[HPforGrownups] What to do with the Quidditch team? (WAS Untackled (?) Questions) and intro

[Mrs. Figg and Her Cats]

No: HPFGUIDX 32590

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  I am new here and thought I would say hello and introduce myself. I have 
not been a Harry Potter fan for too long. I jumped onto the bandwagon AFTER 
I saw the movie.  I was not at all interested in reading the books when 
they first came out simply because  I wasn't interested in "fantasy" 
books.  I do recall my son trying to tell me about this new book he was 
reading, back in 1998 about a boy who lived under the stairs with mean 
relatives.He then proceeded to explain the rules of Quidditch and of 
course, being the good mother I am, I just nodded  feigning interest  and 
inserted superlatives every few minutes, whilst I thought about something 
else.  But I digress.  Fast forward to the opening of the movie, when I 
took my 9 year old daughter for her birthday. I have seen it 3 times now 
and I haven't seen a movie in the theatre on my own accord since 1996. Most 
movies I see are kid related , Shrek, Spykids, Monsters etc.  Since then , 
I have read all 4 books twice each and have been collecting things that a 
32 year old woman has no business collecting, ie. bookmarks, magazine 
articles, key chains, Bertie Bott's candy.  But , that is another topic.

So, for my first post, I thought I would jump in with this topic and ask 
someone a question regarding Quidditch. Harry was the youngest Quidditch 
player in 100 years. It is now the almost the 5th year and knowing of Ron't 
interest in playing Quidditch, why hasn't he joined the team yet? Surely he 
is old enough to join, Malfoy was able to even though part of it was 
because his dad bought his way in to the team. Why hasn't it been mentioned 
that Ron has tried out for the team? It can't be because he can't afford a 
broom, I am assuming that the school would supply  them, albeit not as good 
as the Nimbus2001 or the Firebolt.  Did I miss it in my reading? Will I be 
forced to read the books all over again to find this little tidbit?

Thank you for your time in reading  this.

Mrs Figg

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