Quidditch



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Quidditch is a sport similar to soccer. It is played with seven players the keeper, the seeker, two beaters,and three chasers except they all fly over peoples heads on broomsticks. The three chasers try throw a brown ball called the Quaffle through one of the other teams three hoops, and stop the other teams players from getting close to their teams three goal hoops. The two beaters prevent two balls called bludgers from hitting their fellow team mates off their broomsticks. To keep the bludgers away from their teamates they hit the bludgers with small clubs. The beaters for Gryffindor's team are the Weasely brothers Fred and George. The keeper prevents the other team from scoring. The keeper for Gryffindor is Oliver Wood. He is also the team captain. The Quidditch teams main goal is for the seeker to find and catch a small golden ball with wings before the other teams seeker catches it. When the seeker catches the golden ball called the Snitch the teams seeker who catches the snitch first wins 150 points and the game is over. The seeker for Gryffindor is Harry Potter. Quidditch is quite a popular game at Hogwarts. Harry's father used to also be the seeker for Gryffindor. He was so good that his father actually won the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor in one of his years at Hogwarts.Quidditch is so popular in the world of magic that it is played as a world round sport. They call different teams one from each house Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Ravenclaw