The following information is a guide based on 2018 Go Tournaments. There is no guarantee the events will be held at the same time as the exact dates of tournaments and details are not yet available but this may help plan your calendar. The Events page is updated when full details are available.
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The 2018 Australian Championships will be held at Griffith University, Queensland over the weekend of December 8th & 9th 2018 in Room 3.59/3.60/3.61/3.62, G11 Learning Commons building.
Information about registration and the event can be found here
The tournament will be a round Swiss over two days, Australian tournament (Japanese) rules, 60 minutes main time + 3 x 40 seconds byoyomi. There will be two divisions, the Open division, with even games for players 1d and above, and handicap division (everyone else). The Facebook event can be found here.
The AGA National Championships is an AGA first-class tournament, competitors attracts representative points.
The event will be hosted by the Griffith Go Club.
The 2018 Go Congress will be held between Sept 27th and Sept 30th 2018 at Sydney University. All details are on the Congress website timetable of events can be found here and the address and map can be found here – this website also has pages to help you find accommodation, tourist activities and registration.
The Australian Go Congress was founded by Sang-Dae Hahn in 2015. Professor Hahn was also the initiator of the Korean Ambassador’s Cup tournament which is now played in more than 10 countries.
Raphael Shin is Publisher of the Hanho Korean Newspaper in Sydney is the major sponsor and Chairman of the Congress organising committee – Raphael is also president of the Australian Go Association.
David Mitchell is General Manager for the Congress with Max Han (CFO), Sol Shin (Secretary) and An Younggil 8P (Tournament Referee) dealing with all organizational matters.
The Congress is supported by the Australian Go Association (A.G.A.), Sydney Go Club and Sydney University Go Club. There is also valuable input from the Australian Go Community in particular from Billy Sun, Erli Qiu, William Qian, Neville Smythe, Daniel Li, Cindy Xu and James Kaaden.
The Ing Foundation is hosting the 2018 International Collegiate Go Tournament at The University of Cambridge, England. The event starts on July 9th and will conclude on the 15th.
The players representing Australia are Cary Jin & Zhou Wei from Melbourne; Huang HanTao from Sydney; Xin Li from Perth and Daniel Li is representing the University of Sydney Go Society. Daniel is a guest and also a participant in the tournament because next year tournament will be held at Sydney University.
Details can be found on the Ing Foundation web page. The British Go Association also has information on their website
A huge vote of thanks goes to Daniel Li from Sydney University Go Club for gaining the hosting rights to the 2019 International Collegiate Go Tournament.
The South Australia Championships will be hosted by the Adelaide Go Club and will be held at Living Choice Fullarton Retirement Village, 123 Fisher St, Fullarton, South Australia.
The Korean Ambassador’s Cup will be held at the offices of the Hanho Korean Daily Newspaper in Eastwood on Sunday August 12th from 8:30am; Registration closes at 9:00am with the Prize Presentation at 5:45pm.
Contact: Kori Valentine
Email: korzamasa@gmail.com
Facebook: Tasmanian Go Club
Phone: 0420 819 036
Meets: Good Games Hobart, 44 Brisbane St, Hobart, Tasmania 7000 Australia
Time: Tuesday from 5:00pm to 9:00pm
Further info: A casual, non-competitive group. No entry fees. Beginners always welcome.
Contact: Clive Hunt
Email: clivehunt@bigpond.com
Phone:
Facebook:
Perth Go Club Discussion group
Website:
Meets: Reid Library (ground floor), The University of Western Australia, Crawley (Sundays from 1pm to 4pm).
Contact: Brenton Williams
Email: adelaide@go.org.au
Phone: TBA
Facebook:
Website:
Meets: Living Choice Retirement Village, 123 Fisher St Fullarton 5063, in the cafe area immediately past the foyer (Saturday afternoons from 1:30pm to 4:30pm once a fortnight from 13 January 2018)
Email: secretary@brisbane.go.org.au
Phone:
Facebook:
Website: Brisbane Go Club
Meets: Ace Comics and Games, Shop 18, Annerley Arcade, 478 Ipswich Road, Annerley (Tuesday evenings 6:30pm to 10:30pm)
Contact: Yoko Usami
Email: goldcoast@go.org.au
Phone: 0411-441-720
Facebook:
Website: Gold Coast Go Club
Meets: Links Hope Island Golf Club, Hope Island Road, Hope Island (last Sunday of each month from 1pm)
Contact: Michael Baczynski
Email: michael.baczynski@bbrd.org.au
Phone: 04 1144 2081
Facebook:
Meets: Refectory, R Block, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba on Tuesday lunchtimes from 1pm, BYO goban.
Contact: Mason Reid
Email: mason.reid@griffithuni.edu.au
Website:
Meets: Nathan Campus, Griffith University. Friday 12pm, N03
Facebook: magicgobris
Meets: The Magic Vault, 9 South Pine Rd, Alderley, QLD, 4051 every Thursday from 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Contact: Colton Tinkey
email: TownsvilleGoClub@gmail.com
Facebook:
Meets: Contact Colton for details about meetings.
Facebook page:
Website: Queensland Go Society
Meets: Contact clubs listed above.