UK IMO Register
This is the online version of the UK IMO Register, a
database of people who have represented the UK in the International Mathematical Olympiad,
including reserves and Team Leaders and Deputy Leaders (but not
Observers). The Register was originally created in something like its
present form by Tony Gardiner (taking some information from a more
abbreviated list distributed by Margaret Hayman in 1979); I have
applied updates and added information from various sources since 1996.
Note that this is only an extract from the full Register, which is
distributed irregularly in printed form (nominally annually; the last
full distribution was in 1997; subsequent partial distributions have
been made on occasions where Old Olympians have gathered and to recent
teams at the past few Royal Society celebrations, and a general
distribution has been started with copies being sent to people from
1967–1971 in November 2003). Please let me know if you have any
updates or corrections to any entries in the Register. Full printed
copies of the current version can probably be produced for people who
wish to go through it updating information about those Old Olympians
they know. (I do not believe the Register currently has any official
relation to the
UKMT or
BMOS/BMOC, though it may sometimes
be distributed with material associated with them.) An associated
site provides past IMO scores.
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International Mathematical Olympiad—Past UK Team Members
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Last modified 12 October 2008
Please notify corrections or additions to Joseph Myers (1994–1995) (imo-register@imo-register.org.uk)
Online version at http://www.imo-register.org.uk/
The IMO Register is a database of past UK team members, reserves, Team
Leaders and Deputy Leaders in the International Mathematical Olympiad
(including the unofficial 1980 events when the IMO proper was
cancelled), the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (in which the 2008 team
was a joint “United Kingdom and Ireland” team) and the “Romanian Master
in Mathematics” competition. It is distributed to
the people listed with a current
contact address on the Register, nominally annually after each year’s
IMO. The online version contains only some of the information from
the full Register: the summary information for each year, the
information from the Name and Old School columns (most of which may
also be found in Tony Gardiner, The Mathematical Olympiad
Handbook: An introduction to problem solving based on the first 32
British Mathematical Olympiads 1965–1996 (OUP, 1997)), and part of
the information from the Career column where the person concerned is
dead or has expressly approved that information (which may be a subset
of that in the printed Register) for online publication. The master
version of the Register is the TeX source that produces the printed
version and there may be some oddities in the online version and
emailed extracts arising from the automatic conversion process. The
online version also includes an index of names, statistics of
University destinations, links to related sites and recent Team
Leaders’ reports on the IMO (plus some older published reports),
which are not included in the printed version.
While the Register is intended to include all team members, reserves,
Team Leaders and Deputy Leaders, there may be some years where details
of the reserve are not included. Details of people who were going to
be on the team but who were substituted by a reserve are not yet
included, beyond notes under the people who have been reported to
have been reserve in 1970 and 1973
but ended up competing; I do not know whether this
happened in any other years. Incidental notes are made of people who
withdrew before the team and reserve were separated in 2006.
As with all other contributions of
information to improve the Register, any information to fill omissions
in this area would be appreciated.
In principle, each person’s entry in the full printed version should include the information
listed below. There are still many gaps and omissions, and uncertain
information that may be out of date or in error; extra information,
whether relating to yourself or to another person listed, is always
welcome, as are corrections to the information presented here.
- Full names, with annotations indicating name usually used in
parentheses, if not the first name; a section sign (§) if a special
prize was awarded; an asterisk (*) if a perfect score was
attained; (1), (2) or (3) to indicate gold, silver or bronze medals;
and (R) to indicate a reserve or (R1) and (R2) to indicate first and
second reserves. Full names are included for everyone reliably
identified as having gone to Cambridge, but others may not have full
names included yet or may only have a middle initial listed. In at
least one
year (1970), not all medallists are yet identified, and there are no
details of scoring or awards at the unofficial 1980 events. Details of
special prizes and perfect scores may also be incomplete.
