<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: 202px;"><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 183 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 Spring 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">Pandanet League</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/images/pandanetsmall.jpg" class="gmail-fl20" style="border: none; max-width: 100%; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em; min-width: 160px; width: 202px;">A great win in the eighth round - against the strong third-place team from the Netherlands - sees the UK guaranteed at least second place in the Pandanet B League. With just Sweden to go for the UK, unless there is an upset by Turkey against top team Germany in the last round, the team will be in the play-off position and will have a chance for promotion by playing a team from the bottom of the A League. This is likely to be Serbia and the team would have good chances in a best-of-five match against them. Well done to the team for playing so well.</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">European 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">It is not too late to enter the<span> </span><a href="http://www.egc2018.it/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,34,0)">European Go Congress</a><span> </span>in Pisa, Italy. It lasts for two weeks (27th July - 12th August), but you can attend for only one week, or only for the middle weekend, if you wish. There are already over 1,000 players registered, with 15 professionals. There are currently 27 British entrants.</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">Candidates' Tournament, Saturday 5th - Monday 7th May, London Go Centre. 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">Bar-Low, Sunday 6th 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">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">Manchester Summer, Sunday 20th 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">Challengers' League, Saturday 26th - Tuesday 29th 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">Scottish Open, Saturday 23rd - Sunday 24th June, Edinburgh</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><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</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">Penzance (Cornwall), Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September.</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">Three Peaks, Saturday 3rd November - Sunday 4th November, Ingleton, Yorkshire</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">London Open, Friday 28th–Monday 31st December (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>