Firebolt -Sirius Black, Harry’s Godfather, gifted him one for Christmas in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.Fred and George Weasley noted that it veered to the left, vibrated when it was too high, and Harry thought that it was slow. Shooting Star – known as “the school broom”, it was the model used for students initial flying lessons and brooms that Quidditch players used if they did not have their own.Nimbus Two Thousand and One (2001) – the upgraded version of the Nimbus 2000.Cho Chang flew a Comet Two Sixty during a Gryffindor vs. Comet Two Sixty – a broom that was outshined by the release of the Nimbus 2000.Ron later used it when he became Keeper for their team. Cleansweeps– an outdated type of broom that the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, Oliver Wood, advised Harry that the team used to use in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ron Weasley was gifted a Cleansweep Eleven as a reward for becoming a Prefect.Professor McGonagall arranged for Harry to have the broom, but it’s unclear whether it was a personal gift from her or just in general. I love that Professor McGonagall tells Harry his dad would have been proud, and that he was an excellent Quidditch player too. Nimbus Two Thousand (2000) – manufactured by the Nimbus Racing Broom Company and Harry’s first broom, the one he used to play Seeker for Gryffindor in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.Below is a list of most of the brooms used in the series: At the time it was the newest broom available and on every young witch and wizard’s wish list. Harry didn’t know it, but that would be his first ever broomstick and prized possession. Harry spotted a Nimbus 2000 in the store “Quality Quidditch Supplies” and was instantly intrigued. The day after he found out he was a wizard, Hagrid brought Harry to Diagon Alley to buy his school supplies. TYPES OF BROOMSīefore knowing Quidditch was a sport, or that he would soon become the Seeker for the Gryffindor House Quidditch Team, Harry spotted his first broom. Quality Quidditch Supplies at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Florida. The majority of witches and wizards would rather travel long distances using Floo Powder, Portkeys or Disapparation. TRANSPORTATION – Broomsticks are also used for transportation in the Wizarding World and are usually used in short distance travels. Both broomsticks and hockey skates are available in different styles with varying degrees of price, the more expensive ones usually the best ones to have. Without broomsticks there is no Quidditch and without skates there is no hockey. Hockey players need skates to play the game and just as important, need to be talented enough to skate around handling sticks and shooting pucks. Let’s compare Quidditch to the muggle sport of Hockey. The game cannot end until the Golden Snitch is caught.īroomsticks and the flying talent of the players are essential parts of a successful Quidditch team. When the Seeker finds and captures the Golden Snitch, the game ends and the Seeker earns 150 points toward the teams total. It is very difficult to find, and one player is assigned to find it: The Seeker. The Golden Snitch is an elusive golden ball with wings that flies around the Quidditch Field. The Quaffle is the ball used to score goals and the Bludgers are enchanted to roam around the sky, knocking players off their brooms. There are three different types of balls used in Quidditch: the Quaffle, the Bludgers and the Golden Snitch. Each team has a set of three hoops they have to guard against their opponents. The objective of the game is to score points by scoring goals (throwing balls) into the other teams’ hoops. It is a fast-paced game played in the air on broomsticks. QUIDDITCH – Quidditch is the sport played in the Harry Potter series.
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