twins first year beaters??

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 83704

--- 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

Gred and Forge are two years ahead of Harry and Ron.  In OotP, they 
are in their final year at Hogwarts.  Harry and Ron are in their 
fifth year.  Hope that helps clear up the confusion.

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