Scottish Board sponsors Enterprising Maths On Thursday 28 September, schools from across Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian came together at Meadowbank Sports Centre to compete in the annual Enterprising Maths in the Lothians competition. This is the second year this event has been proudly sponsored by the IFoA’s Scottish Board. This year, almost 150 students from an impressive 31 schools took part, tackling a variety of mathematical puzzles and problems. These ranged from creating a poster on risk, set and judged by Alan Watson and Barry Shannon from the Scottish Board, as well as individual mental calculation rounds, a whole-team competition, a speed competition and a relay. In a thrilling climax, packed with tension, James Gillespie’s High School prevailed! They took the trophy by a single point against runners up, Dunbar Grammar School, with St Thomas of Aquin's in 3rd place. These top performing schools now qualify for the National finals, also sponsored by the IFoA, which will take place in Glasgow in November. Alan Watson, Leader of the Scottish Board, commented, "The Board is extremely proud to sponsor and attend this event for another year. To see so many students in attendance, their enthusiasm for the subject, and their mathematical ability (solving problems which we ourselves struggled with!) was fantastic." The full list of participating schools is as follows: James Gillespie’s High School Dunbar Grammar School St Thomas of Aquin's Trinity Academy Boroughmuir High School Royal High School Queensferry High School Craigmount High School Liberton High School Currie Community High School Broughton High School North Berwick High School Firrhill High School Drummond Community High School Ross HighSchool Lasswade HighSchool Balerno High School Portobello High School Tynecastle High School Beeslack Community High School Holyrood High School Musselburgh Grammar School Knox Academy Leith Academy St David's High School Preston Lodge High School Dalkeith High School Newbattle High School St Augustine's High School Castlebrae Community High School Craigroyston Community High School For further details please contact Tess Joyce, Stakeholder Relationship Manager at the IFoA. .