National Team Travel Roster Released for IQA Quidditch World Cup 2018
Quidditch Canada – dir=”ltr”>Quidditch Canada – Toronto, ON, May 1, 2018 – Quidditch Canada is excited to reveal the athletes who have been selected to represent Canada at this year’s 2018 IQA Quidditch World Cup. These athletes were selected from the 42 person standing team program that was established early in the fall of 2017.
The standing team program has enabled these athletes to work and train together over the course of the 2017-18 season under the direction and coaching of Head Coach Michael Howard, and Assistant Coaches Rachel Malone and Mathew McVeigh.
“Team Canada is eager to test ourselves against the best teams in the world in Florence. L’équipe canadienne est excitée de se mettre à l’épreuve contre les meilleurs équipes du monde au tournoi mondiale en Florence.” says Brian Gallaway, National Team Coordinator. “Ça sera excitant de voir l’évolution du sport et de l’équipe au cours des deux dernières années. It will be exciting to see just how much quidditch has grown and developed over the past two years.”
Follow Quidditch Canada’s National Team Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more updates as we approach the 2018 IQA World Cup, taking place on June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2018 in Florence, Italy.
NAME |
2017-18 LEAGUE TEAM |
HOMETOWN |
Alex Naftel |
Carleton Ravens |
Ottawa, ON |
Andrew Kusters |
Valhalla Quidditch |
Oakville, ON |
Brock Lowery |
Waterloo Ridgebacks |
Kitchener, ON |
Chris Radojewski |
Edmonton Aurors |
Hamilton, ON |
Claire Steckle |
Valfreyja Quidditch |
Oakville, ON |
Denver Staines |
University of Guelph Gryphons |
Dorchester, ON |
Erin McCrady |
Valhalla Quidditch |
London, ON |
Ittaana Krow |
Valhalla Quidditch |
Toronto, ON |
James Neuman |
Edmonton Aurors |
Red Deer, AB |
Jeremy Burrows-Balka |
University of Guelph Gryphons |
Jackson’s Point, ON |
Jessalynn Tsang |
Valhalla Quidditch |
Markham, ON |
Joel Martens |
Calgary Mavericks |
Virden, MB |
Jonathan Golla |
Valhalla Quidditch |
Mississauga, ON |
Karen Douglas |
University of Ottawa |
Campinas, Brazil |
Katie Brown |
Valhalla Quidditch |
Ottawa, ON |
Katie Olfert |
UBC Thunderbirds SC |
Duncan, BC |
Lynden Evers |
Valhalla Quidditch |
Sarnia, ON |
Matthew Bourassa |
Valfreyja Quidditch |
Grande Prairie, AB |
Nina Patti |
Valhalla Quidditch |
San Francisco, USA |
Piotr Makuch |
Valhalla Quidditch |
Warsaw, Poland |
Raphael Roy-Laurore |
University of Ottawa |
Montreal, QC |
Robyn Fortune |
McGill University |
Whitehorse, YT |
Samantha McCaul |
Queen’s University |
Whitby, ON |
Tyson Worrall |
Valfreyja Quidditch |
Bowmanville, ON |
For further inquiries regarding this release, please contact:
Yara Kodershah, Communications Manager
Email: yara.kodershah@quidditchcanada.com
Phone: (780) 901-8216
OR
Lisa Tubb, National Team Communications Coordinator