British Youth Go Championship Results

Sunday 16th March 2008 in Aston

The 2008 Youth Championships had 37 competitors aged from 7 to 18, with strengths from 4 kyu to 30 kyu, at King Edward VI School. Maria Tabor became the first girl youth champion with 5 straight wins including beating Chinese player Tom Zhai (4 kyu Stowe).

Overall winner: Maria Tabor (Epsom) 2nd: Mazhar Warraich (Aston)
U18: Maria Tabor (Epsom) 2nd: Matthew Hathrell (Coventry)
U16: Steven Donlon (Burton) 2nd: Costas Televantos (Aston)
U14: Mazhar Warraich (Aston) 2nd: Ken Dackombe (Farnborough Village)
U12: John Perkins (Aston) 2nd: Jack Drury (Aston)
U10: Thomas Meehan (Solihull) 2nd: Hannah Sanders (Cardiff)
U8: Roella Smith (Milton) 2nd: Charlotte Bexfield (Letchworth)
Winners novice's section: Jack Merrill (Stowe) and Peran Truscott (Cambridge)
Four wins: Ravinder Hayer (Aston), Joshua Dolman (Aston) and Owen Walker (Cambridge)
Fighting Spirit Prize: Joshua Zolna (Aston)
Castledine Trophy: King Edward VI School, Aston
Team with most wins: Penguin Patrol (Cambridge) with 9/13
13x13 knockout event, 1st: Jun Hoe Ahn (Aston) 2nd: Matthew Hathrell (Coventry)
Puzzle competition: Danielle Ward (Cambridge)
Liar Dice: Joshua Dolman (Aston)

Results table

Handicap games are shown in red.
Games involving both players below 24 kyu were played on 13x13.
Roella Smith played an extra game in round 3.
The adult ghost played teaching games.

Posn	No	Name	Rank	Club	Country	1	2	3	4	5	Wins	MMS	SOS
1	1	Maria Tabor	5k	Epsom	UK	6+	12+	2+	30+	22+	5	5	14
2	2	Mazhar Warraich	8k	Aston	UK	11+	30+	1-	7+	17+	4	4	16
3	3	Jack Merrill	26k	Stowe	UK	31+	14+	10-	18+	9+	4	4	14
4	4	Ravinder Hayer	17k	Aston	UK	24+	8+	13-	25+	23+	4	4	13
4	5	Owen Walker	17k	Cambridge	UK	27+	16+	11-	21+	15+	4	4	13
6	6	Matthew Hathrell	6k	Leamington	UK	1-	32+	12+	22+	30+	4	4	12
6	7	John Perkins	13k	Aston	UK	21+	33+	24+	2-	13+	4	4	12
8	8	Joshua Dolman	18k	Aston	UK	39+	4-	23+	26+	27+	4	4	10
8	9	Peran Truscott	26k	Cambridge	UK	34+	31+	37+	10+	3-	4	4	10
10	10	Roella Smith	30k	Cambridge	UK	28+	19+	3+	9-	18-	3	3	16
11	11	Ken Dackombe	9k	Farnborough	UK	2-	15+	5+	35+	12-	3	3	15
12	12	Sadhvik Vijay	9k	Aston	UK	32+	1-	6-	33+	11+	3	3	14
13	13	Stewart Smith	16k	Aston	UK	33+	21-	4+	23+	7-	3	3	13
13	14	Oliver Gerlach	28k	Cambridge	UK	18+	3-	29+	19-	31+	3	3	13
15	15	Hamzah Reta	11k	Aston	UK	35+	11-	17+	32+	5-	3	3	12
	16	Jun-Hoe Ahn	15k	Aston	UK	17-	5-	21+	36+	26+	3	3	12
	17	David Jung	15k	Aston	UK	16+	25+	15-	39+	2-	3	3	12
	18	Langdon Truscott	30k	Cambridge	UK	14-	34+	31+	3-	10+	3	3	12
19	19	Charlotte Bexfield	30k	Letchworth	UK	37+	10-	28+	14+	34-	3	3	10
20	20	Adult Ghost	1d	No Club	UK	38+	22+	...	...	...	2	3	3
21	21	Jack Drury	13k	Aston	UK	7-	13+	16-	5-	24+	2	2	16
22	22	Tom Zhai	4k	Stowe	UK	30+	20-	32+	6-	1-	2	2	14
23	23	Danielle Ward	20k	Cambridge	UK	36+	38+	8-	13-	4-	2	2	13
24	24	Huw Talliss	17k	Aston	UK	4-	39+	7-	27+	21-	2	2	12
25	25	Michael Begg	14k	Aston	UK	26-	17-	38+	4-	33+	2	2	11
	26	Ed Murray	14k	Aston	UK	25+	35-	36+	8-	16-	2	2	11
	27	Robert Harman	20k	Woodley	UK	5-	36+	39+	24-	8-	2	2	11
28	28	Stewart McGrath	30k	Alexandra Park	UK	10-	37+	19-	...	...	1	2	7
29	29	Roella Smith	30k	Cambridge	UK	...	...	14-	...	...	0	2	3
30	30	Steven Donlon	6k	Burton	UK	22-	2-	35+	1-	6-	1	1	16
31	31	Ping Chong	26k	Stowe	UK	3-	9-	18-	34+	14-	1	1	15
32	32	Kelvin Xu	8k	Aston	UK	12-	6-	22-	15-	35+	1	1	13
32	33	Thomas Meehan	15k	Solihull	UK	13-	7-	34+	12-	25-	1	1	13
34	34	Hannah Sanders	25k	Cardiff	UK	9-	18-	33-	31-	19+	1	1	12
35	35	Costas Televantos	9k	Aston	UK	15-	26+	30-	11-	32-	1	1	10
36	36	Jordan-James Stuart	20k	Aston	UK	23-	27-	26-	16-	39+	1	1	9
36	37	Jonathan Taylor	30k	Alexandra Park	UK	19-	28-	9-	...	...	0	1	9
38	38	Ibraheem Hussain	20k	Aston	UK	20-	23-	25-	...	...	0	1	7
39	39	Joseph Zolna	20k	Aston	UK	8-	24-	27-	17-	36-	0	0	12