Hello from Vancouver

[prichards]

That is great news about the new club! I will have to make a trip down to Richmond soon to check it out. Whoever goes first, can you find out about fees? Looks like I will get to make use of the Canada Line.

[Nikolas73]

Sorry for bringing up an old thread, I've been away for a while. Thought I'd share something I wrote up last year, but I think most of this is still accurate:

You might want to check some of the contacts at http://senseis.xmp.net/?Vancouver but I think some of the lists there are outdated. Here is what I know:

There is the Vancouver Go Association: http://www.geocities.jp/qxbqd097/Vango2.htm
-It's a Japanese Go and Shogi club which meets at Nikkei Place in Burnaby (about 20 minutes from Vancouver). Their next meeting is on September 11, and after that they meet once every two weeks. I've only been there twice, but from what I've seen the usual attendance is 10-20 people and there are quite a few at 3d-6d level. Also some SDKs, and one or two DDks. It's a really friendly club, very easy to get a game there.

There are two university clubs: The SFU Go Club (their Facebook page is here) and the UBC Go Club (contact info on Sensei's Vancouver page). I have no idea how active or strong these guys are; you may want to contact them.

The Canada West Go Association (Chinese website) is run by the same people who are organizing the 2010 Go Open - they also run most of the local tournaments once or twice a year. I believe they meet in Richmond (about a 25 minute drive from Vancouver) and also offer Go classes for kids once or twice a week, but I don't know the details. I believe they have a lot of strong players, some of whom have a history at amateur and professional Chinese tournaments. You should probably contact Cathy Li (who is organizing the Open) for more info.

You might also want to join the room "Clubs > Van Go" on KGS and ask around there - someone may know more than I do .

Hi hi. Do you guys still have the annual Vancouver tourney at Crystal Mall? I miss going to those.

-Me too. I haven't heard anything about it this year. Last year I think it was cancelled because of the Canadian Open around the same time, and I think the year before that there was low registration so the tournament happened in a smaller Church facility. Although, the organizers have run some smaller tournaments in Richmond once or twice a year.

A new club just opened in Richmond, by the way. The address is Unit 3010, 8888 Odlin Crescent - at the Pacific Plaza mall. The hours are Tue/Wed/Thu 2:00PM-9:00PM, Fri/Sat/Sun 12:00PM-9:00PM. That's right, six days a week!

-Thanks for sharing!

Oh, and a late welcome to Prichards

[Joaz Banbeck]

My wife wants to go skiing in Whistler, and I'm coming along for the ride. ( I ski down a mountain like a slinky goes down stairs )
How is the go scne in Vancouver now?

[Joaz Banbeck]

BUMP. I'm in Vancouver now. Anything happening?