On Tuesday 30 th September, we welcomed Emanuel School for the first official match of the 2025-26 Hans Woyda competition. The SPS team of Aryan (4 th ), Rafael (6 th ), Zicheng (L8 th ) and Aman (U8 th ) were already warmed up from the friendly against SPGS, and they were further buoyed by the support of Adavya, William and Andrew who came to spectate (along with the inimitable Dr Stoyanov). The team assisted me in arranging the classroom into my famous Battle Chevron formation (patent pending) before taking their seats to await their opponents. Once the Emanuel team had arrived and settled into their places we had a momentary pause while one of the tables was adjusted to avoid a stream of sunlight going directly into their Year 12’s eyes (which I insisted was not a deliberate act of sabotage!), after which I projected the slides, hushed the audience and handed out the first set of questions. SPS hit the ground running with a perfect set of answers to th...