Quidditch

Irish Seeker Injured
By Liliana Bloom

Irish National Team Seeker, Aidan Lynch broke his leg in an accident two weeks ago, that surprisingly was not related to Quidditch. Lynch was teaching his son to ride his broomstick when his son lost control and the broomstick fell on Lynch. Fortunatley, his son is fine.

Lynch was rushed to the nearest hospital where x-rays were taken. He is now resting at home with his family. However, this couldn't have come at a worse time for Lynch. With the Quidditch World Cup quickly approaching, this is the time that Lynch and his teammates would be practising very hard.

So after much discussion, the team addressed the media at a press conference last week. The team agreed to forfeit the match and dropout of the World cup, to the dismay of many diehard fans. "Aidan's health is more importnat to us than this match and we don't feel it right to call a replacement. He's very loyal to the team and we feel as though we were betraying him in continuing to play". Lynch should be up on his feet in three months.

Veronica the Hotshot 65
By Lucinda Kingston

When Monsieur Robert Toulouse asked me if I would come down to Morocco to write an article on his new racing broom, I replied back, honored. As honoring as the assignment was, I am not so sure I should have said yes.

Robert Toulouse was born in Ireland, raised in South of France (mother was Irish, father-French) and is currently living in Morocco with his aunt at the age of 22. He is the number 1 racing broom maker in the world and can speak 5 different languages. 3 years ago he created the Thunderbolt as a racing broom. He sold it to a company who changed the name to the famous "Firebolt" and switched it to a Qudditch broom. This didn't bother him much, luckily.

When I arrive, he escorts me to his workplace. He insisted I interview him before I test out the broom.

ME: Er, hello.
RT: Hi.
ME: Well, um, what should I ask you?
RT: Anything, darling!
ME: Okay. Um, I, um, well…
RT: Ask me where I got the idea to make this broom!
ME: Okay. Where did you get the idea to make this particular broom?
RT: My little cousin, Amanda. Now ask me why I got it from her.
ME: Um, why did you get this idea from her?
RT: You remember Amanda, don't you Lucinda? She won first place, and you won fourth in the Southern England Regional race. She was always complaining that the only fast brooms were the Quidditch brooms, and they were never good for racing.
ME: She spit on my shoes in the Regional, but anyway… I suppose I agree with her.
RT: She is very competitive. But I had made some very fast brooms, but they weren't fast enough for her. So I constructed a broom that could go top speed, and would excel in going straight and sharp and smooth turns. There are too many tricks in Quidditch, although it is quite fun.
ME: On to another question, I assume?
RT: Yes. Ask me what the broom is for.
ME: The broom is for racing, I know. Where did you get the name from though?
RT: Oh, well I was having this dream and it was getting really hot, and
ME: Okay then, where is the broom?
RT: Don't you want to hear what I was going to say?
ME: No.

We went to go get the broom, and we went out to the racing/Quidditch field. I was a little nervous (partially because I could make a fool of myself and partially because I could get hurt.)

RT: This is Veronica.
ME: Veronica?
RT: Don't yours have names?
ME: Um, no.
RT: Well, shows how much you care about them doesn't it?
ME: How would you determine the gender of a broom, though? Um, never mind.

I got on the broom, and mounted ready to take off. "You must make sure that you trust her first," said Robert. "Mmm hmm." I said. "Don't you trust Veronica?" I said yes, and lifted off. Everything was going alright, and so I sped up. I figured that I had spent enough time on the broom and as I headed down, the broom wouldn't allow me to go less than 15 feet above the ground. It wouldn't let me come down. Then, as I tried to gently ease down, "Veronica" spun out of control and zoomed to the ground. I yelped in pain, and found Amanda laughing at me when I landed. I had broken my left pointer, middle and ring fingers.

What I am saying is that A) "Veronica" the HotShot 65 is not going to be out on the market for at least another 6 months. And B) First the Quidditch and Racing Safety First Association will inspect "her" before AMANDA tests it out. And, of course C) Amanda so cheated!!

