The Philadelphia Brotherly Love Cup October 16, 2010

Chestnut Hill College will host the first Philadelphia Brotherly
Love Cup (PBLC) on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at noon on the College's
soccer field. The tournament, sponsored by the Chestnut Hill Activities
Team (CHAT) will feature two Quidditch pitches with games playing
simultaneously for spectators to view. The best three Philadelphia-area
colleges will compete in the final bracket of the tournament.
The tournament will include a costume contest open to all guests and
participants, and other Harry Potter themed surprises. The Chestnut Hill
College team will also be collecting books for the International
Quidditch Association Book Drive.

Muggle (or for those unfamiliar with the books, non-magical people)
Quidditch, the wizarding sport played on broomsticks in the beloved
Harry Potter series has leapt off the pages of the fantasy bookand onto
college campuses. Quidditch is a game that is a cross between football,
dodgeball, rugby, as well as a game of hide and go seek, although all
elements from J.K Rowling 's tale are fully represented, including
riding broomsticks. The "Golden Snitch," the flying ball that was
Harry's job as a seeker to capture, is now a track runner with the
ability to run all over the campus; Quaffles can still score points, and
players can still get bludgered. Muggle Quidditch, created in 2005 at
Middlebury College, Vt., has since become a popular nationwide sport,
with more than 400 colleges and 300 high schools with teams in the
United States and over 13 countries that are a part of the
Intercollegiate Quidditch Association (IQA) membership.

The tournament is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Lisa Mixon 215-753-3664 or at mixonl@chc.edu.