The team members and the participating students gathered in the center of the field. Elwyn, Hermione and Corin went to the stands.
"I hope Ron isn't so nervous. He looks like he's going to faint!" Hermione said worriedly. She looked at Ron in the crowd. "Angelina not letting him use the Star Taker seems to affect him a lot."
"From a fair point of view, everyone should use the same model of brooms," Elwyn said.
Under the suggestion of the others, Angelina requested that everyone use the school's brooms or comet brooms. Nimrods, firebolts and the Star Taker were not allowed.
After all, this was the selection of the goalkeeper, not a competition of whose broom was better.
The firebolts and the Star Taker could be Gryffindor's secret weapons, but the key was the pilot's skills.
On the field, the first-year students nervously gripped a few worn-out brooms that they had picked out from the school's storage. The other students were doing the same, but they were much more muscular, especially the sixth-year and seventh-year students. They were tall and big, each and every one of them stood out like a crane among a flock of chickens, giving off an intimidating aura.
Among all the people participating in the selection, Ron was probably the most nervous. His face was slightly green.
The more people gathered around and the louder the cheers, the more nervous he looked.
In addition, Ginny did not participate in the selection of the goalkeeper. She thought about it again and again and still felt that the goalkeeper was not suitable for her. However, Angelina took Elwyn's suggestion and accepted Ginny as a substitute. She did not want to miss out on such an excellent player.
She had to think about the future of Gryffindor's team. It was different from when Wood was here. Next year, after she, Aliya, Fred and George graduated, the team would face restructuring. If they did not train the players early, it was likely that they would not be able to recover.
Therefore, this time, the younger students were the focus of the assessment. It did not matter if they were a little bit weaker. These substitutes could train with the team and if possible, they could also play in the game to gain experience.
Angelina asked all the participating students to fly around the field to see their basic skills.
Some of them flew quite well, but some of them were obviously there to make up the numbers. They fell into a heap halfway through the flight.
There were also quite a few students from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff among them. Angelina chased them away angrily when she discovered them.
Among them, Ron's performance was average. At the very least, he could sit steadily on the broom.
Next was the actual selection. Angelina asked all the players to go on the field and gather around the three tall goalposts. She was still unhappy that Harry could not participate in the player selection. She hoped to select a goalkeeper that everyone was satisfied with.
Angelina, Aria and Katie formed a triangle, each in charge of an area. They began to throw the ball into the goal. Fred and George hit the ghost balls to disrupt the game, simulating the scene of a game.
The first student to take the field was a third-year student. His performance was terrible. Out of ten balls, he only managed to knock down one. He was even hit by the ghost balls a few times. In the end, he was knocked down from the broom, his nose bleeding …
Next was Richie Gutt. He was the only first-year student who made it to the final selection.
The boy looked weak and small, but he was good at flying and had quick reflexes.
He was not suited to be a goalkeeper, but he was more suited to be an attacker. Whenever the ball passed by, his first reaction was to dodge.
In the end, he did not knock down a single ball, but he also dodged the ghost balls hit by Fred and George.
This was very impressive. Angelina thought about it again and again, and finally decided to recruit him as a substitute.
Another third-year girl, Demirza Robbins, was about the same as him. Her reflexes were especially fast and her movements were agile, but she did not dare to use her body to save the ball. Angelina also recruited her as a substitute.
In addition, there was also Jeffrey Hooper, a very strong guy, comparable to Gower and Crabbe.
He knocked down nine out of ten balls and was hit by the ghost balls twice, but it seemed like nothing had happened to him. This result was already very good. It would be even better if he did not keep complaining about the weather, the field, the broom, and other trivial things.
Angelina was annoyed enough by him that she reluctantly asked him to stay.
However, this guy actually said that he did not want to be a substitute. He did not want to waste time.
He wanted to join the team as an official member, but was chased away by the angry Angelina.
The next few students did not have any outstanding performances.
The best of the whole field was Vicky Frobisher, Elwyn's roommate. His flying was really amazing. The old-fashioned Comet almost burst out at the speed of a light wheel under his control. Amidst the cheers of the crowd, he dodged all the ghost balls perfectly and blocked all ten.
His performance was impeccable. Even if Wood were here, he would not be able to do better than him.
Elwyn could not see any reason not to choose him as the goalkeeper. The others thought so too. Angelina even announced that he would be the goalkeeper on the spot.
However, this guy actually said that he did not have time. He only wanted to participate in the game and not the team's training.
Elwyn knew Vicky too well. He had too many social activities. He knew the names of all the girls in the school and knew almost all of them. He dated different girls every day and introduced girlfriends to other people in the dormitory …
If there was a conflict of time, he would definitely put Quidditch on the back burner and not give in at all.
This was something that Angelina could not accept. It did not matter how good a player was if he could not participate in the team's training.
In fact, it was the same for his sister, Vicky Frobisher. She was a third-year girl with short hair. She was very cute and her flying skills were perfect. However, her mind was not on Quidditch at all. Instead, it was on all kinds of messy social activities.
She did not have many boyfriends, but she had set up a "Charm Club" to put charm first.
Corin told Elwyn and Hermione that the Frobisher siblings' uncle was a professional Quidditch player. He was one of the pursuers of the Kaffly Crossbows. He had trained them to play Quidditch since they were young, which was the main reason why they performed so well.
Compared to Jeffrey Hooper and the Frobisher siblings, Ron's performance was much worse.
He only managed to save seven of the ten balls and was not hit by any ghost balls. However, Elwyn could not be sure if it was because Fred and George had gone easy on him. Angelina hesitated for a long time before announcing that he would be the team's goalkeeper.
In her words, Ron's performance was not the best, but he should be fine after some training.
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