UK Beat Slovakia
— Tony AtkinsThe second match of the C-League season was against Slovakia. Scott, Alex and Jamie all won, but Bruno lost, meaning the team won 3-1. South Africa also scored a second match win (against Norway) to put them top, with us just behind in second.
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Northern
— Tony AtkinsIt was a rainy November Sunday in Greater Manchester, writes organiser Chris Kirkham, but the atmosphere in the Go tournament was even better than usual. The attendance, at 56 players, was the largest it has been for many years, and the location, in the underpass of Cheadle Hulme School, even better than in recent years, when it was in the dining room above.
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Alvina Kwok is Youth Champion
— Tony AtkinsCongratulations to Alvina Kwok (2d) who is our new Under-16 and British Youth Go Champion. Shown left, she is the first girl to win the event since Maria Tabor in 2008. Alvina, who is originally from Hong Kong, was the best of the 38 players and defeated Scott Cobbold (4d) and Ryan Zhang (2d) on her way to the trophy.
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BGJ 205 Now Available in Members' Area
— Tony AtkinsThe Autumn 2023 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 shortly.
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UK Youth Beat Turkey 5-0
— Tony AtkinsOur UK youth Go squad has played the first round of the European Youth Go Team Competition and won 5-0 against Turkey. The round was meant to be played on Saturday 11th November, but as this clashed with the UK youth championship Turkey kindly agreed to play the games early.
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Brook Roberts Wins Bar Low
— Tony AtkinsThere were 32 kyu-graded players in this year's Bar Low. The event was hosted as before at the London Go Centre thanks to their organising team of Gerry, Richard and Peter. Thanks to the event's continuing ongoing anonymous sponsor all the prize winners, shown in the photo left, were able to order a Go book of their choice up to £25.
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53rd Wessex
— Tony AtkinsThe event took place as usual at St Marks Community Centre in Bath. Turnout was good, after a few late withdrawals and some on the day entrants they had 36 players and one unnecessary ‘ghost’. It was especially pleasing to see a number of new faces. Possibly the main downside of the day was the parking; Bath Council seems to be making a good job of deterring all traffic from the city centre. The organisers will look into what can be done for next year.
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UK Beat Norway
— Tony AtkinsThe first match in the new season of the C-League was against Norway. Bruno, Scott and Tim all won, but Jon Diamond was a no-show meaning the team won 3-1. Slovakia beat Slovenia and South Africa beat Spain, both 3-1, but our penalty point for the no-show pushed us down to third. Kyrgyzstan and Denmark drew their match.
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Robot Introduced at Sheffield Tournament
— Tony AtkinsThe Sheffield Tournament had 38 entrants, reports organiser David Wildgoose. The bar was set at 1k providing six players above the bar and was eventually won by Peikai Xue (4d UCL). Five players gained prizes for winning all three of their games. Other than Peikai they were all from Cheadle Hulme: Megan Upton (14k), James Zhao (16k), Claude Robinson (27k) and Pip Hawkes (34k). Results
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BGA Public Liability Insurance - Possible Issue
— Colin WilliamsMembers should be aware that a question has arisen as to whether the BGA’s Public Liability Insurance does in fact cover them. We are working as a matter of urgency to clarify the situation, but until we have a definite solution members should act on the side of safety and consider that they do not have Public Liability Insurance for themselves or their events from the BGA.
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