Kevin Farrell was representing Ireland at the 12th Korean Prime Minister’s Cup. He gave a creditable performance, picking up 2 wins over the course of 6 rounds to finish in 45th place. If I read the results table correctly, he won against Guatemala and Ecuador, but lost to Belgium, Sweden, Macau, and Romania. It was…
September Newsflash
A quick newsflash on some international topics. The Korean Prime Minister’s Cup will be starting on the 11th of September, Ireland are represented by Kevin Farrell. As in previous years, you can probably watch games live on the WBaduk server. The European Team Championships are also starting later this month on IGS. Oh,…
Upcoming Events
- Galway Tournament will take place on June 13th/14th
- 2020 Correspondence Championship is ongoing
Weekly Meetings (last update 3rd March 2020) Cork — Alternate Tuesdays 20:30, in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Hall, alternate Sundays 20:30 in Mr. Bradley’s (check in advance to confirm)
Galway — Tuesday 20:00, in the Black Gate
Pair go in the Japanese embassy
Thanks to the Japanese Ambassador and Cultural Deparment for hosting Go events in the embassy to mark the 60th anniversary of
Japan/Ireland diplomatic relations. Pair Go 1st Rachel Plomp & Matei Garcia
2nd Naomi O’Dhea & John Gibson Rengo 1st Chris Rafferty & John Courtney
2nd Geoffrey Crespino & Patrick Burke The…
Tom and Jan, Galway champions
This week-end was an incredible sunny setting for our tournament in Galway, and we were delighted to host 15 players from all over Europe! Sweden, Scotland, Spain, UK, that was amazing to see people coming from this far to join our little tournament and the atmosphere was definitely here for some nice fights on the…