Irish International Science Olympiads Medal Winners (Biology, Chemistry & Physics. The results of the Computer Programming, IOI, were not available before going to print.)

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Dublin City University

Michael A. Cotter

Irish International Science Olympiads Medal Winners
(Biology, Chemistry & Physics. The results of the Computer Programming, IOI, were not available before going to print.)

Paul Webster, IBO Team

Three students won medals at the 2003 International Science Olympiads during the summer. Paul Webster, the High School, Rathgar, Dublin, won a bronze medal at the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Minsk, Belarus. Professor Richard O Kennedy and the staff of the school of Biotechnology, DCU, tutored him and the other Irish IBO team members prior to the event.

Lauren Ruthford and Stephen McCann, IChO Team

Lauren Rutherford, Foyle & Londonderry College, Derry, who was tutored by Dr Paraic James and the staff of the school of Chemical Sciences, was equally successful at the IChO in Athens, Greece. Stephen McCann, St Colman's College, Newry, Co. Down was awarded a certificate of honourable mention.

Michael White and Eoin Butler, IPhO Team

Dr Eilish Mc Loughlin and her colleagues in the School of Physical Sciences prepared the Irish team for participation in the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Taipei, Taiwan. Their efforts were rewarded with a bronze medal won by Michael White, Hamilton High School, Bandon, Co. Cork and an honourable mention certificate awarded to Eoin Butler, Waterpark College, Park Road, Waterford.

These medal winners were awarded IBM University Scholarships in September.

All science students attending second level schools are eligible to represent Ireland at the International Science Olympiad. In October each year the Head Science Teachers in each Post-Primary School in the Republic and in Northern Ireland are asked by the Director of the Irish Science Olympiad, DCU, to nominate their best students in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. These students are expected to get an A1 in the science subjects chosen in the Leaving Certificate or A Level examination.

These selected students are invited to take part in a one-day IBM/DCU Irish Science Olympiad in DCU on a Saturday in early December. Certificates are given to all participants. The overall winners in each discipline are presented with the Perpetual Challenge Trophies, and medals are awarded to the top eight students in each category.

A panel of twelve students in each science is chosen. These students are given tasks of International Science Olympiad standard during the school year and a final examination is held in May to select the four/five person Irish International Olympiad teams to represent Ireland at the International Science Olympiads in July/August.

Prior to their departure to the Internationals, the students take part in a weeklong intensive residential training programme devised by the academic staff of the DCU Science faculty.

International Biology Olympiad
Minsk, Belarus. (8th-16th July 2003)

IBO 2003 TEAM

Paul Webster	The High School, Rathgar, Dublin
Philip Crea	Down High School, Co. Down
Claire McGovern	Our Lady's School, Templeogue, Dublin
Noirin McFadden	Loreto Secondary School, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Team Leaders:	Professor Richard O Kennedy & Mr Michael A. Cotter

International Chemistry Olympiad
Athens, Greece (5th-14th July 2003)

IChO 2003 TEAM

Alim Yuccel-Finn	St Andrew's College, Dublin
Lauren Rutherford	Foyle & Londonderry College, Derry
Stephen McCann	St Colman's College, Newry, Co. Down
Cormac Quigley	Terenure College, Dublin
Team Leaders:	Dr Paraic James & Dr Wesley Browne

International Physics Olympiad
Taipei, Taiwan (2nd-11th August 2003)

IPhO 2003 TEAM

Michael White	Hamilton High School, Bandon, Co Cork
Barry O'Mahony	Presentation Brothers College, The Mardyke, Cork
Eoin Butler	Waterpark College, Park Road, Waterford
Ronan Conlon	St Colman's College, Armagh Road, Newry, Co. Down
Jennifer Scott	Methodist College, Malone Road, Belfast
Team Leaders:	Dr Eilish McLoughlin & Dr David Rea

International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)
Wisconsin, USA (16th-23rd August 2003)

IOI 2003 TEAM

Martin Orr	Methodist College, Malone Road, Belfast
Robert Cunningham	North West Institute of Further & Higher Education, Strand Road, Derry
Kenneth Barrett	St Brendan's College, Belmullet, Co. Mayo
Daniel Kersten	Kilkenny College, Kilkenny
Team Leaders:	Mr Charlie Daly & Mr Ciar�n O Conaire

Contact: Michael A. Cotter, Director, Irish Science Olympiad, Science Faculty, DCU, Dublin 9; E-mail [email protected]