Southern African Interprovincial Mathematics Olympiad (SAIPMO) 2013

Posted on September 09, 2013

The Southern African Inter-provincial Mathematics Olympiad is a yearly event when the cream of the mathematically talented high school learners compete against each other on provincial level. Two junior teams and three senior teams, consisting of ten members each were selected in Gauteng North. A position in one of the teams is earned on grounds of continuous achievement and specific achievement in the SA Maths Olympiad, one of the activities of the South African Mathematics Foundation.
 
The competition has been running for the past twenty years and the emphasis is on the fun element. Gauteng North traditionally provides fierce competition to the other provinces. This year our Senior A, B and C teams came respectively 6th, 10th and 4th from 27 teams and the Junior A team 6th from 27 participating teams countrywide. Congratulations to these learners on an excellent performance!
 
How it works
After one workshop, the Gauteng North teams met at the University of Pretoria for the final competition.  Traditionally the competition starts with an individual section where every member of the team is presented with a paper consisting of 15 questions (worth 100 points) to be completed in an hour. The papers are marked while the team members relax for half an hour. A total for the team out of a possible 1 000 points is calculated. The individual section is then followed by the team section. Here the team as a whole is presented with 10 questions that they have to complete in 60 minutes. Strategy is of vital importance. Because mathematics is often practiced as a solitary activity the idea of a team paper is quite novel. Team members have to work together but at the same time utilise the strengths of the individual members. The team manager for this year's event was Ruaan Kellerman and the coaches were Harry Wiggins, Eben Maré and Nicky van der Mey.
 
Senior A team
Front row fltr: Young Ho Jeong, Alex Hsiao, Stefan du Toit, Emile du Plessis and Ulrik de Mûelenaere 
Back row fltr: Ruolin Zhao, Lifei Zhao, Botshelo Sekgweleo, Simon Maenaut and Heesoo Lee 

Senior B team
Front row fltr: Seong Geun Kim, Emily Erasmus, Sharon Ellman, Johan de Beer and Erika Bührmann 
Back row fltr: Nicola Wolfaardt, Evans Shi, Jeffrey Russell, Lucien Magliolo and CharleneLau 

Senior C team
Front row fltr: Ri La,  Pieter Kok, Tristan George, Johannes Coetzee and Charene Agenbach 
Back row fltr: Marilette Spoelstra, Tian Snyman,Darren Craig Roos, Terence Philander and Johan Louw 

Junior A team
Front row fltr: Tiaan le Roux, Emilia Maenaut, Seok Jun Kim, Heejin Jung and Johannes Conradie 
Back row fltr: Jialiang Yu,  Pieter Swart, Stephan
Potgieter, Duncan Matthys and Elana Marais

Junior B team
Front row fltr: Won Seok Kim, Selina Hoffman, Connor Fenton, Marcelle Brits and Savannah Bennett 
Back row fltr: Christiaan Wagner, Hannelie Ros, Dominique Müller, Janie Mouton and Herman Lombard
 
Reserves
Front row fltr: Vinh Phung, Daniël Marais, Amy Gouws  and Shana Conradie 
Back row fltr: Msimelelo Sibanyoni, Stacey Sapsford, Linda Robinson, Llewellyn Strydom and Ruaan Steenkamp


 

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