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RGSAO pupil Peter Bullock in a county league of his own

RGS Worcester & The Alice Ottley School pupil Peter Bullock has carried on his success from the UK Maths Challenge, by making his way on to the second round of the British Mathematics Olympiad and cementing himself as the top mathematics student in Worcestershire.

The top 1000 candidates of the 70,000 that entered the UK Senior Mathematical Challenge sat the first round of the British Maths Olympiad.

Peter excelled again in the first round and was placed in the top 100 students, seeing him awarded a bronze medal and qualification through to the second round of the British Mathematics Olympiad. The RGSAO pupil was also the only pupil in Worcestershire to win a medal.

The 20 best performing candidates in round two – taking place 29th January 2009 – will form the squad from which the British team for the International Mathematical Olympiad is chosen.