- School (the last school the person had been a student at, as
of the IMO or other competition). This information is omitted for
Leaders and Deputy
Leaders, but is present for all students.
- A brief career summary, starting with where the person first
went to University, and listing a sequence of successive universities,
colleges, jobs, etc., with dates where available. This should include
at least one contact postal address, which may or may not be a home
address. Other information listed may include:
- A parental home address in parentheses, commonly but not
always the address as of the IMO or other competition. If another
current contact address
is included and this address is no longer current, it should generally
be removed (but may not have been consistently removed in the past).
- PhD or DPhil thesis titles and dates are included where
known.
- Distinctions such as Fields Medals and Fellowships of the
Royal Society are listed.
- An email address should be included if available; more than
one can be listed. A World Wide Web home page may also be listed.
Please keep me up to date with your movements. Fields Medals will
probably be noticed without my needing to be told of them; other
achievements may not.
The primary source of information used is information supplied by the
people listed about themselves and others. Further information has
been taken from various web sites, including online CVs provided by
some people listed, and the published Cambridge University List of
Members (which provided most of the full names listed) and some other
such published registers.
| IMO |
Name |
Old School |
University/Career/ |
| Year |
|
|
Most Recent Address |
|
| 1967 |
YUGOSLAVIA |
(Position 4/13; |
Score 231/336; |
Medals 1G,2S,4B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: Norman Routledge |
|
|
| 1968 |
USSR |
(Position 4/12; |
Score 263/320; |
Medals 3G,2S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Norman Routledge; Deputy: David Monk |
|
|
Clifford Christopher Cocks (2) [Wikipedia entry] |
Manchester GS |
|
|
Elwyn Brian Davies (3) |
Manchester GS |
|
|
Noel Leaver (3) |
Burnley GS |
|
|
Simon Phillips Norton (1) [Mathematical genealogy] [Wikipedia entry] |
Eton C |
See 1969 |
|
William James Porterfield (1) |
Westminster S |
Trinity C, Cambridge Died (1977) |
|
Michael Richard Edward Proctor [Mathematical genealogy] |
Shrewsbury S |
|
|
John Scholes (2) |
Winchester C |
|
|
Malcolm John Williamson§ (1) [Wikipedia entry] |
Manchester GS |
Trinity C, Cambridge (1968–1971) Liverpool University (1971–1972) GCHQ (1972–1982) VERBEX, Bedford, Massachusetts (1982–1985) Nicolet Instruments, Madison, Wisconsin (1985–1989) Center for Communications Research, 4320 Westerra Ct, San Diego, CA 92121-1969, USA (1989–present) |
|
| 1969 |
ROMANIA |
(Position 5/14; |
Score 193/320; |
Medals 1G,1S,1B) |
|
|
Team Leader: FR Watson; Deputy: Lenon Beeson |
|
|
| 1970 |
HUNGARY |
(Position 6/14; |
Score 180/320; |
Medals 1G,0S,6B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Bryan Thwaites; Deputy: Margaret Hayman |
|
|
| 1971 |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
(Position 5/15; |
Score 110/336; |
Medals 0G,1S,4B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Frank Budden; Deputy: Peter Reynolds |
|
|
David John Allwright (3) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Rugby S |
See 1972 |
|
Stuart Henry Bell |
Dartford GS |
St John’s C, Cambridge Actuary (Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, 1978) |
|
Daniel Martin Edwards |
RGS Newcastle |
|
|
Christopher Richard Hills (3) |
Dulwich C |
|
|
