Youth Champions Roll of Honour

Here are the winners of each age group at the annual British Youth Go Championship. The name highlighted in bold is the overall champion for that year.

Matthew Cocke, who won three youth titles in the 1980s, went on to become one of the strongest Go players in the country. As of 2013 he is 5-dan and represented the UK in the World Amateur Go Championships in 1997 and 2002 (both in Japan), and the first two World Mind Sports Games at Beijing in 2008 and Lille in 2012. He was the Challenger for the British Championship in 1999, 2002 and 2003.

Other former youth and under-18 champions who have gone on to become dan players include Sam Perlo-Freeman (3-dan), Sam Beaton (2-dan), Chris Dawson (1-dan), Jimmy Mao (1-dan), William Brooks (3-dan), Michael Webster (2-dan), Jamie Taylor (2-dan) and Scott Cobbold (3 dan).

For junior (and other) winners of all-age events see the tournaments section.

Youth Champions

Year/Place/ Results	No.	Under 18	Under 16	Under 14	Under 12	Under 10	Under 8
2024-25 Leicester	37	-	Alvina Kwok	Audrey Fung	Ryan Zhang	Aidan Fung	Ezreal Yang
2023-24 Leicester	38	Scott Cobbold	Alvina Kwok	Daniel Yang	Ryan Zhang	Aidan Fung	Sophia Gan
2022-23 Leicester	48	Scott Cobbold	Hanna Kudla	Alvina Kwok	Andrew Volovich	Mark Kirillin	Aidan Fung
2021 Leicester	40	Robbie James	Scott Cobbold	Alvina Kwok	Gene Wong	Lukasz Kudla	Rachel Chik
2020 OGS	36	Jayden Ng	Scott Cobbold	Sam Barnett	Daniel Yang	Alexander Timperi	Ryan Zhang
2019 Rugby	55	Jayden Ng	Edmund Smith	Scott Cobbold	Zoe Walters	Daniel Yang	Alexander Timperi
2018 Aston	57	Tom Bradbury	Jayden Ng	Edmund Smith	Zoe Walters	Daniel Yang	Yanyi Xiong
2017 Aston	46	Zaki Betesh	Jayden Ng	Edmund Smith	Lueming Yang	Zoe Walters	George Han
2016 Leicester	43	Elom Willson	Zaki Betesh	Josh Gorman	Edmund Smith	Hanna Kudla	George Han
2015 Aston	34	Alex Benton	Alex Terry	Oscar Selby	Edmund Smith	Alexander Hsieh	Jianzhou Mei
2014 Aston	19		Melchior Chui	Dylan Zhu-Dong	Oscar Selby	Hilary Bexfield	Andreas Ghica
2013 Aston	27	Tian-Ren Chen	Melchior Chui	Hasan Nisar	Dylan Zhu-Dong	Oscar Selby	Edmund Smith
2012 Bloxham	13	Tian-Ren Chen	Aidan Putman	Thomas Meehan	Dylan Zhu-Dong	Anthony Ghica	Edmund Smith
2011 Bloxham	24	Mazhar Warraich	Tian-Ren Chen	Aidan Putman	Roella Smith		Anthony Ghica
2010 Aston	22	Jamie Taylor	Tian-Ren Chen	Jack Drury	Thomas Meehan	Barney Shiu	Sophie Broad
2009 Aston	39	Michael Webster	Mazhar Warraich	Tian-Ren Chen	John Cremin	Roella Smith	Sophie Broad
2008 Aston	38	Maria Tabor	Steven Donlon	Mazhar Warraich	John Perkins	Thomas Meehan	Roella Smith
2007 Loughborough	38	William Brooks	Matthew Hathrell	Hai Xia	Ken Dackombe	Thomas Meehan	Roella Smith
2006 Aston	40	William Brooks	Maria Tabor	Hai Xia	Vanessa Wong	Dominic Boston	Thomas Meehan
2005 Aston	74	Jonathan Englefield	William Brooks	Sadhvik Vijay	Chun Hin Woo	Chun Yin Woo	Thomas Meehan
2004 Aston	51	Chao Gao	William Brooks	Paul Blockley	Costas Televantos	Ken Dackombe
2003 Cambridge	22	Jimmy Mao	Jonathan Englefield	William Brooks	Oscar John	Matthew Harris	Ken Dackombe
2002 Bloxham	24	Jimmy Mao	Shawn Hearn	William Brooks	Paul Blockley		Ken Dackombe
2001 Fitzharrys	22	Ben Morris	Jimmy Mao	Tom Eckersley-Waites	William Brooks	Oscar John	Ben Parker
2000 Milton, Cambs	26	Philip Marshall	Thomas Blockley	Adam Eckersley-Waites	Ian McAnally	Paul Blockley	Ben Parker
1999 Brakenhale	35	Philip Tedder	Thomas Blockley	Theo Elliott	Tom Eckersley-Waites	William Brooks	Luise Wolf
1998 Milton, Cambs	34	Paul Hyman	Francis Weaver	Thomas Blockley	Tom Eckersley-Waites	William Brooks	Paul Blockley
1997 Brakenhale	32	David King	Laura Coe	Thomas Blockley	Clare Franklin	Adam Eckersley-Waites	Luise Wolf
1996 Brakenhale	23	David King	Anna Griffiths	Emma Marchant	Thomas Blockley	Sophia Ellul
1995 Brakenhale	-		David King	Emma Marchant	Thomas Blockley	Sophia Ellul
1994 Brakenhale	29	Joe Beaton	David King	John-Paul Kenton	Graham Brooks	Thomas Blockley	Sophia Ellul
1993 Stowe	30	Chris Dawson	Adalberto Duarte	Daniel Cox	David Bennett	Graham Brooks
1992 Stowe	45	Sam Beaton	Jason Cheng	Adalberto Duarte	Anna Griffiths	Graham Brooks	John Ellul
1991 Stowe	-	Sam Beaton	Mark Simmons	Debbie Lakeman	Ben Beaton
1990 Stowe	-	Adam Shepherd	Sam Beaton	Mark Simmons	Hugh Robinson
1989 Stowe	-	Matthew Cocke	Sam Beaton	Mark Simmons
1988 Stowe	35	Michael Carr	Anand Tanna	Sam Beaton
1987 Cookham	17	Leigh Rutland	Matthew Cocke	Sam Beaton
1986 Lyme Regis	14	Sam Perlo-Freeman	Matthew Cocke	Peter Diamond
1985 Furze Platt	-	Sam Perlo-Freeman	Nichola Oswald	Jason Cobbold
1984 Furze Platt	30	Alistair Thompson	Sam Perlo-Freeman	Nichola Oswald

