Informal Quidditch

On Sunday, I went to the Quidditch match that Belmont hosted against MTSU. There were just a few people there but many people would stop by and watch. The teams were very nice and very competitive. They reminded me of the teams from Harry Potter. What really stood out to me was when someone would ask the team about the game. The team members really took pride in their sport. They took the time to explain it to the interested party. When I asked them to explain it the game to me, it reminded me of the scene in the book when Ron and Hermione explained Quidditch to Harry. They were very thorough and excited. They explained that everyone has to have a broom and when they are on the field, they must be riding the broom. If they fall off the broom, then they must run back to their side of the field and touch the goal posts. The snitch they had to get creative with... It is a neutral person dressed in all gold or yellow that has a yellow tube sock with a tennis ball in it stuffed 4-6 inches down his pants and runs around the campus.... They have free reign over the campus and can go anywhere.... even climbing the side of the Mansion..... The seekers then "fly" around on their brooms and try to catch the snitch.
I stayed next to the field to video tape it while the snitch and seekers did their own thing around campus. there was some great competition on the field as bludgers were being thrown and quaffles scoring points. There were epic tackles and evasive maneuvers to dodge them. Just as the game was getting heated, here came a seeker. He was from the Belmont team and he had fallen off of his broom and needed to come back to the field to tag the goal posts and also get some water. After a little rest, he was back out searching for the snitch. And the game was on again.
Belmont was scoring like no other against MTSU. Within 20 minutes, the score was 130 Belmont, 20 MTSU. Then in the distance, we see something yellow running between the buildings and heading to the field. It is the snitch. It had reached the 20 minute time limit and so the snitch had to come back to the field and finish the game within the confines of the quidditch field. Right in front of me, the Belmont Seeker and the snitch had some interaction. The Seeker pulled the sock from the snitch's back and the game was won.
Well....... not really. It was an illegal grab. The Seeker had grabbed the Snitch to assist in the sock grab. Because of this, the game had to be reset. The Snitch was given free range of the Quidditch field again and the Seekers were up and after him. The rest of the game continued and Belmont scored another 10 points. Then the final play of the game.... the Belmont Seeker got close to the Snitch and the Snitch whipped out a can of whipped cream and sprayed the Seeker with it. You can tell that the players love this game and bring fun quirky little attributes into the game to make it even funner. Then out of no where, the Belmont Seeker dives and grabs the sock as the Snitch is trying to turn and run away. He rolls on the ground and rises holding the "snitch" high and proud as the whole Belmont community around cheers very loudly!
Belmont had won the game!