What sports do wizards play besides Quidditch?
Tue, Jul 21st 2009, 12:32
A while ago Amazon had a competition to answer the question - What sports do wizards play besides Quidditch? The winners got to go to London to see one of the hand crafted Tales of Beedle the Bard.
I didn't win. And so I shouldn't. I'm in my thirties for God's sake. I do hope the grand finalists where children or I'd be very upset. Of course, I didn't write my entry, as being a Muggle I don't know much about the wizarding world (apart from a few obscure books handed down from my Great-Great Grandfather Alexander McLeod, who I believe was a dragon handler at the Royal Wizarding Zoological Gardens of Edinburgh). Anyway... I found this poem inside a book at the local library...
Here is the text laid out in easy-read format:
Quidditch is Not the Only Game!
By the venerable Sir Runcible Spoon
Written in 1949, Hogsmeade
Quidditch is not the only game of note!
Though ‘tis most favoured by popular vote.
There are many great sports and activities
Like Beat the Boggart and Horntail Squeeze,
There’s Hippogriff Racing, and Water Snitch,
Even Roll the Auror, and Hunt the Witch.
Parlour games are good when the weather’s foul
Basilisks and Ladders, Pin the Beak on the Owl.
In old times the grand game was Goblin Ball,
A quite cruel affair, with no rules at all.
But myself, I favour Olympian sport:
Vanishing Discus, Javelin by Thought.
But if you favour games set on the pitch
Well you simply can’t beat it… Quidditch.
