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Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2022/2023

Ireland

Karl Irwin

1: Karl Irwin

  • Pandanet account: Saoqi
  • Go career: 2008 Started playing just before last year of uni at Cambridge 2014-2015 Copresented 20 episodes of a Go program at WeiqiTV 2017 Chinese 5 dan (for finishing 4th in a competition in Dalian)
  • Club / city: Belfast
  • Rank: 4 dan
  • Profession: Maths/physics teacher/Radio presenter
  • Year of birth: 1988


2: Philippe Renaut (Captain)

  • Pandanet account: ptitlou
  • Go career: Discovered go thanks to Georges Perec and Jacques Roubaud, the famous french writers. Won a few tournaments here and there and proudly became Irish champion in 2015 and 2017.
  • Club / city: Galway
  • Rank: 2 dan
  • Profession: CTO
  • Year of birth: 1977


3: Gavin Rooney

  • Pandanet account: Grooney
  • Go career: Playing since april 18 2009.
  • Rank: 2 dan
  • Year of birth: 1989


James Hutchinson

4: James Hutchinson

  • Pandanet account: jameshutch
  • Go career: Second place in the 2010 Irish championship
  • Club / city: Belfast
  • Rank: 1 dan
  • Profession: Software engineer
  • Year of birth: 1976


5: Ian Davis

  • Pandanet account: hogweed
  • Go career: 3 times Irish Champion Once came 25th at the KPMC Former Irish Go Association President Exiled to France for crimes against Brexit
  • Club / city: 92BB
  • Rank: 1 dan
  • Profession: QA Engineer
  • Year of birth: 1978
  • Comment: I am just updating my registration for the Irish team


John Courtney

6: John Courtney

  • Pandanet account: JohnC
  • Go career: Started playing Go in late 2015. Became Irish Go Champion in 2022.
  • Club / city: Dublin
  • Rank: 1 dan
  • Profession: Engineer
  • Year of birth: 1995


Matei Garcia

7: Matei Garcia

  • Pandanet account: marduk9999
  • Club / city: Dublin
  • Rank: 1 kyu
  • Year of birth: 1984


8: Peter Kasko

  • Pandanet account: kaskai
  • Go career: superbly none :)
  • Club / city: Dublin
  • Rank: 3 kyu
  • Profession: Hospitality Manager
  • Year of birth: 1986


9: Tom Shanahan

  • Pandanet account: seanachain
  • Club / city: Cork
  • Rank: 5 kyu
  • Year of birth: 1984


Eoghan Barry

10: Eoghan Barry

  • Pandanet account: rottenhat
  • Go career: Secretary and general dogsbody to the Irish Go Association, Confucius Cup tournament director.
  • Club / city: Collegians, Dublin
  • Rank: 4 kyu
  • Year of birth: 1972


Tiberiu Gociu

11: Tiberiu Gociu

  • Pandanet account: OTible
  • Go career: #5 in 2014 Irish TOP8. 2014 Ulster championship finalist.
  • Club / city: Belfast
  • Rank: 3 kyu
  • Profession: Business Analyst
  • Year of birth: 1976


Byoung-Ju Lee

12: Byoung-Ju Lee

  • Pandanet account: bleedublin
  • Go career: My father taught me the rules of Baduk when I was a child in South Korea. Then I started actual learning and practice only from 2021. Hope to participate more tournaments while traveling Europe.
  • Club / city: Dublin
  • Rank: 5 kyu
  • Profession: Software Engineer
  • Year of birth: 1976