[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 254 May 2019

[Jil Segerman]

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Jil Segerman, Newsletter Editor
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>.
British Go Congress

Each year the British Go Congress is held in a different place, with the
BGA's Annual General Meeting on the Saturday evening. The 2019 Congress was
held in Manchester on 5th to 7th April. The weekend started with a teaching
session on Friday afternoon with Toby Manning. That evening the British
Open Lightning was held; it was won by London's Peikai Xue (2d), shown
below left.

On the Saturday and Sunday 80 players, many of whom were below 10k, enjoyed
the usual six round British Open tournament. It was for the first time won
by Chao Zhang (6d) from London, with six wins. Zherui Xu (4d) from
Cambridge was placed second with five wins, ahead of Zihe Zhao (4d Oxford)
and Nagisa Matsuura (1d Leeds). The fast improving Adam Sharland (14k
Nottingham) won all six games and winning five were Jetrie Griffiths (18k
Cheshire) and Charlotte Bexfield (7k Letchworth). Chao Zhang is shown
receiving the Minds in Conflict Trophy from Toby Manning below right. Toby
also rewarded two of the youngsters present, Rowan Borrow and Elliot Barlow
who were the winners of the 2018 DDK Grand Prix.
<http://www.britgo.org/tournaments/ddk>

Pandanet Go European Team Championship

Our team was outplayed by a strong team from Sweden on 16th April, losing
all four games. The team is still in seventh place in the B-League, but
only on tie-break. The final match of the season will be on Tuesday 5th
May, against Turkey.
ADMINBGJ 187 is now available

The Spring 2019 edition of the British Go Journal is now available in the
Members' Area.
YOUTH GO CAMP

We are running a third Youth Go Camp in August this year, aimed at
youngsters of secondary school age. The location is Caythorpe, near
Grantham, the same as in the previous two years. More details here
<http://www.britgo.org/caythorpe>
EVENTS COMING SOON

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

*THIS MONTH:* Candidates' (closed event), Letchworth *THIS WEEKEND*
Bar-Low Tournament/Kyu Players Weekend, London *THIS WEEKEND*
Self-Paired, London *THIS BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY*
Kyu Training, Nottingham
Oxford
Challengers' League (closed event), London
Not the London Open
Scottish Open, Glasgow
*JUNE:* Pair Go, Hatfield
Cheltenham Science Festival
Durham
Welsh Open, Barmouth
*JULY:* UK Go Challenge Finals (TBA)
*AUGUST:* Leo Phillips Isle of Man Go Festival
Mind Sports Olympiad, London
Youth Training Residential, Caythorpe Hall near Grantham
*SEPTEMBER:* T Mark Hall Rapid Play, London
International Teams Autumn Match, London
Belfast
Arundel
Sheffield
*OCTOBER* Northern, near Manchester
Wessex, near Bristol
*NOVEMBER* Three Peaks, Ingleton
Guy Fawkes Weekend, London
Doki Doki Festival, Manchester

*OVERSEAS*
European Go Congress 2019, 20th July - 4th August, Brussels
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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