver Storm Crows, Western Canada, the Canadian national team (2016). In another in-depth episode, Austin tells about his quidditch experience playing in Canada, firstly with the UBC Thunderbirds and now with Vancouver Storm Crows, his approach to seeking with particular reference...