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  • New Newcastle Event Successful

    Newcastle Go Club hosted around 30 players from across the UK for the inaugural Newcastle Go Tournament, reports organiser Tom Coulthard. Newcastle University’s Urban Sciences Building provided an impressive setting for the five-round weekend tournament, as can be seen above. The winner was Peikai Xue (4d) from UCL Club, who claimed the miniature Goban Trophy with five straight wins. Cambridge’s Paul Smith (1k) was the runner up, narrowly beating third placed Zhan Shi (3d) from Manchester on the second tie-breaker CUSP! Youngster Clinton Yu (18k) from Manchester scored three straight wins from his three games…

  • Fun at Youth Go Camp

    The seventh annual youth camp was attended by only 8 players (a couple more wanted to come but one withdrew and one entered too late); they ranged from 29 kyu to 7 kyu, 9 years to 15 years old and travelled from as far as Edinburgh to take part. Again the PGL centre at Caythorpe Court in Lincolnshire was the venue and as well as Go lessons and playing, the youngsters were able to enjoy pole climbing, canoeing, archery, fencing, tunnel trail and zip wire. The Go-teachers this year were Helen Harvey and Tony Atkins, with guest teachers Toby Manning and Huw Mort on one…

  • BGJ 208 Now Available in Members' Area

    The Summer 2024 edition of the BGJ is now available for members to read in the Members' Area, with printed copies being sent out to those that receive them.

  • New BGA Secretary
    I am pleased to announce that Sebastian Pountney from Chelmsford has been appointed as the new BGA Secretary. As such he will become a Director of BGA CLG.
    Sebastian has been working hard to try and improve the visibility of Go in the East of England, including negotiating with his local library to get a Go display installed, though sadly that fell through at the final stage.

  • 30th Welsh Open has Youngest-ever Winner!

    On 29th and 30th June, Barmouth's Dragon Theatre was again the venue for Welsh Open. The weather was mixed, but there were chances to climb the cliffs for views of the town, its wide bay and the start of Snowdonia national park's scenic mountainous region.

    Just as Durham, another rare two-day tournament four weeks earlier, Barmouth too boasted 30 players for the 30th holding of the event. It was great to see old faces, such as former winners Alistair Wall and Richard Hunter, and new faces, including players from the new university clubs at Aberystwyth and Cardiff, and a good number of players in the range 10 kyu to 26 kyu. Strongest support, with three players from each, was from…


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