The First Round of the Bank Windhoek Coastal Maths Challenge for Grades 8, 9, and 10 concluded in February 2025, with 1,079 learners from 13 coastal schools participating. Six hundred and six learners from 8 Walvis Bay Cluster schools and 474 from 8 Swakopmund Cluster Schools. Each grade completed a multiple-choice paper in the First Round.
Following the first round, each cluster selected teams of 12 learners from Grades 8, 9 and 10 to participate in the Second Round of the Bank Windhoek Coastal Maths Challenge on Wednesday, 9 April 2025, at Namib High School.
Bank Windhoek's Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sponsorships, Bronwyn Moody, said that the Bank supports the development of Mathematical skills for learners and teachers to enhance mathematical skills. “While being a connector of positive change within its communities, Bank Windhoek's Coastal Maths Challenge motivates learners to sharpen their mathematical skills and abilities in a fun and challenging way."
Sole Director of Orison Educational Services, Magret Courtney-Clarke, said the second round of the Challenge was successful and enjoyed by both learners and teachers. “A total of 11 from the 13 schools that participated in the First Round were represented in the Second Round. We are very proud of that," she said.
The second round of the Challenge consisted of three question papers: an individual Speed Test, an individual Multiple-Choice Test and a Team Test.
As the second round concluded, Courtney-Clarke shared observations that more problem-solving skills and strategies for learners to engage in “out-of-the-box" thinking are necessary.
The Walvis Bay Cluster won the 2025 Bank Windhoek Coastal Maths Challenge with 1,213 points, while the Swakopmund Cluster obtained 1,174 points.
Top prizes were awarded to schools from the Walvis Bay Cluster. Walvis Bay Gymnasium received the Bank Windhoek Trophy for the Best Performing School. Lucas Lofty-Eaton, a Grade
10 learner from International School Walvis Bay, was awarded as the overall best-performing individual learner.
2025 Bank Windhoek Coastal Maths Challenge Results
Grade 8
1st Place: Jesse Eysele (Pro-Ed Akademie)
2nd Place: Sebastiaan Cloete (Pro-Ed Akademie)
3rd Place: Aleksandr Kulikov (Private School Swakopmund)
Grade 9
1st Place: Marco Van Zyl (Private School Swakopmund)
2nd Place: Kate Bosman (International School Walvis Bay)
3rd Place: Joshua Matthys (Pro-Ed Akademie)
Grade 10
1st Place: Lucas Lofty-Eaton (International School Walvis Bay)
2nd Place: Patrick Lettenbauer (International School Walvis Bay)
3rd Place: Kuzivakwashe Kudada (Walvis Bay Gymnasium)
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