Yay I am so happy!! I just passed my Interbronze field moves. What a huge relief. I worked so hard on them but I was worried, since I really only started to work on them seriously in October after coming back to the ice following a disc problem. Even at the beginning of January they were nowhere near passing standard but today they were fine. Even the circular BO3s/mohawks pattern was OK and the only one I was asked to reskate was one of the ones I had not been worrying about, which was the alternating FO3's. I think because nerves had turned my legs to jelly and I was not standing up very straight after the turns the first time.

And even better, my daughter passed 3 tests today. Intersilver field moves and level 5 elements and free so we are going to be celebrating tonight!!!!

I am so happy now that I did not try to put the test off til end of February as it is so nice to have the pressure off.

Happy! Happy! Happy!

Congratulations! That is wonderful news.

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Many congratulations! Well done!!!!!

Well done....... Knew you would. Am really pleased for you.

Well done to your daughter too!

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Fantastic news. You've been working really hard on those so I'm glad all your hard work has paid off. Congrats to S too - she must be thrilled too, especially given the number of test fails at Inter silver level.

Well done

Nicki

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Way to go, very impressive!


Lyle

Congratulations!! Nothing like that feeling of relief.

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CONGRATULATIONS to you AND your daughter. A great day all the way around. Enjoy!

Congratulations!!! Yay! Great news!

Yayyy!!!!!!

WELL DONE BATIKATII!!

Thanks for all the congrats. I'm still on a high from passing. Mind I looked at the moves for level 5 and I reckon it could take me years to ever have a chance of passing those - are those the 'evil choctaws' from current level 8 on there or some other fiendish choctaw move?

I have got a taste for moves now though - does that make me strange?? I actually enjoyed working at them intensively and even though I've passed I will get my coach (the dance one probably since she enjoys teaching field moves) to show me the new level 3 and 4 moves, which I have now escaped ever having to test.

I thought the test was harder to take than a free test though - must be the lack of music. If I have music I can just lose myself in it and the skating is pretty automatic. When it is quiet and all there is to listen to is the unwanted scrapings it's no fun.

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Congrats to you!!!

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Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Congratulations to both of you -- what a great memory the two of you will now share!

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Congratulations to you both from us both!

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Thanks Annabel - when do you both take your tests? Good luck for them!

I am in exactly the same position – just past inter-bronze on Monday and working on the new level 5.

I find the back double threes easier than the back three mohawk exercise for inter-bronze.

Yes, the choctaws are evil! I think that the exercise is pretty much the same as the one for the old bronze (level 6?) but I could be wrong.

Congrats to you too! Great feeling to have it done and dusted isn't it?!

Really? That gives me some hope - I really struggled to get the back 3 mohawks working

Ah well that means I am never likely to take level 5 (not that I'll ever need them). Even the kids struggle with the choctaws and it is on intersilver at the moment which is level 8 in field moves - maybe lower on the old dance moves tests. They do seem to have made them all a lot harder and the new level 9 and 10 that my daughter would have to take next are really evil!!!!

Congratulations!

Thanks. Half-term week, I believe, whenever that is. I won't pass, judge would have to be totally blind to pass me, but Husband just might. Not very probable, but..... Anyway, we're both rather long shots, but nothing to lose!

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The level 5 choctaws are not the same as the intersilver choctaws. They are a variation on the bronze choctaws which are a little easier. But still quite horrid.

If I pass my bronze next month I'll have to do evil level 7 next!

Ah - that makes sense, that they'd not put the level 8 ones down to level 5 (though I would not put it past them! ) Still choctaws of any sort are not my favourite thing. I did have one in one of my early free dances but it didn't always come out as a choctaw. Even my coach ended up saying 'do the bit with the choctaw/mohawk/whatever'. I think it was usually a 'whatever'!!!!!!

Good luck for bronze - and for evil level 7!!!! They seem to have made all the new levels 'evil' - even the lowest ones!!!!