20 Dec 2009 1 Comment

2009 Brisbane Pair Go champions

The 2009 Brisbane rengo champions are Larry Wen 3d and Andrew Gray 9k. The three rounds of pair-ish go on Saturday started a little late, and finished a lot late, but that was alright, because it doubled as the Brisbane Go Club’s Christmas party, and there was plenty of BBQ and salad and delicious desserts to keep the membership occupied. We had eleven teams:

  • Tim Oh 2d and Rene Hexel 1d (A)
  • Joshua Wan 1d and Jeremy Wen 1d (C)
  • Markus Pache 4d and Yanis Pache 5k (D)
  • Andrew Lewis 2d and Horatio Davis (E)
  • Sam Nakagawa 2d and Kei Nakagawa 7k (F)
  • Walter Chang 1d and Rodney Topor 6k (G)
  • John Hardy 3d and Fumiko Hulme 10k (H)
  • Larry Wen 3d and Andrew Gray 9k (I)
  • Mark Bell 3d and Bill Wen 12k (J)
  • Mr. Chou 4d and Peter Hexel 16k (K)
  • Andrew Cao 1d and Matthew Crossman 2d (L)

up from eight competing last year. Second place went to team A (Tim and Rene) with three wins and 2 points SOS, and third place (with a box of Christmas crackers as the prize) went to team L (Andrew and Matthew) with 2 wins and a bye. As always the draw was a mutant Swiss with initial slide pairing, ably executed by Amelia Gray with a bare spreadsheet and mysterious incantations, then funneled through whichever BGC committee member was handiest as a front man:

The consensus is that Yanis is indeed not a fifth kyu, Fumiko Hulme is indeed not a tenth kyu, and that go on a thirteen by thirteen board is much deeper than it looks. Many thanks to club president Mark Bell for his house as the venue and the barbeque (and the beer), John Hardy for donating the first prize, and the players for turning up and joining in in such good spirits.

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