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. Quidditch referees own whistles as well, used to signal the ends of games, or any pauses or breaks needed." 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 The referee was subsequently found months later in the Sahara Desert.ĭespite the dangers involved with the job, only one referee, Cyprian Youdle, was ever killed during a Quidditch match. Referees had to deal with broom-tampering over the centuries, with the most dangerous example being the turning of a referee's broomstick into a Portkey. ![]() They were required to take rigorous flying tests, and written examination on the rules of the game, and prove - through a series of trials - that they will not jinx or curse offensive players even while under pressure. ![]() Each referee had to be an excellent flier, and capable of watching the antics of fourteen players at once. Referees were usually extremely brave wizards and witches, and in Great Britain are selected by the Department of Magical Games and Sports. Rolanda Hooch refereeing the 1991–1992 school year Quidditch gameĪ Quidditch referee (also known as a Quijudge during the early days of the game) was the individual responsible for adjudicating a Quidditch match. " While there have been no proven referee slayings since, there have been several incidences of broom-tampering over the centuries, the most dangerous being the transformation of the referee's broom into a Portkey, so that he or she is whisked away from the match halfway through and turns up months later in the Sahara Desert." - Kennilworthy Whisp on the dangers of being a Quidditch referee, Quidditch Through the Ages
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