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The bumper 2020 Irish Go Congress edition<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot of random bits and pieces this month, most of it not actually relating to March…<\/p>\n

Irish Go Congress<\/em>
\nLucas Ye won both the Rapid and the Open<\/a>, continuing to rack up wins after his victory in the Cork tournament at the end of last year.<\/p>\n

2020 AGM<\/em>
\nThe minutes from this year’s AGM are now available<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking forward… March<\/strong><\/p>\n

IGA website overhaul<\/em>
\nNiall is hard at work bringing the new incarnation of the site<\/a> online<\/p>\n

Correspondence Championship<\/em>
\n21 players across 4 divisions. Keep tabs through the OGS Ireland group<\/a><\/p>\n

Weekly Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Galway<\/a> – Tuesday 19:30 in Mc Swiggans
\nCork<\/a> – every other Tuesday* 20:30 in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Hall
\nDublin<\/a> – Wednesday 19:00 in Toners
\nOnline<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Thursday 20:00-22:00
\nStillorgan<\/a> – Sunday 14:00-18:00 at PingZone, St Benildus College
\nCork<\/a> – every other Sunday* 20:30 at Mr Bradleys, Barrack St<\/p>\n

* The rebel county alternates between two venues and nights. Best to check in advance<\/a> if planning to attend.<\/p>\n

\"Pandanet
\n10th PGETC<\/em>
\nIreland did not fare well against South Africa in round 5<\/a> and so slipped slightly<\/a> on the leaderboard. To be fair, the team’s performance thus far has been outstanding given that they were only promoted to league C for the current championship. They will face Greece in round 6 on March 31st<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking back… February<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020 Top 8 (Irish Championship)<\/em>
\nAfter winning his game<\/a> against Alex, James will advance to face Matei in the championship series<\/a><\/p>\n

\"lights,
\nAction!<\/em>
\nThe Cork group was visited by a team of film students from UCC. They have chosen Go as the focus of their term project. Two of them learned the rules at their first meeting and returned with recording equipment for the following two.<\/p>\n

On the continent…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"European
\nEuropean Youth Go Yearbook 2019<\/em>
\nArtem has posted a review<\/a> of the SEYGO 2019 yearbook<\/a>. A 140-page pdf version is available for purchase.<\/p>\n

\"European
\nEGC 2020 Update<\/em>
\nThe 2020 European Go Congress<\/a> will take place in Ukraine from July 25th to August 9th<\/p>\n

Go Retreat at Ask Island<\/em>
\nThe IGA has received an invitation<\/a> from Antti T\u00c3\u00b6rm\u00c3\u00a4nen 1p to a unique Go retreat in Bergen, Norway, this August – brochure<\/a><\/p>\n

Tenuki<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coronavirus Impacts Tournaments<\/em><\/p>\n