[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 301 April 2023

[Jil Segerman]

FROM THE EDITOR

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Jil Segerman
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>.
European Youth Go Congress in Ankara, Turkey

<https://www.britgo.org/files/2023/eygc23.jpg>Our two representatives, Ryan
Zhang and Lukasz Kudla, both ended up with 5/6; Ryan was 2nd in the Under12
group, while Lukasz was 12th. Congratulations to both of them. The
photograph, courtesy of Greg Kudla, shows Ryan (on the right) with his
trophy, while Lukasz is holding the trophy for the UK's second place in the
European Youth Go Team Championship.
British Go Congress in Belfast

For the first time in 65 years the British Congress was held in Northern
Ireland with 47 players in the Open Championship. Tianyi Chen became the
Open champion, and Changhao Huang kept his Lightning title. Further details
here <https://britgo.org/news/2023/british>.

Overall the participants appeared to enjoy the event, relished the
opportunity of playing opponents that were new to them and, for many,
enjoyed the chance to play in a different city.
Pandanet Go European Team Championship

The UK team was matched against Denmark in round five and won three games
to one. Details here <https://britgo.org/news/2023/teams0321>. With two
rounds to play we lie second in League C, after Ireland.
ADMINAdditional Board Members

The Board has co-opted Daniel Milne and Sam Bithell onto the Board.
2023 AGM

A reminder that the 2033 AGM will be held online by ZOOM at 20:00 on
Thursday 20th April. Details and the agenda can be found here
<https://www.britgo.org/history/accounts>. Annual reports will be added
shortly. The meeting link will be added nearer to the meeting.

Toby Manning, Phil Beck and Colin Williams are the only nominations for
President, Treasurer and Secretary respectively. With the exception of
Mohammed Amin, all the other Directors (including Daniel and Sam, mentioned
above) offer themselves for re-election.
Additional Byelaw

The Byelaws <http://www.britgo.org/byelaws> are a recent introduction
alongside conversion to the Company Limited by Guarantee: they are
subservient to the Articles, but more important than "policies".

The Board has recently added a fifth Byelaw to clarify the procedure for
electing the "Disputes Panel" (this is a panel that will deal with serious
complaints: we hope it will meet rarely, if at all).
Code of Conduct Amendments

When we made the transition to a Company Limited by Guarantee, we
introduced a "Code of Conduct"
<https://www.britgo.org/council/codeofconducttext>.

The Board has now made some minor changes to the Code, as follows:

   - Added the words "or referee" to section F, to indicate that complaints
   etc. may be addressed to a Referee as an alternative to the Tournament
   Director
   - Added words dealing with the use of electronic devices to record games
   to Section F (essentially stating that these may be used with the agreement
   of both one's opponent and the Tournament Director/Referee)
   - Added a requirement in Section G for Board Members to make it clear
   when they are speaking in an official capacity, and when in a personal
   capacity (this was a requirement from the 2022 AGM).

UCL Tournament imposes a capacity limit

Due to the volume of entries and the logistics involved the UCL tournament
on the 15th April has imposed a limit of 80 players, and created a wait
list for other entrants. If you are affected you should be contacted by the
organiser.

If you have entered but now will not be there please inform the organiser
as soon as possible, as that will make space for someone who would not
otherwise be able to play.
2023 British Championship – Candidates Event.

As advertised on the events calendar this will be held in Milton Keynes
between the 29th April and the 1st May. There is a limit of 32 entries this
year, on a first-come first-served basis. The qualification and eligibility
rules are detailed here <https://www.britgo.org/bchamp/chrules> in sections
A2 and C2. If you have any questions concerning these please contact
tournament-chair at britgo.org.
EVENTS COMING SOON

This Month: UCL (London), Rip-Off (Dublin)
May: British Championship - Candidates' Tournament, Sheffield University,
Not the London Open
June: Cheltenham (Tentative), British Pair Go Championship (Frodsham),
Durham, Welsh Open (Barmouth)
July: Cheshire (Frodsham), European Go Congress (Leipzig, Germany)
August: Youth Go Camp (Lincolnshire), Mind Sports Olympiad (London)

More information here <https://www.britgo.org/tournaments>
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