International maths champ

[DavebytheSea]

Tim Hennock, 17, (current Dep) represented the UK team at the Romanian Master in Mathematics competition held in Bucharest.

It was the first time in a decade that the UK had won an International Mathematics competition, beating strong contenders such as Russia and Romania.

Tim, who also won an individual silver medal, said "It was a tough paper.

"I was proud to be part of the British team with Jonathan Lee and Dominic Yeo and to win such a prestigious competition".

[Great Plum]

That's pretty good going...

isn't he a son of a maths teacher - I'm sure Mrs hennock used to teach at CH when I was there...

[Katharine]

From what I read this really was Mathematics whereas the Chinese Scot who came second in the world on an internet based competition last week (?) was tested on Arithmetic. He kept it up and was very good at what he did but it wasn't Mathematics it was Mental Arithmetic. (This lad was on Radio 4 and in the Independent but I haven't yet see anything about the team event.)

[blondie95]

That's pretty good going...

isn't he a son of a maths teacher - I'm sure Mrs hennock used to teach at CH when I was there...

yes its her eldest son...its very scary he is now 17 i remeber looking after him and his brother when they were at primary school!