2021 Squad Announcement

This week we hosted the 2021 Annual NZMOC Training Camp, which was a great success. Everyone had a lot of fun, staff and students alike. Lecturers gave as much maths to the students as they could, and the standard at the camp was very high. I am very proud of all the students, as even getting to the camp is a fantastic achievement.

New Zealand’s training squad for the 2021 International Mathematical Olympiad was announced during the Squad Selection Ceremony on Friday evening. The final team of six to travel to St. Petersburg, Russia in July 2021 will be decided in April.

The 2021 New Zealand Maths Olympiad Squad members are:

• Hamish Baguley, Wellington College
• Zhe Ning Chin, Wellington College
• Oliver Dai, Macleans College
• Tobias Devereux, Kavanagh College
• Phillip Han, Auckland Grammar School
• Rick Han, Macleans College
• Eric Lee, Macleans College
• Junyou (Michael) Li, Macleans College
• Zhiyang (Ethan) Lu, Rangitoto College
• Brena Merz, St Cuthberts College
• Harrison Neil, Hillcrest High School
• He (James) Xu, Kristin School
• Bufan (Brian) Zhao, ACG Parnell College

The New Zealand team leadership will be:

• Ross Atkins, Verizon Connect (Leader)
• Josie Smith, Phocas Software (Deputy Leader)
• May Meng, King's College (Manager)