10 November 2009
MEDIA RELEASE
Canberra Hosts National Award Ceremony for Australia’s
Leading Mathematicians of the Future
Professor Kurt Lambeck, President, Australian Academy of Science, will present awards
to the 26 Australian medallists in the 32nd annual Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC)
on Friday, 13 November 2009 at the Shine Dome at 11am.
Several hundred thousand entrants from schools across 42 countries entered this year’s
Competition and only 71 medals have been awarded globally to approximately the top 0.01%
of the students who sat the AMC.
The AMC is the major mathematics school enrichment event in the South Pacific region.
In each division of the competition, a limited number of medals are awarded for
performances that are outstanding both within a state or country and overall in the
Competition.
Professor Taylor, Executive Director of the not-for-profit Australian Mathematics Trust
that runs the AMC, said, “The AMC aims to encourage students of all standards in their
study of mathematics. It sets out to demonstrate how mathematics can be used in the
world around them via problem solving using the skills students learn in the classroom.
The AMC has also been useful in identifying talented students such as these and the
results are used for inviting students into more advanced mathematical enrichment
programs.”
“In fact, Australia’s leading Mathematicians under the age of 40 were discovered
and developed as a result of their participation in the AMC”, he concluded.
The University of Canberra and the Canberra Mathematical Association in Australia are
supporting sponsors of the AMC.
For further information or to arrange interviews, please contact:
Professor Peter Taylor, Executive Director, Australian Mathematics Trust, 0412 258 699
Suzanne Fraser, Manager, Australian Mathematics Trust, 0437 670 610
(Full list of medallists follows)
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AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION 2009 MEDALLISTS
Junior
Year
School
State
JESSE
AN
7
BELCONNEN HIGH SCHOOL
ACT
HENRY
BUI
8
BLACKFRIARS PRIORY SCHOOL
SA
ALEXANDER
CHUA
8
CHRIST CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL
WA
RACHEL
WONG
8
JAMES RUSE AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
NSW
MEL
SHU
7
MELBOURNE GRAMMAR - WADHURST
VIC
LESLIE
LAY-KENNEDY
8
NORTH SYDNEY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
NSW
PATRICK
HE
8
SCOTCH COLLEGE
VIC
NICHOLAS
LIU
8
SCOTCH COLLEGE
VIC
RADMAN
ZHANG
8
SHORE SCHOOL
NSW
Intermediate
HENG
LEE
10
ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN SENIOR SCHOOL
QLD
ADRIAN
AGISILAOU
9
BALWYN HIGH SCHOOL
VIC
IVAN
YAU
10
BARKER COLLEGE
NSW
WAYNE
CHEUNG
10
CAMBERWELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL
VIC
MICHAEL
WARTON
9
HALE SCHOOL
WA
TAHSIN
ALI
9
JAMES RUSE AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
NSW
JANAN
SYKES
9
KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL
TAS
TAM
LE
10
LYNEHAM HIGH SCHOOL
ACT
YOON-SEOK
JANG
10
PRINCE ALFRED COLLEGE
SA
YANNING
XU
9
ST PETER'S COLLEGE
SA
CYNTHIA
WONG
10
SOMERVILLE HOUSE
QLD
Senior
FERRIS
XU
12
ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE
WA
CHE FUNG
WONG
12
ANGLICAN CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL
QLD
AARON
CHONG
11
DONCASTER SECONDARY COLLEGE
VIC
STACEY
LAW
11
JAMES RUSE AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
NSW
DYLAN
KERR
12
MAZENOD COLLEGE
WA
DANA
MA
12
MELBOURNE GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
(MERTON HALL)
VIC
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