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: UK Youth Team completes their 2018/19 seasonTeam Captain Alison Bexfield, and all her squad of 12 players in the UK Youth Go team, can look back on this 2018/19 season with satisfaction, as we finished comfortably mid table, out of the 12 teams. Whilst we lost narrowly (2-3) to Czechia, in the final fixture last weekend, it was an exciting match, and each margin was between one and a dozen points. If one is… |
: UK Youth team to play CzechiaAlison Bexfield, Team Captain, has selected players for the UK Youth Go team playing - mostly on Saturday - versus Czechia. The two teams' captains have done really well, and managed to line up players with exactly the same paper grade as each opponent, save for a 2-grade… |
: Youngsters play Go despite snow ...Good news if a tad late ...
Well, mea culpa entirely for this late snippet, but no doubt Santa was still delighted with the photo. Taken in December, it shows his helpers enjoying their lunch break at Cheadle Hulme School (CHS) in South Manchester. It seems that not even snow can… |
: UK Youth team playing HungaryAlison Bexfield, Team Captain, sent us 2 posts on Sat. 12 Jan. re this UK Youth Go Team match. --- Pre-match --- Our line-up for today's match is: |
: Germany Too Strong for our UK Youth teamThe UK Youth team played a strong German team, on Saturday 15th December, and lost 4-1. This was our 2nd match in the 2018/19 European Youth Go Team Championship (EYGTC). This match against Germany was always expected to prove a hard test, as the UK was out-graded on 4 boards: ------------ Germany -------------- ------------- UK… |
: UK Youth team announced for Sat. 15 Dec.The UK Youth Team Captain, Alison Bexfield, writes: The youth team is playing Germany on Saturday 15th December and teams have been chosen. This is our 2nd match in the 2018/19 European Youth Go Team Championship (EYGTC). The match is interesting. We narrowly won our opening match against Croatia. Germany may prove an even harder test. They have a very strong… |
: Youth Championship Grows in SizeThe 2018 British Youth Go Championship (BYGC) featured 57 competitors, aged from 5 to 18. This is believed to be the second largest such event (the largest was in 2005 with 74). There were two minibuses from Cheadle Hulme School and groups from two new clubs, Rednock School (Dursley) and Sheffield Chinese School. The event would have been bigger but the Edinburgh team had to withdraw through illness and there were no locals from the host,… |
: UK Youth team wins 3-2 against CroatiaAlison Bexfield, UK Youth Team Captain, brings us these 2 stories - the first pre-match, and the second post-match - to follow on from her UK Squad announcement. The 2018/19 European Youth Go Team Championship (EYGTC) is held online over four rounds, on KGS. Pre-match The UK Youth team is today (24th November 2018) playing its first… |
: Some new UK Juniors in the 2018/19 European Youth Go Team ChampionshipAlison Bexfield, UK Youth Team Captain, writes: I am pleased to announce this year's UK Youth Team for the European Youth Go Team Championship 2018/19 (EYGTC). This is held online over four rounds on KGS. The standard in the UK team has increased every year, with this year no exception. I put together a talented UK Team Squad with up to 15 Juniors, and then I select a team of 5 for… |
: 17 BGA volunteers demo Go all day to youngsters
On a pleasant autumnal day, this year - as ever - the splendidly organised Doki Doki Festival was held in Manchester, helped a lot by members of the friendly Japan Society North West (JSNW). This is an exciting event, with all… |
