The Coach

January 31, 2022 11:34 PM
Sonora’s Quidditch fortunes were steady. They probably weren’t going to earn a reputation as an elite or specialised school for the sport, but they were good enough to get into games with scouts, so that the truly exceptional players did have some chances to rise up. One of their most recent graduates had even been awarded a prestigious Quidditch scholarship enabling her to attend university.

The team itself was similarly steady. They were a long way from buidling back to having individual house teams, but the whole school team was strong, and popular enough to be competitive, with people rising up to take positions after years of training under a senior member. Usually. There were some years where it still seemed all the Beaters graduated, and the new ones looked awfully small. But, on the whole, it was going well. The Coach was confident of a full team, at a minimum, and excited for the opportunities to try new Seekers, who had been working their ways up the ranks.

It was the first day of classes when the notice went up, and judging from previous years, it wouldn’t stay blank for very long. The poster was topped with enthusiastically bouncing letters which declared Quidditch Sign Ups - Both New and Experienced Players Welcome! There followed a basic explanation of Quidditch, and each of the positions, along with the dates and times of the tryouts.

Sign up below with your name, year, house, and preferred position (if any).


OOC: Try outs will be posted around two weeks from now. If you don't get around to signing up, you will still be able to try out as a walk on, but it's strongly encouraged to try getting a sign up post done if possible. Like other site posts, it should be 200 words minimum - talk about your character's experience, why they're signing up etc, as well as noting what they actually write.
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Freya Curtis

February 27, 2022 12:52 PM
Freya loved the outdoors, kind of a given if you grew up on a farm, and she liked to be active. Quidditch was practically in her blood and she had always loved to play. She was aware that it wasn’t considered the most ladylike pursuit by some but she wasn’t going to let that get in the way of having a good time and she had never been discouraged by her family - in fact rather the opposite. Her mother being European probably lent to that, and Aunt Joella and Aunt Franki had always been a big inspiration.

When the Quidditch sign up sheet went up on the first day of classes, it caught Freya’s eye straight away and she didn’t hesitate in bounding over eagerly to put her name down.

Freya Curtis, 1st year, Crotalus, Chaser (or any position)

She wrote her preferred position down but guessed as a first year she might have to take whatever she could get, but she really didn’t mind that. She glanced curiously over the other names of students that had signed up before her, but she couldn’t really put many names to faces yet.

Freya played club Quidditch back home so was pretty comfortable in a competitive environment but probably the biggest difference between that and at her new school would be the greater age range on her team, that was if she made the team. As a first year, to think she would be trying out against seventh years was very daunting but she tried not to think about it, and the poster did encourage new players so it really didn’t seem all that elite. There was no real pressure to make the cut anyway, from herself or her family, but she rather hoped she might - it would be fun, not only because the sport was awesome but also it might give her more opportunities to make friends.
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