By Khanya Memela
The Tour de Math season began on a high note for the mathematicians of Grade 11. Two of the mathematicians were part of the winning team and four others returned home with a few prizes.
The season started with two legs, the first hosted by St Andrew’s and the second by St Stithians Girls. Due to Mrs. Louw’s injuries we were not able to attend the first leg but managed to attend the second leg, where a night of wonder and numbers was experienced.
This very first evening for the College’s Tour de Math team was one filled with mind boggling equations, good food and amazing company. The evening, which was hosted by St Stithian’s Girls’, had a grand total of 400 students participating in this auspicious event.
The hundreds of students buzzing with excitement included the St Peter’s team of 12 which, according to our tradition, only consisted of Grade 11 learners. Two students from the same school were paired with two students from another school. These teams of four each tackled the challenging hour-long mathematics paper. Questions were discussed and solved, jokes were made and new friendships were formed.
Once time was up we were allowed to leave the gruelling paper as the educators begun to mark our attempts. We all left the writing hall discussing the challenges we came across with old and new friends. A prize giving occurred a few minutes later where half of the St Peter’s team returned with a prize.
The 2012 Tour de Math season does seem to hold quite a lot of promise as our first evening was a pure indication of this. With four more legs to go throughout the year we wish our mathematicians a great deal of luck and further enjoyment on their “Nerd’s Night Out”.
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