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MacFadyen Sweeps Isle of Man Go Festival Main Tourney

The 11th Isle of Man International Go Festival finished up on Friday August 23, bringing an end to a week of go and social activities for about fifty players. The Festival, which opened on August 18, hosted three tournaments, the Main, Afternoon and Handicap. The Main was taken with a 5-game sweep by  former British and European  Champion Matthew MacFadyen 6d of Leamington, UK, with Matthew Cocke 5d of Epsom, UK in second and Piers Shepperson 4d, also of Epsom, third. Click here for full results. In the shorter Afternoon tourney, Shigehiko Uno 4d of the Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo prevailed with a full three wins, while James Hutchinson 1d of Belfast took second place and Toby Manning 2d of Leicester, UK third. Click here for full results. The handicap tournament was won by young Edmund Smith 15k of Milton School, who beat Oscar Selby 11k in the final round. Richard Hunter 3d of Bristol won the 13x13 event. The Japanese husband and wife team of Shigehiko Uno 4d and Keiko Uno 20k won the rengo. The event took place at the Cherry Orchard Apartments in Port Erin on the Isle of Man, a small island off the west coast of Scotland. Although it is one of the British Isles, it is not strictly part of the UK, being a self-governing British Crown Dependency. It is perhaps most well-known internationally for the TT motorcycle races. Click here for the preliminary report on the British Go Association website, and here for an updated report of prize-winners and side events. Tony Collman, British Correspondent for the E-J. photo by Seamus Whelan, courtesy of Cherry Orchard Apartments' website. NOTE: this post was updated 8/27 with several corrections and the handicap tourney results.