Crawford College La Lucia set the standard for the 2016 BDO Inter-Schools Quiz by winning the first round for the northern Durban area at Crawford College in La Lucia on 3 March.
In a tense evening of answering general knowledge questions, the four Grade 10/11 learners making up the Crawford team scored 75 points ahead of a team from Maris Stella school who took second place. The two teams were competing against teams from a number of schools in their area.
There are 36 Durban and Pietermaritzburg schools taking part in the competition this year in four round robin regional contests ahead of the final round when the top two teams of four Grade 10 or 11 learners from each school pit their general knowledge skills against one another.
Stuart Davis, Agnes Gosnell, Sanam Lakhani, and Laërika Subramoney, were delighted with their win and are looking forward to taking part in the championship round of the competition to be held at Clifton College on 5 May, along with the second-placed Maris Stella team.
The quiz champions earn the right to nominate a disadvantaged school to win R10 000’s worth of books. BDO has teamed up with independent, community-minded book store, Books&Books again this year, and a new sponsor, Kip McGrath education and learner enrichment centres helping hundreds of thousands of children improve their English, reading, writing, comprehension and maths skills.
Sally Juckes, Audit Partner at BDO, said that this was a challenging competition which gave participants the opportunity to move out of their comfort zone and broaden their minds, whilst having a lot of fun.
“It also gives them the chance to make a big difference to underprivileged children attending poorly-equipped schools and makes them aware of the challenges facing those who are less fortunate than they are and what can be done to help them.”
Last year, the northern Durban round of the competition was won by Crawford College, La Lucia.
This is the seventh year that this increasingly popular quiz is being organised by the Durban office of BDO South Africa, audit, advisory & tax firm.