Yea I'm even a bit older than you ey
Haha! I think older folks have some useful attributes to offer, things like life experience, resilience to stress, less likely to panic easily, more likely to be stable at home and work, etc etc. But yea I have read somewhere that very few over 40's (not there yet FYI) make it through the training, but some that have, have made brilliant ATCO's, so maybe we're okay!
Have you heard of any applicants for this round that have been notified they were unsuccessful?