London Quadball Club (LQC) was founded in summer 2018 by various athletes and graduates who had  relocated to London and wanted to play with their friends in a  competitive but friendly environment.

Since then, the club has  gone from strength to strength, consistently medaling at the highest  levels of UK Quadball, most notably winning the 2019 British Quadball Cup in our inaugural season.

We train weekly in Clapham, with our club consisting of both an A and  B team, who compete across regional, national and international events  alike - including the European Quadball Cup.

QuadballUK would like to announce how excited we are that Dec Ramsay will be taking the reigns as our next President.

Having joined the sport in 2017, he's played for several clubs within our NGB as well as representing his home nation of New Zealand at the 2018 IQA World Cup gaining invaluable experience on how QUK's decision making can affect clubs and players.

Not content with just being a player, Dec volunteered as a Tech Officer in 2019 and become Tech Director in 2022. He helped push through the big website rebuild in 2020, integrating with Quidditch Scheduler in 2021 as well as our internal admin and club management systems in 2022.

Dec also went on to say “We are still looking for volunteers across the organisation at all levels, from Directors to Officers. Whatever your skill set, there is a place for you and your help is needed. All are welcome to help make Quadball the biggest and most inclusive sport in the UK.”

Your passion for Quadball and your commitment to the sport will undoubtedly inspire others to get involved and make Quadball UK even more successful. Best of luck in your new role, and congratulations once again!

Dec Ramsay appointed as QUK President

The results are in!

BRITISH QUADBALL CUP 2023 - OFFICIAL LIVESTREAM 🏐🔴🟡 (DAY 1)

BRITISH QUADBALL CUP 2023 - OFFICIAL LIVESTREAM 🏐🔴🟡 (DAY 2)

Our livestream caught huge games all through the weekend from the opening group matches to the thrilling finals, watch all the action from Pitch 1 on both days below

Our events would also not have been possible without the amazing work of our officials and volunteers who stepped up to help in the run-up to and throughout the weekend. Our events team lead by Fran Morris and Emily Hayes have run a hugely successful Nationals and are a credit to the sport.

British Quadball Cup 2023 ReCap

Our 2nd edition of the European Qualifier Tournament, a fairly new mainstream tournament hosted by QuidditchUK, unravelled last weekend at  the Salford Sports Village during the 1st and 2nd of February. 

London  Quidditch Club A faced their Clapham Common neighbours London  Unspeakables, yet again for the 3rd time this season within the grand  final of the event.  Since they encountered the Unspeakables twice this  season, once during the Southern Cup 2019 semi-final and the other  during the ‘final’ play-in game last weekend at one side of the bracket.  We can imagine LQCA were a bit frustrated with playing the same team  they previously lost to a third time round. Luckily for them, they did  not honour the Unspeakables a winning three-peat. In a final which  anyone could tell LQC were hungry for the win, the tables had turned  with the score set at 40-10 before snitch on pitch,  Unspeakables still  within overtime range to create even more upsets. During their previous  game against LQCA, Unspeakables caught from 20 points down to win their  game, entering the final. LQCA had to take a slight diversion, facing  the Megalodons in an intense game with VQC’s second team cold-caught the  snitch from 60 points down (90-30), ending the game at 90-60*. 

During  the final, Chema Hidalgo Lopez caught from behind snitch Steve Busson  to finish the game off at a cool 70*-10 to London Quidditch Club A. Thus securing their first tournament overall victory this season. A massive  congratulations to the newest community club from London, who are now  well into their second season since their genesis. 

Yes, and that’s about it! But for those who thought EQT was as wrapped  up as that, guess again. (See a list of full rankings at the end of this  article)

To kick off the new decade, #EQT2020 facilitated twelve  of the best teams from across the country based off the rankings that  stand from the Northern and Southern events  that took place in November  2019. Both winners of each respected regional tournament, the  Velociraptors  and the Werewolves of London Firsts, automatically  qualified for EQC Division 1 as well as landing a ‘first seed’ within  their eventual groups for the international tournament. EQT’s purpose  was to house these twelve teams to compete to gain not only  qualification for Division 1 (Ghent, Belgium) and Division 2 (Brescia,  Italy) of the European Quidditch Cup with three spots available for the  former and a generous five up for grabs for the latter. But also to  calculate which teams had the best seeding within the upcoming  tournaments based in Europe. 

The European Qualifier’s policy  stayed true to the Northern and Southern rankings, with selected the  best six teams from each region. Leceister Thestrals ranked 5th at  Northern Cup 2019, securing a spot at EQT 2020 and were originally  attending their first European Qualifier Tournament.  Leicester decided  to withdraw from the event due to financial difficulties, following a  vote ordered by the club’s committee. A new team was able to take  Leicester’s spot, and QuidditchUK offered the position to Sheffield, who  later declined the opportunity. It was then offered to Warwick  Quidditch Club, who solidified as the 12th and final team competing at  the tournament in Salford, Manchester. 

To recap, London Quidditch Club A (1st) will be going to EQC D1 with a 2nd Seed place within the eventual groups, whereas second-time silver medallists, London Unspeakables (2nd) as well as bronze medallists, the Megalodons (3rd) will be running into EQC D1 as a 3rd seeded team. Olympians Quidditch Club (4th) and Oxford Mammoths  (5th)  have been granted as EQC D2’s 1st Seeded teams in Italy, taking place  in March of this year. Finally, London Quidditch Club’s second team, LQCB (6th) joins the former teams in Italy as the only 2nd Seeded team to come out of the tournament, leaving Southampton Quidditch Club (7th) and Edinburgh Holyrood Hippogriffs (8th) as unseeded teams respectively. 

Congratulations  to each and everyone of the teams that came and competed in Manchester,  whether you qualified for a European Quidditch Cup division or didn’t,  QuidditchUK would like to extend our praise to you for how well teams  performed on the weekend. On the contrary, from a volunteering and  resourcefulness perspective, absolutely everyone lent their assistance  to make this EQT the best one yet and we couldn’t have done it without  your continuous support! Thank you! 

You can find the full rankings for the weekend here.

Please help us in making EQT 2021 even better than this event by leaving your honest feedback using our handy feedback form.

Photo Credit: Simon Blackshaw (The Dislodged Hoop)

Our 2nd edition of the European Qualifier Tournament, a fairly new mainstream tournament hosted by QuidditchUK, unravelled last weekend at the Salford Sports Village during the 1st and 2nd of February.

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Club Achievements

Position	Season	Tournament	Team
1st	22/23	British Quadball Cup (Community)	LQCA
2nd	21/22	British Quadball Cup (Community)	London Quidditch Club A
1st	19/20	European Qualifier Tournament	LQCA
3rd	19/20	Southern Cup	LQCA
1st	18/19	British Quadball Cup	LQCA
3rd	18/19	European Qualifier Tournament	LQCA
2nd	18/19	Southern Cup	LQCA