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Get Team Canada to the Global Games!

The IQA Global Games are happening in Burnaby, BC, on July 19. We need your help getting 21 Team Canada athletes there to represent our great country!

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Get Team Canada to the Global Games!

Get Team Canada to the Global Games!

Get Team Canada to the Global Games!

Get Team Canada to the Global Games!

Get Team Canada to the Global Games!

The IQA Global Games are happening in Burnaby, BC, on July 19. We need your help getting 21 Team Canada athletes there to represent our great country!

The IQA Global Games are happening in Burnaby, BC, on July 19. We need your help getting 21 Team Canada athletes there to represent our great country!

The IQA Global Games are happening in Burnaby, BC, on July 19. We need your help getting 21 Team Canada athletes there to represent our great country!

The IQA Global Games are happening in Burnaby, BC, on July 19. We need your help getting 21 Team Canada athletes there to represent our great country!

Team Canada Coaches
Team Canada Coaches
Team Canada Coaches
Team Canada Coaches
1 Campaign |
Ottawa, Canada
$3,947 USD $3,947 USD 116 backers
112% of $3,512 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Short Summary

We play Quidditch, the sport made famous by the popular Harry Potter series of novels for young adults. Our brooms don't fly and our Golden Snitch is in fact just a person with a tennis ball attached to the back of their shorts, but the magic is real--in 2014 alone there were over 200 muggle Quidditch teams playing around the world and the sport continues to grow each year. On July 19th of this year national teams representing Italy, USA, the U.K., Australia, France, Belgium, Mexico and Canada will compete in Burnaby in the Global Games, and team Canada needs your help to compete!


Twenty-one players and eight alternates were selected to the Canadian National Quidditch Team after nation-wide tryouts held in May. Most of these athletes are students, and most live in the East, meaning that they face a high financial barrier to representing their country in the sport they love. With your donations, these national team athletes will be able to go to Burnaby, BC, to represent our country and compete for Canadian pride! 

Find out more about how quidditch works: http://youtu.be/2K-xgBpQU84?t=4m33s

What We Need & What You Get

The money you donate will be used for food and transportation on the ground in Burnaby for the team, as well as their jerseys. The team will be housed by the coaches, and therefore have no housing costs.  Once we have enough to cover those costs, (~$2200), all other funds will go towards subsidizing airfare for the team. Our ultimate goal is to cover all costs for the 21 athletes competing in Burnaby. 

For supporting us, you get to take advantage of all the talents of Team Canada! From personalized serenades, to photography, to baking, to sewing. You also have the opportunity to make us do things: Matt will cut or dye his hair however you want it. You can pie or ice a team member. You can go for a date with one of us. Or, you can even have us as your personal tour guides in and around Vancouver! 

In addition to all of this, if you can think of any other perk that you'd like and present us with a reasonable price, we'll probably do it!!

The Impact

By helping us, you'll help Canada's elite quidditch players reach their goals and be able to represent us. Why do these athletes want to be part of this team? 

"I feel that a chance to play for Team Canada during the Global Games would be an incredible honour. Ever since I started playing quidditch last fall, I felt that it was something I would love for the rest of my life. Being on Team Canada with the best players in the country, playing against the best players in the world, would be an amazing opportunity for me to challenge myself to become better. I feel that I would be able to contribute to the team and help Canadian quidditch be even more respected than it already is." - Andrew Kusters, Keeper

"I think this would be an amazing opportunity to show the world that Canada is a force to be reckoned with in the quidditch world and I'd love to be a part of the team to do so." - Arlene Rosenberg, Beater

"I cocoon myself in a Canadian flag on a regular basis and being able to do that and play quidditch at the same time would be pretty great." - Adam Robillard, Seeker

"I want to be on Team Canada because I love Quidditch and my country, and I would love the opportunity to represent Canada by playing Quidditch." - Robyn Fortune, Chaser

Other Ways You Can Help

Every dollar helps. Even if you can't donate, please help Team Canada and share this! Ask your friends and family to support your national team! Thank you for any help you can give us.

People Who Will Do Things

Willing to be iced: Rob Halas, Louis Leung, Wesley Burbidge, Devin Dutt, Sarah Basciano, Andrew Kusters, Alexa Rowe, Matt Stone, Mat McVeigh, Alex Bassa, Samy Mousa, Martin Chiasson, Matt Bourassa, Rithy Min, Adam Palmer, Adam Robillard, Arlene Rosenberg, Alex Graham, Hugh Podmore, Jonathon Braun. 

Willing to be pie'd:  Rob Halas, Louis Leung, Wesley Burbidge, Devin Dutt, Chris Radojewski, Andrew Kusters, Alexa Rowe, Matt Stone, Jonathan Parent, Robyn Fortune, Samy Mousa, Martin Chiasson, Matt Bourassa, Rithy Min, Adam Palmer, Adam Robillard, Rebecca Alley, Alex Graham, Hugh Podmore, Jonathon Braun, Arlene Rosenberg. 

Willing to go on a date: Louis Leung, Andrew Kusters, Wesley Burbidge, Devin Dutt, Robyn Fortune, Alexa Rowe, Mat McVeigh, Alex Bassa, Samy Mousa, Matt Bourassa, Rithy Min, Arlene Rosenberg, Rebecca Alley, Alex Graham, Hugh Podmore, Jonathon Braun, Sarah Basciano.

Vancouver tour guides: Alexa Rowe, Louis Leung, Hugh Podmore, Rebecca Alley, Jonathon Braun.


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Choose your Perk

We're so punny.

