A few simple rules ... limitless possibilities

This exists to provide teaching and mentoring support to members who are trying to improve their game. The aim to us to raise the level of play of those who want to learn more about Go.

Members: 

Role	Job Description	Person	Trophy	Email
Analysis Service	Provides members with the chance to get their games commented on by a stronger player. Games should be sent to the Analyst who will either review them himself or pass them to other members of the committee for review. If your game is very interesting, your permission may be sought to publish it in the British Go Journal. Electronic game records are preferred, but paper game diagrams are OK too.	David Ward		Email contact form
Double Digit Kyu Support	Provides support for the training and encouragement of players at and below 10 kyu.	VACANT
National Trainer	This is a job required as part of the European Go and Cultural Centre's training programme. He or she acts as an interface for teaching material produced between the EGCC and the BGA. He or she also should encourage training through a network of trainers and provide training courses and materials.	Andrew Simons		Email contact form
Rating and Grading	Monitors the rating and grading system, determines if any changes are needed and makes them.	Geoff Kaniuk		Email contact form
Shodan Challenge	Organises the Shodan Challenge, setting up and maintaining the list of challengers and their mentors.	Martha McGill		Email contact form
Shodan Challenge	Organises the Shodan Challenge, setting up and maintaining the list of challengers and their mentors.	Billy Woods		Email contact form
Teaching Events	Suggests and encourages teaching events to be held around the country during the year.	VACANT
Teaching in Clubs	Suggests and encourages teaching initiatives that can be used by clubs for internal teaching.	VACANT
Training Consultant	Provides the BGA with training advice and material that can be used to run seminars or courses.	Matthew Macfadyen		Email contact form

Paul, 50, lives in Cambridge. He works as a software developer at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. He learned to play Go when he was 9 years old from a book by the games collector R C Bell. He later started a Go club in his school and they competed in the British Schools Championship in 1980.

He was promoted to 1-dan in 1993 and 2-dan in 1996.

We're pleased to be able to announce that the European Go Federation have awarded us the European Youth Go Championship for 2014.

We're currently proposing that it be held in conjunction with the British Open in March or April 2014 in the Butlins resort, Bognor Regis.

Final dates should be announced early in 2013.

We're setting up an organisation team to look after this project, so if you

Jon is a retired IT professional living in East Sussex and learnt to play Go at school at the tender age of 14, becoming 1 dan and British Champion in 1965. He was Champion for 11 of the next 12 years, ending up by being promoted to 6 dan, but retiring to spend more time with his family (as they say) in 1977.