May the best admin win!

A week ago my divisional manager (DOM) was in my store. I decided to be a little cheeky and try to find out some gossip form her. One of our regional managers had done a disappearing act a couple of weeks ago and then put up on Face Book that he had officially left the business. I found out that eh had sent his resignation direct to head office rather than informing the other regional manager and divisional managers like he was supposed to.
I then piped up and asked if there was going to be a vacancy for his job and whether I would stand a chance of getting it. She said that I certainly have the ability and was making it sound as if I would walk it. I also mentioned about being off for 9 months and only recently having returned, her response was promising, “I had only been back from maternity leave for a couple of weeks before being promoted to divisional manager.” That filled me with confidence!
I decided to stay quiet about applying for the position, partially so that I would have a better chance at getting the promotion, and also to save the embarrassment if I didn’t get it. My regional manager and store manager were the only 2 people within the company to know (and DOM of course). However, somehow Sarah (another administrator) had found out.
She phoned me this evening asking me questions which I didn’t particularly want to answer as she would have been my biggest threat for the job. She told me that a couple of senior auditors had also gone for it and that she was applying tomorrow. Great. Just what I wanted to hear.
I know that she is a great administrator, I trained her myself when she had returned from maternity leave a couple of years ago and used to work along side her back in my home town. She had also taken on most of my regional work when I went off sick. The only thing I was really worried about with being up against Sarah, is that she has the confidence. I have never known anyone who shone with confidence like she does, if she has a problem with someone or something, she won’t leave it, she will say something until it is resolved. I hate to say it, but she would be great for the job.
Now is for the waiting game, closing date for applications is close of business tomorrow, so fingers crossed it won’t be too long.