<div dir="ltr"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-ajC" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><tbody><tr class="gmail-ajv"><td colspan="2" class="gmail-gL" style="padding:6px 0px"><span class="gmail-gI"><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)"><img src="http://www.britgo.org/files/bgalogos/screen_banner.jpg" width="100%" style="border: none; max-width: 100%;"><br><br><br><img src="http://www.britgo.org/files/people/segermanj.jpg" class="gmail-fl20" style="border: none; max-width: 100%; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em; min-width: 160px; width: 191.797px;"><br><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#gotalk" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)">Gotalk</a>; however, an introduction to a new topic is fine in the Newsletter. <strong>Instructions:</strong> 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)">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;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">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);background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">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;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">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)">our News Pages</a>, and on <a href="http://www.britgo.org/views/news" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)">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);background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">Roger Huyshe's Funeral 12th December</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)"><img src="http://www.britgo.org/files/people/huysher.jpg" class="gmail-fl20" style="border: none; max-width: 100%; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em; min-width: 160px; width: 191.797px;">I reported, last month, the sad news that Roger Huyshe, President of the BGA, died on Sunday 12th November.</p><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">Roger's family has now been able to make the funeral arrangements, and has asked that we share them with all BGA members. <a href="http://www.britgo.org/news/2017/rogerhuyshefuneral" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)">Details</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);background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">British Youth Go Championship</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)"><img src="http://www.britgo.org/files/2017/bygc17a-t.jpg" class="gmail-fl40" style="border: none; max-width: 100%; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em; min-width: 160px; width: 383.594px;">The 2017 BYGC attracted a big crowd of young players, in fact 46 competitors, aged from 7 to 18.</p><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">Thanks to a large number of oriental players currently living in the UK, there were several dan-graded players, most of whom not being British played in an Open group for cash prizes. Also thanks to a new club at Harpenden Academy (who are shown celebrating their win as best primary school) and a good crop of new players from Edinburgh, Cheadle Hulme and Letchworth, there was a large group between 30 and 40 kyu in strength. Some of the games they played were on 13x13.</p><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">Full report <a href="http://www.britgo.org/news/2017/bygc" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)">here</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);background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">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;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)"><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Edinburgh Christmas, Saturday 16th December</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">London Open, Thursday 28th – Sunday 31st December</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Maidenhead-Hitachi, Saturday 20th January 2018</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Cheshire, Saturday 3rd February, Frodsham</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Nottingham Kyu Teaching/Mini-Tournament, Saturday 24th February</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Irish Go Congress, Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd March, Dublin</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Isle of Skye, Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd March</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Trigantius, Saturday 10th March, Cambridge</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">British Go Congress, Friday 6th - Sunday 8th April, Bristol</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Candidates' Tournament, Saturday 5th - Monday 7th May. Closed event, i.e. by qualification only; you can check online if you may <a href="http://www.britgo.org/bchamp/qualifiers" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)">qualify</a>.</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Bracknell, Sunday 13th 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:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Welwyn Garden City, Saturday 19th May</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);background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">Later</h4><ul style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)"><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Durham, Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th June</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Welsh Open, Saturday 30th June - Sunday 1st July, Barmouth</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Mind Sports Olympiad, Sunday 19th – Monday 27th August, London</li><li style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 0.5em;padding:0px 0px 0.2em 1.5em;list-style-type:none;background:url("/sites/all/themes/garlandbga/images/menu-leaf.gif") 1px 0.35em no-repeat transparent">Leo Phillips Isle Of Man Go Festival, Sunday 11th - Friday 16th August 2019 (provisional).</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);background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">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;background-color:rgb(255,244,244)">The <a href="http://www.eurogofed.org/calendar/calendar.htm" style="color:rgb(102,34,0)">European Go Federation's Tournament Calendar</a> includes the Major European Tournaments and a World Tournament Calendar</p></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>