![]() In 1987, Hooch also recalled that it was a particularly rough game, having to call a dozen fouls in the first few minutes alone. The match became legendary for its high scores and exciting final moments. The team had been trailing 420-570 until Parkin led his team in a Power Play to score a goal, and soon after the team Seeker caught the Snitch, leading to the victory. Future Wigtown Wanderers star player Ethan Parkin led his House to a 580-570 victory. ![]() 1960sĭuring the 1966– 1967 school year, Madam Hooch refereed the 1967 Hogwarts Quidditch final, which became famous as the highest-scoring match in Hogwarts history. Her lessons teaching the first-year students how to fly were held on the Training Grounds at the back of the castle, near the Quidditch pitch and Herbology Greenhouses. She was given an office located somewhere in the Castle, in which the crate which held the Golden Snitches, Quaffle and Bludgers was kept safe under lock-and-key when not in use. She was now referred to as "Madam Hooch", and was respected by her students because of her liking for fair-play and clean games. Rolanda's duties at Hogwarts included being the Flying Instructor, the Quidditch referee and the coach in charge of all broom-related activities. Madam Hooch teaching Flying on the Training Grounds It's just much more difficult, and far more dangerous." - Madam Hooch teaching a Flying Class After being selected she underwent a series of complicated and rigorous tests, both written and practical. Sometime after her student years at Hogwarts, Rolanda was selected by the Department of Magical Games and Sports as the Hogwarts Quidditch referee. However, it is unknown which Hogwarts House she was Sorted into. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in her youth, and was a member of her House Quidditch team. The Hogwarts Quidditch pitch where Hooch was selected to referee She declared that the only thing she found more humiliating than that incident was when a student jinxed her many decades later, in 1991. One night, at some point during the Great War ( 1914- 1918), her broom was singed by a Muggle anti-aircraft device, which she found personally insulting. She taught herself to fly on a Silver Arrow broomstick at some point. " A spell! I haven't been this annoyed since my broom was singed by overzealous anti-aircraft during the Great War!" - Madam Hooch relaying some information on her past ![]() ![]() Hooch also survived the Second Wizarding War, and returned to her post as Flying Instructor and Quidditch referee after 1998. Her profession also included other important duties, such as keeping students safe from harm whilst they trained for Quidditch, and checking the brooms of students to make sure they were not bewitched with dark charms. While on staff at Hogwarts, Hooch worked under Headmasters Albus Dumbledore, Dolores Umbridge, and Minerva McGonagall.ĭuring her years of employment at Hogwarts, she taught students how to successfully fly broomsticks (such as the famous Harry Potter), and also acted as the official referee for Quidditch games held at Hogwarts. She learnt to fly on her own Silver Arrow broomstick sometime before or during the Great War and returned to Hogwarts, which was her childhood school, for a job. before 1918) was a witch who worked as the Flying instructor, Quidditch referee, and coach at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. " None of you is to move while I take this boy to the Hospital Wing! You leave those brooms where they are or you'll be out of Hogwarts before you can say 'Quidditch.'" - Hooch's strict attitude with her students
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