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Moses Ng Computer Science Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Edward Richardson Law Jesus College, Cambridge Ben Semenov Chemistry Wadham College, Oxford Charles Waddington Geography Robinson College, Cambridge

Varsity Seraj Ali Medicine Jesus College, Oxford Tayvon Folami HSPS Churchill College, Cambridge Christopher Joseph English Clare College, Cambridge Matthew Lurie Chemistry Somerville College, Oxford Dominic Murphy-O’Connor English Trinity College, Oxford

Chemistry Olympiad Taking part in this year’s Chemistry

Olympiad was, as always, a pleasure and a challenge. The process of applying our current understanding and using it to solve complex real-world problems is a hugely enjoyable one. Interestingly, the extensive preparation we undertook each week with the Chemistry Department to prepare for this year’s paper was just as rewarding as the test itself. Sitting down each week to prepare with my friends by tackling some intriguing and demanding problems was a hugely enjoyable experience, and one which truly deepened my appreciation of the subject. This year’s paper was no different, with questions discussing current topics such as Space X’s aim to colonize Mars, or the synthesis of Vitamin E acetate. Gold Awards were given to Angus Whiteside, Ben Semenov, Matt Lurie, Adam Valabhji and Rafael Edgerton. Silver Awards were presented to Roshen Gnanakuru, Alex Quarry, Amar Sethi, Faiz Siddiqui, Miles Johnson, Midun Odunaiya and James Ward. Matt Lurie (U6th)

Angus Whiteside Natural Sciences Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Biology Olympiad This year our biologists enjoyed great success in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad, which is a competition renowned for extending the principles learnt at A Level; students rely on their wider reading and natural talents to succeed. Huge congratulations go to all who took part for their impressive performances. In total we had one Gold Medal (Aran Sasitharan), five Silver Medals (Zaki Akbar, Seraj Ali, Ethan Williams, Nile Oyenekan and Kiran Mejia Mehta), and seven Bronze Medals (Anoush Nathwani, Taran Chahil, Aaron Sardana,

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