[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 258 September 2019

[Jil Segerman]

FROM THE EDITOR

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Jil Segerman
NEWS

The full set of recent news items, including further details of some of the
items shown here, are on our News Pages <http://www.britgo.org/news>, and
on News Headlines <http://www.britgo.org/views/news>.
UK Team Took Part in Chinese Youth Event

Two European teams, one from France and one from the UK, were invited to
take part in the 2019 "Belt and Road International I-Go Youth Go
Invitational Tournament" for teenagers. This ran from 16th to 22nd August
in Xi'an in China. The UK team, Edmund Smith, Rowan Borrow, Daniel Gascoyne
and Amy Upton were up against considerably stronger players and did not
beat any of the other teams. Their Chinese hosts were most kind and
friendly, and organised several visits to places of interest and other
activities - a wonderful experience, and many happy memories.
Leo Phillips Go Festival

The 2019 Isle of Man Go Festival, held in memory of its creator, Leo
Phillips, took place in Port Erin. The 21 participants (and several spouses
and friends) were a friendly lot and the congress spirit of previous years
continued.
Mind Sports Olympiad

This year's Mind Sports Olympiad was held, like the previous five editions,
at the JW3 community centre in London. As usual a large variety of games
and mind sports, both new and traditional, was played over the eight days
of the event. Several Go players and their families were seen in non-Go
events, with some, like Natasha Regan, winning a Gold medal.

Unfortunately the first Go event (9x9) was cancelled due to an
administrative mix up. Pictured left-to-right are: Chao Zhang winner of the
13x13 and 2nd in the Open, Daniel Hu Open winner, Tony Atkins organiser and
Quentin Rendu 3rd in the Open. The Open's junior medals went to Edmund
Smith, Scott Cobbold and Alexander Hsieh, with Caleb Monk winning the
handicap section with four wins.
EVENTS COMING SOON

Full information via the Events Calendar.
<http://www.britgo.org/tournaments>

*THIS MONTH:*
Cornwall, Falmouth
T Mark Hall Rapid Play, London
International Teams Autumn Match, London
Belfast
Arundel
Confucius Cup, Dublin
Swindon
Sheffield
*OCTOBER*
Northern, near Manchester
Cambridge Junior's 25th Anniversary - National Small Board/UK Go Challenge
Finals
50th Wessex, near Bristol
*NOVEMBER*
Three Peaks, Ingleton
Guy Fawkes Weekend, London
Doki Doki Festival, Manchester
Coventry
British Youth Go Championship TBA
*DECEMBER*
Edinburgh Christmas TBA
London Open
*JANUARY 2020*
Harpenden
Hitachi-Maidenhead TBA

*OVERSEAS*
The European Go Federation's Tournament Calendar
<https://www.eurogofed.org/calendar/calendar.htm> includes the Major
European Tournaments and a World Tournament Calendar.
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