David John Jackson (2) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Perse S |
See 1972 |
|
Nicholas Stephen Manton [Mathematical genealogy] |
Dulwich C |
|
|
Angus Hugh Rodgers (3) |
Royal Belfast Academical Institution |
|
|
Colin William Vout (3) |
Dulwich C |
|
|
| 1972 |
POLAND |
(Position 5/14; |
Score 179/320; |
Medals 0G,2S,4B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: Margaret Brown |
|
|
David John Allwright (2) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Rugby S |
|
|
George Mungo Carstairs |
George Watson’s C, Edinburgh |
|
|
David John Goto (3) |
St. Paul’s S |
See 1973 |
|
Ian James Holyer (3) [Mathematical genealogy] |
St. Benedict’s S, Ealing |
Churchill C, Cambridge PhD Cambridge 1981 (The computational complexity of graph theory problems) Lecturer: University of Bristol, Department of Computer Science, Merchant Venturers Building, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UB Ian.Holyer@bristol.ac.uk |
|
David John Jackson (2) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Perse S |
|
|
Peter Jackson |
RGS Newcastle |
|
|
Andrew Lewis James (3) |
Sherborne S |
|
|
James Edward Macey (3) |
Nottingham HS |
|
|
| 1973 |
USSR |
(Position 5/16; |
Score 164/320; |
Medals 1G,0S,5B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Frank Budden; Deputy: Raymond Payne |
|
|
Michael David Robert Beasley (3) |
Kingston GS |
See 1974 |
|
David John Goto (1) |
St. Paul’s S |
|
|
Guy Alexander Herzmark (3) |
Highgate S |
|
|
John Ashley Hurley |
Ernest Bailey GS, Matlock |
|
|
David James Pritchard (3) [Memorial] |
Queen Mary’s GS, Walsall |
St John’s C, Cambridge PhD Cambridge 1980/1983 (Topics in quantum chromodynamics) Copenhagen Imperial College, London Liverpool University of Southampton (1985–1999) Died 25 October 1999 (obituary The Eagle (St John’s C, Cambridge) 2000 pages 271–272) |
|
Anthony James (Tony) Scholl (3) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Worth S |
Christ Church, Oxford (BA 1976, DPhil 1980) DPhil Oxford 1981 (Problems in diophantine geometry) Lecturer at University of Durham 1984 Professor of Pure Mathematics (1989–2001), Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE 59 Highbury, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 3LN Kuwait Professor of Number Theory and Algebra, DPMMS, Cambridge (November 2001–) A.J.Scholl@dpmms.cam.ac.uk |
|
Malcolm Keith Sparrow |
Millfield S |
|
|
Richard James Treitel (3) |
Eton C |
|
|
| 1974 |
GDR |
(Position 9/18; |
Score 188/320; |
Medals 0G,1S,3B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: David Monk |
|
|
Michael Philip Allen |
Woking County Boys S |
|
|
Andrew Burn Apps (2) [Mathematical genealogy] |
King’s S, Canterbury |
|
|
Michael David Robert Beasley (3) |
Kingston GS |
|
|
John Edward Cremona (3) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Perse S |
Queen’s C, Oxford Worcester C, Oxford (PhD student) DPhil Oxford 1981 (Modular symbols) Reader in Number Theory, University of Exeter Professor of Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham Mathematics Institute, Zeeman Building, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (July 2007–) John.Cremona@gmail.com |
|
Michael Allan Gray |
Perse S |
|
|
Richard Clive Mason [Mathematical genealogy] |
Manchester GS |
See 1976 |
|
David James Seal |
Winchester C |
See 1975 |
|
Antony John Wassermann (3) [Mathematical genealogy] |
RGS Newcastle |
|
|
| 1975 |
BULGARIA |
(Position 5/17; |
Score 239/320; |
Medals 2G,2S,3B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: John Durran |
|
|
Pelham Mervyn Barton (3) |
Mill Hill S |
|
|
David G Frankis (2) |
RGS Newcastle |
See 1976 |
|
