Y27 Hufflepuff Quidditch Tryouts

[Reuben Pendleton]

Reuben! Quidditch captain! The Hufflepuff could hardly believe it. Their team was comprised of such brilliant players that he had never in his wildest dreams expected to take on Mason's role. Yet here he was, out on the pitch, waiting for the other players and hopeful try-outs to arrive so that he could announce the news. Once a fair crowd had gathered, he began. "Hey guys! My names Reuben, and I'm the new Hufflepuff team captain, so listen up!" Ensuring that everybody was doing so, he continued. "This year we need a chaser and a beater, so show me what you got! Or like, you can try out as an alternate. Oh, and before you get on your brooms, come and tell me which position you're trying for. You can try out for as many as you want. Yeah, that's it. Pretty sure. Right." Once everybody had followed his instruction and taken their place in the air, Reuben opened the quidditch chest and started the game.

Players	Position [/td]
Reuben Lagowski	Chaser (Captain)
Ares Jeffreys	Chaser
Available

[th colspan="2"] Y27 Hufflepuff Quidditch Team[/th] [th] [td]Chaser
[/td] [tr][td]Victoria Havelock[/td][td]Beater
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Available[/td][td]Beater
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Lydia Archer[/td][td]Keeper
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Carlotta Raven[/td][td]Seeker
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Soren Sedridor[/td][td]Alternate Seeker [/td][/tr]

Out of Character:

Players from the previous year are guaranteed their spot without needing to try out again - as long as attendance is posted before try-outs are over. Alternates, however, will need to try out again.

First years are required to PM me for approval before attempting to try out - which will only be accepted if there is a need for more players.

 

[Victoria Havelock]

Victoria was livid. A fourth year had been named as captain and now the little snot nose kid was in charge of her. She grumbled as she made her way ibto the Quidditch pitch and gathered with her team. Lydia she would understand, the girl had been on the team since her first year, but Rueben. Victoria greeted her new captain with a plastered on smile and a scowl behind her back. This season was going to suck.

 

[Liam Adams]

Liam was finally ready to tryout for the Quidditch team after sleeping in and missing his second year tryouts. The third year made his way down to the quidditch pitch after sitting nervously in the great hall while Bry and Ellie forced him to eat breakfast. Friends could be such a pain sometimes. After changing into some tatty spare robeshe made his way out to the quidditch pitch and picked up a raggedy school broom and approached the captain, who unbelievably was only a year older than him. "Liam Adams trying out for beater," He nodded to the boy and mounted his broom.

He felt much more confident once he was up in the air. Liam perched himself in perfect view of what was happening around him, he clutched his broom in his hand and kept his eyes peeled for oncoming bludgers. The first seemed to be making a beeline for someone trying out for chaser. Liam bolted forward and swung his club full force and there was a crack as it collided with the bludger. He sat back triumphantly as he watched it shoot off away frlm the players and Liam continued to watch until he was needed again. He was called into action again to deflect a bludger away from a keeper tryout, a seeker who wouldn't stay still and allow Liam to focus, he managed to hit the bludger regardless. Eventually it was time to make his way down to the ground. Liam thanked the captain and left the pitch.

 

[Ares Jeffreys]

Ares arrived at the quidditch pitch and noted the boy scarcely older than himself seemed to be standing in the position of authority, and honestly Ares was a little surprised, he wasn't unhappy with it, just surprised, he had always hoped that one day just like his brother he might be captain, but this would likely very much dwindle his chances. However, he just put it at the back of his mind as he gave the boy his attention. Which wasn't necessary for very long, soon he was just able to grab his broom and be able to practice. He was looking forward to it, now as a permanent member of the team rather than just an alternate. He was keen, had been practicing all break long, was perfectly excited about what the prospects would be if he got better. Ares didn't know if he would want to continue to play out of school, but it definitely seemed like the kind of option that he could do, it was an option that was very obviously open to him if he managed to continuously get better at playing.
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[Marzen Svajone]

It'd taken him several years to build up the courage to try out, but now his third year had rolled around and he realised he didn't have many electives, he fully had time for this. He had noticed his friend Liam stroll up to the try-outs so he gave an encouraging wave as he also picked up one of the school brooms.
"Marzen Svajone and I'm going to be trying out for Chaser today," he announced with a smile just as he took off into the air.

