Youth Go
What is the sense of this page?
The page shall collect organising help and hints from and for young folks, who want to organise their own club, help players improve at their Go and give information about Youth Go around the world.
Who is a junior go player?
Usually, a junior go player is anyone under 18.
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Starting your own club
Any Junior Go player is welcome at a Go club, but if you want to start your own Go club, here is some information to help.
Coverage
- School
- YMCA and similar
- Chess club
- Tell your friends
- If you are a member of a Go Association, ask for a list of Go players in your area
Where meet
- School
- Youth center
- at home
- cheap cafe
Where advertise
- Schools
- Youth centers
- Local newspaper
- This webpage
- Internet
Material
- boards, stones, books: ask the local go club for material
- clocks: ask the go club or some chess players for unused clocks; maybe you get one or two for a cheap price. Also possible: flea market. It is not too difficult to repair a defect clock.
- Yearly CD: idea for a collection of binary material on a CD
- It's good to have some resources for printouts
Pedagogics
- The strongest player needn't be the group leader or trainer.
- Teaching Methods (path page)
Online
Players
Links inside SL
If anyone has any links on SL, feel free to add them.
Links (external)
Other things
Tournaments
Depending on rank, you can usually enter any tournament regardless of age, but there are some tournaments aimed solely at young Go players.
-
go4school School-Go-Community, Forum, organising the 'Hans Pietsch Memorial'-Pupils-Team-Tournament
- British Youth Go Championships 25th March 2007.
- European Youth Go Championships 8-11 March 2007
Have Fun
- Hikaru No Go (path page)
- There is a comic strip series by Andreas Fecke called Stones (
preview).
Discussion
Discussion, Q&A
sjd123: There doesn't seem to be much on this website about Youth Go in Britain, or anywhere else in the world. I'm going to do a page on it now...
RueLue: Just begin with the skeleton, the rest comes itself.
sjd123: Thanks RueLue, you got it right. I'll start to build on it now.
[sjd123[: Wow, this page is really pointless