2001 Crystal Growing Contest Details (XLR2002.html)

RESULTS OF THE 2002
CANADA-WIDE and
INTERNATIONAL
CRYSTAL GROWING COMPETITIONS

CANADA-WIDE

This was a record breaking year:

we had our first perfect crystal - it scored a maximum 10.00

we had two other crystals also beating the old record of 9.90 (set 2001)

we set a new high median quality score of 9.65, which shows that the quality of all the crystals submitted had improved from the previous high of 9.30 (2001)

we set a new record for overall score of 80.3% beating by a wide margin the old record of 74.3% (1995)

and we came close to tying the median overall score with a 53% - current record 54% (1999).

So we have reason to be proud of the accomplishments of all the participating students.

In all, we received submissions from 15 different parts of the country.

For the various sections around Canada, the following Tables list all the best crystals by School with Students' Names, crystal Weights, Quality Scores, Overall Scores, and Overall & Quality Rankings.

The first Table lists crystals entered in the Best Quality category.

The second lists crystals entered in the Best Overall category.

The final Table lists crystals submitted by Teachers

There are still a few information gaps that will be filled in when available.

An interesting coincidence this year was that four members of the CYR family (two in Ontario, and one each in Quebec and New Brunswick) submitted crystals.

Congratulations to all who participated and especially those whose crystals are represented here.

A special thank you to Anachemia Science for providing the copper sulfate used in the contest, to the teachers who supervised their students, to the Chemical Institute of Canada volunteers who coordintated the contest in their local area, and to Dr. George FERGUSON of the Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph for assistance in judging the crystals.

INTERNATIONAL

The International Competition may come as a surprise to many of you, since it was not advertised. It was organized by Dr. Harry Powell of Cambridge University, UK as part of the International Union of Crystallographers' XIX Congress held August 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland. Harry approached me to participate, so the top crystals from our 2001 competition were forwarded to him for inclusion.

In all, 5-6 crystals each from Belgium, the UK, and Canada were entered.

Canada did very well: we placed 2nd, 3rd and 5th!! Well done to all.

A table at the bottom of this page shows the results.

See you again next year.

(Please advise if I've goofed up on the spelling of anyone's name.)

2002 Canadian Crystal Contest Participants and Results Best Quality
School and Teacher	Students	Weight (g)	Quality (/10)	Quality Rank	Overall Score (/100)
Steveston Secondary School Institute Vancouver, BC Andrew TOVEY	Abby SYYONG Andrea LEE	0.13	10.00	1	2.6
Centennial Collegiate & Vocational Institute Guelph, ON David SUTHERLAND	Margherita BRAGA	1.22	9.96	2	17.2
Unionville High School Unionville, ON Louis LIM	Stephanie LEE Melody HO	1.88	9.87	3	22.7
École Paul Hebert Rimouski, QC Dona GUAY	Elsa BEHNARD Caroline CÔTÉ Geneviève CYR France-Line DIONNE Geneviève GASSE GIGUERE Julie VACHON JOANETTE	21.05	9.77	4	65.5
École Mgr-Labrie Havre St-Pierre, QC Éric FALLU	Marco LANDRY Marc-André CORMIER	22.22	9.75	5	66.4
École Secondiare Garneau Ottawa, ON Lynne PROULX-ARNONE	Valérie CYR Jennifer MORIN	0.11	9.70	6	2.1
École Ste-Anne Fredericton, NB André Martin	Daniel CYR Martin St-AMOUR	3.27	9.65	7	30.3
Institut d'enseignement de Sept-ÎÎles Sept-Iles, QC Brigitte ROY	Pascale MICHAUD	0.15	9.65	8	3.0
Fellowes High School Pembroke, ON Paul St.LOUIS	Yaseen MOTTIAR Brenna JANSEN	7.17	9.45	9	43.0
Homeschooler Victoria BC Christine NICHOLLS	Kristine SILVERSIDES	1.00	9.39	10	14.1
Harry Ainlay Composite High School Edmonton, AB Aura POMBERT	Jonathan EASTRA Melissa GALL	10.38	9.32	11	49.1
Bracebridge & Muskoka Lakes Secondary School Bracebridge ON Bill BAGSHAW	Naresh HARRIRAM Joshua HELD	18.19	8.79	12	56.2
St. John’s-Ravenscourt School> Winnipeg, MB Mark DELMAGE	Will GUEST Evan THOMPSON	26.55	5.35	13	38.4
Cole Harbour District High School Dartmouth, NS Lorne BATES	?	49.66	3.03	14	25.7

2002 Canadian Crystal Contest
Participants and Results
Best Overall

School and Teacher Students Weight
(g) Quality
(/10) Overall
Score
(/100) Overall
Rank

Polyvalente Manikoutai
Sept-Iles, QC
Mme A-Marie RICHARD Mathieu BOND
51.29 9.37 80.3 1

University Hill Secondary School
Vancouver, BC
Keith CHU Samuel WONG 59.25 8.45 75.0 2

Polyvalente d’Abénaquis
St-Prosper, QC
France CHAMPAGNE
Isabelle ROY Étienne PARADIS 51.39 8.33 71.4 3

Fellowes High School
Pembroke, ON
Paul St.LOUIS Kim WATSON
Alissa CAMPBELL
Myriam COUTIRIER 37.88 8.64 68.5 4

Merivale High School
Nepean ON
Henry JAKUBINEK Tina TAYLOR
Melissa BRUNSTING 31.60 8.78 66.3 5

