Y31 Ravenclaw Quidditch Try-Outs

Flavio Morales-Tipene

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OOC First Name
Anna
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Mixed Blood
Relationship Status
Married
Sexual Orientation
Pansexual
Wand
Straight 16 1/2 Inch Rigid Blackthorn Wand with Fwooper Feather Core
Age
31
Flavio had been too busy with his OWLs at the end of his fifth year to think about the fact the previous Ravenclaw captains were about to graduate and someone new would be chosen to lead the team, let alone consider that it might have been him who was chosen. So when he was told that it was indeed him who was the new Ravenclaw quidditch captain he could admit he was surprised, not being as successful a chaser as he wanted to be when quidditch was underway during the school year. But while he did feel surprised he was also proud, wanting to do the position justice and help lead Ravenclaw to victory.

It all began with the annual team try outs which Flavio set up for early one morning. He stood on the pitch as people began to arrive, greeting the team members he recognized and smiling as he saw a few new faces as well as old ones. When it seemed like everyone had arrived, Flavio spoke to the group. "Good morning everyone and welcome to quidditch try outs! My name is Flavio and I am your team captain for this year. If you are trying out, please tell me your name and the position you want to play, and if you are already on the team it would be good if you could help out the students that are trying out today. If you have any questions you are welcome to ask me when you are finished trying out. Now, we can begin!" He said, ready to watch closely as people tried out so he could make the most logical decisions for the team.​
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PlayerPosition
Flavio MoralesChaser (Captain)
Noemie VanityChaser
Soohye Kendall-WuChaser
Viktor StyxBeater
AvailableBeater
Elizabeth ChatwinKeeper
AvailableSeeker
AvailableAlternates
[th colspan="2"]Ravenclaw Quidditch Team[/th]

OOCOut of Character:
Players from the previous year are guaranteed their position granted they post before try outs are complete, although alternates will need to post again. First years are required to PM me for approval before posting a try out!
 
October had considered not going to tryouts at all. Even after everything that had changed in her life over the holidays, the thought of taking Isabelle's place as seeker, doing something so publicly that she hadn't spent her whole childhood preparing for was terrifying. She felt more confident on a broom after the last two years, practicing as an alternate, but joining the team properly was an entirely different level. She would have to play, probably against April who had more practice in actual games. It was impossibly nerve-wracking, and October had stood outside the pitch for a long moment, gathering herself, before entering. As scary as it was, that was the point of doing this. She was a new person now. No longer under her father's thumb. Free to try things she wasn't perfect at.

When it was her turn October stepped forward, broom clutched under her arm. "October Alcott, trying out for Seeker." She said, trying not to let her voice waver. She knew Flavio vaguely from years on the team together, but October spent most of her time on the sidelines. She didn't know if he had ever paid attention to her flying before. Now was time to really give it her all and hopefully impress him. Mounting her broom she kicked off, soaring into the air with more grace than she had managed in her last couple of tryouts. The practice was really starting to sink in. She scanned the pitch with her eyes, beginning to circle as she tried to track down the snitch. Ducking around one of the goalposts October spotted a glimmer of gold on the other side of the pitch. She shot after it, pressing close to her broom for speed, and extended one arm once she got close. The snitch began to zip away but she zigzagged after it, her ballet skills the only thing keeping her from becoming nauseous as she spun and twisted after its erratic path. October's heart sank as she lost sight of the ball, but a moment later another glimmer of gold caught the corner of her eye and she was back after it, racing after the snitch. October was so focused on her target that she barely paid attention to her surroundings. She felt her fingers close around the golden ball, and moments later saw the ground approaching at rapid speed. Pulling out of her nosedive at the last second, October looked over at Flavio, grinning brightly, her fingers curled tightly around the snitch.
 
Ella was excited about attending the Ravenclaw try-outs again. Even though she didn't make the team last year she had been very happy that she could at least watch the games without having to worry about anything. Ella had trained hard during the holidays and was ready to show the captain her skills once more. Ella hurriedly put on her robes and gear, and with her Silver Arrow in her left hand and a bat in her right, she made her way to the Quidditch Pitch. Ella walked onto the Pitch, not nervous at all. She was feeling rather confident that she would do well today. The girl was not a newbie to this sport and having played baseball for a couple of years figured she had some experience. Ella just really wanted to prove herself again and hopefully make the team this year. She greeted everyone when she arrived and listened attentively to the captain. Ella smiled when Flavio announced that they could begin and walked up to him to tell her the position she wanted to try out for.''Hey,'' she said to the captain, ''I'm Ella and I'll be trying out for the position of Beater.''

Once she was ready to start. the Ravenclaw shot up into the air, one hand holding onto her broom and the other hand clutching her Beater's bat. This was it. Now or never. After flying a lap as fast as she could, Ella flew over to the other Beaters. She began a bit rough, not hitting every bludger that was sent her way, but after a few minutes, she recovered, sending almost every bludger the right way and preventing the others from trying to hit her.
 
Jackson was excited about the prospect of playing quidditch for another year. He had been training with James over the holidays which given he was now a professional player was way cool and had really improved his flying and game awareness. Jackson hadn't played much during the previous year as an alternate but he hoped that would change in the new year. The Ravenclaw walked out onto the pitch and listened to the new captain give his opening remarks before he began his tryout.

