The go club Le Pantin is proud to announce that Baduk professional player Cho Mikyung will join us on Monday 26. She will play games with anyone interested and teach us. She is an excellent teacher and speaks fluent English.

Meeting will take place in the café "Le Pantin", Chaussée d'Ixelles, 355 in Brussels. This visit is part of a series of events that our federation organizes for her.

Everybody is most welcome to come along and meet her.

The go club Le Pantin is proud to announce that Baduk professional player Cho Mikyung will join us on Saturday 24. She will play games with anyone interested and teach us. She is an excellent teacher and speaks fluent English.

The meeting will take place at the café "L'Eau Chaude", Rue des Renards in Brussels (the newly usual meeting place of Le Pantin for the past few months). Note however that we are starting the event one hour later than usual.

Everybody is most welcome to come along and meet her.

The starting club of Kempen/Geel is organizing a Christmas party with Christmas decorations, music, surprises, and of course a lof of Go!
Place : Café 't Bakhuis, Markt 13 Geel
Playing times : Monday at 19:00
Email : club_kempen@gofed.be
Website
Everyone is welcome but if you wish to take part, please send an email to club_kempen@gofed.be

Merry Christmas!!

On Dec. 12th at 19h00, lessons for beginners will be organized in the following Go club:
Kempen/Geel
Place : Café 't Bakhuis, Markt 13 Geel
Playing times : Monday at 19:00
Email : club_kempen@gofed.be
Website
with the help of teachers from Antwerp and Leuven. Everyone is welcome! Please contact club_kempen@gofed.be if you wish to join.

Club president role

As Club President, your responsibility is to take care of the life of your club: welcome beginners, organize Go activities, recruit new members, etc.
It could be a rather heavy task to do it properly, especially in the beginning, but the enjoyment of your club players is rewarding...and you would get the satisfaction to contribute greatly to the development of Go in Belgium.

For advice about how to handle successfully your club activities, please read the following guide for Go Club animation:

• Animation de club en Français
• Club animatie in Nederlands
• Club animation in English

Your contribution is also crucial for the organization of Go related activities. As Go president, we expect from you to:

• Register regular players of your club and collect membership fees: allowing them to benefit from the services of the Federation (lessons, tournaments, rating...)
• Ensure data of your club on the gofed site is up-to-date (club address/opening hours ? members contact info ?)
• Communicate with the Federation board about your projects, your members needs and how the Federation might help you (as well as how you may help the Federation).
• Inform or participate in belgian Go related activities (tournaments to come, encourage volunteering, Federation meetings, go lessons...)
• Ask every year if your players want to take part to the Interclubs and choose a team captain
• Send club games results to the ratings team (rating@gofed.be)

See below a complete explanation on how to perform the registration activity.

1) Collect and register yearly membership fees

A. Collect membership contact info and fees

Each regular player of a Go club has to pay a yearly Federation membership fee and a yearly Club membership fee.

a) The Federation membership fee is mandatory for regular players. Players who are not registered are not allowed to benefit from activities organized by the Federation (tournaments, ranking, Go camps...).
The amount of the Federation membership fee is decided each year at the General Assembly.
Since 2018, the membership fee of the BGF is 20 EUR. For players under 18 years old the fee is 10 EUR.

b) we advice each club president to also collect at the same time a yearly Club membership fee for a moderate amount (5 or 10 EUR per year). Although optional, this club membership fee is strongly recommended ! This amount is managed by the club president for club expenses such as material renewal and to give yourselves the freedom to provide extra services to the members of your club (books for the club, printing of pedagogic documents, etc.).

B.Validate membership fee of existing players

For each player who has paid the membership fee, log in and click in the left column "BGF-admin" --> "members" --> "edit", then search the member you want to update, press "edit" right to the name, then press "membership" at the top of the page, select your club name in the list and add membership for the current year by clicking the button "make member" for the year (keep voting "normal").
Then please send membership fees to the BGF account (BE-24-775-5962122-38). As soon as the treasurer receives the money, he'll validate the membership.

*** If you have a large number of members to register, you can also transfer all money in one unique transfer clearly indicating club name AND, in parallel, send to treasurer@gofed.be a list of the members for whom you made the transfer, clearly mentioning the same club name.

Also don’t forget to send the estimated ranks for new players to rating@gofed.be. (see below).

