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Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2025/2026

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: 3 dan
  • Profession: CTO
  • Year of birth: 1977


3: Gavin Rooney

  • Pandanet account: Grooney
  • Go career: Playing since april 18 2009.
  • Rank: 3 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: 2 dan
  • Profession: Software engineer
  • Year of birth: 1976


John Courtney

5: 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

6: Matei Garcia

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


Stephen Nulty

7: Stephen Nulty

  • Pandanet account: shinuito
  • Go career: 6th place in Irish Top 8 2022 46th at 44th WAGC 2024 Tokyo 47th at 19th KPMC 2024
  • Club / city: Dublin
  • Rank: 1 kyu
  • Year of birth: 1992


8: 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