Brits take Mathematics Ashes

Posted Friday 10 July 2009

Australia's team has lost the Mathematics Ashes in a tight 67 to 61 result. Competing against the United Kingdom team for the second time, Australia was not able to retain the urn they had won in the inaugural contest last year.

This year's contest took place at Trinity College, Cambridge, a legendary home of mathematics. The two teams have been training together as a prelude to participating in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Bremen next week.

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Students from both teams are seen here writing the exam.

There was a highlight for the Australian team. Andrew Elvey Price, who won a Silver Medal at last year's IMO, scored a perfect 21 points in this event.

Last year Australia won by a relatively comfortable margin of 72 points to 55.

Australian scores were:

NAME SCHOOL YR P1 P2 P3
TOT
CHONG Aaron Doncaster Secondary College VIC 11 7 6 0
13
ELVEY PRICE Andrew Brunswick Secondary College VIC 12 7 7 7
21
LAW Stacey James Ruse Agricultural High School NSW 11 7 1 0
8
LIANG Alfred Trinity Grammar School VIC 11 0 0 0
0
MA Dana Melbourne Girls Grammar School VIC 12 7 1 0
8
WONG Sampson James Ruse Agricultural High School NSW 11 5 6 0
11
 

 
 
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