21 April 2010
Abingdon has maintained its impressive track record with the national BA CREST Awards, gaining another 4 gold medals. Josh Stedman, Richard Moon, Geoff Penington and David Choy continued the ongoing project for coating plastics with metals for potential application in printed circuit boards. The group managed to achieve definitive proof that silver was deposited on plastics in measurable quantities.
In addition, the Royal Society of Chemistry first round International Chemistry Olympiad took place, and Abingdon achieved 4 Gold medals and 3 silver. Geoff Penington, Josh Stedman, Richard Moon and Jeffrey Yu are placed in the top 210 pupils in the country and take Gold medals. Silver medals went to Ulrich Bauer, Chun Chin and Alex Leung.
Further congratulations to Josh Stedman who has been selected to represent the UK in Japan at the International Chemistry Olympiad in the summer. This is the third successive year that a pupil of the school has been selected as part of the 4 strong team to compete on an international stage.
Congratulations to all the boys in their achievements.
(The photograph shows Geoff Penington, Richard Moon and Josh Stedman.)
