Australian Go Association

The Australian Go Association (AGA) is the national governing body for the ancient oriental sport of go in the country of Australia. It was founded in 1978 by Clive Davies of the Sydney Go Club, Neville Smythe of the Canberra Go Club, and Bill Leveritt of the Brisbane Go Club, joined in 1982 by Melbourne and some year after that by Adelaide (clubs have existed intermittently in Perth and Hobart also). The Association is the Australian member of the International Go Federation. With the New Zealand Go Society it makes up the Oceania zone of the IGF and thus shares one seat on the IGF's board of directors. The aims of the association are:

  • to promote the game of Go in Australia;
  • to coordinate Go activities in Australia, in particular to arrange National Tournaments and confer National Titles and individual rankings;
  • to represent Australia in international go affairs, in particular by membership of the International Go Federation, and to select Australian representatives for international events such as the World Amateur Go Championships;
  • to promote mutual understanding and friendly relations with Go players throughout the world in association with foreign national Go associations.
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