On the 31st of August, seven Corpus teams (a College record) totalling 45 students took part in the Tournament of Minds, a competition designed to develop diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a competitive environment.

Given only six weeks to solve a complex challenge culminating in a ten-minute presentation, this competition is not for the faint of heart. 

All seven teams, I am very proud to say, conducted themselves with the utmost poise and professionalism. Their ability to dig deep within themselves to produce performances of the highest calibre cannot be understated, something that did not go unnoticed by judges’ overall feedback.

I am, as always, in awe of how Corpus students rise to the occasion, and it has been an absolute pleasure watching the TOM teams flourish during the six weeks of Tournament of Minds.

They are a credit to themselves and the College.

This, however, could not have been achieved without the generosity of the TOM facilitators - Simone Preedy, Cheryl-Lynn Mothiram, Joanne Stevens, Lucy Townsend, Sumi Quinn, Nadine Low and Katelyn Ralston who stepped in at the last minute.

Finally, a special note of congratulations to Corpus Team 3 who won a Merit Award for an outstanding presentation in the Long-Term Challenge

Corpus Team 1 “Avengers”- Social Sciences 
Elena Sinagra
Lisa Holmes 
Nikhaiil Rikhraj
Lucy Cmrlec
Hayden Willey
Harrison Ngo

Corpus Team 2  “Athena” - Literature
Chloe Anderson
Aanya Tiwari
Charvi Naidu
Joy Phan
Kate Wong
Anna Foo

Corpus Team 3 “Hercules” - Social Sciences
Michael Cheong
Griffin Jones
Nicolas Willey
Aston Meldrum
Aidan Goh
Jayden Brown

Corpus Team 4 “Cleopatra” - Social Sciences
Isabella Leal
Hannah Cook
Alyanna Mejia Benavides 
Salome Otalora Fraga
Angelina Gibson
Lily Curtis

Corpus Team 5 “Apollo” - STEM
Anna Fernandes
Arielle Guilfoyle
Ryan Francis
Saanvi Kolachana
Charlotte Lee
Andre Djayawinata
Henrique Sanglard Torres Rimis

Corpus Team 6  “Olympus”- Literature
Anastacia Kirby
Haydn Gibbens
Charlotte Dempsey
Jeffery Sackey
Lachie Anderson
Annika Abecia
Ella Rhineberger

Corpus Team 7 “Zeus” -STEM
Kingston Varen
Kevin Koesnadi
Jamie Golding
Elias Kang
Ben Selsmark
Aaron Webb
Max Strnadica

Adrian Richmond

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