This past Tuesday, the Rotary Club of Edmonton Whyte Avenue was joined by Team Canada Quidditch member, Chris Radojewski, who came to speak about the evolution of the game. Quidditch is a sport created by J.K. Rowling for the Harry Potter novels.
In the books, Quidditch is played by witches and wizards on broomsticks but was brought to life by combining elements of handball, dodgeball, rugby, and flag football.
Quidditch has grown in such popularity that there are teams across Canada and the world, including Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Vietnam, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, and Malaysia. In addition to team Canada, Chris plays for the local Qudditch team, the Edmonton Aurors.
The National Quidditich Championship was scheduled to take place in Edmonton until it was sadly delayed due to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak.
Chris provided a fun presentation and club members and friends enjoyed hearing how Quidditch has evolved from a work of fiction into a serious and competitive sport that is growing in popularity. Thank you for coming Chris!
Rotary District 5370 has developed a Risk Response Plan and assembled a management team to monitor the impact of COVID-19. The team which includes District Governor Elect Jim Ferguson, Learning and Development Chair (and District Governor Nominee) Donna Barrett and District Governor
Tracey Vavrek.
It was determined it was best for all to cancel the March 20-21 Spring Leadership Assembly due to the uncertainty related to COVID-19.
Club Level:
There have not been any changes to our meeting structure or calendar so far - however our Club is reviewing our upcoming events to ensure the health and safety of club members and friends. We will keep you updated on club activity as the situation progresses and I am happy to discuss at anytime.
As always, you can contact me at kggmcleod@hotmail.com.
Stay healthy and safe out there!
Rotary Whyte Avenue News
Rotaraction for Change: Project Paws Postponed
A message from The University of Alberta Rotaract Club on the event they announced at our last meeting:"The University of Alberta Rotaract Club has made the difficult decision to postpone our Rotaraction for Change: Project Paws event until Fall 2020. With the growing concern and severity of the COVID-19 virus in our community, we feel that it is better to reschedule our event than to risk the health and wellbeing of our attendees. Our current plan is to either hold the event in September or October with a specific date not yet chosen."
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