[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 313 April 2024

[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 <https://britgo.org/news>.
Derek Hunter RIP

We regret to inform you that Derek Hunter died at the end of March aged 76.
He was almost a founder member of the BGA; he was the Association's
secretary from 1968 until 1977, then Membership Secretary until 1984. He
did a lot to make the BGA what it is today.
Richard Hunter is compiling an obituary to appear in the forthcoming BGJ
208. Contributions please, to Richard by the end of May.
European Youth Go Championships

The 2024 Championships were held in Hamburg, with 98 entrants from 13
European countries – 38 of whom were under 12. There was a total of 23 dan
strength players, 4 of whom were Under-12.
Of the UK contingent of 5 players, Ryan Zhang (3 dan) took 3rd place in the
Under-12 group with 4/6, losing to 2 dans from Hungary and Czechia. Spike
Shamoon (3 kyu), our only representative in the Under-18 category, finished
with 4/6, as also did Rachel Chik (15 kyu). Ryan Zhang, playing with
Violeta Gorbulska (5 kyu) from Ukraine, also came 3rd in the Pair Go.
We thank the Youth Go Trust  <https://youthgotrust.org.uk/>for providing
financial support to each of the UK participants.
Pandanet: Matches Against Kyrgyzstan and Slovenia

Our team in the Pandanet Go European Team Championship
<https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps> played and beat
Kyrgyzstan on 12th March. Then on 9th April beat Slovenia by three games to
one, which put them in an unbeatable lead at the top of the C-League. The
last match will be against South Africa.
Pandanet Youth Go European Team Championships

Message from Alison Bexfield, UK Youth team manager:
The UK youth team won their third match in the European Youth Go Team
Championship <https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/PYGETC>. The format for
this tournament is the top four teams in League A with an all play all
twice (so six matches in all). At the half way mark the UK is unbeaten and
leading the tournament. But the matches have all been tight and could have
gone either way. So the pressure remains for the remaining matches.
In this round against Romania Blake Shamoon, in his debut appearance,
finished first on board 5 with a comfortable win against an opponent one
rank lower than him. Zoe Walters, also playing for the first time, started
well on board 4 but could not hold off her higher ranked opponent. Ryan
Zhang on board 2 and Michael Mitcham-Harding on board 3 were evenly matched
against their opponents with Ryan winning by 7.5 and Michael losing by 7.5.
It all came down to the final game on board 1. Scott played another
exciting and long game, ultimately clinching victory (and the match for the
UK) by just 1.5 points.

Well done to the team. They are top of the A-League.


ADMINEGM/AGM 2024

Reminder this is on Thursday 23rd May at 20:00. The meeting will be by ZOOM
video call, for which a link will be provided nearer the date.
The EGM will be held first in order to consider some small changes to the
Company Articles concerning the election of Directors. The AGM will follow
immediately after, and will include amongst other things the election of
Officers and Directors, and members of the Disputes Panel.
As he announced last year this will be Toby’s last meeting as President. *We
have two nominations to succeed him: Colin Williams (the current secretary)
and Gerry Gavigan, so an election will be held at the AGM. *Please do
attend if you can, but if that isn’t possible you can still have a say by
nominating a member who is attending to have your proxy vote.
*In order to be able to vote you must be a member of BGA CLG, and have
guaranteed £1 in the unlikely event of the BGA becoming insolvent. If in
doubt about your status please contact the membership secretary.*


EVENTS COMING SOON

*This Month:* Rip-Off (Dublin)
*May* Candidates' (Leicester), Not the London Open
*June* Durham, Pair Go (Leicester), Tonbridge, Welsh Open (Barmouth)
*July* European Go Congress (Toulouse, France)
*August* Youth Camp, Mind Sports Olympiad (London)
*September* Nottingham, Swindon, Edinburgh
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