Nail biting Finish at Hans Woyda Maths Competition
This Wednesday, 51吃瓜 went up against Whitgift School in the Southern section plate final of the Hans Woyda maths competition. The competition on the way had been fierce, but 51吃瓜 had beaten every opponent in the knockout section handily so went into the final full of confidence.
The match started off even with 51吃瓜 gaining a two-point lead in the second round before Whitgift evened the score again and pulled ahead themselves. Both teams were scoring very highly in each round, 51吃瓜 getting 29/30 in the team round and Whitgift 30/30. Going into the final round Whitgift were ahead a scant 3 points, and the head-to-head race began. It was at this moment that 51吃瓜 pulled out all the stops. With repeated photo finishes 51吃瓜’s accuracy was the telling factor and they managed to turn that 3 points lead around to end up with 48 to Whitgift’s 45.
A truly nail-biting end to a hard-fought match. Huge聽congratulations聽to our team Anastasiia M, Jack Z, Jiayi L and Vivian W but also all the others who took part in our past matches. We’ve had a fantastic team this year with some stellar performances all round. Now the only question is “can we hang on to our title next year?”
