Hectic pre-season schedule announced for UK Quidditch League
Pallas Athena, Sports Reporter
In what many are calling an act of desperation, the Owners' Association have announced a pre-season schedule before the official begin of the Quidditch season, the first week of October. With matches scheduled every other day right up until the start of the season, critics both on the teams and off are wondering just what this will do to the players.
Porphyria Buntz, a longtime fan of the Pride of Portree, says 'The owners are clearly trying a wild stunt to bring interest back to quidditch after the lockout of last year. Well, I for one have no desire to watch athletes that I've cared about for years being worn down by game after game, leaving them exhausted by the time the matches start to matter.' And several players seem to share this concern. From Tutshill Tornadoes' chaser Ted Manning, 'The injuries are bound to be quite high, with such an exhausting schedule, leaving less experienced reserve players to fill starting positions as we move into actual league play. I'm sure I don't know what the owners were thinking, and several of my teammates have voiced similar worries.'
The owners have remained uncharacteristically silent on the decision, only releasing a brief statement that they know what they're doing, and this was a unanimous decision, supported by every team. Any attempt to contact them for further comment has been met with failure by this reporter, although an anonymous source close to one of the owners has suggested that the financial situation of several owners is dire, due to loss of revenue last season, and this is a concerted effort to boost dwindling galleon stacks in the owners' collective coffers. At this point, all we can do is watch and wait to see who will ultimately prove to be right, and hope that this move hasn't served to widen the rift between players and owners.
Saturday, September 4:
Ballycastle Bats at Appleby Arrows
Wigtown Wanderers at Chudley Cannons
Puddlemere United at Holyhead Harpies
Tutshill Tornadoes at Falmouth Falcons
Pride of Portree at Kenmare Kestrels
Wimbourne Wasps at Caerphilly Catapults
Montrose Magpies-bye
Monday, September 6:
Kenmare Kestrels at Puddlemere United
Holyhead Harpies at Tutshill Tornadoes
Chudley Cannons at Wimbourne Wasps
Caerphilly Catapults at Ballycastle Bats
Falmouth Falcons at Wigtown Wanderers
Montrose Magpies at Pride of Portree
Appleby Arrows-bye
Wednesday, September 8:
Puddlemere United at Montrose Magpies
Wimbourne Wasps at Falmouth Falcons
Appleby Arrows at Caerphilly Catapults
Tutshill Tornadoes at Kenmare Kestrels
Ballycastle Bats at Chudley Cannons
Wigtown Wanderers at Holyhead Harpies
Pride of Portree-bye
Friday, September 10:
Montrose Magpies at Tutshill Tornadoes
Kenmare Kestrels at Wigtown Wanderers
Pride of Portree at Puddlemere United
Holyhead Harpies at Wimbourne Wasps
Chudley Cannons at Appleby Arrows
Falmouth Falcons at Ballycastle Bats
Caerphilly Catapults-bye
Sunday, September 12:
Appleby Arrows at Falmouth Falcons
Caerphilly Catapults at Chudley Cannons
Wigtown Wanderers at Montrose Magpies
Ballycastle Bats at Holyhead Harpies
Tutshill Tornadoes at Pride of Portree
Wimbourne Wasps at Kenmare Kestrels
Puddlemere United-bye
Tuesday, September 14:
Holyhead Harpies at Appleby Arrows
Pride of Portree at Wigtown Wanderers
Montrose Magpies at Wimbourne Wasps
Kenmare Kestrels at Ballycastle Bats
Puddlemere United at Tutshill Tornadoes
Falmouth Falcons at Caerphilly Catapults
Chudley Cannons-bye
Thursday, September 16:
Wimbourne Wasps at Pride of Portree
Caerphilly Catapults at Holyhead Harpies
Appleby Arrows at Kenmare Kestrels
Chudley Cannons at Falmouth Falcons
Wigtown Wanderers at Puddlemere United
