Tournament in Tacoma

Well, the tournament was great fun. We had excellent support from our neighbors to the north and south, from Seattle, Federal Way, and Portland. We're planning to do it again in October.
Tournament photos and table of results

• What: A Go Tournament! We are a new AGA chapter, and this is our first rated tournament, so we're pretty excited.
• When: Saturday, March 29, 2003
  Registration 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM; Rules discussion 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM; First round starts 10:45 AM
  Lunch break after the first round (onsite cafeteria takes cash only)
• Where: University of Puget Sound
  Wheelock Student Union, room 101
  3224 N 15th Street (approximately)
  Tacoma, WA 98406-5617
• Who: The Tacoma & UPS Go Clubs, plus you!
  Steve Stringfellow will be Tournament Director.
• Why: To have fun playing go, of course!
• How:
  • Fee (cash or check with ID):
    • $2 for students (with ID), children under 18 years old, and senior citizens better than 65 years old
    • $10 $12 for everyone else (sorry for the misunderstanding)
    • Some kind of current AGA membership is required, or an additional $5 nonmember rating fee will apply. Annual AGA memberships from $10 to $30 can be purchased at the tournament or via the AGA website (http://www.usgo.org/org/application.asp).
  • Rules: Modified AGA ("bookkeeping" pass stones not required; play out disputed or unclear positions)
    3 rounds; Time 50 minutes each, overtime of 20 stones in 5 minutes; 6.5 komi for even games
  • Prizes: dependent on entries
• Contact: tacomagoclub@hilltopgo.com.
  Pre-registration optional but appreciated (so we make sure we have enough boards :-)
  Thanks to all who brought boards and clocks -- Jon Boley / Seattle Go Center, David Ma / Seattle Chinese Go Club, Glenn Peters / Oregon Go; and of course Steve Stringfellow, Mike LePore, Peter Baker, and me.

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