[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 259 October 2019

[Jil Segerman]

FROM THE EDITOR

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Jil Segerman
NEWS

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items shown here, are on our News Pages <http://www.britgo.org/news>, and
on News Headlines <http://www.britgo.org/views/news>.
British Championship Match

Game 1 in 2019's Title Match between Andrew Kay and Andrew Simons is on
Saturday 5th October at a private location in Nuneaton. There will be live
online relay from 10:30 and commentary by Matthew Macfadyen in a clone of
the game in the British Room on KGS <http://www.gokgs.com/>.
Third Youth Camp Successful

The third residential youth camp took place at Caythorpe Court in
Lincolnshire at the end of August, with 26 particpants. As before, it was a
mixture of outdoor activities, Go games and mentoring, aimed at those in
school year 6 and above. The camp included Go competitions each evening.
with a four-round tournament won by Hilary Bexfield, and a Pair Go
tournament won by David Baldwin and Alexander Hsieh.
Andrew Does Well in Korea

In the 2019 Korea Prime Minister Cup International Baduk Championship, our
representative, Andrew Kay, came 9th out of 62 entries. He had four wins
(against Cyprus, France, Argentina and Hungary) and two losses (to Korea,
who came second, and Thailand). This is one of the best results ever in an
international tournament by a British player. He is shown here playing the
player from Hungary.
Cambridge Youth Go 25th Anniversary

Sunday 13th October. This is a 13x13 Go tournament, open to both junior
players and adults. Junior players can compete for the UK Go Challenge
titles and all strong players can compete to be the British Small Board
Champion, for which there is a nice trophy and some prize money. Beginners
are welcome as well as strong players. There will be many prizes and a lot
of cake! Details <http://www.paul361smith.me.uk/chessgo/tourney25.html>
Wessex Tournament 50th Anniversary

Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th October. Special 50th Wessex Tournament,
celebrating the memory of T Mark Hall. Details
<http://bristolgo.co.uk/wessex.html>.
*T Mark Hall Foundation AGM* Saturday evening.
*Important up-date* The entry form has changed and now contains three drop
down menus for details of the Saturday group-meal: starter, mains and
dessert. If you do not see these, then you are using the old form and your
entry will not get shown on the entry list. Please refresh your browser or
clear the history for that page if necessary.
EVENTS COMING SOON

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

*THIS MONTH:*
Northern, near Manchester
Cambridge Junior's 25th Anniversary - National Small Board/UK Go Challenge
Finals
50th Wessex, near Bristol
*NOVEMBER*
Three Peaks, Ingleton
Guy Fawkes Weekend, London
Doki Doki Festival, Manchester
Coventry
British Youth Go Championship, Rugby
*DECEMBER*
Edinburgh Christmas
London Open
*JANUARY 2020*
Harpenden
Hitachi-Maidenhead TBA
*MARCH 2020* Trigantius
Trigantius Novices
European Youth
Isle of Skye
*LATER*
April: British Go Congress
June: Durham and Welsh Open
August: Mind Sports Olympiad and Youth Training Residential
September: European Women's and Cornwall

*OVERSEAS*
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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