Well, the First Ever (VERY) Loosely Organized Space Coast Area Go Association Yuji Sano Open Tournament (FE[V]LOSCAGAYSOT) was a resounding success with -- I believe -- a good time had by all!
I first need to thank Sandy Morgan, without whom we would have spent the entire day just trying to get people registered; Jay Hockman, without whom we never would have been able to establish our pairings (the %$@!&^(* computer program failed us and he did the whole thing manually); and Dan Micsa who provided the structure for the competition (he is also the only one of us who has actually participated in a *real* Go tournament before).
The results were not exactly surprising, with Jake Seo claiming the generous $25.00 first prize after narrowly beating out Dan Micsa who still pocketed 15 bucks. The ten dollar third prize went to Bart Lipofsky. Jay Hockman donated a Go set with a soft board, courtesy of the Go Players of Jacksonville and I awarded it to the Hungarian contingent (represented by Attila Ondi and Lajos Nagy) so they could practice against each other at FIT.
The 12 who attended were:
Dan Micsa
Jay Hockman (all the way from Jacksonville!)
Fred & Ginnie Ungewitter (our Daytona Contingent)
Bart Lipofsky
Stephen Schneider
2/3 of "The Hungarians" - Lajos Nagy & Attila Ondi
Mike Clark (who claimed the distance prize - Pittsburgh!)
Jake Seo
the youngest participant - Sean Esposito - who made a fine showing
and myself
There was a great deal of "organizing," followed by two rounds of play. Then we broke for lunch and finished off at about 6:00 p.m. I think we all got to play almost everyone else and it was a great deal of fun. In the middle of all the goings on, we even managed to welcome Eileen Jolly, who had become interested in the game at one of our earlier meetings and who will probably be back to play.
At any rate, the next Tournament should go a lot more smoothly and I hope even more of you will attend and join in the fun!
george
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