By Nina Heise
What did we learn from the first German tournament this weekend? Well, mostly that German quidditch players will play through a snowstorm if necessary; in shorts and a T-shirt, following the popular German proverb “Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten,” literally “only the hard ones get into the garden.” (Yes, that's a thing in Germany.)
All photos by Nina Heise
On a more directly quidditch-related note, the team from Darmstadt dominated all its games that weekend with very aggressive quaffle play and proved itself to be the one to beat in German quidditch. It started off the tournament with a 170*-20 blowout against the Frankfurt Mainticores and continued that way, playing the Three River Dragons from Passau 30*-60 and the Black Forest Bowtruckles from Freiburg 100-50* after an unexpected catch by Freiburg’s seeker only seconds after being released.
The Black Forest Bowtruckles came in second as a surprise to many, having brought a squad of only seven players. With no subs as soon as the seeker floor ended, they proved themselves a force to be reckoned with. With some offensive beating and a continuously strong attack, they beat the Three River Dragons Passau (150*-80) and the Frankfurt Manticores (150*-40) with apparent ease and even held Darmstadt within snitch range for quite a while. They were also the only team to catch all of their snitches, which was quite a feat considering the fact that their seeker, Patrick Frey, is one of the newest players on the team, and could become a standout player.
Passau and Frankfurt faced off in the penultimate game, which turned into a final of sorts for the third and final European Quidditch Cup bid. Both teams lost all their previous matches, so both teams gave it their all, especially Frankfurt that kept following the steep learning curve it had shown over the course of the day. In the end, Passau triumphed with a 150*-70 victory. Some very strong chasing and a stand-out keeper gained them a solid advance before Passau caught the snitch that Frankfurt had resorted to guarding throughout the whole tournament.
As a result of their great performances, the teams from Darmstadt, Freiburg and Passau, coming in first, second and third respectively, will represent Germany at the European Quidditch Cup 2015 in Oxford, United Kingdom in April. None of these teams have ever played against a team from abroad, so it will be interesting to see how they perform.
What did we learn from the first German tournament this weekend? Well, mostly that German quidditch players will play through a snowstorm if necessary; in shorts and a T-shirt, following the popular German proverb “Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten,” literally “only the hard ones get into the garden.” (Yes, that's a thing in Germany.)
On a more directly quidditch-related note, the team from Darmstadt dominated all its games that weekend with very aggressive quaffle play and proved itself to be the one to beat in German quidditch. It started off the tournament with a 170*-20 blowout against the Frankfurt Mainticores and continued that way, playing the Three River Dragons from Passau 30*-60 and the Black Forest Bowtruckles from Freiburg 100-50* after an unexpected catch by Freiburg’s seeker only seconds after being released.
The Black Forest Bowtruckles came in second as a surprise to many, having brought a squad of only seven players. With no subs as soon as the seeker floor ended, they proved themselves a force to be reckoned with. With some offensive beating and a continuously strong attack, they beat the Three River Dragons Passau (150*-80) and the Frankfurt Manticores (150*-40) with apparent ease and even held Darmstadt within snitch range for quite a while. They were also the only team to catch all of their snitches, which was quite a feat considering the fact that their seeker, Patrick Frey, is one of the newest players on the team, and could become a standout player.
Passau and Frankfurt faced off in the penultimate game, which turned into a final of sorts for the third and final European Quidditch Cup bid. Both teams lost all their previous matches, so both teams gave it their all, especially Frankfurt that kept following the steep learning curve it had shown over the course of the day. In the end, Passau triumphed with a 150*-70 victory. Some very strong chasing and a stand-out keeper gained them a solid advance before Passau caught the snitch that Frankfurt had resorted to guarding throughout the whole tournament.
As a result of their great performances, the teams from Darmstadt, Freiburg and Passau, coming in first, second and third respectively, will represent Germany at the European Quidditch Cup 2015 in Oxford, United Kingdom in April. None of these teams have ever played against a team from abroad, so it will be interesting to see how they perform.
Was haben wir beim ersten deutschen Quidditchturnier an diesem Wochenende gelernt? Vor allem dass deutsche Quidditchspieler zur Not auch durch einen Schneesturm spielen - kurzen Hosen und T-Shirt, frei nach dem Motto “Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten”.
Aber um zum Quidditch zurück zu kommen, das Darmstädter Team dominierte alle seine Spiele an diesem Wochenende mit aggressivem Quaffelspiel und zeigte, dass sie das Team sind, das es zu schlagen gilt. Darmstadt begann das Turnier mit einem 170*-20 Rundumschlag gegen die Frankfurt Mainticores und hielt seine Form das ganze Turnier über mit Siegen gegen die Three River Dragons aus Passau (60-30*) und die Black Forest Bowtruckles aus Freiburg (100-50*) nach einem unerwarteten Schnatzfang des Freiburger Suchers nur Sekunden nachdem er auf das Feld entlassen wurde.
Die Black Forest Bowtruckles überraschten mit einem zweiten Platz, da sie nur mit einer Mannschaft von sieben Spielern ins Turnier gestartet waren. Obgleich sie vom Moment, in dem die Sucher ins Spiel kamen, keine Auswechselmöglichkeit hatten, bewiesen sie, dass sie ein Team sind mit dem man rechnen muss. Mithilfe offensiver Treiber und einem durchgängig starken Sturm, bereitete es ihnen offenbar wenig Schwierigkeiten die Three River Dragons () und die Frankfurt Mainticores zu schlagen und schafften es sogar Darmstadt eine ganze Weile hinzuhalten. Außerdem waren sie das einzige Team, dass es schaffte, alle seine Schnatze zu fangen, was allein schon deshalb herausragend ist, weil ihr Sucher einer der unerfahrenen Teammitglieder ist und damit großes Potential bewies.
Das Spiel Passau gegen Frankfurt, vorletztes im Turnier, wurde schließlich zu einer Art Finale. Beide Teams hatten alle vorangehenden Spiele verloren, sodass der direkte Vergleich entscheiden musste, welches Team sich den letzten deutschen EQC Platz sicherte. Beide Teams gaben alles, besonders Frankfurt bewies eine große Steigerung im Verlauf des Turniertags. Am Ende jedoch triumphierte Passau mit einem 150*-70 Sieg. Vor allem starkes Jagen und ein herausragendet Hüter verhalfen ihnen zu einem soliden Vorsprung, bevor die Three River Dragons schließlich den Schnatz fangen konnten, denn Frankfurt das ganze Turnier über verteidigt hatte.
Als Ergebnis ihrer großartigen Leistungen werden die erst- bis drittplatzierten Mannschaften dieses Turniers, Darmstadt, Freiburg und Passau, in dieser Reihenfolge, Deutschland beim EQC 2015 vertreten, der im April in Oxford in England stattfindet. Keines dieser Teams hat je gegen eine nicht-deutsche Mannschaft gespielt, daher wird es interessant sein, zu sehen, wie sie sich schlagen.
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