C. Register new players - update personal information

If you need to add a new member or update the personal information of an existing player, log in on the website (left column) and click on BGF-admin --> Members --> add (new member) or --> edit (update of existing member); then enter the required information:

• Family name and first name
• Email (important! We communicate through this)
• Other contact fields: Address (needed for Belgo magazine) and phone number.

After pressing the "add contact" button, click also on "accounts". Create an account name and enter the member's email address again (an email will be sent to the player to confirm the account). Attention please: when you create account for the BGF website, please prefer something like "last name + first letter of first name" rather than "hikaru007", thank you!

2) Send rating estimation of new players (or for players who need adjustment)

For new players without rank, please send an email to rating@gofed.be with the name of the player(s) and estimated rank(s). Ideally, all those having access to the rating list and contributing to it are in the rating@gofed.be alias.
Note: The update of the BGF rating page can take some time and members often complain about that. Please explain them that all is done by volunteers who have to cope with work, study and other daily life problems besides BGF. Thank you for your comprehension !

3) Answer mails sent to your club and ensure club information is up-to-date

Every club has a club email address which is redirected to the personal mail address of the club president. Please ensure that this email always work because it is not only used by the Federation to communicate with your club but also by external individuals who would like to enter in contact with you.
Also should your club address or opening hours have changed, ensure that the club page below is also updated:
https://www.gofed.be/clubs
If you need to update club info, please send the new address or new opening hours or new president mail to secretary@gofed.be.

4) Manage material, buy at reduced prices via the Federation

Regularly the Federation buys Go boards and stones in large quantities and clubs are invited to join in to benefit from reduced prices.
This material, bought using club money coming from club membership fee, can be used for use by your club or be sold for the same price to club members.

In case of specific needs, contact for material is: materiel@gofed.be

For a purchase, pay the amount to the BGF BEFORE getting the material (we check you have paid before giving it to you)
775-5962122-38; IBAN : BE24-7755-9621-2238.

You have the project to start a Go club ?
The Federation can support your project.

Material

The Federation can provide you with a "starter kit". This material (goban) is second hand but sold at very low price:

This "starter kit" consists in:
- 1 or 2 sets of glass stones for 10 € each
- 1 or 2 gobans 19x19 for 5 € each
- 1 goban 13x13/9x9 free
- 2 goban 9X9/7x7 and/or 9X9/6x6 free if between 2 and 5 BGF members (4 goban if more than 5 BGF members)

Therefore, the starter kit costs (max) 30 EUR.

Remark:
- Actually, this cost should be covered by your "club membership fee" (f.i. 5 €) within a couple of years
- to officially start a club and ask for the starter kit, at least 2 people need to pay BGF member fees (as member of this new club)
- you are not obliged to purchase everything in the list above, but you have to buy for minimum 10 €
- In the case your club ceases its activities, the Federation guarantees you to buy the material back at the price you have bought it (deducing damage, if any).

PS: in case you wish better quality or more material: we sell it at (cost) price, the very reduced prices only apply for the starter kit. More info here: https://www.gofed.be/en/federation/sale

We also give some promotional / pedagogic material (visit cards...) for free.

Helpful links

- Promotional documentation is available at the "promotional material" section on the gofed.be site
- Internet help:

• mention of the club on our website
• some advice and promotional material to hold a stand in a fair and/or to make initiations of beginners

Of course to benefit from these services you need to be member of the Belgian Go Federation yourself.

Ready to start your club ?

1. Send an email to board@gofed.be with complete contact information of the new club president, name of the club, adress and the meeting hours.
This will be published on the gofed site.
You will then receive an email adresse such as "club_outsiplou@gofed.be" which will be linked to the adress of the president of the club to allow everyone to contact your club.

2. Send an email to "materiel@gofed.be" mentioning what you would need and where and how we could meet you.

3. Once your club is launched, please see https://www.gofed.be/files/gofed/promo/GoClubAnimationENG.pdf and this page.

Find a nearby Go club

Map showing the location of Go clubs in Belgium - and around the World.

note: create a new Go club

Guide for those who want to create a new go club

OGS (Online Go Server)
KGS (Kisei Go Server) (you may have to download the server)
Discord (for discussions)

Belgian Baduk Cafe

Discord link here ! (updated/checked 2021 oct)
The place to meet Belgian Go players. Open for everyone whatever your club, also for players who are not members of the Belgian Go Federation.

