by Phoenix in the Ashes » Wednesday 4 October 2006 1:54:59am
"Now," he raised his wand to his throat and tapped it, and his voice blasted as though he was holding a megaphone, "everyone gather around. This year when I will be picking the Hogwarts team for the Magical Schools Quidditch Cup 2007, the first of an event to be held every 3 years from now in a competition that can hopefully las tthe test of time, there will be no official trials. There will simply be as usual the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup, and from those games and my knowledge of each of you I shall choose 14 players as two provisional teams, aptly named for the moment, Hogwarts A & B. As we get nearer to the MSQC I will start to cut the squad down to the official squad limit of 10. 7 starters, 3 reserves.
"In the meantime, just enjoy yourselves - the first Quidditch Cup match of the season is as traditionally... Gryffindor Vs. Slytherin, in two weeks from now. Good luck, both of you. Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, you play the following week. You are dismissed."