News just in, a report from Thomas Shanahan: The NUIG Go Society had a lovely Christmas blitz just before the winter break. A plethora of people attended and there was merriment in abundance. We played on 9 by 9 boards with 5 minutes SD per side. Everybody played everybody and dare I say it, a [...]
For once no natural disaster struck Cork on the eve of its Go tournament. 24 players turned up to do battle, but only 23 got to play. For the second year in a row the winner came from Dutchland, Kim Ouweleen boasting a flawless 5/5. In second place (on tiebreak) was Ian Davis, ahead of [...]
Last Wednesday (12th October) the UCC Weiqi Club held an EGM regarding the tournament we are organising next month. We do have a general setup now and are ready to begin the registration. General information on the tournament: When and where: 19-20th November 2011, Electrical Engineering Building L1 Tournament system: 5 rounds, McMahon, Class B, [...]
There was a good showing at the AGM in Larry Murphy’s last night, with proceedings concluding in under 1 hour. Highlights included the election of one Rory Wales as President, the transition of the Treasury to Eoghan Barry, and the appearance of Justyna Kleczar on the committee. The full minutes of the meeting will appear [...]
As already announced on the newsgroup, the AGM will take place this year on Wednesday 5th October, at Larry Murphy’s at 8.30pm. As of now, the agenda is very short, so there should be plenty of time for amusement after the meeting. If you care about how Go is run in your country, please turn [...]
There has been an Irish contingent at the Barcelona Open, another Pandanet Tour event. Wei Wang claimed 3rd place with 4/5 (one SOS off 2nd), while Colin MacSweeny finished with 2/5 further back. The Top 8 has almost finished, Colin and Noel have claimed 3rd and 4th place respectively, while Ian and James are tied [...]
The 2011 Irish Go Congress will take place over the weekend of March 4th – 6th. This will be the penultimate event in the Pandanet Go European Cup, which comes to an end this year. As usual Friday will see the Rapid tournament taking place, while over Saturday and Sunday the Main tournament will take [...]
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The Irish Go Associations’s AGM took place in Larry Murphy’s on the 3rd of November. The main details are as follows We are reverting to old membership fee structure New club starting in UCD at the Confuscius Institute Ireland will enter a team for the new EGF pandanet team league Usual shuffling around of committee [...]
Ireland managed to acheive 25th place in the Korean Prime Minister’s Cup World Amateur Baduk Championship. With the aid of a fortunate draw Ian Davis grabbed 4 wins from 7, laying waste to Norway, Portugal, Kazhakstan and Brazil – while failing miserably against Slovakia, Sweden and Denmark. Korea won the event ahead of Japan and [...]