Australian Go Association


The Australian Go Association 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. 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:
The AGA selects the hosts for the Australian National Go Championships every year, and runs the Australian Digital tournament directly. Based upon individual members' performance in tournament play, it selects the Australian competitors for the World Amateur Go Championships, Korean Prime Minister's Cup, and in appropriate years the World Amateur Pair Go Championships. There are a fair number of state championships and other first-class tournaments held around the country each year which earn their competitors Australian representative points.
To sustain these activities, members pay an annual individual fee, although clubs may opt to pay this at a bulk rate on behalf of their membership.