Daily Prophet 1st Annual Reporters Quidditch Match
By Shaelyn Potter

Hello! This is Shaelyn Potter covering the first annual Daily Prophet Quidditch Match. I played as Seeker for the Reporting Rovers along with my other teammates Abby and Ally Potter (beaters), Drakon Slytherin (keeper), Dark Raven, Aurora Flitwick, and Alanna Quenby (chasers). We played against Interviewing Icicles made of Castillo Riddle (seeker), Alex Granger and Joe Black (beaters), Kourtney Skeeter (keeper), Andrew Sprout, Athena Robinson, and Hannah Hedwig (chasers). It was a tight 3 hour game, but we all managed to wiggle a score of:

Reporting Rovers: 750
Interviewing Icicles: 610

When Megora McGonagall (referee) announced the winner and the score, all of the Reporting Rovers were overjoyed and the Icicles, being good sports, of course, cheered them on. Thats the end of my coverage.

Quidditch Cancelled At Hogwarts (Part 2)
By: Drakon Slytherin

LONDON, ENGLAND - Today, an unnamed representative of the MOM informed us that Quidditch would NOT be cancelled at Hogwarts, for the moment. "Quidditch will be toned down however, because we feel that it is a bit too violent for the students of Hogwarts. We are in the process of drawing up a charter for the new Quidditch rules at Hogwarts that should be completed by the time school opens in September. All current Quidditch players, and all first years will receive a copy of this charter in their summer mailing." To this reporter, this sounds good, but we talked to some students who play(ed) Quidditch while at Hogwarts. "This is an outrage! That is not how Quidditch should be played," Bill Weasley said when interviewed. "I, for one, think the new Quidditch rules are very good, they will keep kids safe," says non-Quidditch player Hermione Granger, 5th year. The MOM stated that Quidditch could be suspended for one month, while these rules are put into practice, which could be "for the best" says Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge. We all want our Quidditch back and this fuss about it being too dangerous will not pass well, either will this charter, this reporter thinks. But you never know. I mean, Harry Potter was the youngest Seeker in a century. Anything can happen. At the Ministry in London, Drakon Slytherin, The Daily Prophet.

Quidditch Cancelled at Hogwarts
By Drakon Slytherin

LONDON, ENGLAND-The Ministry of Magic announced in a press conference today, that they might be taking Quidditch out of the Hogwarts curriculum. "Quidditch is a very dangerous sport, not to mention tiring, and we don't want our students tiring out and not learning at Hogwarts," Says Jimona Uryas, Director of Sports and Recreation for Hogwarts. Some people are saying that Quidditch isn't dangerous, and Headmaster Albus Dumbledore assures the Ministry that Quidditch at Hogwarts "isn't nearly as dangerous" as you make it out to be. "I will not stand idly by as the Ministry of Magic tries to diminish one of Hogwarts oldest and most fun sports," Albus Dumbledore said after hearing the news. For this reporter, Quidditch is a number one priority, and I do not want to see it taken off of the Hogwarts grounds. At the Ministry in London, I'm Drakon Slytherin, the Daily Prophet.

A Mad Bludger Accident
By: Lucinda Kingston

In the 6th Hour of a 7-hour Quidditch match between the Dublin and Limerick, a mad bludger attacked sveral players including the keeper off the Dublin Defeaters and a chaser of the Limerick Leprechauns. The chaser was about to score a goal that would put her team in the lead , when a beater of the Defeaters hit the bludger at the beater of the Leprachauns. the bludger went past him and hit the chaser, Irene McIntire, then bounced off her and hit the keeper, Aubrey O' Riley, and knocked him unconsious, like Shelia. Many Limerick fans are framing the incident on the beater of the Defeaters, Patrick Wellington, like Dublin fans agree that it is the Leader beater, Austin Connery's fault. The referee concluded it is neither beaters fault; the bludger went out of it's so called "control". Both Irene and Aubrey have recovered quickly and are practicing for the rematch, sheduled June 17th. the score was a tie, 170 to 170.

Witches Are Finally Getting into the Quidditch Scene… As Beaters?
By Madolyn Libra-Flitwick

Yes, that's right, there are girl beaters in quidditch. This season, as rumored by millions of quidditch fans and/or fanatics, found out about this on Thursday in the recent Cannons-Falcons game! Karleyn Burotte, a beater, is playing for the Chudley Cannons and is also their new half-seeker too! A girl as the beater for the lead team in the region.

And if you're wondering about the turn-out of the game; strangely and unusually enough... Drumroll, please... The Cannons won! The first time in two centuries! Take that, Puddlemere United! I'm Madolyn Libra-Flitwick and that's the facts! Thank you.

Transfiguration/Animagus Quiddditch Game!
By Hermiona Pisces-Dumbledore

Yes, it does sound dumb, but it will happen and has happened. About 40 years ago, Animagi came from all around the world to Hogwarts for the very first Animagus/Transfiguration Bowl.