Up in the air Marzen felt disconnected from the rest of the world and his problems, and feeling the air flow through his blond and brown hair, he felt oddly focused as he circled the pitch and flew under one of the chasers to grab the Quaffle. A rush of exhilaration ran through him as his sudden appearance from under the other chaser had made them drop the ball and allowed Marzen to sped off to score ten points. Or what would have been ten points in an actual game. He also seemed to find that the less time he spent flying past Liam the better because he always managed to get distracted and almost drop the ball a couple of times.

 

[Carlotta Raven]

Whilst some may have had an issue with a younger student taking the team, Carlotta barely cared enough to figure out who it was. She didn't know the boy personally beyond their shared commitment to quidditch, but as long as he wasn't insane (this had yet to be proven), then she doubted it would be an issue, The sevebthvyear made it to the pitch and stood among her fellows, glad that she didn't have to try out again. The seeker observed the other students in silence the entire time.
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[Tesla Wilde]

Having vastly improved from the first week of Flying lessons and truly enjoying the sport of Quidditch, Tess had decided to take the advice of a kind Slytherin who, despite being competition, told her where she might suit on a team after playing a little bit. Her stomach twisted as she attempted to force herself to eat just a touch before try-outs. She knew she would be watched by a literal team of upperclassman and those who also dared to try-out like herself but she felt sure that this would help her make more friends and that it would be fun too. That was the most important part of it for her as someone who had never played on a team sport before, especially one on brooms. With her large curly hair tied behind her in tight plaits, the Kiwi girl felt as ready as she would ever be so she walked to the Quidditch Pitch and walked over to where the new captain stood. She smiled at him as she waited for him to give proper instructions to everybody and when he had, she was so glad to see that the position she wanted was up for grabs.

After getting her broom, Tess looked over to Reuben and said, "Tess Wilde for Chaser, please." It was at this point that she was given a slight direction to kick off and find her place for there to be a mini game of sorts. Having only watched a handful she was nervous incase she would make a horrific mistake but instead the Hufflepuff found herself flying off sturdily and quickly. It wasn't long before she had a quaffle in her hands at which point she passed it to another person only for the Quaffle to be returned to her as they were closer to the hoops when she managed to get a goal for the 'team' on the left lower goal post. Things were going well so far and she would hate to mess that up so she found her way zooming through the sky best as she could to avoid beaters attempting to hit people like her with the bludger and trying to keep an eye on the other chasers so she could intercept passing of the quaffle to get a score on the hoops for herself.

Being what she could only assume to be the youngest at the tryouts this year, Tess knew she was at a small disadvantage and yet she continued along because everybody was sure to take her for granted when she flew past them quickly and managed to catch a flying quaffle and do a loop to fly in the opposing direction, careful to keep the ball close to her body as she flew on. She was finding that because many hadn't expected her to succeed in this that she had been able to fly quickly towards the goal posts where she quickly threw the ball to the hoop in the centre. Not having much time to celebrate this, the girl grinned to herself and continued on until the game was done at which point she touched down. Adrenaline was still pumping through her so after thanking the very young captain she left to go have a few yarns with her group of Hufflepuff friends.

 

[Hilton Tiwari]

When Hilton Tiwari had heard the news of the new Qudditch captain, she was so proud. Her friends were making it big! Hilton ran to the Quidditch Pitch where Hufflepuff practices were going on. A couple of people and painting complained about her rush, but she could hardly contain her happiness. When she reached the Pitch and spotted Reuben, she ran and jumped on his back, engulfing him in a huge hug. "Reuben! I am so happy for you, friend! You did so well in getting captain!" she exclaimed and tightened her grip around the boy. Hilton was not a huge fan of Qudditch, but if her friend loved it, she did too.

 

[Reuben Pendleton]

Players	Position [/td]
Reuben Lagowski	Chaser (Captain)
Ares Jeffreys	Chaser
Tesla Wilde	Chaser
Victoria Havelock	Beater
Liam Adams	Beater
Lydia Archer	Keeper
Carlotta Raven	Seeker
Marzen Svajone	Alternate Chaser

[th colspan="2"] New Hufflepuff Team[/th] [th]