Welcome to Tournament of Minds - South Australia
Important Dates 2018
- Monday 30th July - Challenges released*
- Tuesday 31st July to Friday 10th August - Nomination of teams
- Sunday 9th September - TOURNAMENT DAY at Flinders University
To get prompt access to the challenges make sure you register and pay the school registration fee before the end of July.
New to TOM in 2018
We are introducing two new challenges -
- The Arts
- Science Technology and Engineering Mathematics will combine as a STEM challenge.
No changes to Language Literature or to Social Sciences.
Thank you to our sponsors
2017 State Results
Primary
| SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| Winner: Colonel Light 1 Honours: Stirling East 2, Flagstaff Hill 1, Flagstaff Hill 2, Loreto 2 |
| LANGUAGE LITERATURE |
| Winner: Loreto 1 Honours: Henley Beach 2, Henley Beach 3, St Johns 2, St Thomas 3 |
| ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS |
| Winner: St Aloysius 1 Honours: Pulteney 3, St Johns 1, St Andrews 2, Stirling East 1 |
| SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY |
| Winner: Henley Beach 6 |
Secondary
| SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| Winner: Walford 2 Honours: Cabra DC 2 |
| LANGUAGE LITERATURE |
| Winner: Walford 1 Honours: Pulteney 2, Golden Grove 3 |
| ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS |
| Winner: Pulteney 1 |
| SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY |
| Winner: St Peters 1 |
2017 APF Results
Congratulations to our 8 State Representative Teams.
National Winners: Loreto College (PLL) and Pulteney Grammar School (STEM)
National Honours: Walford Anglican School for Girls (SLL) and St Peter's College (SST)
Tournament of Minds International Final (TIF) - 2018 - Darwin 12 - 14th October
Support materials: Facilitator Handbook, past challenges (available on usb) and 'TOM in a Box' - a great introduction for new schools and younger grades.
Student benefits from involvement in Tournament of Minds
- Gaining confidence to speak in front of others
- Being willing to speak up and share their ideas
- Understanding the value of the ideas of others
- Being able to take credit for creative ideas
- Being able to work under pressure
- Being able to give and evaluate ideas
Contact Us
To contact the members of the SA Committee please use the Contact Us form
Debbie Taylor
SA state Codirector
Neil Wuttke
SA APF Codirector
For all your SA APF enquiries.
Sherry Randhawa
SA Treasurer
Invoice and billing enquiries.
Anne Frankel
SA Judging
New judges always welcome.
Shaun Barber
SA Merchandise
For ordering badges and training resources.
Chris Mc
SA Media
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Tournament of Minds - SA is run by a voluntary committtee and we thank Flinders University for their generosity and sponsorship in helping us to host this fabulous event. If you are interested in helping to sponsor us, we would be very interested in talking with you. New committee members are always welcome too.