Played like normal quidditch except spells and animagi are in it, it sure is a hit. It starts out with the transfiguration spells to start off, 3 animals for chasers, etc., but more added and rules are changed. At that game 40 years ago, over 2 million animagi attended and the wizarding/animagus economy went up. This very year, the 2 Animagus/Transfiguration Bowl is coming up. 3 galleons for adults, 9 sickles for kids, elderly free. It is a great and historical sight to see. I hope you will see it. I will talk about it more in next update.

New Quidditch Brooms Neat, Cheap, And Fun To Eat?
By Hermiona Pisces-Dumbledore

Edible broomsticks? Sounds weird, but possible. The brooms are called the Candydandyflier44200. Long name, yes, but it's really cool to ride. I was curious about them, so I asked the maker, Mr. Wackcany, about them:

Me: Hi! So tell me about these edible brooms.

Wackany: Well, we have used candy, and all the other things to make a broom. It tastes great, so don't worry.

Me: What does it look like, just wanting to know.

Wackany: It's kind of brownish-blackish-pinkish. It looks really ugly close up, but from far away, it's a beaute.

Me: Okay. Are they flavored?

Wackany: You bet! They come in 5,555,555,555 different flavors. Just one flavor is cherry-berry-peach. It is really yummy! But don't be eating while flying.

Me: Okay. So, to tie up the last end, the price?

Wackany: 1 knut for regular flavors, 12 sickles for 2-flavored, you figure out the math. Toodle-loo.

Me: Bye.!

So are they worth it? I tried one myself. They taste really good, but be careful of wood splinters.

Head of Magical Games and Sports in Debt After World Cup
By Marie Evans

London (Associated Prophet)- After the World Cup, the DP started getting calls from witches and wizards alike complaining that they'd placed bets with Mr. Ludo Bagman (head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports, and an organizer of the Tri-Wizard Tournament) and had been paid back in Leprechaun gold, which was outlawed in 1893 by the International Confederation of Wizards.

"Fred an' me, we bet all our savings on Krum getting the Snitch, but Ireland winning. Then the git paid us in Leprechaun gold!!!" said George Weasly-16 of Hogwarts School.

Apart from fellow magical beings, he is in greater debt with the goblins. It also seems that to pay off his original debt (hence called the LGWC debt) he placed a bet on Harry Potter's (14) head saying the he would win the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Well, as we all know, the goblins don't exactly play fair. They didn't pay Bagman saying that "Harry tied for the Cup with Diggory,". It seems he fled. Luckily, your Daily Prophet reporter, bent on revealing the truth, looked for him and found him, in a location that will not be revealed here.

"Harry won the winnings! He won the title! I ought to win the gold!!!" shouted Bagman. Some 250 beings (witches, wizards, goblins, etc.) have complained.

"It was an honest mistake! I grabbed some Leppy gold and got it mixed up with the real galleons! It's not my fault!"

Ludo Bagman will be tried on September the 22nd. If found guilty he may not bet ever again, get suspended from the Ministry for 10 days and will get three official warnings from the Ministry: one for cheating (LGWC debt), one for taking bets with minors (Misters Fred and George Weasly and 27 others) and for cheating the goblins by fleeing. We all hope that Mr. Bagman has learned his lesson.

Pranks For Quidditch
By Dobby Josh

1. Slime Bludger as soon as it hits someone, BAM! slime all over them!

2. Pie Snitch just catch this snitch and see the real magic happen! Face direct hit every time!

3. Exploding Quaffle when you try to score, it explodes in your hand!

4.Non-scoring Goalpost it has an invisible forcefield that shoots the quaffle back at the chaser! All sold in Hogsmead for 10 galleons each.

Exclusive Interview with Althea Holenko
By Lucinda Kingston

It is 3:30 P.M. and we are in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries in India. Madame Koly (Althea Holenko's nurse) gives Althea some green tea and after 48 hours of rest, she is ready to talk. (Althea learned to speak English at the age of 12.)

