Tournaments and Events

• Queensland State Championships, Brisbane (March 2012)
• Golden Aussie Go Tournament, Melbourne (May 2012)
• NSW State Championships, Sydney (June 2012)
• MCSQ Cup, Brisbane (April 2012)
• ACT State Championships, Canberra (July 30-31, 2012)
• Korean Ambassador's Cup, Sydney (August 2012)
• Gold Coast Classic, Gold Coast, Queensland (October 9, 2012)
• Australian National Championships, Canberra (November 26-27, 2012)

Details and contacts for tournaments will be listed below as they become available; if you are a tournament organiser, make them available by emailing the AGA secretary or posting to the Australian Go Journal. First-class tournaments earn AGA representative points for each competitor, the exact amount varying according to the strength of the tournament. Representative points are good for winning selection to represent Australia at the World Amateur Go Championships, the Korean Prime Minister's Cup, and other international tournaments Australia is invited to send teams to.

2012 Queensland State Championships

• One weekend in late March at the University of Queensland, St Lucia.
• Contact dean@go.org.au
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Third Golden Aussie Go Tournament

• Hosted by the Victorian Go Club.
• Sponsored by Only Choice Properties.
• Contact the tournament director, billy@chinohouse.com.au

2012 NSW State Championships

• June at the Young Go Academy in Sydney.
• Contact Robert Vadas for more details.

Second Mainland Chinese Society of Queensland Cup

• Saturday 28 April at the Sunnybank Hills Public Library, Brisbane.
• Contact Dean Thomas or Larry Wen to preregister or for more details..

2012 ACT Championships

• Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July at the ANU School of Art in conjunction with the ANU Chess Festival.
• Hosted by the Canberra Go Club.
• Venue is building 105 (reference EF-32) on the ANU campus map.
• Contact tournament director Neville Smythe (neville.smythe@optusnet.com.au, 0414 517 719) or read the brochure for more details.

Seventh Korean Ambassador's Cup

• One weekend in August at the Young Go Academy, Strathfield, Sydney.
• Open division A on Sunday, handicap divisions B and C on Saturday.
• Contact Jungwoong Lee (0410 910 600) and Yoonguk Noh (0430 273 393) of the Korean Baduk Association of Australia or An Younggil, the master of the Academy.

Second Gold Coast Classic

• September at Gainsborough Greens Golf Club on the Gold Coast.
• Hosted by the Gold Coast Go Club
• Contact Dean Thomas (dean@go.org.au) or the GCGC.

Thirty-fifth Australian Championships

• November 23 and 24 at the Gainsborough Greens Gold Club on the Gold Coast.
• Hosted by the Brisbane Go Club.
• Six rounds over two days, with an open and a handicap division.
• Contact the tournament director, Dean Thomas to preregister or for more details.