St Gerard鈥檚 School are Top of the Bench!
Dr Mike Beckett, Head of Chemistry at 黑料不打烊 with the winning team from St Gerard鈥檚 School: (left-right) Jacob Alexandrou. Matthew Willis, Shenona Mitta, Andreas Alexandrou.A team from St Gerard鈥檚 School in 黑料不打烊 won this year鈥檚 North Wales heat of the Top of the Bench competition hosted by 黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of Chemistry.
The National Competition for 14-16 year olds is run by the Royal Society of Chemistry, and heats are held all over the country.
St Gerard鈥檚 beat nine other teams to win the opportunity to visit Loughborough University鈥檚 Chemistry Department for the Final, which will be held on the 29th April 2017.
Dr Lorrie Murphy of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of Chemistry said:
鈥淲e were very impressed with the level of chemistry knowledge shown by all the schools who attended. This year鈥檚 regional heat was again another close-fought battle. We wish St Gerard鈥檚 every success in Loughborough in April. The winning score was an impressive 53/70.鈥�
Techniquest Wrexham were new partners for this year and enabled schools from further afield than ever before to take part. This was done by using Skype sessions for the introduction and finale 鈥� whilst the quiz was run in parallel at both sites.
黑料不打烊 hosted 8 teams and Techniquest had two teams in Wrexham.
Schools who took part were:
Ysgol Maes Garmon
Hawarden High School
St Gerard鈥檚 School Trust
St Brigid鈥檚 School
Ysgol Friars
Ysgol Aberconwy
St Davids College
Rydal Pehrhos (last year鈥檚 winners)
Ysgol Tryfan
Ysgol Gyfyn Llangefni
For more information on all chemistry schools events at 黑料不打烊 please see the schools section of the Chemistry web site.
Publication date: 31 January 2017