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\nPhoto from our left to right are<\/p>\n
\nPhoto from our left to right are<\/p>\n
Sang Wook Kim \t\t– Auckland Grammar School
\nCarlos Aguilera Cortes \t– Auckland Grammar School
\nByung Hoon Cho \t\t– Auckland Grammar School
\nJack Tregidga \t\t– Wellington High School
\nCatherine Pot \t\t– Onslow College<\/p>\n
Report from the International Young Physicists\u2019 Tournament (IYPT 2016) held in Yekaterinburg (Russia) from the 26th June to 5th July 2016.<\/p>\n
IYPT (The World Cup of Physics) 2016 \u2013 saw students from 29 countries around the world gather to debate their solutions to the 17 open ended problems set for the tournament. The students had carried out both theoretical and practical research to explain the phenomena. The New Zealand students had all participated in the NZYPT regional tournaments (Auckland or Wellington or Christchurch) and the national NZYPT tournament (Auckland) before gaining selection to the initial NZ squad and the final international New Zealand team. They qualified through competition between the other members of the squad and attended two training camps held in Auckland in the weeks before the tournament in Russia.<\/p>\n
The final New Zealand team was composed of the following five students :
\nByung Hoon Cho (Captain) \tAuckland Grammar School
\nCarlos Aguilera Cortes\t\tAuckland Grammar School
\nSang Wook Kim\t\tAuckland Grammar School
\nCatherine Pot\t\t\tOnslow College
\nJack Tregidga\t\t\tWellington High School<\/p>\n
The student team was accompanied by Gavin Jennings (Auckland Grammar School), Kent Hogan (Onslow College) and Sue Napier (Riccarton High School) who were all team mentors, trainers and acted as international judges throughout the New Zealand and international tournaments.<\/p>\n
The IYPT has five rounds of competition between teams drawn by ballot. The students compete against other countries in structured debates called Physics Fights. Each fight has three components. A reporter giving his\/her solution to the problem. An opponent to check and clarify the physics as well as point out the strengths and weaknesses of the report. A reviewer to prioritise the report and opposition and point out any errors they observe.<\/p>\n
The performance of each component is marked by international judges and scaled (x3 for the report, x2 for the opposition and x1 for the review) to obtain a total score for each team.<\/p>\n
FIGHT 1
\nThe first round fight saw the NZ team drawn against the toughest of opposition – Singapore – who were the tournament champions last year.
\nThe scores for NZ\u2019s first fight were : Singapore 43.6 (winner) vs NZ 38.0 vs Austria 33.3
\nThis placed the NZ team in 6th place with 38.0 points at the end of round 1.
\nFight 1 details:
\nReport : Sang Wook Kim reported his solution to Ultrahydrophobic water scoring 18.0 points
\nOppose : Carlos Aguilera Cortes opposed Austria\u2019s solution to Rolling on a disc and scored 12.75 points
\nReview : Sang Wook Kim reviewed Singapore\u2019s solution to Hot water fountain scoring 7.25 points<\/p>\n
FIGHT 2
\nThe 2nd round scores for NZ\u2019s fight were NZ 37.9 (winner) vs UK 35.1 vs Iran 28.8 vs Canada 23.7
\nThis placed the NZ team in 7th place overall with 75.9 points at the end of round 2.
\nFight 2 details:
\nReport : Byung Hoon Cho presented his solution to Paper vice and scored 18.0 points
\nOppose : Jack Tregidga scored 13.0 points in opposition to Canada\u2019s solution to Super ball.
\nReview : Catherine Pot scored 6.9 points reviewing the UK\u2019s solution to Water waves.<\/p>\n
FIGHT 3
\nThe 3rd round scores for NZ\u2019s fight were NZ 37.7 (winner) vs Australia 30.7 vs USA 23.4
\nThe NZ team were placed 6th with 113.6 points at the end of round 3.
\nFight 3 details:
\nReport : Byung Hoon Cho scored 18.3 points with is solution to Invent yourself \u2013 a Random number generator
\nOppose : Carlos Aguilera Cortes scored 12.6 points vs Australia\u2019s solution to Magnetic train
\nReview : Jack Tregidga scored points 6.80 vs the USA\u2019s solution to Sensitive flame.<\/p>\n
FIGHT 4
\nThe 4th round scores for NZ\u2019s fight were Korea 39.1 (winner) vs Ukraine 37.3 vs New Zealand 32.7
\nThe NZ team were placed 7th overall with 146.3 points at the end of round 4.
\nFight 4 details:
\nReport : Carlos Aguilera Cortes presented his solution to Frisbee vortices and scored 12.9 points
\nOppose : Jack Tregidga opposed Korea\u2019s solution to Contactless calliper and scored 12.6 points
\nReview : Carlos Aguilera Cortes scored 7.2 points vs Ukraine\u2019s Rolling on a disc.<\/p>\n
FIGHT 5
\nThe final round was going to be a hard one to win since the Swiss team were in 3rd place and heading for the world finals of the event \uf04a
\nThe 5th and final round saw the team gain their highest score of the tournament to finish up in 7th place out of the 29 countries on 184.4 points. This makes them silver medals winners !
\nThe 5th round scores were : New Zealand 38.1 (winner) vs Switzerland 37.4 vs Georgia 25.2
\nFight 5 details:
\nReport Catherine Pot presented her solution to the Van der Pauw Method scoring 18.3 points
\nOppose Jack Tregidga opposed Switzerland’s Light Rings solution and scored 12.6 points
\nReview Sang Wook Kim reviewed Georgia’s solution to Ultrahydrophobic Water scoring 7.2 points.<\/p>\n
The placing for the top 10 teams at the end of the tournament were:
\n1. Singapore \t2. Germany \t\t3. Switzerland\t \t4. Chinese Taipei\t5. Korea
\n6. Slovakia \t7. New Zealand \t8. China \t\t 9. Hungary\t\t10. Ukraine<\/p>\n
This is another great result for the New Zealand team in the 29 country international tournament.
\nUK 11th and Australia 17th were other notable results \uf04a<\/p>\n
The success of the team would not have been possible without the efforts of Kent Hogan, Sue Napier, Kerry Parker (Wellington High School) and Gavin Jennings in mentoring and supporting the practical work of the students over the last six months.<\/p>\n
Report by Gavin Jennings
\nChairman of NZYPT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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