**UPPER VALLEY GO CLUB NEWSLETTER**HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Welcome to the Upper Valley Go Club!
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Check out our website at http://www.feustel.us/GO/ and http://senseis.xmp.net/?UpperValleyGoClub.
We are also listed on the AGA website: http://www.usgo.org/usa/ChapClub.asp?state=NH#listing.
We continue to meet THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS every week. Thursday sessions are regular playing sessions, and we basically meet for games. Saturday sessions are study sessions where we get together to do some problems and other fun stuff, like play more games. Thursdays we play at the Hopkins Center Cafe in Hanover (next to the Hood Museum Shop) from 2pm to 8pm (just drop by within that time slot). Most Saturdays we play at the Hopkins Center Cafe from 2pm to 5pm. On the second Saturday of every month, we usually play at Borders Cafe inside Borders Bookstore at 285 Plainfield Road, West Lebanon from 2pm to 5pm.
*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS*
1) UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
New York Go Center Winter Revival Tournament JAN 7th
This will take place at the NYGC on January 7th. Christopher Vu (nemoneko), honorary member of the Upper Valley Go Club, will be directing. If you are in NYC, you should take part on behalf of the club and help the club score points!
details given at: http://chapters.usgo.org/nygc/070107.html
Massachusetts Go Association Winter Handicap Tournament JAN 14th
The club will probably be arranging to go down for this one. We will settle the carpool details next week. This is one day after our Go Meet-up at Borders. It will be a busy weekend for the UVGC.
http://www.massgo.org/tournaments.html
2) REGULAR MEETINGS RESUME
We will be meeting tomorrow at the Hopkins Center same as usual, and there will be a study session at the same venue on Saturday. Last Thursday, we met in the Howe Library due to the closure of the Hopkins Center. It is a nice venue. The Chess Club meets there every Saturday. We are looking into arranging a joint meeting once a month.
3) SUBERI AT VERMONT
The Vermont Tournament last month went well. 7 members of the UVGC participated. As a club, we won 14 games and lost 11. Nice to have a positive record for a change !!. Congratulations to Karen for reaching 3k, and to Nathan B and Nathan W for doing well in their first tournament.
4) HANDICAP TABLE UPDATED
The latest table is attached above.
5) INFO FOR BEGINNERS AND NEW MEMBERS.
The above has been removed from the newsletter and added to the end of the club website on Sensei's Library (http://senseis.xmp.net/?UpperValleyGoClub). New members and beginners should read through the section, it contains instructions on playing with the club online, as well as links to useful websites for beginners to learn the game.
6) PUBLICITY
Continue to send goclub@plomp.com the names and e-mails of any friends you have who might be interested in our club.
*UPCOMING SCHEDULE*
12/02/06 (Sat): Study Session at the Hopkins Center Cafeteria in Hanover near the Museum Shop from 2pm to 5pm
01/04/07 (Thu): Regular Meetings at the Hopkins Center Cafeteria in Hanover near the Museum Shop from 2pm to 8pm
01/06/07 (Sat): Study Session at the Hopkins Center Cafeteria in Hanover near the Museum Shop from 2pm to 5pm
01/11/07 (Thu): Regular Meetings at the Hopkins Center Cafeteria in Hanover near the Museum Shop from 2pm to 8pm
01/13/07 (Sat): Go Meet-Up at Borders Cafeteria in West Lebanon from 2pm to 5pm
01/14/07 (Sun): MGA Winter Handicap Tournament All-Day
An e-mail will be sent out if there are any changes in the schedule.
Modified: January 3, 2007