Wimbourne Wasps

Wimbourne Wasps
Team information
Hometown	Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
Founded	1312
League(s)	*British and Irish Quidditch League
Robes	Horizontal yellow and black stripes with a wasp on the chest
Won Championships	British and Irish Quidditch League Cup (at least eighteen times)

The Wimbourne Wasps are a Quidditch team in the British and Irish Quidditch League, based in the town of Wimbourne, Dorset. Founded in 1312, their robes are horizontal yellow and black stripes with a wasp on the chest. The team has won the League Cup at least eighteen times, and have twice been semi-finalists in the European Cup.

The team adopted the wasp as their emblem after a game against the Appleby Arrows in the mid-seventeenth century, in which one of their Beaters batted a wasps' nest towards the opposing Seeker, who was so badly stung he had to retire. Their fans are known as Stingers , and they make loud buzzing sounds to distract opposing Chasers taking penalties.

Ludo Bagman was originally a member of this team, and was congratulated by a juror during his trial for his performance in one of his matches for England against Turkey, but eventually left and became the Head of Department of Magical Games and Sports. The Wasps won the League Cup three times in a row when Bagman played for them.

Page adapted from Wimbourne Wasps at the Harry Potter Lexicon.