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> In the first week of the June/July holidays, the international Young

Keyvan from Kenmore State High School - and we can honestly say that the 17th International Young Physicists' Tournament was an excellent and unforgettable experience IYPT requires that you really understand all aspects and possible contradictions in as well as ramifications of your solution to enable you to defend it from the advance of eager opponents. Thus, the three of us have come away from the Tournament with a much clearer deeper understanding of physics Despite being worse than terrified when we first presented, the increase in confidence as the week progressed was tangible and by the end of the Tournament we had learnt an Incredible amount about ourselves. in addition, regardless of the conventional

opinion about the inverse relationship between physics and eruoyment, the IYPT was a lot of fun. Discovering, as we did, a great deal about foreign cultures through interaction with other Teams both in and ou of the fight rooms significantly contributed t the experience We would like to thank Mr Allinson and Dr Stephens for their invaluable help with the preparation and their negotiation of the logistical nightmare of planning and organising this years Tournament. it was their vision which brought the Tournament to Australia and which continues to encourage Grammar girls to attempt the arduous qualification process for the IYPF Thank you also to Ms Bell for allowing us

Physicists' Tournament 11YPTj left Europe for the first time since its conception and travelled Down Under to be hosted jointly by Brisbane Girls Grammar School and Brisbane Grammar School. Our School, and In fact the majority of Gregory Terrace, was overrun by twenty six teams of young physicists who came to present and defend their hard-worked solutions to set physics problems and to represent their country in the Tournaments renowned 'physics fights'. The Australian Host Team consisted of three Year 12 Brisbane Girls Grammar Students, Erina MCDonald, Emity See and Alex Mereer JK Wu from Brisbane Grammar School and Nima