<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><img src="http://www.britgo.org/files/bgalogos/screen_banner.jpg" width="100%" style="border:none;max-width:100%"><br><br></p><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><img src="http://www.britgo.org/files/people/segermanj.jpg" class="m_-3014276851818554816gmail-fl20" style="border:none;max-width:100%;float:left;margin:0px 1em 1em;min-width:160px;width:178.722px"><strong>Contributions for the Newsletter</strong> are always welcome, both from our members and others. We ask that they be Go-related and “newsy". The place for debate and general discussion is currently <a href="http://www.britgo.org/gopcres/info.html#gotalk" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">Gotalk</a>; however, an introduction to a new topic is fine in the Newsletter. <strong>Instructions:</strong> <wbr>Please use plain text not file-attachments. Keep it brief, and give web-links and contact details. It's good to include pictures. If they are on the internet, send me the URL. If not, attach the picture files to your email. Send your contribution to <a href="mailto:newsletter@britgo.org" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">newsletter@britgo.org</a> to arrive by the first day of the month.</p><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Contributions to the <strong>British Go Journal</strong> are also welcome from players of all grades, see <a href="http://www.britgo.org/bgj/guidelines.html" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">British Go Journal Article Guidelines</a> and contact <a href="mailto:journal@britgo.org" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">journal@britgo.org</a> The next Journal copy-date 21st May.</p><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Jil Segerman, Newsletter Editor</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">NEWS</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px">The full set of recent news items, including further details of some of the items shown here, are on <a href="http://www.britgo.org/news" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">our News Pages</a>, and on <a href="http://www.britgo.org/views/news" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">News Headlines</a>.</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">Novices' Tournament</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><img src="http://britgo.org/files/2017/cambridgenovices17.jpg" class="m_-3014276851818554816gmail-fl50" style="border:none;max-width:100%;float:left;margin:0px 1em 1em;min-width:160px;width:446.818px">On the afternoon of the Trigantius Tournament in Cambridge, the <a href="http://britgo.org/node/5776" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">Trigantius Novices'</a> was run in one of the other rooms of the University Staff Club.This year there were fifteen players in the tournament, twelve juniors, two parents of junior players, and one organiser of a school Chess and Go club. Twelve of the fifteen are pictured.<br>The crucial match to decide the winner was between two of the adult players, Pierre Oliviere from Harpenden and Mark Walters from Cambridge. In the end Pierre won by a single point. The top junior players, in joint third place with three wins, were David Baldwin from Letchworth, and Sam Beck, Waylon Gao and Yize Gao, from the local junior club.</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">European Go Congress 2017</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><img src="http://www.britgo.org/files/2017/egc2017logo.png" class="m_-3014276851818554816gmail-fl20" style="border:none;max-width:100%;float:left;margin:0px 1em 1em;min-width:160px;width:178.722px">22 July to 6 August in Oberhof, Germany.<br>Latest updates are on the <a href="http://www.egc2017.eu/" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">Congress website</a></p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">European Go Congress 2018</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><img src="http://egc2018.it/themes/egc_full/main/images/logo-sized.png" class="m_-3014276851818554816gmail-fl20" style="border:none;max-width:100%;float:left;margin:0px 1em 1em;min-width:160px;width:178.722px">27 July to 12 August in Pisa, Italy<br>A long way ahead, but worth noting that there are several deadlines on which the price goes up; the next one being 1st May this year. See Registration tab on the <a href="http://egc2018.it/en/" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">Congress website</a></p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">Discover Japan Day</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><img src="http://www.jsnw.org.uk/Images/jsnw_banner_900.jpg" class="m_-3014276851818554816gmail-fl40" style="border:none;max-width:100%;float:left;margin:0px 1em 1em;min-width:160px;width:357.443px">Japan Society North West are organising a <a href="http://www.jsnw.org.uk/" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">Discover Japan Day</a>, in Liverpool, from 11 am to 4 pm, and the BGA will be demonstrating Go to many families all day. If you're interested in helping us, and you are most welcome, please let Helen or Martin Harvey know, on jm.harvey at ntlworld dot com.</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">ADMIN</h4><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">Candidates' Tournament</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Candidates will be held 29th April - 1st May in West London. Qualifiers will be sent invitations shortly and any enquiries can be sent to the organiser, Matt Marsh (<a href="mailto:matt@crazedbytes.net" target="_blank">matt@crazedbytes.net</a>)."</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">Youth Go Residential course</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><img src="http://britgo.org/files/2017/hikaru-sai.jpg" class="m_-3014276851818554816gmail-fl30" style="border:none;max-width:100%;float:left;margin:0px 1em 1em;min-width:160px;width:268.082px">We have now mostly finalised details of the proposed course. It will be at Caythorpe Court in South Lincolnshire, from midday Monday 14th August to early afternoon Wednesday 16th August. The programme will include serious Go study time, with breaks in the afternoon for a wide choice of exciting outdoor activities, from archery to zipwire. Some support may be available from the Castledine-Barnes fund for students who have expensive long-distance travel. Full details will soon be sent to all our Go teachers and to anyone who registers an interest with youth-chair AT <a href="http://britgo.org" target="_blank">britgo.org</a></p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">Plans for a "London Mind Sports Centre"</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Message from Toby Manning, Finance Director of the T Mark Hall Foundation.<br>As you may know, the <a href="http://www.tmhallfoundation.org.uk/" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">T Mark Hall Foundation</a> is discussing the possibility of opening a "London Mind Sports Centre", in cooperation with the Chess community.<br>We wish to share our thinking with BGA members, and so we are holding a <strong>"Discussion Meeting" on Sunday April 30</strong> at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club (West London Go Club) at 18:30 - this will be immediately after day 2 of the Candidates' Tournament, and also after the end of the "Bar-Low". There will be no charge for entry: we hope to serve refreshments.<br><strong>All BGA members are welcome.</strong> For planning purposes it would be helpful if you could let Toby know if you are coming, but this is not essential.</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">FUTURE EVENTS</h4><ul style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">International Teams Spring Match, Saturday 22nd April, London</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Candidates' Tournament, Saturday 29th April - Monday 1st May, London</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Bar Low, Sunday 30th April, London</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Galway, Saturday 6th May - Sunday 7th May</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Bracknell, Sunday 14th May, Wokingham</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Irish Open Pair Go Championships, Sunday 14th May, Dublin</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Scottish Open, Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th May, Edinburgh</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">British Pair Go Championships, Saturday 3rd June, Hatfield</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Durham, Saturday 10th – Sunday 11th June</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Welsh Open, Saturday 24th - Sunday 25th June, Barmouth</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Mindsports Academy youth event (UK Go Challenge Finals), Saturday 8th July, Stoke.</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Belfast, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd July</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">European Go Congress, Saturday 22nd July - Sunday 6th August, Oberhof, Germany</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Isle Of Man Go Festival, Sunday 30th July - Friday 4th August</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Arundel, Sunday 13th August</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Youth Boot Camp, Monday 14th - Wednesday 16th August, Caythorpe Court, South Lincolnshire</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Mind Sports Olympiad, Sunday 20th – Monday 28th August, London</li></ul><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">Later</h4><ul style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">Three Peaks, Saturday 4th November - Sunday 5th November, Ingleton</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background-image:url("http:///sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif");background-position:1px 0.35em;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:transparent">London Open, Thursday 28th – Sunday 31st December</li></ul><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">Overseas</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px">The <a href="http://www.eurogofed.org/calendar/calendar.htm" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)" target="_blank">European Go Federation's Tournament Calendar</a> includes the Major European Tournaments and a World Tournament Calendar</p></div>