After several weeks of intense preparation and feeling quietly confident, Ffion H, Chris L, Ruby R and Miriam R set off on Monday 26th November to take part in the UKMT Senior Mathematical Team Challenge at Cardiff University. There were 17 teams competing, each comprising of 4 students from Year 12 and 13. After a quick warm-up round and feeling ready for the challenges ahead, the competition started with the Group round, in which the team worked together to solve 10 challenging questions. Team Howell’s put in a strong performance in this round and also in the Cross Number round, putting them in contention for the top 3 places. The final round was the Mini Relay – the room was silent with concentration as they beavered away at these tricky questions, trying to complete them in a given time in order to be awarded bonus points. Whilst narrowly missing out on one of the top three places, our team put in an excellent performance.