PHOTOS: Tralee School Team Wins Irish Maths Teachers Association Kerry Quiz

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Presentation Tralee students Sonia Akther, Antonia Gergely, Azra Hassan and Muireann White at the Kerry branch of the Irish Maths Teachers Association quiz at the ITT South Campus on Friday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

THE best maths students in the county gathered in the IT Tralee South Campus last night for the Irish Maths Teachers Association Kerry final.

Ten teams from six schools around the county took part with half of them – three from Mercy Mounthawk and two Presentation — from Tralee schools.

In the end it was a team from Mercy Mounthawk which won first prize after garnering the most correct answers after the eight rounds of questions.

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Charlotte Calleja O’Halloran, Mairead Kearney, Sean Hennessy and Timothy Grimes accepted trophies each and a plaque to mark their victory.

A team from St Brendan’s College, Killarney came second, followed by a team from St Michael’s College, Listowel in third. The Tralee team will now go forward to the national final in Dublin in April. Scroll down for photos…

Mercy Mounthawk students Jessica Murphy, Liam O’Brien, Luke O’Carroll and Isabelle Lynch at the Kerry branch of the Irish Maths Teachers Association quiz at the ITT South Campus on Friday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

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Presentation Tralee students Alannah O’Sullivan, Lizzie Brassil, Ruth O’Connell and Klaudia Drzymala at the Kerry branch of the Irish Maths Teachers Association quiz at the ITT South Campus on Friday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

Mercy Mounthawk students John McCrohan, Nour Khidr, Molly O’Keeffe and Diana Meriakri at the Kerry branch of the Irish Maths Teachers Association quiz at the ITT South Campus on Friday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

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The winning team from Mercy Mounthawk, Charlotte Calleja O’Halloran, Sean Hennessy Timothy Grimes and Mairead Kearney with teacher Patrick Lyne and Eddie Lacey of sponsors Aspen Grove Solutions at the Kerry branch of the Irish Maths Teachers Association quiz at the ITT South Campus on Friday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

St Michael’s College Listowel team who came third at the Kerry branch of the Irish Maths Teachers Association quiz at the ITT South Campus on Friday evening, Liam Roos, Brian Large, Rory O’Sullivan and Niall Lynch, with teacher Sheila Ahern and Eddie Lacey of sponsors Aspen Grove Solutions. Photo by Dermot Crean

The St Brendan’s College Killarney team who came second at the Kerry branch of the Irish Maths Teachers Association quiz at the ITT South Campus on Friday evening, Mark Cooper, Niall O’Doherty, Padraig Doyle and Emmanuel Ajibare, with teacher Turlough O’Brien and Eddie Lacey of sponsors Aspen Grove Solutions. Photo by Dermot Crean

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