Hans Woyda Maths Competition

Hans Woyda is now in its 40th year, with a record of 64 schools competing. It is a competition in two sections; the league section and the knockout section (which include a main competition and a plate competition). 

This year Caterham School was in a very strong group for the league section with Whitgift School (last year’s winners), Wallington’s County Grammar School and Wilson’s School.  

For the first round Caterham hosted Wilson’s school.  Alex (Third Year), Sophie (Fifth Year), Lucy (Lower Sixth) and Haley (Upper Sixth) represented Caterham. We started the game really well and a superb performance during the group round secured a comfortable lead, which Caterham managed to protect leading to a 39-31 win. 

For the second round Caterham School competed away against Wallington’s County Grammar School. In this game Alex, Sophie and Lucy were joined by Hanyang (Upper Sixth) and led Caterham to a very close win 44-41. This win secured the qualification of Caterham to the next round (either as first in the main competition or as second in the plate competition). All pupils were very pleased with their result and had great fun!

For the third round Caterham competed away against Whitgift for first place. Alex, Sophie, Lucy and Haley represented Caterham in a fantastic game. In the first six rounds none of the teams managed to have a lead of more than two points which made the last round (a speed round) even more exciting! Whitgift performed really well and unfortunately Caterham lost 38-43. 

Despite the loss, all pupils were very pleased with their effort and they really enjoyed all three games. The standings of the league section were as follows:

Caterham qualified in the plate competition (as a second in the League round) and were drawn to compete home against Hampton’s school, earlier this term.  Alex, Sophie, Lucy and Haley once more tried their best and did a fantastic job in the first six rounds (Caterham had a lead of two points). However, once more the last round didn’t go as well as we would have wanted to, and as a consequence Hampton’s school managed to take a close win. 

Overall it was a fantastic year for Caterham, qualifying once more to the plate competition even though we didn’t go as far as we would have hoped in the knockout stages!

The maths department would like to thank all the pupils who represented Caterham this year and is aiming for an even a better performance next year!