Great Britain and Ireland
The British and Irish League was formed in 1674 when it became difficult
to keep the many teams and their matches hidden from the Muggles. The
thirteen best teams formed the League and the others were asked to disband.
The League teams compete annually for the League Cup.
Appleby Arrows
Ballycastle Bats
Caerphilly Catapults
Chudley Cannons
Falmouth Falcons
Holyhead Harpies
Kenmare Kestrels
Montrose Magpies
Pride of Portree
Puddlemere United
Tutshill Tornados
Wigtown Wanderers
Wimbourne Wasps
Historical teams
National teams
Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
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Appleby
Arrows |
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pale blue with a silver arrow on the chest
home: Appleby
founded in 1612
defeated the then-champion Vrasta Vultures in a 16-day upset match in 1932
supporters used to fire arrows into the air from their wands, but this was banned in 1894
fierce rivals of the Wimbourne Wasps
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Ballycastle
Bats |
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black with scarlet bat on the chest
home: Ballycastle
picture of them playing the Cannons in the book Flying With the Cannons (GF22)
Captain: Finbar Quigley (DP)
fans usually wear black (DP)
mascot: Barny the Fruitbat
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Caerphilly
Catapults |
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vertical stripes, light green and scarlet
home: Caerphilly
team formed in 1402
famous victory over the Karasjok Kites in 1956
most famous player: "Dangerous" Dai Llewellyn
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Chudley
Cannons |
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robes:
orange with black speeding cannon ball and double 'C'
home: Chudley
Ron's favorite team (logo: two black Cs and speeding cannonball) (PS, CS3
tend to lose quite a bit
Seeker: Galvin Gudgeon (DP)
Manager: Ragmar Dorkins (DP)
Joey Jenkins - Beater, hits a Bludger toward a Ballycastle Bats Chaser in an illustration in the book Flying With the Cannons (GF22)
won the league 21 times, the last time being in 1892 (QA7)
club motto: "We shall conquer" (pre-1972), "Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best" (after 1972)
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Falmouth
Falcons |
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dark gray with white, falcon-head emblem on chest
home: Falmouth
known for hard play
famous (and violent) Beaters Kevin Broadmoor and Karl Broadmoor (1958-1969)
motto: "Let us win, but if we cannot win, let us break a few heads."
Randolph Keitch and Basil Horton played for Falmouth in the early 1900s; in 1929 they founded the Comet Trading Company and invented the Keitch-Horton Braking Charm (QA9)
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Holyhead
Harpies |
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dark green with a golden talon on the chest
home: Holyhead
founded 1203
only hires witches
famous match: defeat of the Heidelberg Harriers in a seven-day match in 1953, widely considered to be the finest games ever seen
Seeker: Glynnis Griffiths (1953)
Captain: Gwendolyn Morgan using a Cleansweep 5 (1953)
current captain: Gwenog Jones (fw90, HBP4)
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Kenmare
Kestrels |
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emerald-green with two yellow Ks back to back on the front
home: Kenmare
Irish team, founded in 1291
leprechaun mascots
supporters play harps
Darren O'Hare, Keeper 1947-60, invented the Hawkshead Attacking Formation
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Montrose
Magpies |
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black and white, with one magpie on the chest and another on the back
home: Montrose
most successful team in history, won the British and Irish League thirty-two times
European Champions twice
famous players:
Eunice Murray (Seeker, d. 1942) (QA7)
Hamish MacFarlan (Captain, 1957-68) (QA7)
Aladair Maddock (Chaser with a Muggle sports fascination) (DP)
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Pride of
Portree |
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deep purple with gold star
home: Portree
founded in 1292
known as "The Prides"
two league wins in the 1960s
famous player: Chaser/Captain Catriona McCormack, played for Scotland thirty-six times
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Puddlemere
United |
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robes:
recently changed from mud brown (DP) to the current blue with two crossed gold bulrushes
home: undetermined, see Puddlemere
Dumbledore is a fan of this team (QA)
Manager: Philbert Deverill (DP)
Joscelind Wadcock - famous Chaser (fw78)
Oliver Wood joined the reserve team after leaving Hogwarts (summer, 1994) (GF7)
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Tutshill
Tornados |
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home: Tutshill
Cho Chang has been a Tornados fan since she was six years old (OP12)
captain: Brevis Birch (DP)
they led the league in the fall of 1995
they have a "900 year history," according to the Daily Prophet, although the team was actually founded in 1520 (DP).
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Wigtown
Wanderers |
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home: Wigtown
Kennilworthy Whisp is a fan of this team. (QA)
The original team was formed in 1422 by the four sons and three daughters of Walter Parkin, a butcher
The Chasers of this team invented the Parkin's Pincer move (QA10)
| Wimbourne Wasps |
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black and yellow, with a picture of a wasp on the front
home: Wimbourne
Ludo Bagman a Beater c.1980 (GF7, GF30)
Historical teams
| Banchory Bangers |
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unknown
home: Banchory
known for their appallingly awful Quidditch skills
also known for their extremely reckless shenanigans which led to the disbanding of their team in 1814
| Barnton |
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unknown
home: Barnton
In 1883, an amateur Barnton team had goals made of different sized baskets. Those for their opponents were tiny while their own were "great wicker caves" which were easy to score into.
| Ilkley |
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unknown
home: Ilkley
Ilkley is located to the northwest of Leeds, west of York
the Ilkley team, in the 1100s, played a game against a Yorkshire team which was described in a now-famous letter from Goodwin Kneen to his cousin Olaf in Norway.
| Norfolk |
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robes:
unknown
home: Norfolk
Cyprian Youdle was a Norfolk referee. He was killed during a match in 1357 by a curse cast by one of the spectators.
England fielded a team that lost to Luxemburg in 1994 [Y14] in the run-up to the World Cup. The Irish team, however, went on to win the cup in a very exciting match against Bulgaria.
Ireland National Team
(1994
[Y14]):
robes:
mascot: Leprechauns
See GF8 The Quidditch World Cup for details
about the names of the players.
Connolly - Beater
Lynch, Aidan - Seeker
Moran - Chaser
Mullet - Chaser
Quigley - Beater
Ryan, Barry - Keeper
Troy - Chaser
Teams in order of founding (where date is given):
1163 - Puddlemere United
1203 - Holyhead Harpies
1291 - Kenmare Kestrels
1292 - Pride of Portree
1312 - Wimbourne Wasps
1402 - Caerphilly Catapults
1422 - Wigtown Wanderers
1520 - Tutshill Tornados
1612 - Appleby Arrows
