This blog post accounts for the highlights of the IOI team’s first day of training at the pre-departure camp , as told by IOI team member Tunan Shi. Tunan is representing Australia for the first time, at this year’s IOI he is known as the “clutchmaster” of the team, having won a silver medal in
Welcome! Here is a summary of the recent trip to Bath for the 2019 IMO, counting down to The Mathematics Ashes on Day -2, the opening ceremony on Day 0, the first exam on Day 1… and heading home again on Day 7. DAY 9 (Wed 24/7)Home at last. (Or a few more hours in
24 April 2019 This month, four talented Aussie girls represented Australia in the 2019 European Girls Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) in Kyiv, Ukraine. Our team competed against 196 young women from 49 countries and achieved an outstanding result, winning two silver medals and two honorable mentions for Australia. The team smashed expectations with Australia placing 14th
By Anna Nakos, AMC State Director, SA It is just wonderful at the start of a year to hear a student say, “Will we do the Challenge?” When they first encounter the Maths Challenge at my school (year 7) their reaction is quite different. At first they think, “Six questions, easy!” until they realise these are no
Coincidentally colour-coordinated in Ukrainian colours, Thanom and Michelle were up bright and early for coordination. By (late) breakfast all of day 2’s scripts had been signed off and by luck of the day’s coordination schedule, every member of team Aus was sitting in the top 10 🙂 With lots of time to kill in the
(Apologies for the extensive delay for the second half of the blog posts!) The morning of Day 1 of the contest rolled around, and in lieu of a pep talk, the team psyched up by practising koala juggling. After all, you never know when a juggling question might pop up on a paper! As contestants
After a mostly good night’s sleep, broken only by Eugeniya’s penchant for accidentally turning room lighting on in her sleep, and another tasty breakfast in which we sampled various types of Ukrainian sweet pastries, it was time to officially kick off the proceedings with the Opening Ceremony. Upon arriving at the venue, we took our seats
With the arrival of 49 other teams from all over the world, it was definitely time for the koalas to come out to play and for Aus team members old and new to hone their skills in the art of koala-ing. Thanom found a cunning way to induce a bit of tranquility in the midst
Saturday morning brought more delicious breads and far too much choice with even butter requiring a decision to be made. With no particular agenda for the day, breakfast was a leisurely occasion and grazing and a long game of Contact went late into the morning. The supermarket downstairs was fun to explore though it quickly
Here are some photos and stories from our 24-hour journey from one side of the globe to the other. Super smooth flights, super smooth connections, but unfortunately not super smooth getting through immigration! Well super-smooth for the adults and AUS3 but not so smooth for AUS1, AUS2, and AUS4, who were held back by immigration
The 2019 AMOC Selection School and the final bit of training for the 2019 EGMO team was held at Naamaroo, Lane Cove National Park, on the traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people, surrounded by resident water dragons, kookaburras, ducks, and possums. Much fun has been had hanging out with EGMO team members new and old. The
Eugeniya Artemova Year 12, Presbyterian Ladies’ College, VIC Eugeniya’s love of mathematics has been nurtured by her parents from a young age. She enjoys mathematics because of the intrinsic satisfaction of finding a neat solution to a problem that at first, may have seemed unsolvable. Outside of mathematics, Eugeniya likes to spend her time reading
Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate at the Australian EGMO Team Announcement hosted by AMSI in Melbourne. After a Saturday morning of past EGMO problems (thanks Norm!) and a tough afternoon thinking about far too many mutually external circles and driving along tangent lines in cars fitted with laser beams (thanks Ivan!), it
Congratulations to the Australian team! Well done to Albert, Angus, Jacob and Jerry – you’ve all done a heckuva job! Today has been a very busy day with a range of activities and ceremonies. And it’s an early morning tomorrow, so your author thought it might be a good idea to close off the IOI
After two days of hard competition yakka, the team hopped on a semi-rapid (please define ‘semi-rapid’) train into Tokyo. First stop – Tokyo’s oldest temple – Sensoji Temple, built in the 7th Century. The team wandered amongst the drones and chants of the monks, through the smoky incense and soft patter of fountains. Then there
