Post Contest News

Posted 11th October

The top 1st and 2nd year teams in the region have been recognised.

Posted 7th October

From Raewyn Boersen, South Pacific Regional Contest Director:

"Thank you all for your patience. We have dealt with all matters arising from the contest and we are able to accept the provisional placings as being final.

We would like to congratulate all teams on their performance and in particular the top Australian team, Team ADA from UNSW and the top NZ team, Void, from Auckland University who will represent the South Pacific Region at the International Finals in Hollywood USA, next March.

I think that you will all agree that it was a challenging and well written problem set and it was heartening to see the number of teams who solved 5 or more problems. We hope that you will be back again next year for more challenges. "

Posted 30th September

Most of the rejudging has now been done - the standings and scoreboard have been updated. There are just a couple of matters to be clarified before the results are final.

Posted 23rd September

Provisional standings have been entered for all 9 sites. Due to a major systems problem, those for Sydney are definitely not final scores.

Posted 22nd September

The 2002 ACM South Pacific Programming Contest sponsored by IBM was held on Saturday 21st September at 9 sites across Australia and New Zealand. 101 teams competed for the chance to represent their country in the World Finals next year.

Posted 21st September

The contest is now over. See scoreboard for some results. The provisonal standings will be published as soon as possible. Please bear with us - it takes a while to coordinate the results from 9 sites!

Contest Countdown

Posted 16th September

Registrations top 100 teams!! Latest team roster. If your team is still "Pending", please make sure your coach has your details.

Posted 13th September

Last day for early registration!! Next week the entry fee rises to $250. Registrations close on Wednesday 18th.

Entries are now over 80 teams.

Posted 9th September

Two weeks left until September 21st - we now have 50 registered teams. Can we double that number before registrations close on September 18th?

Posted 4th September

Registrations have now passed 40 teams. Sydney are leading the way with 14 teams registered to compete at their site. Does your university have a team yet? If you wish to take part in the upcoming Regional Contest, check out the registration page.

Registrations Underway

Posted 22nd August

Registration for the 2002 Regional Contest is underway. The 25th team was registered yesterday. We had 90 teams in the contest last year - can we exceed 100 teams this year?

South Pacific Region Contest Date Set

Posted 22 July.

Preliminary discussions at organising committee's meeting in Canberra (see below) proposed a number of dates as possible for the 2002 ACM South Pacific Region's contest date. This date has now been set as the 21st September.

Annual ACM Meeting Held

Posted 18 July.

The Annual ACM South Pacific Region Organising Committee met at the Australian National University at Canberra during the weekend of the 6-7th of July. Representatives of all 9 local sites attended and various issues were discussed and resolved including local rule interpretations, marketing promotional activities and training and coaching issues.
Canberra was a bit on the chilly side at this time of year but, notwithstanding the weather, the meeting was deemed a success.

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