(Reuters) - With poles instead of broomsticks between their legs, competitors battle it out in a sport usually reserved for witches and wizards and described by one enthusiastic participant as "organised chaos".
They are competing for the British Quidditch Cup, in a tournament which draws its inspiration from the magical "Harry Potter" universe created by author J.K Rowling but which has had to be modified to allow for the limitations of ordinary mortals, known in her books as "Muggles".