Ontario Science Centre Science School
Toronto, ON
Alisa CASHORE Robin LI
Kristine TRAN 28.79 8.08 59.4 6

Bracebridge & Muskoka Lakes Secondary School
Bracebridge ON
Bill BAGSHAW Naresh HARRIRAM
Joshua HELD 18.19 8.79 56.2 7

J F Ross Collegiate
Guelph ON
David GREISMAN Tory MILES
Evan GAMBLE
Alex CAUDERELLA
Kyle MARTENS'
Rick SCHOLTEN
Yishe SHEN
Ty LI
Chantal BIELMANN
Ben HOY 56.66 5.68 49.9 8

Harry Ainlay Composite High School
Edmonton, AB
Aura POMBERT Jonathan EASTRA
Melissa GALL 10.38 9.32 49.1 9

St. John’s-Ravenscourt School
Winnipeg, MB
Mark DELMAGE Chi LIAO 74.8 4.75 44.6 10

Homeschooler
Nelson BC
Brooke CAMPBELL Aveleigh CAMPBELL
29.97 5.00 37.2 11

Miramichi Valley High School
Miramichi, NB
Penny CURTIS Derick GADD
Sheena PHIPPS 4.56 8.68 32.3 12

Cole Harbour District High School
Dartmouth, NS
Lorne BATES ? 49.66 3.03 25.7 13

Institut d'enseignement de Sept-ÎÎles
Sept-Iles, QC
Brigitte ROY Francesca NADEAU
2.86 9.26 27.1 14

2002 Canadian Crystal Contest Participants and Results Teachers
School and Teacher	Weight (g)	Quality (/10)	Quality Rank	Overall Score (/100)	Overall Rank
École Mgr-Labrie Havre St-Pierre, QC Éric FALLU	40.68	9.25	3	74.7	1

Windfields Junior High School North York, ON Sandy SZETO	27.24	9.56	2	69.2	2
Centennial Collegiate & Vocational School Guelph ON Dave SUTHERLAND	14.97	9.95	1	59.7	3
École Secondaire DeLaSalle Ottawa ON Gilles SABOURIN	59.41	6.30	4	55.9	4
Polyvalente St-François Beauceville Ouest, QC Nicole FECTEAU	78.45	4.55	5	43.1	5

International Rankings,
International Union of Crystallographers XIX Congress,
Geneva August 2002

Note that the scoring system was similar to ours except that the Maximum Quality value of 50 was used instead of our 10.

For reference see our 2001 Contest Results.

Country Student School Mass(g) Total Quality Total Score
Belgium Eupen 46.29 47.5 79.55
Canada Sylvain CHARBONNEAU Polyvalente Manikoutai, QC 46.53 35 58.69
UK Burgess Hill 13.42 47 54.47
Canada Sarah Bellamy, Niki LOVICK, Anthea DARYCHUK New Westminster Secondary, BC 76.08 28.5 53.78
Canada Kevin LUI Middlefield Collegiate Institute, ON 12.33 47 52.87
Belgium Knokke-Heist 77.66 27.5 52.13
Belgium Houthalen 35.9 32.5 50.93
Belgium Dendermonde 13.61 42.5 49.50
Canada Sabrine PLANTE, Penelope JACQUES Polyvalente St-Francois, QC 11.46 44 48.20
Belgium Eupen 12.72 40 45.49
UK Sutton Valence Prep 6.82 49 43.77
UK Milton Park Primary 1&2 7.86 46 43.58
Canada Gilles SABOURIN (Teacher) Ecole Secondaire DeLaSalle, ON 7.92 43 40.87
Belgium Heule (Belgie/Belgique/Belgium) 11.01 37.5 40.48
UK class 5 Leagrave Primary 1&2 7.08 44 39.93
UK Martha HELPS Perse Girls 5.99 46 38.85
UK class 13 Stondon Lower 1&2 26.16 27 38.72

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Country	Student	School	Mass(g)	Total Quality	Total Score
Belgium		Eupen	46.29	47.5	79.55
Canada	Sylvain CHARBONNEAU	Polyvalente Manikoutai, QC	46.53	35	58.69
UK		Burgess Hill	13.42	47	54.47
Canada	Sarah Bellamy, Niki LOVICK, Anthea DARYCHUK	New Westminster Secondary, BC	76.08	28.5	53.78
Canada	Kevin LUI	Middlefield Collegiate Institute, ON	12.33	47	52.87
Belgium		Knokke-Heist	77.66	27.5	52.13
Belgium		Houthalen	35.9	32.5	50.93
Belgium		Dendermonde	13.61	42.5	49.50
Canada	Sabrine PLANTE, Penelope JACQUES	Polyvalente St-Francois, QC	11.46	44	48.20
Belgium		Eupen	12.72	40	45.49
UK		Sutton Valence Prep	6.82	49	43.77
UK		Milton Park Primary 1&2	7.86	46	43.58
Canada	Gilles SABOURIN (Teacher)	Ecole Secondaire DeLaSalle, ON	7.92	43	40.87
Belgium		Heule (Belgie/Belgique/Belgium)	11.01	37.5	40.48
UK	class 5	Leagrave Primary 1&2	7.08	44	39.93
UK	Martha HELPS	Perse Girls	5.99	46	38.85
UK	class 13	Stondon Lower 1&2	26.16	27	38.72

International Rankings, International Union of Crystallographers XIX Congress, Geneva August 2002

International Rankings,
International Union of Crystallographers XIX Congress,
Geneva August 2002