John Peter Hartley (3) |
Manchester GS |
|
|
Jonathan James Hitchcock* (1) |
Kingston GS |
See 1976 |
|
John Robert Rickard* (1) [Obituary] |
City of London S |
See 1977 |
|
David James Seal (2) |
Winchester C |
|
|
Paul Verschueren |
Manchester GS |
|
|
David Stuart Walker (3) |
Manchester GS |
|
|
| 1976 |
AUSTRIA |
(Position 2/19; |
Score 214/320; |
Medals 2G,4S,1B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: Colin Goldsmith |
|
|
Patrick Lawrence Harvey Brooke (3) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Winchester C |
|
|
Douglas Frederick Easton (2) |
St. Edmund’s C, Ware |
|
|
Simon Charles Farmbrough (2) |
Oundle S |
|
|
David G Frankis (2) |
RGS Newcastle |
|
|
Jonathan James Hitchcock (2) |
Kingston GS |
|
|
Richard Clive Mason (1) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Manchester GS |
|
|
John Robert Rickard§ (1) [Obituary] |
City of London S |
See 1977 |
|
Alexander James Edward Ryba [Mathematical genealogy] |
Manchester GS |
|
|
Alexander Max Flegmann (R) |
Winchester C |
|
|
| 1977 |
YUGOSLAVIA |
(Position 3/21; |
Score 190/320; |
Medals 1G,3S,3B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: Terry Heard |
|
|
Richard Ewen Borcherds (2) [Blog] [Mathematical genealogy] [Wikipedia entry] |
King Edward’s S, Birmingham |
See 1978 |
|
Andrew Grant Buchanan (2) |
Edinburgh Acad |
|
|
Alan George Bustany |
Sullivan Upper S |
|
|
Philip Edward Gibbs (2) |
Currie HS |
See 1978 |
|
Brian Anthony King (3) |
St. Paul’s S |
Emmanuel C, Cambridge PhD Cambridge 1986 (Low-frequency waves in equatorial oceans) Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley (1985–1995) James Rennell Division, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH (1995–) b.king@soc.soton.ac.uk |
|
Richard Pennington (3) |
Wyggeston SFC |
See 1978 |
|
John Robert Rickard§§* (1) [Obituary] |
City of London S |
Trinity C, Cambridge (Brother of Jeremy) Computer Programmer GO player Died 9 May 2002 (obituary The Gazette (John Carpenter Club) no. 276 (Autumn 2002) pages 14–15) |
|
Paul Martin Strickland (3) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Dulwich C |
|
|
Nicholas Francis John Inglis (R) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Daniel Stewart’s and Melville C, Edinburgh |
See 1978 |
|
| 1978 |
ROMANIA |
(Position 3/17; |
Score 201/320; |
Medals 1G,2S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: John Hersee |
|
|
| 1979 |
UK |
(Position 4/23; |
Score 218/320; |
Medals 0G,4S,4B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Colin Goldsmith; Deputy: Terry Heard |
|
|
| 1980 |
MONGOLIA |
IMO split into two unofficial events |
|
CANCELLED |
|
|
FINLAND |
Team Leader: David Cundy; Deputy: John Hersee |
|
|
Graham Michael Clemow |
KCS, Wimbledon |
|
|
Thomas Davy |
Kingston GS |
|
|
Jonathan Michael James Edwards |
Perse S |
|
|
David John Harvey |
Bishop Vesey’s S |
|
|
Colin Henry Allan Hogben |
Kent C |
|
|
Jane M Mills |
Leighton Park S |
|
|
Malcolm Riley |
Manchester GS |
|
|
Christopher P Smith |
St. John’s C, Southsea |
|
|
Ian Robert Hart Jackson (R) |
Rugby S |
See 1981 |
|
Mark Christopher David Knapton (R) |
Bede S, Sunderland |
|
|
|
LUXEMBOURG |
Team Leader: David Monk; Deputy: Graham Howlett |
|
|
| 1981 |
USA |
(Position 3/27; |
Score 301/336; |
Medals 3G,4S,1B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: John Hersee |
|
|
| 1982 |
HUNGARY |
(Position 10/30; |
Score 103/168; |
Medals 0G,0S,4B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: David Monk |
|
|
| 1983 |
FRANCE |
(Position 11/32; |
Score 121/252; |
Medals 0G,3S,1B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: David Monk |
|
|