Lucinda: Good afternoon. Glad to see you have recovered well.
Althea: Why, it might seem like that, but it was very hard.
Lucinda: Well, I had been trying to get an interview with you for quite awhile. That is why I was at the match.
Althea: Yes. I distinctively saw you. You are very enthusiastic about Asian Quidditch for a Brittishwoman.
Lucinda: Shall we start?
Althea: Go ahead.
Lucinda:Okay. What was it like as you were on the very first Flashcar 5000?
Althea: It is the best broomstick I have ever experienced. It is beyond my imagination.
Lucinda: Well, there have been rumors that it was customarily made for you. Is this true?
Althea: No, but I was the very first to test it out. The very first.
Lucinda:Hmm... Have you always had a passion for Quidditch?
Althea: Of course! Quidditch has been my life since I was eight years old, and I was chosen to be on a team as soon as I was old enough. Quidditch always has and always will be part of me.
Lucinda:Who inspired you to be a seeker?
Althea:Oh, practically everyone! Well, mainly Rory Colaine.
Lucinda: Rory Colaine was the very first woman seeker...
Althea: ...that was successful. Yes, Rory Colaine inspired me when she, as a captain, led her team to the World Cup. When I first heard of her on the radio, it was like this lightbulb lit up my head that said, "You have to do this, Althea!"
Lucinda: Did anyone ever try and put you down?
Althea: Not really, I mean everyone that I knew was supportive of my dream, but I mostly kept it to myself. Well, except when I spent hours practicing.
Lucinda: How does it feel to know that you inspire many, the way Rory Colaine inspired you?
Althea: AMAZING!
Lucinda: Um... Were you scared when you tried out for this major Quidditch team that had already won two world cups? And did being female have anything to do with it?
Althea: Yes, I was very scared when I tried out for the Vipertooths.
Lucinda: Why the Vipertooths?
Althea: My country, of course!
Lucinda: Do you expect any of your children to live up to you or your husband, awarded with the honor of the Third Order of Merlin?
Althea: No, not really, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. Iduna and Loki are slightly upset that I am retiring in September after the World Cup, but I really want my second son to live a normal life.
Lucinda: Congratulations!
Althea: On what?
Lucinda: Your baby! and, of course, winning the National Cup.
Althea: Oh, thank you, Lucinda. Since the Semifinals are in four months, that will give me plenty of time to practice. Wish me luck!
Lucinda: I will. Thank you for your time, Althea.
Althea: Your Welcome.

Her children come in and Madame Koly is shooing me out, because, even though I had a special pass (hey, I work for the Daily Prophet), normally family is only allowed in.

Award Given in Honor of Harry Potter's Father
Reported by James Potter

Harry Potter's dad, the famed James Potter, will win an award today for his outstanding Quidditch moves. The award will be given to his son and will be named after him. This ceromny will take place at Hogwarts on January 29.

Woman Seeker Out Cold!
By Lucinda Kingston

After a six day Quidditch National Cup in Asia between the Vietnam Vipertooths and the Burma Beasts, Althea Holenko, one of the 10 women seekers of the world and captain of the Vipertooths, fell off her top-of-the-line Flashcar 5000 (the best broomstick in all of Asia) and is believed to have a concussion and two broken legs.

"I saw it! I saw that Holenko girl fall! She was really high up, I tell you! Her Flashcar sped after her, y'know trying to save her, them Flashcars s'posed to save their owners!" says a local 12-year-old Beast fan, Bernard Hayden.

I then spoke to the referee, Samuel Rice from Britain, and asked him why Althea fell off her broom. His reply was,

"It was very clear that Althea was knocked off her broom by Maxwell Daugharty, a chaser for the Burma Beasts. Fans are disagreeing and it looks quite unpleasant out there."

The score was 670 to 690, and even though Burma was in the lead, the Nationwide Quidditch Board of Cooperation is meeting about fouls and the points that will be given.

American Seeker in Critical Condition
By James Potter

The American seeker John Bruce has taken a bludger to the head during yesterdays quidditch match against Britian. He is reported to be in critical condition in an American Hostipal. The match end when he was hit in the head.He had scored for his team and wanting to make sure that everyone knew that he had he started fouling. The beaters angry at this hit him with the bludgers. the beaters have been suspended and will be fined.They could be expelled from the leauge if Mr.Bruce presses charges.

Quidditch Commentary - Holyhead Harpies Vs. Caerphilly Catapults

By Callisto Riddle

It was a clash of the Welsh titans yesterday as the Holyhead Harpies, the world's only all-witch team, clashed with the Caerphilly Catapults (pronounced Cuh-filly, or Ci-errr-filly to true Welshmen), arguably Wales' greatest team in a two day long match.

And here's a little exclusive for you: 15 year old Harry Potter and his best friends from Hogwarts, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, were seen spectating at the match! The Boy Who Lived later commented: "The match was really good and the Seekers were both superb. It's nice to be able to get away from the Dursleys during the holidays and this was a cool excuse."

