The 2024 China Gomoku Championship for Secondary School Students and the China Gomoku Training Camp for Primary School Students concluded on January 21 in Rizhao City, Shandong Province. The event attracted over 160 participants from 77 schools across 9 provinces and regions in China as well as the Macao Special Administrative Region.

In the Primary School Group A competition, our Grade 6 student Leong Chon Meng achieved an undefeated record of 6.5 points, winning the championship. He is the first Macao player in the national youth tournament to win the championship. In the Primary School Group B competition, Chan I Son won the second place, and in the secondary school competition, Lei Un Hou won the third place. The achievements set a new record for Macao Gomoku players in national championships.

Our award winners are as follows:

Individual Awards:

Secondary School Division (Boys): Third place (Lei Un Hou)

Secondary School Division (Girls): Fourth place (Lao Chi Ieng)

Primary School Group A (Boys): Championship (Leong Chon Meng)

Primary School Group A (Girls): Fifth place (Lam Chin U)

Primary School Group B (Boys): Second place (Chan I Son)

Team Awards:

Secondary School Division: Second place (Lei Un Hou, Lao Chi Ieng, Lo Chan Hin)

Primary School Group A: Championship (Choi Cheok Io, Lam Chin U, Leong Chon Meng)

Primary School Group B: Fourth place (Teng Seong Wan, Lao Chi Iao, Lei Nok Sam, Chan I Son)

Senior 1 students Lo Weng I and Wu Nok Ian participated in the 76th International Trade Fair for Ideas, Inventions and New Products held in Nuremberg from October 26 to 28 and won the highest award, the Gold Medal. In addition to the Gold Medal, the young inventors’ “Color Blindness Detection and Analysis Device 2.0” also won the Conference Award and the Patent Award. Congratulations to our young inventors!

The 13th Macao Inter-School Fencing Competition was held from September 28 to 29.  Fencers from both our Horta e Costa Campus and Coloane Campus participated in the event.  Young fencers helped each other and demonstrated excellent team spirit during the competition. In the end, they won the team championship, 9 grand championships in both the men’s and women’s categories, and 52 individual awards.  Congratulations to our award winners!

Ten of our students participated in the 2024 Global Conference on Educational Robotics (GCER) held in North Carolina from July 25-31. They won the world championship and ranked fifth in the International Junior Botball Challenge.  In the International Botball Challenge, they secured the seventh place and received the Judge’s Choice Award.

The award-winning students are as follows:

International Junior Botball Challenge:

- World champions: Ik Lok Hang, Wu Iak Cheng, Wu Nok Hang

- Fifth place winners: Chan Si Hon, Tang Cheng Him

International Botball Challenge:

Seventh place & Judge’s Choice Award winners: Loi Kin Teng, Chan Seong Ieong, Lao Hou Ioi, Luk Si Long, Cheng Keng Hei

The International Botball Tournament is an educational robotics initiative derived from MIT robotics competitions.  The event requires students to solve practical engineering problems within a fixed timeframe and with limited resources.