Ballycastle Bats at Montrose Magpies
Montrose Magpies-bye
Saturday, September 18:
Puddlemere United at Wimbourne Wasps
Pride of Portree at Ballycastle Bats
Kenmare Kestrels at Caerphilly Catapults
Tutshill Tornadoes at Wigtown Wanderers
Montrose Magpies at Appleby Arrows
Holyhead Harpies at Chudley Cannons
Falmouth Falcons-bye
Monday, September 20:
Caerphilly Catapults at Montrose Magpies
Chudley Cannons at Kenmare Kestrels
Ballycastle Bats at Puddlmere United
Appleby Arrows at Pride of Portree
Falmouth Falcons at Holyhead Harpies
Wimbourne Wasps at Tutshill Tornadoes
Wigtown Wanderers-bye
Wednesday, September 22:
Tutshill Tornadoes at Ballycastle Bats
Kenmare Kestrels at Falmouth Falcons
Montrose Magpies at Chudley Cannons
Pride of Portree at Caerphilly Catapults
Wigtown Wanderers at Wimbourne Wasps
Puddlemere United at Appleby Arrows
Holyhead Harpies-bye
Friday, September 24:
Caerphilly Catapults at Puddlemere United
Chudley Cannons at Pride of Portree
Falmouth Falcons at Montrose Magpies
Ballycastle Bats at Wigtown Wanderers
Appleby Arrows at Tutshill Tornadoes
Holyhead Harpies at Kenmare Kestrels
Wimbourne Wasps-bye
Sunday, September 26:
Wigtown Wanderers at Appleby Arrows
Wimbourne Wasps at Ballycastle Bats
Pride of Portree at Falmouth Falcons
Puddlemere United at Chudley Cannons
Montrose Magpies at Holyhead Harpies
Tutshill Tornadoes at Caerphilly Catapults
Kenmare Kestrels-bye
Tuesday, September 28:
Falmouth Falcons at Puddlemere United
Chudley Cannons at Tutshill Tornadoes
Holyhead Harpies at Pride of Portree
Appleby Arrows at Wimbourne Wasps
Caerphilly Catapults at Wigtown Wanderers
Kenmare Kestrels at Montrose Magpies
Ballycastle Bats-bye
Note: Any cancelled games due to weather or other delays will not be rescheduled. Ticketholders may present their ticket stub at the box office for free general admission to any remaining home game in this event.
In what many are calling an act of desperation, the Owners' Association have announced a pre-season schedule before the official begin of the Quidditch season, the first week of October. With matches scheduled every other day right up until the start of the season, critics both on the teams and off are wondering just what this will do to the players.
Porphyria Buntz, a longtime fan of the Pride of Portree, says 'The owners are clearly trying a wild stunt to bring interest back to quidditch after the lockout of last year. Well, I for one have no desire to watch athletes that I've cared about for years being worn down by game after game, leaving them exhausted by the time the matches start to matter.' And several players seem to share this concern. From Tutshill Tornadoes' chaser Ted Manning, 'The injuries are bound to be quite high, with such an exhausting schedule, leaving less experienced reserve players to fill starting positions as we move into actual league play. I'm sure I don't know what the owners were thinking, and several of my teammates have voiced similar worries.'
The owners have remained uncharacteristically silent on the decision, only releasing a brief statement that they know what they're doing, and this was a unanimous decision, supported by every team. Any attempt to contact them for further comment has been met with failure by this reporter, although an anonymous source close to one of the owners has suggested that the financial situation of several owners is dire, due to loss of revenue last season, and this is a concerted effort to boost dwindling galleon stacks in the owners' collective coffers. At this point, all we can do is watch and wait to see who will ultimately prove to be right, and hope that this move hasn't served to widen the rift between players and owners.
