After ~30 hours of travel the majority of the team arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan on the evening of Monday 28th June, joining the Dutch team there for a week-long training camp. Our numbers were finally completed by Ilya’s arrival from Germany this morning. Ilya’s arrival was highly anticipated, as his Russian has greatly increased our ability to communicate with those around us!
The Asia-Pacific Mathematical Olympiad was held in March, and the official results are now available following co-ordination in the organising country, Japan. New Zealand was ranked 20th of 33 countries, and our top three scores were
Congratulations to all, and especially to Robert, for his bronze medal. Malcolm and Sicong narrowly missed out on honourable mentions, as the cutoff was set this year at 12, with a perfect score on at least one problem.
The 2010 IMO begins on July 5th, and the New Zealand team departs shortly for a week-long training camp with the Dutch team in Astana, Kazakhstan prior to the IMO.
- Chris
The team to represent New Zealand at the
2010 International Mathematical Olympiad in Astana, Kazakhstan in July will consist of
with
as reserves. Congratulations to all!
This year for the first time New Zealand was invited to participate in the Australian Mathematical Olympiad, held earlier this month. Our squad of thirteen performed very well, netting a total of eleven awards: one gold, seven silver and three bronze.
Our award winners were:
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Late last month the training squad took part in round two of the British Mathematical Olympiad. The top two results from New Zealand (scores out of 40) were
Congratulations to both, and especially to Malcolm, whose score puts him among the top five (and in fact second equal!) on the leading scores table at the BMOC site.
- Chris
New Zealand’s training squad for the 2010 International Mathematical Olympiad was announced last Friday. The final team of six to travel to Astana, Kazakhstan will be decided in April.
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