The Catapults scored first with a smashing Doppelbeater Defence move from Beaters Jones Lewis and Dafydd Davies causing Harpies' Chaser Ivee Shaw to drop the Quaffle as she rolled to avoid the rampaging Bludger to wolf whistles and cheers from the crowd. However, the Harpies soon clawed back into the lead with a penalty for Cobbing, taken by Callisto Riddle and swiftly followed by a superb throw under pressure by her co- Chaser Splash Blythe. Both Harpies' Beaters, Anwen Huws and Aneira Jones, were much in evidence, smashing the Catapults' defence to bits despite their earlier slip up as both sides scored several more times.

In the sixty-seventh minute of the second day, Catapults' Seeker Morgan Davies appeared to have seen the Snitch but Harpy Chaser Ivee Shaw threw the Quaffle at him in a last-ditch bid to stop the rapidly diving Seeker. This meant a hault of the game as referee Sian Harbon attempted to discover whether or not this was in fact a foul. Although nothing was in fact written in the rulebook about such a move, a penalty was awardeds to loud boos from the crowd. This necessitated an extremely swift Double Eight Loop from Harpy Keeper Angharad Morgan to block the shot from Catapults' Chaser Huw Huws, flinging the Quaffle straight back out to Chaser Callisto Riddle who immediately wheeled around in a 180 degree angle and scored for the all-girl team as the helpless Catapults gaped. The tempestuous match was finally brought to an end by Harpies' Seeker Elinor Rhys in a spectacular catch, diving straight towards the ground in a thrilling race with Catapults' Seeker Morgan Davies. Amid wild applause from the crowd, Elinor was swarmed over and hugged by the entire team, with all three Chasers shooting green and gold fireworks from their wands as the entire team remounted their brooms for a victory roll over the heads of the ecstatic (well, half ecstatic) crowd. Welsh manager Carwen Prys was a prominent feature in the crowd, seeming particularly impressed at the celebration aerial gymnastics from the three Chasers as they looped the loop, dived and soared in a spectacular display of aerial antics.

Well done Harpies!

Final score:

Harpies: 540 Catapults: 250

Quidditch Stats
by Samuel Lumos

Ireland 250
Italy 100

Great B. 150
Germany 30

Great B. 150
Germany 30

Wales 250
Spain 100

Note: Great Britain played twice because of a double header.
Eastern Division: W L GB
Wales 11 4 -
Spain 10 5 1/2
Great Britain 10 6 2
Ireland 9 6 2
Italy 8 7 3

Note: Some teams have not played the same number of games as other teams because of a bye week.

Today was an ultra-thriller. The standings are nail-biting. A win by Great Britain and a loss by Spain would force a tie-breaker game for the wild card. Great Britain won because of their bludgers. Here are the stats ( over two games): eight hit balls; 2 shots taken by other team. One hit the chaser, none hit the seeker and one hit the keeper. Ireland was trailing 80 to 100 when chaser Tom McDonald scored two times in a record 15 seconds. Then seeker Ben Quivvel caught the snitch to win. Wales and Spain were tied when seeker Fred Brady caught the snitch. Wales clinched a play-off spot with the win.

Next week's matches: Great Britain versus Spain; Wales versus Ireland; and Italy versus Germany.

Great Christmas Gifts for Seekers
By Dobby Josh

Comet 1000: good for going fast.
Snitch 50 good for getting out of pickles with other teams.
Finally, the Firebolt 2000 goes up to 100 M.P.H!

Muggles Enter Diagon Alley
By Sirius Koshen

During last weeks quidditch festival in London, two muggles, believed to be vacationing Amercans, were drawn into the Leaky Cauldron by the loud partying after the Wigtown Wanderers won the championship. Somehow the muggles made it far enough into the tavern to reach the back courtyard. A drunken young wizard opened the entrance to Diagon alley, not noticing the muggles behind him. The muggles tried to purchase a cup of coffee, but when the merchant saw their muggle money, he immidietly preformed memory charms on them and sent back to the streets of London.