Paul Nevile Balister§ (2) [Mathematical genealogy] |
KCS, Wimbledon |
See 1984 |
|
Richard Swarup Biswas (2) [Mathematical genealogy] |
Leighton Park S |
See 1984 |
|
Mark Victor Bravington |
City of London S |
|
|
Alexander Simon Clark (3) |
Charterhouse |
|
|
Ian James Leary [Mathematical genealogy] |
Ormskirk GS |
Trinity C, Cambridge (1983–1990) PhD Cambridge 1991 (The cohomology of certain finite groups) Queen Mary and Westfield, London (Nov 1990–Sept 1992) ETH, Zuerich (Oct 1992–Sept 1993) CRM, Barcelona (Oct 1993–Dec 1994) MPI, Bonn (1995) Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton (Jan 1996–2004) Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University, 100 Math Tower, 231 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1174, USA (2004–) leary@math.ohio-state.edu |
|
Alison Christine Scott (née McDonald) (2) |
South Park SFC |
|
|
| 1984 |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
(Position 6/34; |
Score 169/252; |
Medals 1G,3S,1B) |
|
|
Team Leader: David Monk; Deputy: Frank Budden |
|
|
| 1985 |
FINLAND |
(Position 10/38; |
Score 121/252; |
Medals 0G,2S,3B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: David Monk |
|
|
| 1986 |
POLAND |
(Position 11/37; |
Score 141/252; |
Medals 0G,2S,3B) |
|
|
Team Leader: David Monk; Deputy: Paul Woodruff |
|
|
| 1987 |
CUBA |
(Position 10/42; |
Score 182/252; |
Medals 1G,2S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Robert Lyness; Deputy: Terry Heard |
|
|
| 1988 |
AUSTRALIA |
(Position 11/49; |
Score 121/252; |
Medals 0G,3S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: David Monk; Deputy: Paul Woodruff |
|
|
| 1989 |
FRG |
(Position 20/50; |
Score 122/252; |
Medals 0G,2S,1B) |
|
|
Team Leader: David Monk; Deputy: Paul Woodruff |
|
|
| 1990 |
CHINA |
(Position 10/54; |
Score 141/252; |
Medals 2G,0S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Peter Shiu; Deputy: Paul Woodruff |
|
|
| 1991 |
SWEDEN |
(Position 17/56; |
Score 142/252; |
Medals 1G,0S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Tony Gardiner; Deputy: Paul Woodruff |
|
|
| 1992 |
RUSSIA |
(Position 5/56; |
Score 168/252; |
Medals 2G,2S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Tony Gardiner; Deputy: Christopher Bradley |
|
|
| 1993 |
TURKEY |
(Position 14/73; |
Score 118/252; |
Medals 0G,3S,3B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Adam McBride; Deputy: Christopher Bradley |
|
|
| 1994 |
HONG KONG |
(Position 7/69; |
Score 206/252; |
Medals 2G,2S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Tony Gardiner; Deputy: Vin de Silva |
|
|
| 1995 |
CANADA |
(Position 10/73; |
Score 180/252; |
Medals 2G,1S,3B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Tony Gardiner; Deputy: Christopher Bradley |
|
|
| 1996 |
INDIA |
(Position 5/75; |
Score 161/252; |
Medals 2G,4S,0B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Adam McBride; Deputy: Philip Coggins |
|
|
| 1997 |
ARGENTINA |
(Position 16/82; |
Score 144/252; |
Medals 1G,2S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Adam McBride; Deputy: Philip Coggins |
|
|
| 1998 |
TAIWAN |
(Position 17/76; |
Score 122/252; |
Medals 0G,1S,4B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Adam McBride; Deputy: Philip Coggins |
|
|
| 1999 |
ROMANIA |
(Position 20/81; |
Score 100/252; |
Medals 0G,3S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Imre Leader; Deputy: Richard Atkins |
|
|
Thomas James Barnet-Lamb (2) |
Westminster S |
See 2000 |
|
Rebecca Natalie Palmer (3) |
Clitheroe Royal GS, Lancs |
|
|
Marcus Leigh Roper (3) |
Northgate HS |
|
|
Oliver R H Thomas (2) |
Winchester C |
See 2000 |