List of Go clubs

IMPORTANT: If you don't get an answer when you try to contact a club (club responsible are sometimes in holidays too...), then please contact info@gofed.be mentioning which club you wish to join.

Antwerpen

Place :	The Playground Hoofdkerkstraat 7 2000 Antwerp
Playing times :	Thursday at 20:00
Email :	club_antwerpen@gofed.be
Website :	http://goclubantwerpen.be
Members

Ath

Place :	Café Donquichotte De La Dendre Rue de France 38 7800 Ath
Playing times :	Wednesday à 20:15
Email :	club_ath@gofed.be
Website :	https://www.facebook.com/groups/jeudegohainaut
Extra info :	This club plays in Ath, Tournai and Mons. 1) Ath: Café Donquichotte De La Dendre, Rue de France 38 2) Tournai : Café Au Dé Botté, Vieux marché aux poteries 2a OGS: group 'Jeu de Go Hainaut (Club Ath)' (Wednesday) Invite Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/UnjBdZ6
Members

Brugge (new contact point 2022)

Place :	Somewhere in West Flanders or Internet
Playing times :	only a contact point for the moment - on appointment
Email :	club_brugge@gofed.be
Members

Bruxelles/Brussel : Le Pantin

Place :	(Mon) Le Pantin, Chaussée d'Ixelles 355 (Sat) La Brocante, Rue Blaes, 170 1050 Ixelles (Mo) / 1000 Bruxelles (Sa)
Playing times :	Monday 17:00-21:00 / Saturday: 16:00-21:00
Email :	club_pantin@gofed.be
Extra info :	KGS: room 'Le Pantin' - OGS: group 'Club le Pantin' Invite Discord https://discord.gg/Ur37hrM
Members

Bruxelles/Brussel : Phenix Go Club

Place :	(Thu) Outpost Game Center (Sat) Librairie Assoc. Belgique-Chine (Thu) 1000 BXL / (Sat)1030 Schaerbeek
Playing times :	(Thu) 19h-23h / (Saturday)14h-18h
Email :	club_phenix@gofed.be
Website :	https://bruxellesgoclubphenix.wordpress.com/
Extra info :	(Thu) Rue de la Tribune 8	(Sat) Avenue Paul Deschanel 92	OGS: group 'Bruxelles - Phenix' (just contact the admin) - Invite Discord 'PhenixGoClub' https://discord.gg/RgasPnBsb3
Members

Club de Go de la Ligue Braille Bruxelles

Place :	Rue d'Angleterre 57 - 1060 Saint-Gilles
Playing times :	For blind/visually impaired. Usually 2nd and 4th wednesday of each month 14:00 to 16:00
Email :	bib@braille.be
Website :	https://www.braille.be/fr
Members

Gents Go Genootschap

Place :	The Outpost Ottergemsesteenweg 13 9000 Gent
Playing times :	Tuesday at 19:00
Email :	club_gent@gofed.be
Website :	http://www.gentgo.be
Members

Go Club Hasselt (inactive)

Place :	Café De Linck Maastrichterstraat 107 3500 Hasselt
Playing times :	inactive
Email :	club_hasselt@gofed.be
Members

Leuven

Place :	Cafe Sport Martelarenplein 13 3000 Leuven
Playing times :	Tuesdays at 20:15
Email :	club_leuven@gofed.be
Website :	http://www.goclubleuven.be/
Extra info :	KGS: room 'Leuven Go Club' Communication via Discord, ask for invite in the KGS room.
Members

Liège

Place :	Le Toussaint Rue Ernest de Bavière 1 4020 Liège
Playing times :	Thursday at 18:30
Email :	club_liege@gofed.be
Website :	http://www.goliege.be
Members

Louvain-La-Neuve

Place :	Café Altérez-Vous Place des Brabançons 6A 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve
Playing times :	Tuesday at 20:30
Email :	club_lln@gofed.be
Members

Namur

Place :	Aux 3D - Board Game Café 1, Abbé Joseph André Square 5000 Namur
Playing times :	Monday from 19:00 on
Email :	club_namur@gofed.be
Website :	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1488466071453836
Members

Saint Niklaas (inactive)

Place :	shop "Brood en Spelen" at Stationsstraat
Playing times :	inactive
Email :	club_stniklaas@gofed.be
Members