Youth Go

The Youth Committee is all about providing support, encouragement, teaching and events for children who play Go.

This page and those linked below are intended for those who work with youth players.

If you are a young person yourself you will probably find the Junior Go Pages better!

The Junior Go Pages are very cool and have much of interest such as the Youth Grand Prix, Grading List, Roll of Champions, Fun Section, details of Schools' Internet Go, and much more.

Current Committee

The BGA has a large number of volunteers willing to help with youth go by providing advice or teaching, including visiting schools. Please direct initial contact through the appropriate BGA officer. If in doubt contact the BGA President.

Tony Atkins, UK Go Challenge

Peter Wendes, Education

Stephen Bashforth, Youth News

Youth Links

• BGA Youth Plan details what the BGA has been doing to promote youth Go since 2004 and its plans for 2006 and beyond.

• The UK Go Challenge site The event is being run for a fourth time in 2007, with finals in Cambridge on 1st July.

• Starting a Junior Go Club Advice on what to consider when starting a youth Go club.

• Running a Junior Chess and Go Club Experience from a sucessful project in Cambridge.
  Their Annual Report 2007.

• Youth Go Online - meetings, leagues and events on Go servers

• Teachers Advice Page

• BGA Schools Membership Application

• Support for British Youth Go: The Castledine-Barnes Trust

• A list of school Go clubs (updated May 2007)

• Hikaru no Go page about the cartoon popular with Japanese kids and now available in the UK

• Paul Smith's Cambridge Problem Sheets Simple problem sheets for use in schools

• Greg Reid's Problem and Answer Sheets Simple problem sheets for use in schools

• Leaflets available from the BGA including the BGA leaflet, SToNES leaflet for kids, Go and Asia for junior classes, promotion and workshop certificates.

• SToNES rules leaflet for kids Online version

• How to Improve Youth mentoring schemes and puzzle certificates.

• Tips for beginners Things to learn after the rules.

• Quick Reference Rules Single sheet of rules as used by the UK Go Challenge.

• Go Teachers UK-based teachers for beginners and stronger players, and world wide and internet teachers.

• Results of the British Youth Go Championship 2007

• Results of the British Youth Go Championship 2006

• Results of the British Youth Go Championship 2005

• Results of the British Youth Go Championship 2004

• Results of the European Youth Goe Championship

• Results of the World Youth Goe Championship

• Kyu Grading Diploma a Word document.

• A statement of BGA policy on working with children and young people

• A specimen Parental Consent and Medical Form for use by those accompanying children to Go events

• There is a youth email list BGA members can join.

• A page on How to Teach Go has be created by American Mindy McAdams

• American Go Association page on teaching Go

Diary

See the Tournament Calendar for dates and location of the next youth events.