Posted Friday 22 July 2011.

The Australian team has all won medals in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad, the world's premier international mathematics competition held under the auspices of UNESCO. This Olympiad has just concluded in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The team has won 3 Silver Medals and 3 Bronze Medals. The Silver Medals have been won by Tim Large, of Sydney Grammar School, Declan Gorey of Sydney Boys High School and Yanning Xu of St Peter's College in Adelaide.

The team was place equal 25th of 101 countries, tied with Hungary and Serbia. The team's standing is down from 15th in 2010, but in 2010 it fielded an experienced team which had mainly moved on to University. The only member of last year's team who remained eligible was Tim Large, who had won a Bronze last year.

The team was presented with their medals at the Closing Ceremony.

From left Ross Atkins (assisting Leader with coordination), Graham White (Deputy Leader), Nancy, Colin, Tim, Declan, Angel, Yanning, and Ivan Guo (Leader).

Professor Peter Taylor, Executive Director of the Australian Mathematics Trust, which administers Australia's participation in this event, paid tribute to the students, Director of Training Dr Angelo Di Pasquale, leading trainers Ivan Guo (himself a former IMO Gold Medallist), Graham White and Ross Atkins, and a large team of other former IMO students who train the teams on a voluntary basis. "We have a large infrastructure of people acting in goodwill who are transferring their knowledge to the next generations in a very generous way", he noted.

Professor Taylor noted that this event was just part of a large program run by the Trust in which hundreds of thousands of students participate and benefit, starting at the Australian Mathematics Competition and continuing through the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians and its enrichment stage, helping students of all standards to achieve their potentials in mathematics.

Professor Taylor also acknowledged considerable support from the Australian Government through its Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) and Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and also significant support from the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and the Australian Mathematical Society.

Results of the Australian students are:

		NAME	YR	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	TOT
		FU Nancy James Ruse Agricultural High School NSW	11	7	0	0	7	2	0	16
		GOREY Declan Sydney Boys High School NSW	12	7	1	0	7	7	0	22
		LARGE, Timothy Sydney Grammar School NSW	12	7	1	0	7	7	0	22
		LU Colin Melbourne Grammar School VIC	12	3	0	0	6	7	1	17
		XU Yanning St Peter's College SA	11	7	1	0	7	7	0	22
		YU Angel Perth Modern School WA	12	7	1	1	6	2	0	17
		TOTALS		38	4	1	40	32	1	116

The country scores below are for the leading 30 countries. There may be errors.

Earlier ...

Posted Tuesday 12 July 2011

The Australian and British teams have tied for the Mathematics Ashes, in an epic contest at Trinity College, Cambridge, the score being 66 all.

The two teams face off for the Mathematics Ashes during the morning.

Both teams are training together in the week before competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad in Amsterdam next week. Most of this consists of practice exams with the main one being for the Ashes.

As a result the British team will continue to hold the Ashes, in which on the previous three occasions they held a 2-1 lead.

Deputy Leader Graham White said this was an excellent effort as the Exam was difficult and the British team is strong.

Australian scores were:

Earlier again ...

Posted Tuesday 12 July 2011.

The Australian team has arrived at Trinity College, Cambridge, in order to train with the British team, compete against them for the Mathematics Ashes and to go on to Amsterdam next week to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad.

The team on the grounds of Trinity, from left Graham White (Deputy Leader), Colin Lu, Declan Gorey, Tim Large, Nancy Fu, Angel Yu, Yanning Xu and Ivan Guo (Leader).