<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;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><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: 160px;"><br><strong>Contributions for the Newsletter</strong><span> </span>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<span> </span><a href="http://www.britgo.org/gopcres/info#gotalk" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">Gotalk</a>; however, an introduction to a new topic is fine in the Newsletter.<span> </span><strong>Instructions:</strong><span> </span>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<span> </span><a href="mailto:newsletter@britgo.org" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">newsletter@britgo.org</a><span> </span>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;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Jil Segerman, Newsletter Editor</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">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;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The full set of recent news items, including further details of some of the items shown here, are on<span> </span><a href="http://www.britgo.org/news" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">our News Pages</a>, and on<span> </span><a href="http://www.britgo.org/views/news" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">News Headlines</a>.</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">BGJ 182 is now available</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The Winter 2017-2018 edition of the British Go Journal is now available in the Members' Area.</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">London Go Centre: Grand Opening, 17th - 18th February</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">There will be lectures and game reviews, a 3-round tournament. Further details on the<span> </span><a href="http://gocentre.londongo.club/events/grand-opening/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">LGC page</a>.</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">ADMIN</h4><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">British Go Congress</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This year's BGC will be held in Bristol from 6th - 8th April. Teaching & lightning on Friday followed by the British Open tournament on Saturday/Sunday. BGA AGM on Saturday evening. Contact <a href="mailto:matt@crazedbytes.net">matt@crazedbytes.net</a> for more info and see the<span> </span><a href="http://britgo.org/files/bgc2018flyer.pdf" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">flyer</a>.</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">UK Youth Easter trip to Ukraine</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><img src="http://www.britgo.org/files/2018/eygc2018.jpg" class="gmail-fl20" style="border: none; max-width: 100%; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em; min-width: 160px; width: 160px;">The 24th annual European Youth Go Championship (EYGC) will be held in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, with the support of DeepMind, during the 2018 Easter holidays. This is the biggest youth competition in Europe; as of 5th February there are already over 126 youngsters registered, from 12 countries. There are three age groups: Under-12, Under-16 and Under-20. The BGA has arranged for a group of UK juniors to attend, with Martin and Helen Harvey as coaches.</p><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Further details of the event can be found on the<span> </span><a href="http://eygc2018.org.ua/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">Championship website</a><span> </span>and the<span> </span><a href="http://www.britgo.org/news/2018/eygcentry" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">BGA News item</a>. If you would like more information, please do contact Martin at <a href="mailto:martin.harvey@britgo.org">martin.harvey@britgo.org</a>. He can offer plenty of advice on any aspect, including Ukraine, travel, accommodation and possible help with finance.</p><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">FUTURE EVENTS</h4><p style="margin:0.6em 0px 1.2em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Further details on<span> </span><a href="http://www.britgo.org/tournaments" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">http://www.britgo.org/tournaments</a></p><ul style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><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 Go Centre Grand Opening, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th 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">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 2nd - Sunday 4th 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">South Manchester, Saturday 3rd March, Cheadle Hulme</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 3rd - Sunday 4th March, Portree</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<span> </span><a href="http://www.britgo.org/bchamp/qualifiers" style="text-decoration:underline;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><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">Not the London Open, Saturday 26th - Monday 28th May, London Go Centre</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 Pair Go Championships, Saturday 2nd 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: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">5th Annual World Collegiate Wei-Chi Championships, during week Monday 9th – Sunday 15th July, 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">UK Go Challenge Finals (for juniors), Saturday 14th July, Cambridge</li></ul><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Later</h4><ul style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><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">Youth Training Residential, Wednesday 29th - Friday 31st August. Near Grantham, Lincolnshire</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-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:15.6px;line-height:23.4px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">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;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,244,244);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The<span> </span><a href="http://www.eurogofed.org/calendar/calendar.htm" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">European Go Federation's Tournament Calendar</a><span> </span>includes the Major European Tournaments and a World Tournament Calendar.</p><br></div>