midnightsnipesquidditch:

Can we please talk about how the United Kingdom is literally smaller in area than the state of Michigan and yet the U.K has 65 official quidditch teams.

I wish the Midwest could be so densely packed with official teams. That would be awesome. And then add the fact that the U.K. completely blows the Midwest out of the water when it comes to their phenomenal public transportation infrastructure. Traveling for tournaments must be so incredibly easy there relative to how it is here.

Food for thought. Midnight Snipes’ midnight snack for your mind.

I’m afraid the IQA map is incorrect (we hear they’re working on correcting that map), if you want a more accurate map of active UK quidditch teams, head over to our website map, though admittedly that isn’t 100% fully up-to-date yet. We have around 15 or so active teams, possible more, though none of our UK teams are IQA official just yet.

Agreed, our public transport infrastructure is pretty good, so actually getting somewhere may be fairly simple, but cost is still an issue. Travelling by train is often expensive, so most teams utilise cars/mini-buses/public coaches when they need to travel. We’ve also only had one tournament so far here in the UK (the Highlander Cup in Edinburgh last weekend), so most matches that take place are only very nearby teams playing against each other. 

Someone needs to invent teleportation devices already, it would make travelling long-distance for tournaments/matches so much easier!!

EDIT: Haha yes, alright… or apparition, port-keys or Floo network! Flying brooms in the UK not so much, with the large amount of rain we get here, they would probably be a less pleasant way of travelling though, so the other methods would be more preferable :P