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1
Introduction
1.1
Overview
1.2
The British Go Association
I
Running a Club
2
Starting A Club
2.1
Setting Up
2.2
Club Management
3
Publicity For Clubs
3.1
Publicity for New Go Clubs
3.2
Regular Publicity
3.3
Club Web Site
3.4
Open Evenings and Freshers Fairs
3.4.1
Timing and Publicity
3.4.2
Running the Open Evening
4
Teaching Beginners
4.1
Teaching the rules
4.2
Starting To Play
4.2.1
Board Size
4.2.2
Teaching Games
4.2.3
Computer Programs
5
Competitions for Clubs
5.1
Club Ladder
5.1.1
Prizes
5.1.2
Limitations
5.1.3
Representing the Ladder
5.2
Club Championship
5.3
Club Tournaments
6
Teaching Events
6.1
Demonstration games
6.2
Game analyses
6.3
Visits by stronger players
6.4
Study sessions
6.5
Teaching Exercises
6.5.1
Killing Game
6.5.2
Strategic Thinking
6.6
Other possibilities
II
Running a Tournament
7
Planning a Tournament
7.1
Date and Venue
7.2
Format
7.3
Publicity
7.3.1
Tournament Website
7.3.2
Flyers/Entry Forms
7.3.3
Email Announcements
7.3.4
Other Forms Of Publicity
7.4
Timetable
7.5
Prizes
7.6
Entry Fee
7.6.1
BGA Levy
7.7
Miscellaneous Points
7.7.1
Getting Equipment
7.7.2
Laptop
7.7.3
BGA shop
7.7.4
Public Liability Insurance
7.7.5
Social Event
7.7.6
Accommodation
7.8
Longer Events
7.9
British Go Congress
8
Running a Tournament
8.1
Before the Tournament
8.2
General Points
8.3
Organising The Draw
8.3.1
Using a Computer
8.3.2
Producing a Draw by Hand
8.4
Presenting The Results
8.5
Side Events
8.5.1
Novices Tournament
8.5.2
Self Pairing Tournaments
8.6
After the Tournament
9
The McMahon System
9.1
Overview
9.2
The Bar
9.3
Handicaps
9.4
Sleeping Players
9.5
Forfeits
9.6
Overall winner
10
Producing the Draw
10.1
Schedule
10.2
Pre-registration
10.3
Workplace
10.4
Registration On The Day
10.5
Closing The Register
10.6
Changes to the Register
10.7
Pairing For Round 1
10.8
Results
10.9
Finale
11
Other Tournament Systems
11.1
Simple knockout
11.2
Double elimination knockout (Judan system)
11.3
Generalised knockout
11.4
Zone systems
11.5
Swiss system
11.6
Zoned Swiss system
11.7
Round Robin
11.8
Swiss knockout
11.9
Mixed Systems
A
Default Rules for BGA Tournaments
A.1
Komi
A.2
Triple Ko
A.3
Overtime
B
Useful Contacts
B.1
Email addresses
B.2
Links
C
Sample Press Release
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