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Oliver James Wicker |
Cockermouth S |
|
|
Jeremy Jevan Bernard Young (2) |
Nottingham HS |
Working at an investment bank in London |
|
Stephen James Brooks (R) |
Abingdon S |
See 2000 |
|
Michael B Spencer (R) |
Lawnswood HS |
See 2000 |
|
| 2000 |
SOUTH KOREA |
(Position 22/82; |
Score 96/252; |
Medals 0G,2S,4B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Imre Leader; Deputy: Richard Atkins |
|
|
| 2001 |
USA |
(Position 31/83; |
Score 79/252; |
Medals 0G,1S,3B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Imre Leader; Deputy: Richard Atkins |
|
|
Nathan James Bowler |
Knutsford HS, Cheshire |
See 2003 |
|
Hannah Dominique Burton (3) |
City of London S for Girls |
|
|
Edward Catmur (3) |
Hinchley Wood Secondary S |
|
|
Stuart Elliot Haring |
Haberdashers’ Aske’s S |
|
|
Paul Edward Jefferys (3) |
Berkhamsted Collegiate S |
See 2004 |
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David Alexander Loeffler (2) |
Cotham S |
|
|
Robert John Backhouse (R) |
King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys’ S, Birmingham |
|
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James Donald Cranch (R) |
Elizabeth C |
|
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Andrew Harold Louis Fisher (R) |
Eton C |
|
|
| 2002 |
UK |
(Position 27/84; |
Score 116/252; |
Medals 0G,2S,2B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Geoff Smith; Deputy: Richard Atkins |
|
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Timothy (Tim) Derek Austin (2) |
Colchester RGS |
|
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Nathan James Bowler |
Knutsford HS, Cheshire |
See 2003 |
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Thomas (Tom) David Coker (3) |
King’s S, Chester |
|
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Jennifer (Jenny) Louise Gardner (3) |
Tiffin Girls S, Kingston-upon-Thames |
See 2003 |
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Paul Edward Jefferys (2) |
Berkhamsted Collegiate S |
See 2004 |
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Gavin Austin Johnstone |
Dame Alice Owen’s S, Herts. |
See 2003 |
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Bryn James Garrod (R) |
King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys’ S, Birmingham |
See 2003 |
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Timothy (Tim) Peter Northover (R) |
Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital S, Newport |
|
|
Martin Philip Orr (R) |
Methodist C, Belfast |
See 2005 |
|
| 2003 |
JAPAN |
(Position 10/82; |
Score 128/252; |
Medals 1G,2S,3B) |
|
|
Team Leader: Geoff Smith; Deputy: Richard Atkins |
|
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Nathan James Bowler (3) |
Knutsford HS, Cheshire |
|
|
David Robert Fidler (3) |
Haberdashers’ Aske’s S |
See 2004 |
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Jennifer (Jenny) Louise Gardner (2) |
Tiffin Girls S, Kingston-upon-Thames |
|
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Paul Edward Jefferys (1) |
Berkhamsted Collegiate S |
See 2004 |
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Gavin Austin Johnstone (3) |
Dame Alice Owen’s S, Herts. |
|
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Martin Philip Orr (2) |
Methodist C, Belfast |
See 2005 |
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Alexander (Alex) Robert Davies (R) |
Winchester C |
See 2004 |
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Bryn James Garrod (R) |
King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys’ S, Birmingham |
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