Tournaments and Events

Queensland State Championships, Brisbane, February 6-7 2010
Golden Aussie Go Tournament, Melbourne, April 17-18
NSW State Championships, Sydney, June 2010
ACT State Championships, Canberra, July 2010
Korean Ambassador's Cup Sydney, August 2010
Australian National Championships, Sydney, October 2010

Details and contacts for tournaments will be listed below as they become available.

These tournaments earn participants Representative Points; the player leading the Representative Point table is eligible for selection to represent Australia at certain international tournaments, in particular the World Amateur Go Championship and the Korean Prime Minister's Cup. Results for previous tournament and the current Representative Point table can be found in the Links section.

Tournament organisers: please submit details to the Secretary

International events

30th World Amateur Go Championships

Kakegawa May 26 -31

Events for 2010

2010 Queensland State Championships

Sat - Sun 6 - 7 February at the University of Queensland - contact horatio@go.org.au or your nearest Brisbane Go Club committee member.

1st Golden Aussie Go Tournament

Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th February at the Eley Park Community Centre, Melbourne. Guest appearance by An Younggil 8p as tournament referee, hosted by the Victorian Go Club and sponsored by Only Choice Properties. More details and a flyer in the Australian Go Journal, or contact billy@chinohouse.com.au.

2010 NSW State Championships

Saturday and Sunday June 12, 13 Sydney.
Philas House.[Level 1] 17 Brisbane St, Surry Hills [City]
Contact Robert Vadas Robert Vadas

2010 ACT Championships

Saturday and Sunday July 24, 25 in conjunction with the ANU Chess Festival.
Venue: ANU School of Art, Canberra (Registration 9am)
*** Note the change of venue***
The School of Music is close to the centre of the city: turn left at the end of University Avenue
The building is at the "C" of Childers Street (reference E-F2-3) on ANU Map
Contact Neville Smythe for further details.

Fifth Korean Ambassador's Cup

Saturday and Sunday August 14, 15 at the Young Go Academy, Strathfield, Sydney.
Division A is 5d and up, Division B is 1d to 4d, Division C is 9k to 1k.
Prize money is $300 (first place), $200 (second place) and $100 (third place) for each division.
Registration is $10 for seniors and students, and $30 for everyone else. Register from 8:30 each morning, play starts at 10am, more details at the Journal.
Four professional players will attend as guests. There will be a teaching evening on Friday the 13th - flyer here with the details
For more information or to preregister, please contact Jungwoong Lee (0410 910 600) and Yoonguk Noh (0430 273 393) of the Korean Baduk Association of Australia (who are organising the tournament) or An Younggil of the YGA (anyoungkil@gmail.com).

Events from 2009

Special Event - Go Camp at Ballina, Northern NSW, May 2-4

13th NEC Cup

Saturday and Sunday April 18, 19 at the Vibe Savoy Hotel, Little Collins St Melbourne.

Saturday 8 August 2009. (note 1-day tournament)
Venue: Sila Restaurant 161 Beamish St. Campsie Ph: 9718 1029

2009 Australian National Championships

Saturday and Sunday October 3 -4, Teaching Day Friday October 2 .

Venue: Members’ Lounge, Ground Floor, Union House, University of Melbourne
Registration form is here
On-the-day registration begins at Saturday 8:00am (changed from 9:00am, to allow more time for people), but please register in advance! You can register in advance by using direct debit or money order. You may also register on the Saturday morning in person or on the Friday teaching day. (The Friday teaching day is located in Alice Hoy Rm109, and Rm330. Coordinates for Alice Hoy Building is I-20 on the university map.)
AGA Annual General Meeting begins Saturday 5:30pm
Closing ceremony begins Sunday 5:30pm
Contact: SPGO or Box 11, Union House, University of Melbourne, Vic 3010

On Friday October 2, there will be a free day of teaching events and games, with professional 8 dan Younggil An in attendance. Please the organisers know if you will be there!
Time: 9am-5pm. Friday 2nd October.
Location: Room 109 (with Rm330, as a relax room, or extra room), Alice Hoy Building, Melbourne Uni. (Room 109 is located downstairs, entrance from Monash Road. Get off the tram and walk into uni, it should be the second set of stairs going down into the building on your left. Room 330 is accessed by going up the stairs inside the building.)

If you have never been to the university before, you can find it at the northern end of Swanston St, Melbourne city. Please see this city map.
You can find Union House using this campus map, it is building 130, map reference E15. You want to enter through North Court (on the northern side of the building).

2008 Events

12th NEC Cup

Saturday and Sunday April 19, 20 2008 in Melbourne.

As usual, a great time was has by all. Contact Brad Melki for results.

2008 NSW State Championships

Saturday and Sunday June 7, 8 Sydney.
Philas House.[Level 1] 17 Brisbane St, Surry Hills [City]
Contact Robert Vadas Robert Vadas The winner of the open section was David He. Results are in the Files/Tournaments section.

2008 ACT Championships

Saturday and Sunday July 26, 27 in conjunction with the ANU Chess Festival.
Venue: Fenner Hall, Northbourne Ave, Canberra
The winner of the Open section was Miao Zhao; Cuiying Xu win the Handicap section.

3rd Korean Ambassadors Cup & Sydney Korean Baduk Association Championship

Saturday 23 August 2008. (note 1-day tournament)
Venue: Sila Restaurant 161 Beamish St. Campsie Ph: 9718 1029
With 58 players in 4 divisions this was a very exciting tournament. In the top division, which boasted 7 7 dans and 6 6-dans among the 16 players, Sena Lee defeated all opponents to take 1st place. Raphael Shin came second, and will represent Australia in the KPMC. David He was third. In Division B (1 to 4 dan) Shi Hao was first, while K.W. Kim and Jang Woo Lee took out Divisions C and D.
YoungGil An 6p, one of Korea's bright new professional stars and who is spending a year in Australia, was tournament referee.

2008 Queensland State Championships

Sat - Sun 15 - 16 MARCH at Brisbane Bridge Centre 104 Frederick St Annerley

2008 Australian National Championships

Saturday and Sunday November 22-23.

Venue: Brisbane Bridge Centre 104 Frederick St. Annerley.

Some photos from the 1st World Mind Sports Games ...

Team Australia

Opening ceremony

Joanne Missingham v Monika Reimpell
More photos in the Files/Photos section