Boys win gold medals at Physics Olympiad

Tonbridge boys gained top honours in the British Physics Olympiad, a national test which is designed to stretch the thinking and problem-solving skills of young physicists.

Boys were awarded a total of seven gold and six silver medals, making this one of the school’s strongest ever performances in this contest, which is aimed at the Lower Sixth.

Gold medals are awarded to the top five per cent nationally, with silver medals awarded to those who are placed among the top five to ten per cent. A further 13 boys also put in a strong performance and won bronze medals.

Phil Deakin, the school’s Head of Physics, said: “These were some very pleasing results, and particularly impressive are the boys in Year 11 who sat the Physics Olympiad early. The competition is designed to recognise excellence in the subject: all our entrants worked hard and should be proud of their results.”

Gold medals were won by Ben Burgess (WW4), Barnaby Todd (WW4), Alex Lawrence (PS4), Sherman Yip (HS3), Olly Gedney (PS4), Godwyn Lai (MH4) and Kevin Lee (MH4).

Silver medals were awarded to Colin Chow (Sc4), Max Lawrence (PS4), Kiefer Chow (MH3), Justin Lau (HS4), Ben Gardner (CH3) and Peter Zeng (FH4).

GCSE Physics Olympiad 

The school also made an extremely strong showing in the recent GCSE Physics Olympiad, achieving seven gold medals and 12 silver medals. A further 28 students were awarded bronze medals. Boys in Year 10 sat the test a year early.

Gold medals: Sherman Yip (HS3), Thomas Masding (OH3), Kiefer Chow (MH3), Cam Dymond (OH2), Yuri Balabin (CH2), Alexander Johnson (FH3), Alikan Murat (FH2).

Silver medals: Max White (Sc3), Joseph Anning (PH3), Benjamin Gardner (CH3), Innes Woodhouse (WW3), Thomas Rigney (WH3), Ernest Ng (FH3), Cameron Blair (PS3), James Craggs (PS3), Alex Von Torklus (PH3), Thomas Walker (HS3), Ben Moore (WH2), William Kingston (OH3).