The Belfast Open tournament will take place at Belfast Boat Club in the Stranmillis area of Belfast on the 1st and 2nd of September. Belfast Boat club is close to the city centre and thus relatively easy to find. There is ample free car parking space beside the venue.

The event will again be played in the (ground floor) Function Room of Belfast Boat Club. (You can ask at reception if you get lost, but it’s really not that big a place.) The Belfast Open is an EGF Class B tournament, and will count toward both Irish Korea Points and the British Stacey points. This year we will have 5 rounds.

Rules
Japanese Rules, 6.5 komi
50 minutes maintime, 30 seconds 3 times overtime
McMahon tournament, Handicaps ΔMMS-1, SOS only tiebreaker, no cheating.

Schedule
Saturday 1st September
– Registration: 9:30 to 10:30
– Round 1: 11:00 to 13:15
– Round 2: 14:00 to 16:15

Sunday 2nd September
– Round 3: 9:00 to 11:00
– Round 4: 11:30 to 13:30
– Round 5: 14:30 to 16:30
– Prizegiving after 16:30

There is some possiblity of making the rounds on Saturday longer and those on Sunday shorter

Entry Fees:
Please pre-register for the event before 30th August to avoid the penalty fee
– Normal: 12 pounds
– One Day Only: 7 pounds
– Concessions (Unemployed, Students, OAPs): 8 pounds
– Penalties (Not a member of any National Go Organisation OR Late registration) 2 pounds
To enter email James Hutchinson with your rank and club at james8hut@hotmail.com

If you want to find a place to stay let me know and I can try to find some suggestions for you.