As the fall and cool weather approaches, the14th Annual Greg Lefler Memorial Tournament is coming up. We will be hosting this on November 3rd in the Louise Slaughter Hall at RIT. This is a new location for us and should be fun. We hope to see many go players not just from RIT but also our friend in the surrounding cities.
Its been a while since we've updated the news section here. We are selling Empty Sky Go Club Hoodies. We want all of our members to look awesome so make sure you order soon. We will be ending orders on Sunday April 23rd and ordering on Monday April 24th. Click the link to find out more information for ordering.
Editor's note: this sale has ended.
The leaves are changing, and that means it's time for our 11th annual Greg Lefler Memorial Tournament. This year it will be held in the Gosnell building, room 1154. Registration will start at 9 am and go until 10 am. The tournament will start as soon as the pairings are made. You will need a current AGA membership to participate, so be sure to renew yours before registering. Hope to see you there!
It's fall everyone! We're still meeting in Java's Mondays and Thursdays from 6 till late, so stop by! We also have our fall tournament coming up, which will be Saturday October 11th in the SAU's Bamboo Room. Registration is from 9-10am, and the tounament will follow immediately after. You must have an AGA membership to play. You can sign up online or you can sign up on the spot if necessary. We look forward to seeing you there!
Kinda like the last time I posted here, a year ago, we have an awesome tounament in the fall. We will have four rounds that day and lots of fun. Information can be found on our tournament page. We hope to see everyone there! We are also trying to collect interest for a major spring tournament. Please fill out a short survey to help make this happen.
Holy hell its a tournament! Please come to our three round tournament in beautiful upstate New York. We will have awesome prizes and breakfast. Remember to update your AGA Membership. This is how we're accepting registrations now.
Its freakin cold in Rochester. Yesterday was below zero. I suppose we should look towards warmer weather with our string tournament. We hope to see you all there. The page for the tournament has links to either email us for registration or facebook.
We're hosting the Sixth Annual Greg Lefler Memorial Tournament on November 6th and 7th. Please click through the link for more information. We hope to see you there!
We're finally selling shirts again. If you remember last time these are pre-orders and will be fulfilled in September. Order an awesome shirt through our store.
Editor's Note: we are no longer accepting orders.
Thanks to Bippy for making us a new flyer! You may notice several of them around campus. Feel free to put them up wherever you can:
Everybody say hi to Markus, the new Empty Sky Go Club president!
We're finally selling shirts again. If you remember last time these are pre-orders and will be fulfilled in September. Order an awesome shirt through our store.
All we post is tournament info on this page for some reason.......GUESS WHAT! The 5th Annual Greg Lefler Memorial Tournament is coming up! November 7-8 at RIT.. Please click the link for more information including pre-registration info.
.Who wants a tournament? Our Spring tournament is April 11th and 12th, 2009. Two day tournament is 4 rounds with lots of fun. Information can be found here.
First post of 2008! We have a couple pieces of news for everyone. Spring tournament is April 5th, 2008. One day tournament is 4 rounds with lots of fun. Information can be found here. We have started a new intra-club league. We have a 1 dan and 6 kyu bands with 13 people total. If you want to sign up or find information please head over to the league page. Editor's note: we no longer have an intra-club league.
4th Annual Greg Lefler Tournament is happening in another month. October 25th and 26th on the RIT campus. More informtion can be found at the tournment page. We hope to see everyone there.
We had a visit from Mr. Ruan Yunsheng 7p of China on August 10th. Pictures with comments by Dave "Bippy" Boyer.
RIT student Ruoxi Yang (left) helps to translate the teaching of Mr. Ruan Yunsheng 7p of China, even though this was the first time Ruoxi Yang really took a serious look at Go / Weichi / Paduk.
Members and friends of the Empty Sky Go Club attended a teaching session by Mr. Ruan Yunsheng 7P from China. Attendees were from RIT, the University of Rochester and the Rochester community at large.
Members and friends of the Empty Sky Go Club attended a teaching session by Mr. Ruan Yunsheng 7P from China. Attendees were from RIT, the University of Rochester and the Rochester community at large.
Members and friends of the Empty Sky Go Club attended a teaching session by Mr. Ruan Yunsheng 7P from China. Attendees were from RIT, the University of Rochester and the Rochester community at large.
A "certificate of appreciation" was created by Ruoxi Yang and Dave Boyer working together just the day before via their computers and e-mail. David did the design and layout and Ruoxi did the Chinese translation. All attendees signed it as a souvenir for Mr. Ruan Yunsheng.
China's Ruan Yunsheng 7p played 5 simul go games from the beginner to Dan level.
Standing: Ruan Yunsheng. Seated, left to right: Dave "Bippy" Boyer, Josh Simmons, Justin Kramer, Bill Hewitt, Molly Saweikis, Stephen Lloyd
Standing: Ruan Yunsheng. Seated, left to right: Dave "Bippy" Boyer, Josh Simmons, Justin Kramer, Bill Hewitt
Everyone became friends right away. The three right hand guests were from the University of Rochester.
Notes about the proverb on the fan courtesy of Ruoxi Yang, RIT student from China..... It says, "To surpass yourself." (To be superior to your previous self.) The writer is Zude Chen (???) a famous Go player at China. He had been the president of the national level's Go Association and also the Go Institute of China for many years. He resigned maybe 2 or 3 years ago (about 2005). The characters are ????. You read them right to left. The two tiny characters on the far left side is the name of the writer.
Center and Right: Mr. Ruan Yunsheng and Ruoxi Yang, accompanied by three visitors from the Univeristy of Rochester (left, left of center, and far right).
1978 Alumni of RIT, Dave "Bippy" Boyer was inspired to meet Ruan Yunsheng 7p for several reasons. Boyer says, "This was an incredible opportunity to get a very different sense of Go / Weichi. It also was a chance to share hospitality and welcome between Americans and Asians. The Chinese guests were kind of surprised how much Empty Sky members really took Go so seriously. Americans can learn from China, where their history spans back more than 600,000 years. Let's just try and learn from each other." Ruan Yunsheng 7p went on to Chicago to play Go the very next day.
We've created a facebook group for the club. You can join us here. As the description says: for those who are members, or groupies of, Empty Sky at RIT.
Editor's note: Our current Facebook group is here.
We're having another tournament on April 29th! We invite all to come and have a good time. Find out more information here.
You asked for them, we're taking orders. We have a new t-shirt design for club with a new way to order. We have a new online storefront to buy from where you can buy here. We hope to get lots of orders and everyone to wear them!
Editor's note: we are no longer accepting orders.
Empty Sky is hosting the 2nd Annual Greg Lefler Memorial Tournament on January 13th, 2007.
Empty Sky is featured in the Club Quarterly.
Editor's note: this article's page is no longer serviced by RIT.
Register for our April 22nd Spring Ratings Tournament.
It will be held in Building 12, room 1135.
Maps can be found Here.
Empty Sky brought fifteen members to the 2006 North American Oza this weekend. Photos
