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Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2018/2019

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

  • 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: 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


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


Matei Garcia

5: Matei Garcia

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


Cian Synnott

6: Cian Synnott (Captain)

  • Pandanet account: emauton
  • Go career: Played for a few years around 2000, then work & family intervened for a decade, more or less. Started playing again in December 2015, enjoying it immensely!
  • Club / city: Ireland
  • Rank: 1 kyu
  • Year of birth: 1978


7: Kevin Farrell

  • Pandanet account: kevF
  • Go career: I have not come last in at least 3 tournament
  • Club / city: Galway
  • Rank: 1 kyu
  • Profession: Engineer
  • Year of birth: 1992


Tiberiu Gociu

8: 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


John Gibson

9: John Gibson

  • Pandanet account: ishidaogo
  • Go career: 36 years; including Hon. Sec. Irish Go Association & EGF. Organizer of 45th EGC in dublin 2001; represented Ireland 5 times in Asia.
  • Club / city: Collegians, Dublin
  • Rank: 5 kyu
  • Profession: Interior Designer
  • Year of birth: 1948


Eoghan Barry

10: Eoghan Barry

  • Pandanet account: rottenhat
  • Go career: Intermittent.
  • Club / city: Dublin
  • Rank: 5 kyu
  • Year of birth: 1972