Servonavitch Goes Down!
By: Jenson Bortkin

Tuesday, Mavalon Servonavitch of the Moscow, Russia Quidditch team was hospitalized after a brutal hit by a speeding Bludger against her upper back. Fortunately the star Seeker wasn't too badly hurt and she may be playing again by mid or late november to somewaree around December. Chan Zang, Beater of the China team, paid his respects in the hospital to visit Servonavitch with the rest of the team. "I tried to stop the Bludger from hitting but it would not stop!". Zang had hit the Bludger just after realizing Servonavitch had caught the snitch. After the Seeker went down, Zang said over and over "I'm sorry" and rushed to the aid of the Seeker. After the incident, we visited Mavalon in the hospital. "I saw the hole replay, the Bludger was a rogue", said Mavalon, "and I do forgive Chan for what happened, and it wasn't even his fault". Officials say that the bludger was infact cursed. Luckily Servonavitch did catch the Snitch. The Moscow Comrades won over the China Dragons 340 to 290.

New Broomstick!
by Hannah Hedwig

Firebolt™ decided to make a new broomstick. Introducing the Firebolt 2,000! Firebolt 2,000 will have 100 speeds, storage space, map, built in bonoculers, and a shield to protect you from the rain. And for your injoyment, a radio. The Firebolt 2,000 will be in stores soon for 6,000 galleons. So if you want this great broom, start saving!

Quidditch For Life
By Lexi Maxwell

Most of the Wizarding public considers Quidditch their life, the one and only. This Saturday, they'll be right.

There will be a Quidditch Festival this coming Saturday at Queerditch Marsh, England. All proceeds will go to the September 11th fund that the British Ministry of Magic has created. Tours will be led through the original playing field, with realistic play recreated from days of yore when the game consisted solely of scoring. Booths from all sorts of Wizarding companies are already dotting the horizon of the marsh. The week-long festival will also include most of the Professional Quidditch teams, signing autographs, taking pictures, and giving mini-camps and tips to aspiring phenomenons.

Donations are warmly accepted, but it's doubtful that you can even set foot on the grounds without yearning to spend a few sickles here and there. The festival also marks the 1100th anniversary of Quidditch. Tickets are available at almost every wizarding shop and market. There are 3 kinds, from 15 and under for 3 sickles, 16-55 for 5 sickles, and 56 + for 3 sickles.

"We can't wait to get it started," said American Minister Robert Green, "It's amazing how the entire world, Wizarding and Muggle, has pulled together for the sake of America. It's absolutely astounding..."

(Editor's Note: This article is fan fiction and a quidditch festival will not be held at Queerditch Marsh.)

Quidditch Stats

By Samuel Lumos

Wales: 200
Ireland: 20

Ireland had only scored 20 points when Wales' seeker Albert Ling caught the snitch to win. This victory puts Wales into the play offs. "We're starting to see light at the end of the tunnel" says the head coach. It makes sense for him to say this because in last season's play-offs Ireland beat Wales to get to the World Cup facing Great Britain, in which they lost. If they can beat Spain next week they will earn a by first round of the play-offs.

Here are the standings in the Eastern Division:

Country	Wins	Losses	Games Behind
Spain	10	3	----
Wales	10	4	1/2
Great Britain	9	5	11/2
Italy	8	6	21/2
Ireland	8	6	21/2

This Season's Must-Have Quidditch Items
by Aurora Flitwick

For all of you Quidditch fans if you haven't checked out Quidditch Through The Ages by: Kennilworthy Whisp or haven't bought a copy of your own you should get one. This book is great.It goes from The Evolution of the Flying Broomstick to Quidditch Today. And it has a very nice foreword by Albus Dumbledore himself. Also another item all Qudditch players and specialists should get today Broomstick Servicing Kit. It comes in a black leather case with it includes Fleetwood's High-Finish Handle Polish, sliver Tail-Twig Clippers, a brass compass to clip on your broomstick in long journeys, and Handbook of Do-It-Yourself Broomcare.Quidditch player should take care of their brooms and should always get new Quidditch books. And keep track when new brooms come out. I hope to see you during the Quidditch matches.

Quidditch Brooms: The Complete Buyer's Guide
Reported by Larrissa Potter

COMET 390 - Perhaps the fastest broom out there, the comet 390 can reach to a speed of 100 mph. It is mahogany with an eight inch long tail of twigs. The name is written in gold on the stick. CAUTION- 3rd years and up

Firebolt 4,000 -  This broom can go very high, and it is oak with a 5 in. long tail. 9 galleons.

Meteor 700 - This broom was handmade by goblins, using only the finest enchantments to ensure your safety. It is made of a unique bamboo and is imported from China. 6 galleons.

Top 5 Selling Brooms

1. Comet360

2. Firebolt 4,000

3. Meteor 700

4. Snitch430

5. Beater1000