Saturday, September 4:
Ballycastle Bats at Appleby Arrows
Wigtown Wanderers at Chudley Cannons
Puddlemere United at Holyhead Harpies
Tutshill Tornadoes at Falmouth Falcons
Pride of Portree at Kenmare Kestrels
Wimbourne Wasps at Caerphilly Catapults
Montrose Magpies-bye
Monday, September 6:
Kenmare Kestrels at Puddlemere United
Holyhead Harpies at Tutshill Tornadoes
Chudley Cannons at Wimbourne Wasps
Caerphilly Catapults at Ballycastle Bats
Falmouth Falcons at Wigtown Wanderers
Montrose Magpies at Pride of Portree
Appleby Arrows-bye
Wednesday, September 8:
Puddlemere United at Montrose Magpies
Wimbourne Wasps at Falmouth Falcons
Appleby Arrows at Caerphilly Catapults
Tutshill Tornadoes at Kenmare Kestrels
Ballycastle Bats at Chudley Cannons
Wigtown Wanderers at Holyhead Harpies
Pride of Portree-bye
Friday, September 10:
Montrose Magpies at Tutshill Tornadoes
Kenmare Kestrels at Wigtown Wanderers
Pride of Portree at Puddlemere United
Holyhead Harpies at Wimbourne Wasps
Chudley Cannons at Appleby Arrows
Falmouth Falcons at Ballycastle Bats
Caerphilly Catapults-bye
Sunday, September 12:
Appleby Arrows at Falmouth Falcons
Caerphilly Catapults at Chudley Cannons
Wigtown Wanderers at Montrose Magpies
Ballycastle Bats at Holyhead Harpies
Tutshill Tornadoes at Pride of Portree
Wimbourne Wasps at Kenmare Kestrels
Puddlemere United-bye
Tuesday, September 14:
Holyhead Harpies at Appleby Arrows
Pride of Portree at Wigtown Wanderers
Montrose Magpies at Wimbourne Wasps
Kenmare Kestrels at Ballycastle Bats
Puddlemere United at Tutshill Tornadoes
Falmouth Falcons at Caerphilly Catapults
Chudley Cannons-bye
Thursday, September 16:
Wimbourne Wasps at Pride of Portree
Caerphilly Catapults at Holyhead Harpies
Appleby Arrows at Kenmare Kestrels
Chudley Cannons at Falmouth Falcons
Wigtown Wanderers at Puddlemere United
Ballycastle Bats at Montrose Magpies
Montrose Magpies-bye
Saturday, September 18:
Puddlemere United at Wimbourne Wasps
Pride of Portree at Ballycastle Bats
Kenmare Kestrels at Caerphilly Catapults
Tutshill Tornadoes at Wigtown Wanderers
Montrose Magpies at Appleby Arrows
Holyhead Harpies at Chudley Cannons
Falmouth Falcons-bye
Monday, September 20:
Caerphilly Catapults at Montrose Magpies
Chudley Cannons at Kenmare Kestrels
Ballycastle Bats at Puddlmere United
Appleby Arrows at Pride of Portree
Falmouth Falcons at Holyhead Harpies
Wimbourne Wasps at Tutshill Tornadoes
Wigtown Wanderers-bye
Wednesday, September 22:
Tutshill Tornadoes at Ballycastle Bats
Kenmare Kestrels at Falmouth Falcons
Montrose Magpies at Chudley Cannons
Pride of Portree at Caerphilly Catapults
Wigtown Wanderers at Wimbourne Wasps
Puddlemere United at Appleby Arrows
Holyhead Harpies-bye
Friday, September 24:
Caerphilly Catapults at Puddlemere United
Chudley Cannons at Pride of Portree
Falmouth Falcons at Montrose Magpies
Ballycastle Bats at Wigtown Wanderers
Appleby Arrows at Tutshill Tornadoes
Holyhead Harpies at Kenmare Kestrels
Wimbourne Wasps-bye
Sunday, September 26:
Wigtown Wanderers at Appleby Arrows
Wimbourne Wasps at Ballycastle Bats
Pride of Portree at Falmouth Falcons
Puddlemere United at Chudley Cannons
Montrose Magpies at Holyhead Harpies
Tutshill Tornadoes at Caerphilly Catapults
Kenmare Kestrels-bye
Tuesday, September 28:
Falmouth Falcons at Puddlemere United
Chudley Cannons at Tutshill Tornadoes
Holyhead Harpies at Pride of Portree
Appleby Arrows at Wimbourne Wasps
Caerphilly Catapults at Wigtown Wanderers
Kenmare Kestrels at Montrose Magpies
Ballycastle Bats-bye
Note: Any cancelled games due to weather or other delays will not be rescheduled. Ticketholders may present their ticket stub at the box office for free general admission to any remaining home game in this event.