Gryffindor Tryouts

[Holly, Former Head Mod, super cool nerd]

Gryffindor House and those in it can try out here to be a part of their houses Quidditch team. Fill out the form below for consideration.

Name:
Age:
Position: (Chaser, Keeper, Beater, and Seeker)
Broom:

Small post of game-play: ((Example: Jessica pushed off the ground with a grunt as the whistle blew, high and loud. She saw the opposing team and her own teammates rise into the air around her, and she rose higher than them all, already squinting her sage green eyes to see the golden Snitch. A Bludger came hurling itself toward her with a hearty attack, and she was forced to roll on her room, hanging upside down for just a moment before righting herself again and scanning the field for the Snitch.
There it was! She zoomed in and out between players and dived along the posts toward a golden glinting, hovering in midair, and she heard cheers as she caught the small fluttering ball in her hand and took off toward the ground, knowing her game was won!))

Remember, there are three Chasers, one Keeper, two Beaters, and one Seeker. The Chasers job is to shoot the Quaffle through the goal posts. The Keepers job is to guard those posts from the opposing team. The Beaters keep the Bludgers away from their team, and Seeker finds the Snitch, winning the match if caught, and earning his or her team and extra 150 points.
See chapter ten of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone for Harry's introduction to Quidditch.

[Isadore]

Name: Isadore
Age: 14
Position: Chaser
Broom: Nimbus 2000

Small post of game play: Isadore dove and caught the Quaffle by the tips of her fingers, did a Sloth Grip Roll to avoid a mean-looking Hufflepuff Beater, and zoomed off. She could see out of her peripheral vision that the two Beaters were zoning in. At the last minute, she pulled out of the sprint and they clashed into each other. "Yee-haaaa!" Isadore yelled, and slammed the Quaffle into the hoop.

I was originally on the Gryffindor Team :)

[Lexi]

Name: Lizzy
Age: 13
Position: Beater
Broom: nimbus 2000

Once the whistle was blown, everyone kicked of from the ground. The air was a mixture of re and green. Harry and Malfoy were searching for the golden snitch while everyone else did what they could. Slytherin's team were getting close to scoring, and the keepers couldn't hit the quaffle back out. Just then, one of the players hit the quaffle hard towards Harry. I was shocked and flew over immediately, barely fast enough just to bat the quaffle away. Everyone sighed in relief as we continued our game.

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Name: Lily Potter
Age: 18
Position: Seeker
Broom: Firebolt

Small post of Game play: Lily was sitting as high as she could, alternating between watching the game, dodging bludgers and beaters alike, and searching for the Golden snitch. Her eyes scanned the game below with cat like intensity, her body reacting quickly to dodge anyone incoming. Then...there! The snitch! She spun in the air and did a direct nosedive towards it. Something slammed into her side and she hissed, glancing over to see that the Hufflepuff Seeker was side by side with me. I had no fear of falling to my death, so I poured on the speed to get ahead of him, but he copied me, to my annoyance. The ground came rushing up at us, and finally, when I thought we would have to battle it out as we raced along the ground, the Hufflepuff seeker chickened out and pulled up. I gave a small grin and pulled my broom up smoothly, and soon it was racing along the ground. This was my first time as Seeker, so I had to show them what I could do. The Snitch was just out of reach as I sat on the broom, no amount of lunging upward seemed to help. I hissed again, and then slowly started to rise to my feet. See, I was told about how my grandfather Harry Potter had caught his first Golden Snitch, and I had adapted what he had done to myself, mainly because I didnt want the taste of a snitch in my mouth for the rest of the day, bleh. After a hesitant half start where I almost fell off the broom, I was soon standing up on my Firebolt, using just my feet to steer me as I zoomed after the snitch. My father, Albus, told me that this was like the muggle sport, Skateboarding, except it was with a board with wheels. I leaned low on the broom, causing it to ease right, then, I reached upwards, and YES! I caught the snitch in my hand! I could feel the wings beat against my fingers.....and then I felt the Bludger slam into my back and Madame Hooch's whistle of a fowl as I was slammed off the broom. My instincts kicked in luckily, and I tuck and rolled to safty on the ground that was only ten feet below me. My back hurt like nothing I had felt before, but I still had the snitch in my hand, and I got to watch the Hufflepuff beaters get told off as the stands erupted, cheering as they saw me, laying on the ground, the hand with the snitch raised proudly in the air.

[Lexi]

((We don't. The mods don't even check anymore))

[Mursal]

Name: Mursal
Age: 16
Position: Chaser
Broom: Nimbus 2000
Mursal was watching all the players run after the simpler objects. But she had her eye on the golden snitch. Her only chance. However, there were many people following it, and following the snitch with her eyes wasn't helping. So she set off, seeing Harry in the distance, she carefully guarded the snitch until Harry was almost 3 feet away, and she sped toward the Quaffle, wacking it with her broom, the wind picking up, it went sailing into the goal. Yes! She turned in time to see Harry catch the snitch.YESSSSSS!!!

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Quaffles are what goes into the goal btw. Bludgers are the enchanted balls that try to smack you off the broom.