[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 339 June 2026

[Sam Bithell]

Hi all,

Apologies for the Money/Monkey slip up - I'm glad to have made a few of you
chuckle 😅

Typo is now corrected in on the website

Best wishes,
Sam

On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM Sam Bithell <bithell.sam at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> FROM THE EDITOR
>
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> NEWSJil Segerman
>
> We are sad to announce that Jil Segerman, our Newsletter Editor, has died.
> Her death was sudden and unexpected. She was our Newsletter editor for an
> astonishing 25 years. During that time she retired from her job in nuclear
> medicine and moved from Manchester to Sussex, while increasing the
> newsletter frequency from bi-monthly to monthly and attending over 100
> tournaments. Her perpetually sunny disposition will be sorely missed.
>
> Sam Bithell has taken over the editorship on a temporary basis, but is
> unable to do this permanently. We therefore need a replacement: if you are
> interested please contact president at britgo.org
> Global News
>
> UK players continue to achieve top results across Europe, with Yifan Bao
> (7d) placing 1st in the 2026 Großer Affensprung
> <https://europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T260523D> (Great
> Money Jump) in Hamburg and 4th in the Dutch Open
> <https://europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T260515A>.
> Yuanzhen Li (7d) and Jason Qian (4d) placed 1st and 2nd, respectively, in
> the 27th Madrid Open
> <https://europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T260516K>.
> Yuanzhen Li also won the Not the London Open
> <https://europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T260523C> (see
> below).
>
> Bruno Poltronieri (4d) will be our representative in the World Amateur
> (6-13 September, in Korea), and Michael Cheung (5d) will be our
> representative at the Korean Prime Minister's Cup (6 -13 November, Incheon,
> Korea).
> BGA Tournament Winners
>
> Full results here <https://britgo.org/results/12months>.
> *Sheffield Uni* - Zhan Shi
> *Not the London Open* - Yuanzhen Li
> *Welsh Open* - Jake Game
> *Ulster* - George Cristian Chirila
> ADMINAGM
>
> The 2026 BGA AGM took place on 28 May, with nearly 50 members attending or
> by proxy. The accounts - which showed a surplus for the year of £24 - were
> approved and Richard Wheeldon was re-elected as Examiner. Toby Manning and
> Phil Beck were re-elected as President and Treasurer respectively, although
> Toby's position will be subject to confirmation at an EGM (see below). Seb
> Pountney stood down as Secretary and was replaced by James Pickering.
> Andrew Ambrose-Thurman, Ai Guan and Damen Woo were re-elected to the Board,
> where they were joined by Bob Scantlebury: Sam Bithell stood down from the
> Board. There was a lively debate on the motion to ask the EGF to suspend
> Israel from membership, which was lost by 27:14 (with 7 abstentions). The
> motion on subsidising the 2028 European Go Congress, putatively to be held
> in Stirling, was withdrawn as it was clear that the membership felt that
> the motion was poorly drafted and there was insufficient information to
> make a decision.
> BGA President and upcoming EGM
>
> An Extraordinary General Meeting will be held on *Wednesday 17 June at
> 19:00* by Zoom for members to determine who should be President going
> forward. The Agenda for the EGM has been published and can be found here
> <https://britgo.org/history/accounts> in the members' area. Proxies
> should be appointed, in the same way as for an AGM, by contacting the
> Secretary (secretary at britgo.org) not less than 24 hours prior to the EGM
> in accordance with Article 42
> <https://britgo.org/files/articles/articles0525.pdf>.
>
> Gerry Gavigan and Toby Manning are both standing as candidates and the
> candidates have been invited to produce statements: Gavigan
> <https://britgo.org/files/2026/Manifesto-Gavigan.pdf> Manning
> <https://britgo.org/files/2026/Manifesto-Manning.pdf>
> EVENTS COMING SOON
>
> *This Month:* BGA EGM (online), Durham, Cambridge Youth, Online Lesson 6
> *July* European Go Congress (Turkey)
> *August* Mind Sports Olympiad (London), Newcastle*
> *September* European Women (London), Cambridge Youth, Nottingham,
> Swindon*, Confucius Cup (Dublin)*
> *October* European Women's Championship (London), Sheffield, Wessex*,
> Three Peaks
> *November* British Youth (Nottingham), Bar Low*, Northern Go Tournament
> (Cheadle Hulme School)
>
>    - *To be confirmed
>
>
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