Australian Olympic Quidditch Team Confirmed!

Earlier this evening the Australian Quidditch Association announced the finalised team we will be sending to the IQA Summer Games Challenge. The final listing includes:

Samuel Washington (of the Victorian Quidditch Association)
Jennifer Meers (of the Victorian Quidditch Association)
Kat Young (of the Victorian Quidditch Association)
Richie Southerton (of the Australian National Nargles)
Katherine Hunter (of the Victorian Quidditch Association)
James Balodis (of the Victorian Quidditch Association)
Matthew Armstrong (of the Australian National Nargles)
Beth Crane (of Snapes On A Plane)
Fiona Morland (of the Australian National Nargles)
Natasha Roberts (of the Australian National Nargles)
Chrystal Player (of the University of Western Sydney)
Katie Filippello (of the Australian National Nargles)

Congratulations to everyone selected for the team, can’t wait to get to know those of you from interstate who I haven’t met yet and to be representing Australia at the Games in London with you!

ATTENTION ALL TWITTER USERS

Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight is filming it’s last episode for the season tonight and we’re trying to get a shoutout for Australian Quidditch 2012 so we can get some attention for our Olympic team. Anyone who has twitter, can you please tweet @adamhillsigst  ASAP. Let’s see if we can fill his twitter with Australian Olympic Quidditch 2012 and get some attention! Anyone who can help out here is absolutely wonderful! Spread the word, the more people who can do this, the better.

Day one, 97 days to go

With just 99 days to go to the Olympics, I found myself faced with an opportunity I had never imagined: to play on an Australian team at the Olympics!

I have been playing quidditch with my local team for a few months now, so when we were informed an Australian team was being sent to the Olympics to play demonstration games and expressions of interest were open, I put my name down for the team, never expecting that I would actually be given the opportunity to go to London this July. When I opened my email two days ago though, this was exactly the opportunity I was given. With just over three months until the Olympics, and the team still needing to book flights and accommodation, this gave us only a couple of months to have everything planned and booked, but this was a challenge I was more than willing to accept. I have since been planning various fundraising ideas to help me reach my goal of $3000 which will allow me to get to London.

On this blog here, you will be able to track my progress, as well as that of the team as a whole, as we make our way to the London 2012 Olympic games. You will also find information about the sport of quidditch, as well as be able to donate to support getting the team to London.

The countdown is on, 97 days. It’ll be a lot of work, but I know it will be worth it in the end.
See you in London.

Jenn