Champion Teams

(The Castledine Trophy is awarded to the top team)

Year	Place	Castledine	Lightning	Primary School	Team Handicap
2023	OGS	Winchester School
2022	OGS	James Gillespie High School, Edinburgh		James Gillespie Primary School, Edinburgh	Cambridge
2021	Leicester	Cheadle Hulme			Ilford
2020	OGS	Cheadle Hulme		James Gillespie's, Edinburgh
2019	Rugby	Cheadle Hulme		Harpenden Academy
2018	Aston	Cambridge		Harpenden Academy
2017	Aston	Cheadle Hulme		Harpenden Academy
2016	Leicester	Impington		James Gillespie's, Edinburgh
2015	Aston	Cheadle Hulme		Milton, Cambridge
2014	Aston	Stamford Green Primary, Epsom		Stamford Green Primary, Epsom
2013	Aston	Loughborough		Sandilands
2012	Bloxham	Loughborough
2011	Bloxham	Loughborough
2010	Loughborough	Loughborough			Aston
2009	Aston	Loughborough			Weapon X (Camb.)
2008	Aston	King Edward VI (Aston) School			Penguin Patrol (Camb.)
2007	Loughborough	King Edward VI (Aston) School			Reading School
2006	Aston	King Edward VI (Aston) School			Tent from Kent
2005	Aston	King Edward VI (Aston) School		Jurby School, Isle of Man	Cambridge Junior Chess & Go
2004	Aston	King Edward VI (Aston) School			Shared by Bromley & Loughborough
2003	Cambridge	Shared by Bloxham & Cambridge Junior Chess & Go		Cottenham Primary
2002	Bloxham	Cambridge Junior Chess & Go	Cambridge Junior Chess & Go
2001	Fitzharrys	Bloxham	Bloxham
2000	Milton (Cambs.)	Brakenhale	Brakenhale
1999	Brakenhale	Brakenhale	Brakenhale
1998	Milton (Cambs.)	Brakenhale	Brakenhale
1997	Brakenhale	Brakenhale	Brakenhale
1996	Brakenhale	Brakenhale	Brakenhale
1995	Brakenhale	Brakenhale	Brakenhale
1994	Brakenhale	Brakenhale	Commonweal
1993	Brakenhale	Brakenhale	Culcheth
1992	Stowe	Furze Platt	Furze Platt
1991	Furze Platt	Furze Platt
1990	Stowe	Furze Platt
1989	Stowe	Furze Platt
1988	Stowe	Furze Platt
1987	Cookham	Furze Platt
1986	Cookham	Furze Platt
1985	Furze Platt	Furze Platt
1984	Leeds	Furze Platt
1983	Hornchurch	Leeds Grammar
1982	Madeley	Leeds Grammar
1981	Kings Norton	Leeds Grammar
1980	Kingsthorpe	Leeds Grammar

Teams originally contested at a separate event from BYGC and it reverted to separate event (online) in 2022.Others

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