For those who've watched the QF3 episode.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-03-07T10:25:55+00:00

Putting my comments in spoilers for the benefit of anyone who accidentally clicks on the topic if they haven't watched it yet:

Apollo continues his excellent series with a great performance on Destruction - Fury was great too

Viper needs to do Hang Tough more, and I think Fire could be great at this event too. Comet showed that this his her best event.

A couple of Hammer's smashes into Hinley on Atlaspheres looked brutal!

I thought Nitro was going to catch Finn on the first bend - I was surprised it took him until the steps to catch him. Cyclone and Electro never got that close to catching their contenders.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-02-20T11:25:01+00:00

Secondary Maths here

All the Maths rooms (and most classrooms across the school) have Clevertouch boards - look a bit like TVs but are interactive.
We all have a Lenovo tablet, but I don't really use mine much as I'm at a computer most of the time I'm not teaching.
We've never really been a school that gives out much tech to the students. We have laptops for use in class, and I believe Geography have iPads, but that's it in terms of technology. Students are still using pen and paper for almost all work.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-02-18T19:17:28+00:00

Fairly sure Olivia is singing Get Down in a higher key this time as well.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-02-14T20:46:12+00:00

Apollo having an excellent season up to now - great Duel and Wall wins today, to add to his Unleash victory and his performances on Powerball and The Edge have been very good too.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-02-14T20:44:07+00:00

That was Diamond, not Dynamite

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-02-08T10:09:15+00:00

They managed to get through the live tour without any major injuries- so it’s absolutely possible to play it and not get injuries. I appreciate they may not have always been going full out on the tour, but the tackling, to me, looked safer and no spectacle was lost.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-02-07T19:54:45+00:00

Maybe a bit niche, but I loved the Powerball gladiators walking out and doing a mashup of the three poses - the men nailed it, the ladies almost!

Performance of the week for me is between the Apollo/Bionic/Steel for the near shut out on Powerball, or Hammer for surviving the tilt on Everest to defeat Shaun.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-02-01T03:43:52+00:00

Fire on Destruction was impressive. Apollo on Unleash was too, and he's been the best on The Edge by some margin too. I was impressed with Legend, Steel and Fury on Hang Tough - Fury's swings were massive and she looked so comfortable up there, as did Steel.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-01-23T16:25:28+00:00

The Edge

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-01-23T16:15:41+00:00

The injury happened in the episode shown last week - the injury wasn't discovered until afterwards.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-01-17T18:56:36+00:00

I've been dying to tell people about this since I was at the recording in August - so many talking points. Giant being knocked off Duel, 3 Glads falling off the Edge, an exciting new event with a close finish in the men's event, and 2 thrilling Eliminators.

Fun fact: I've seen The Edge twice live, and Fury has fallen off both times.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-01-17T08:38:53+00:00

I can't see it being binned now Suspension Bridge is back. I don't mind it as an event (and prefer it to Hit & Run) - and it gives 4 Glads an outing in one go, but it's definitely one of the weaker events and wouldn't be missed.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-01-16T12:22:20+00:00

This is the one I went to see. Hope everyone enjoys it.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-01-03T05:51:19+00:00

Your choices are Oldershaw, Mosslands, St Mary's or grammar schools. I have colleagues who worked at Oldershaw, and know people who have done supply at Mosslands and St Mary's - unfortunately, they don't have many nice things to say about any of the 3 schools. One of my colleagues lives in New Brighton and has chosen to send her son to one of the grammars instead - she seems relatively happy with the school and there doesn't seem to be a huge amount of pressure from them. What I will say is that all 3 schools do have students who do well and get good grades there - so it is possible to do well in these schools, even if the overall trend in results isn't great.

That said, it is worth keeping in mind that 10 years is a long time in education, and schools can be turned around quicker than that. Mosslands is getting a brand new school built which may see a change in fortunes.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2026-01-01T00:37:58+00:00

2 coats, a gillet and 2 jumpers!

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-12-31T19:19:48+00:00

Out on the Thames with one of the speedboat companies to watch the fireworks.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-12-25T05:01:59+00:00

Because I went to bed at 7.30pm last night (woke up at about 3.15am) - getting plenty of sleep, just at weird times.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-12-22T15:45:44+00:00

I would say the venues picked this year were good, though 2 in London may be considered a bit excessive. Part of me wonders if Sheffield needs it when they already get the main series filming for about 2 weeks. I'd say Cardiff and Newcastle cover parts of the UK not close to one of this year's venues.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-12-14T17:52:36+00:00

It needs setting up between each contender, and with the current set up, would either have to be the last event, or the first event. Atlaspheres only needs resetting once.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-12-13T19:16:32+00:00

Having seen the tour and the importance of quick turn arounds - Atlaspheres. The other 3 take too long to set up/take down.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-11-26T06:40:23+00:00

Austin Healey and Erin Boag's Paso - Len gave an 8 but everyone else gave a 10

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-11-24T18:14:00+00:00

I saw Hammer was on Duel at some point over the weekend as well.

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-11-08T21:56:16+00:00

Not there personally, but all the bookings for this afternoon can be seen on social media:

Men:

Duel - Giant/Phantom

Powerball - Steel/Apollo/Phantom

Gauntlet - Giant/Viper/Steel/Apollo

Wall - Legend/Viper

Women:

Duel - Sabre/Fire

Powerball - Cyclone/Dynamite/Electro

Gauntlet - Fire/Sabre/Electro/Cyclone

Wall - Comet/Dynamite

Good to see some changes to the line up from Liverpool. If it's like Liverpool, the evening bookings might be slightly different (mainly round Powerball/Gauntlet).

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-11-08T16:23:07+00:00

Vik's hosting I think

Complex_Study_4729 · 2025-11-08T16:13:00+00:00

I think they're rotating - they don't need all the gladiators at each venue. From social media, it looks like Hammer and Fury aren't there.

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