"Jackson Cade trying out for beater," He said before mounting his broom and doing a couple of warm up laps before preparing to start. In Jackson's opinion beater was the hardest position to try out for as there wasn't much of a structure to what he had to do. Jackson flew around the pitch watching for any oncoming bludgers. Out the corner of his eye he spotted one heading for the girl trying out for seeker. He leaned forward on his broom and shot forward to put himself between player and bludger and knock it away from her. Jackson continued to do this for the rest of tryout. He knocked away a bludger from a couple of oblivious chasers and even a fellow beater who was looking elsewhere as a bludger hurtled toward them. When tryouts were over Jackson returned to the ground and headed back into the changing rooms.
 
Elly already had a position on the team, she was the keeper of the Ravenclaw team. Thus she grabbed her broom and gear and walked to the pitch. It was no suprise that Flavio would become captain he was suited perfectly for it. Elly mounted her broom and shot in the air. Trying to keep some quaffles out of her goal.
 
Jacob liked Quidditch, but he was way too shy to actually try out. He finally managed to gather all of his courage and take an old broom the shed to try out with. The Professors wouldn't miss it anyway. Jacob walked to the Quidditch Pitch and listened to the Captain talking about the try outs.

Jacob was still somewhat scared, but he was going to do his upmost best. ''Jacob Finley, trying out as a chaser'' Jacob smiled broadly and mounted his broom. He got hold of a quaffle and zoomed towards the current captain of the ravenclaw team. There he attempted to throw the quaffle through one of the hoops.

The quaffle bounced off on the metal colored hoops. Jacob tried again and then the quaffle went through one of the hoops. Jacob was excited that he had scored and at least had shown off something. He was afraid that it would end up as a big let down. Jacob attempted it more times and when the try out was almost done he went back to the ground. He hoped he could be an Alt on the team.
 
Noemie had expected Flavio to get captain. It made the most amount of sense. She was very happy about it. The teen was ready for another year of quidditch, she smiled at the captain as he greeted the team before taking off into the air. She would get in plenty of practice today as other people tried out. It would be good and they would be able to work towards achieving even more.
 
Since hearing that Professor Pendleton had regret leaving his own goals, it had got Isaac thinking about the Quidditch team he'd left behind. He had enjoyed being a beater, and it had only been because he'd struggled with the motivation to do anything that would have his parents on his back that he'd decided to leave. No longer wanted to be led down their path however, the fourth had decided that this year was the time for change, and wanting to be more involved around the school he'd decided to try out for the team once again.

The other players, especially those in the role he desired, were much faster and stronger than he, and with deflated confidence he felt as though it was probably pointless to try out when he had so much competition. Only the thought of returning to Sophie and admitting that he'd walked away again kept him planted on the field, waiting for the others to try out before it was finally his turn. "Er. Isaac. Trying out for Beater, again. Obviously," he said, waving a bat around in the air and figuring he may as well get this over with.

Flying out into the air, it didn't take the fourth year too long to get back into the swing of things. Literally. He could locate the iron balls easily enough, and took multiple attempts at hitting them off into all directions. Despite not being in the air properly for a while, the enjoyment he felt whilst he was up there came flooding back to him, and he managed to make contact with the majority of his shots. He would have liked to have gotten to know the other players style in more detail beforehand, and should he have be picked he would have paired up with his teammate so that they could have one anothers backs. By the time it was over, Isaac was reasonably pleased with his performance, and while he still wasn't convinced he was going to make it on the team, even as an alternative given the number of players, at least he could say that he hadn't given up.
 
Elias was glad he had been given the chance to tryout for the Ravenclaw team as a first year. He nodded his head at the captain as he made his way onto the quidditch pitch with a ratty school broom he had managed to borrow. Next year he would have his own but for now he hoped the glorified mop would be able to keep up with him. He waited rather impatiently as Flavio cycled through the older students before coming to the first years. "Elias Styx trying out for chaser," There wasn't an open spot at chaser but it was easily the position Elias most wanted to play.

Once it was finally his turn Elias mounted the mop and took off with a somewhat shaky start. He knew on the school broom he would have to outfly everyone on the team just to look average. He grumbled to himself as he was handled a quaffle. It was going to be a frustrating process. With quaffle in hand Elias made his way towards the hoops. He had five shots to show he was good enough for the team, of course he was but unfortunately Flavio wouldn't take his word for it. The first shot Elias took was surprisingly easy to score with, it was almost as if the keeper wasn't looking as the quaffle sailed through the left hoop. The second was trickier as Elias engaged the keeper, causing them to move around and fooled them into leaving the centre hoop unguarded so Elias was able to just drop the quaffle through. It was almost too easy as Elias went for his third shot, a throw from a stationery position, keeper got fingertips to it but it was ever so slightly out of reach. Three for three and Elias was feeling good and confident. Elias made his final too shots though both weren't easy. He thought he'd fooled the keeper to going a different way but they had been able to dive toward the hoop the quaffle had been heading for, thankfully it still managed to squeak through, his fifth and final shot was difficult but Elias managed to get the keeper out of the way to make it. Once he was done he made his way back to the ground.
 
OOCOut of Character:
Try outs are closing tomorrow, this is your last chance to try out if you haven't already :D
 
PlayerPosition
Flavio MoralesChaser (Captain)
Noemie VanityChaser
Jacob FinleyChaser
Jackson CadeBeater
Isaac KainBeater
Elizabeth ChatwinKeeper
October AlcottSeeker
Ella BishopAlternate Beater
Elias Styx Alternate Chaser
[th colspan="2"]Ravenclaw Quidditch Team Y31[/th]
 

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