Congratulations to those successful, top effort!
For the rest of us, hard luck. Of course I knew this when I applied, but it doesn't make it any easier to accept that getting to the final stage this year will count for absolutely nothing next time round (if there is one with the economy, APD etc.) and we will be back at stage one to start it all over again.
Ah well. Recovering from setbacks is one of the hardest things to do, but also one of the most important.