York Horntails Quadball

We have our first training session of the season this week! We will be covering basic skills and playing some fun games to warm up for the season!
Everyone is welcome :) Remember you get two free training sessions, so feel free to come and try it out

🖤Give it a Go!💛

Want to try a new sport? Looking to make new friends at Uni? Come join us four our taster sessions on the Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September from 2-4pm on the 22 Acres, York!

🏐We will introduce you to Quadball, do some fun drills, and hopefully get a friendly match in!🏐

All you need is yourself, water, comfortable clothes for exercise and sensible shoes!

🟡Any questions send us a message or email [email protected]🟡

We've made to unfortunate decision to cancel our first summer training, planned to take place on Saturday due to a variety of factors. If you were looking forward to it then we recommend going to the .qc open training on the same day.

The other 3 will be going ahead as originally stated so hope to see you then

We're proud to have a stall at York Pride on saturday. Come find us all day in the burgundy section, celebrating the trans and nonbinary athletes in our community.

Now that weekly trainings are finished for the season, announcing our summer training dates open to any existing players from any team or to anyone who wants to give quadball a go. Locations are TBC. stay tuned for updates

Fancy trying out a new sport?
Come to our upcoming college give it a go session on Wednesday the 8th of May! We are collaborating with Halifax College and Vanbrugh College!
but don't worry if you're not in either of these colleges, anyone is welcome!

Quadball is an all gender sport, combining elements from lots of different sports like rugby, dodgeball, and handball so is a great way to explore your skills! The sport is also open to all levels of ability and is commonly our players first team sport.

The session will be a casual give it a go, introducing you to the aspects of the sport through fun minigames. These are great fun and require no equipment/ sporting ability.

Interested in coming? Fill out our Sign-Up Form so we can get an idea of numbers!: https://forms.gle/LUKCu2gZAjL6aiNT7

Wear what will be comfortable and bring water!

As a celebration of all her hard work, we have decided to retire Hannah Mechler's number following her years of dedication to the club!

As a long standing member of our club, Hannah has worked hard over many years for the Horntails, not only as Club President, and a coach but as an overall amazing and supportive person! From helping out in training, tournaments and especially behind the scenes, she has supported a number of past and current players and committee members and has really left her mark on the club for which we are all extremely grateful!

Hannah has been there for the club through thick and thin and it has been absolutely amazing to have her, and we wish her all the best in the Community League with Olympians Quadball Club and in her role as Northern Expansion Manager!

Thank you Hannah!!

Unfortunately due to the recent bad weather we have had to postpone this Wednesday's (1st of May) college Give It A Go session as the 22 Acres is waterlogged :(

We will update you on when it has been rearranged! And if you have already filled out our sign-up form we will contact you once we have rearranged to let you know!

Our final game of this year's BQC saw us face off against Oxford for a second time in the 5th place play-off. The game saw a much improved performance and a tight score line throughout, with a quick ShorkTails catch taking the game into overtime in which Oxford reached the 130 target to win!

We had a fantastic time playing together with Sheffield Quadball Club this season as ShorkTails and a lovely time at BQC and would like to thank Quadball UK for hosting and all of the teams we played over the season and the weekend! Looking forward to seeing you all again next year!!

Our first game of the day finishes with a close loss to USU (Dumyat Dragons - Stirling Quadball Team Edinburgh Holyrood Hippogriffs Glasgow Grim Reapers Quidditch team ) following a ShorkTails catch!

Our next game will be at 2pm against on the Shot's On livestream!

Here is the ShorkTails squad for the British Quadball Cup this weekend in Sheffield!

We’re really looking forward to playing UWU (Cardiff Crows Quadball Club & Swansea Swans), USU (Dumyat Dragons - Stirling Quadball Team , Edinburgh Holyrood Hippogriffs & Glasgow Grim Reapers Quidditch team) and Oxford Universities Quadball Club in our group on Day 1, as well as the other teams on Day 2! 🖤💛

We will be posting score updates throughout the weekend so make sure to keep your eyes peeled so see how we get on!