twins first year beaters??

[Blair]

No: HPFGUIDX 83680

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "evil_sushi2003" 
<evil_sushi2003 at h...> wrote:
> A point which I have always thought undisputed was that Fred and 
> George W were a year older than H/Hr/R et all. (Well, a yr above 
> them in schooling terms anyway). In PS/SS I took it to mean that 
> Harry was the youngest quidditch player in ages- a 1st yr. But, at 
> the beginning of PS/SS I'm pretty sure that R tells H that F/G 
were 
> beaters for the Gryf team 'last year'- wouldn't this be their 1st 
> yr, hence arguing that Harry was not the youngest quidditch player?
> 
> I could see ways in which F and G could be 1st yr beaters whilst 
> Harry could still be the youngest, although this is talking a 
matter 
> of months, and we all know that Harry's b-day is in July, so that 
> doesn't leave much room for a large age-gap, and I would presume 
> that this age-gap would be much cause for celebration (eg. Harry 
is 
> the youngest in AGES) and so forth.
> 
> OTOH Harry may be the youngest SEEKER- and the youngest of that 
> particular position.
> 
> OR... I could have just confused myself a whole lot, and be 
speaking 
> (not litterally) utter nonsense... hmmm, the possibilies...
> 
> evil_sushi

Fred and George are *two* years older than HRH.  In PS/SS they are 
3rd years.  They started on the team in their second year (which is 
still pretty young I suppose...)

Oryomai