IYPT Australia

The 8th IYPT Australia Challenge was held at Brisbane Girls Grammar School on March 5 & 6 2010

An exciting tournament saw the local teams of Brisbane Grammar School 1, Brisbane Grammar School 2 and Brisbane Girls Grammar School qualifying for the final. The teams from AB Paterson College, All Saints Anglican School and The Scots College all put in good performances made the finalists work hard to qualify and this augurs well for the future of the tournanament.

After a fascinating final the following places were achieved:
1ST - Brisbane Grammar School 1 - 139.7 Australian Champions GOLD AWARD
Christopher Thang, Alistair Roe, Jon Sklavos-Creevey

2ND - Brisbane Girls Grammar School - 137.1 Finalists SILVER AWARD
Rachel colbran, Manuri Gunawardena, Shiney Seo

3RD - Brisbane Grammar School 2 - 128.5 Finalists SILVER AWARD
Alistair Chapman, Tom English, Alex Ngoo

Australian Team = Christopher Thang, Alistair Roe, Jon Sklavos-Creevey, Manuri Gunawardena, Shiney Seo

Reserves = Alistair Chapman and Rachel Colbran

The 23rd International Young Physicists Tournament will be held in July 2010 in Vienna, Austria.

Top placings at end of Day 1:
1. Brisbane Grammar School 1 - 91.67 points - Finalist
2. Brisbane Girls Grammar School - 89.67 points - Finalist
3. Brisbane Grammar School 2 - 87.67 points - Finalist
4. All Saints Anglican School 2 - 83.33 points - High Distinction
5. All Saints Anglican School 1 - 73.33 points - Distinction
6. AB PAterson College 2 - 72.00 points - Distinction
7. The Scots College 1 - 71.33 points - Distinction
7. AB PAterson College 1 - 71.33 points - Distinction
9. The Scots College 2 - 70.00 points - Distinction

Congratulations: Australia win Bronze Medals!

The 22nd International Young Physicists Tournament was held in July 2009 in Tianjin, China. The Australian Team of Jessica Morton, Tom Alcorn, Suzanne Scott, David Yap and Daniel Kim challenged for a position in the final, lying 2nd after two rounds, before finishing in eigth position and winning Bronze Medals. This continues the excellent record of Australia at IYPT finishing eleventh or better in all of the last ten years, including winning in 2007.

Full results at: IYPT 2009 China

The International Young Physicists Tournament was a tournament created in the USSR to foster scientific research and improved international communication in Physics. It is an annual team competition for high school physics students. Australia first entered IYPT in 1998.

The purpose of IYPT is to develop scientific thinking, research skills, communication skills and teamwork. It is a unique tournament for high school students of physics.

One purpose of IYPT Australia is to bring the benefits of the IYPT experience to Australian physics students. Australian involvement began in 1998 with a single school, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, representing Australia. This has expanded to be open to all schools in Australia.

Another purpose of IYPT Australia is to stimulate interest in engineering and science careers. The nature of the tournament promotes scientific research and problem solving stretching the participants to work on very complex problems. Successful students will hopefully see future studies in science and engineering as an attractive option.