Currency Conversion $1 USD
$2 CAD
For just $2, you'll get a twitter shout out complete with a bad pun courtesy of Chris Radojewski.
4 claimed

Sticker-sized #swag

Currency Conversion $4 USD
$5 CAD
A decal of our new, beautiful Team Canada logo. Now you can show your Team Canada #swag off EVERYWHERE!
10 claimed

LET US LOVE YOU

Currency Conversion $5 USD
$7 CAD
We'll write and send you a personalized postcard from Vancouver, and tell you just how wonderful you are.
3 claimed

Ice/Pie a Team Member

Currency Conversion $7 USD
$10 CAD
You can do this in person, or we can do it and send you a video. Icing victims and pie'ing victims can be found on our list.
Estimated Shipping
July 2014
8 claimed

Trading Cards 7 pack

Currency Conversion $7 USD
$10 CAD
Do you want to see your friends on a trading card? Need some more Team Canada in your life? With these limited-edition Team Canada trading cards, you can! See the gallery for samples.
3 claimed

A view of Canada

Currency Conversion $11 USD
$15 CAD
For just $15, you get a high quality 8x10 print of Canadian nature, taken by Michelle Ferguson.
1 claimed

Signed Team Photo

Currency Conversion $11 USD
$15 CAD
In order for you to remember who we are, forever and ever, we will sign and mail you a photo of all our beautiful smiling faces.
3 claimed

Choose 7 Trading Cards

Currency Conversion $11 USD
$15 CAD
For just $15, you can make sure you get your 7 favourite Team Canada players in one go!
11 claimed

Personal Slam Poem

Currency Conversion $11 USD
$15 CAD
Want to tell someone how you feel about them? Don't have the words to? Let our own national level slam poet Samy Mousa Write your loved one a personal poem, from you, to them!
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Blood of the Motherland

Currency Conversion $14 USD
$20 CAD
Maple Syrup: This official drink of Team Canada Quidditch contains all of the essential nutrients, minerals and polite Canadian spirit necessary to produce world class quidditch players. Buy yours today!
1 claimed

Let us serenade you!

Currency Conversion $18 USD
$25 CAD
At least one of the following team members will perform a song on video for you: Hugh Podmore, Ema Shiroma-Chao, Robyn Fortune, Adam Palmer, Matt Stone, Rebecca Alley, Rithy Min, Alexa Rowe, Louis Leung, Mathew McVeigh, Sarah Basciano.
1 claimed

Cut Matt Stone's Hair.

Currency Conversion $18 USD
$25 CAD
Matt has a lot of hair. Do what you will with it. $25 gets you half his head to cut, shave patterns into, and/or dye as you please.
Estimated Shipping
July 2014
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Greet your friends!

Currency Conversion $21 USD
$30 CAD
We have talented card-makers and photographers. You have a need for beautiful blank greeting cards. You'll get 6 cards with original photographs of the Canadian Rockies taken by Michelle Ferguson.
2 out of 9 of claimed

Date a national team athlete

Currency Conversion $21 USD
$30 CAD
If you've ever wanted to take one of our people on a date, now's the time. *You pay for any costs associated with the date. People available for dates can be found on the list. **Please ask the date-ee before purchasing this perk; the date-ee reserves the right to veto activities before or during the date. We <3 consent.
6 claimed

Get in my belly.

Currency Conversion $25 USD
$35 CAD
If you live in Metro Vancouver, Greater Ottawa, near Canmore, AB, or near Whitehorse, YT, a team member will deliver you a batch of baked goods of your choice!
2 claimed

Mystery Box

Currency Conversion $35 USD
$50 CAD
Who knows what you'll get! Souvenirs from Vancouver, a tote bag, a sticker, photos, jewelry, cards, jams and jellies, baked goods (if you live close by)... anything cool that our team can do, it could end up in this box.
1 out of 10 of claimed

Tote ALL your things!

Currency Conversion $42 USD
$60 CAD
Assistant Coach Rebecca Alley will sew you a customized tote bag, with colours and themes of your choice!
Estimated Shipping
July 2014
3 out of 5 of claimed

Full Deck of Trading Cards

Currency Conversion $42 USD
$60 CAD
If you've gotta catch 'em all, this is the deal for you. You get 32 cards - all of Team Canada's playing roster, alternates, and support staff. Not only is this cheaper than buying multiple packs, but you ensure you get everyone, too!
1 claimed

Blank Team Canada Jersey

Currency Conversion $49 USD
$70 CAD
Image is in our Image Gallery at the top! But without the name and number! They look terrific and fit great, Show your support to this great team and buy one today!
5 claimed

Autographed Full Deck

Currency Conversion $53 USD
$75 CAD
If you want the elusive autographs of Team Canada, this is one way you can get it - you get all our smiling faces, funny jokes, AND our signatures!
0 claimed

Team Canada Player Jersey

Currency Conversion $53 USD
$75 CAD
Image is in our Image Gallery at the top! Jerseys for ALL players - both the 21 competing in BC and all alternates - are available!
12 claimed

Customized Team Canada Jersey

Currency Conversion $56 USD
$80 CAD
Image is in our Image Gallery at the top! Get your name your number or anything else (99 is not advised, it's a hockey thing) you could possibly want! They look terrific and fit great, Support your team by buying this amazing Jersey
34 claimed

Tour Vancouver!

Currency Conversion $70 USD
$100 CAD
One or more of our Vancouver natives will take you and anyone you choose to bring with you on an afternoon of activities around Vancouver. We love our city, and we want you to love it too. **Tours available in English or French. Quality of French not guaranteed.
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