Non-Current Tournaments: Last Title Holder

Tournament	Current Champion Sort descending	Descripton
Epsom Downs (Wedding)	Alistair Wall	Held during the reception of Paul and Yvonne Margett's wedding.
South London	Alistair Wall	A tournament held near Clapham Junction.
Manchester Summer	Alistair Wall	3-round McMahon tournament. 40 minutes time limit, then accelerating overtime of 20 stones in 5 minutes, increasing by 20 stones each period (so, 20 in 5 mins, then 40, 60, 80 and so on). Komi is 7 stones, so drawn games are allowed. Prizes for 2.5 or 3 wins. Inaugural event in 2018. Not held in 2019/2020. It's called 'Manchester Summer' as it's deliberately held in the Summer Term, so that N-W students have a local tournament that they can attend, that term. Free coffee, tea and biscuits. Bringing a packed lunch would be best. There are local shops, but the nominal lunch-period is just 40 minutes (much less if 2 long-thinkers play each other). Costs: Note that "BGA member" here means "member of one's national Go association" £8 BGA member & no concession £5 BGA member with concession £11 non-member £8 non-member with concession £3 non-member & playing their first-ever EGD tournament Free: BGA member & playing their first-ever EGD tournament Registration: 9:30 - 10:00. Prizegiving 4:30. Provisional Timings: Round 1 ... 10:30 Lunch ... 12:00 Round 2 ... 12:40 Round 3 ... 14:40 Prizes at ... 16:30 Vacate ... 16:55
Letchworth	Andrew Jones	A tournament held in Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Challengers' League	Andrew Kay	Played over the 3 days of the second May Bank Holiday weekend plus an additional day Part of the British Championship, it is used to select the two players who will compete in the British Championship Title Match. Until 2005 it selected one challenger who played the reigning champion. Players compete in the Candidates' Tournament for places in the League. It incorporated the Candidates' Tournament between 1979 and 1982 as the Challenger's Tournament, and was expanded to 16 players (4 rounds) in 1996 and 1997 and 24 players (6 rounds) in 1998 and 1999. Merged into the Candidates' Tournament again from 2020/2021.
London City	Andrew Kay	A 3 round McMahon, held in the City of London.
Birmingham	Andrew Kay	3 round McMahon tournament. Run first 1983 and restarted by a different organiser in the 1990s. Held in 2002 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee and restarted in 2013.
Online League (Individual)	Andrew Simons	BGA online league for individuals.
Anglo-Japanese Matches	Anglo	Held in London between Nippon Club (Japanese) and Central London Go Club (Anglo). Prior to the Trophy starting in 1988 most matches were won by the Japanese.
Korean Ambassador's Cup	Bei Ge	A one off event supported by the Korean Ambassador.
New Malden	Ben He	Tournament held by the Korean community in New Malden, Surrey.
Scottish Championship	Boris Mitrovic	Scottish nationals or residents can qualify for the Scottish Championship at various events in Scotland and the UK. Four players play a knockout to determine the champion, games often being played online to avoid travel. Not competed for since 2014.
Cheshire Handicap	Brian Timmins	The Handicap section played until 2014 over 5 (or 6) rounds alongside the Cheshire Open.
Shropshire	Bruno Poltronieri	When Brian Timmins moved from Cheshire to Shropshire he started the Shrewsbury Tournament, it being held in the riverside Gateway Centre. It has since had a couple of changes of organiser and has now become the Shropshire Tournament, held in the Memorial Hall in Hinstock. Includes a mystery problem set with associated brief teaching session. Homemade lunches available and post-tournament dinner locally. Registration by 10:20.
Isle of Man 13×13	Charlotte Bexfield	Part of the Isle of Man Go Week, played on an evening.
London Go Centre	Daniel Hu	Event held at the original London Go Centre between 1976 and 1978. New London Go Centre opened in 2018 with Opening Tournament.
Fife	David Lee	Held in Cupar. Ceased in 2010
Nippon Club Cup	Epsom	Formerly awarded to the Club team with the best percentage in the British Open at the British Go Congress.
Liverpool Handicap	George Leach	A handicap tournament in Liverpool with separate group for higher players.
Bracknell	Gong Cheng	3 round McMahon tournament run by Bracknell Go Club, but then held in Wokingham and no longer in Bracknell itself. Until 1994 the tournament was held in the main Bracknell premises of ICL. In 1995 and 1996 the event was held at Bracknell Rugby Club and in 1997 and 1998 at the Brownlow Memorial Hall in Warfield near Bracknell. From 1999 it settled down at the Woosehill Community Centre in the neighbouring town of Wokingham. The Clive Hendrie Memorial Trophy was instigated in 2010 in memory of Clive Hendrie, long time organiser of the tournament. The event was held last in 2018.