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A Welshman had dominion over all comers in his native land last weekend. Dylan Carter 1d of Cardiff took the Welsh Open from a field of 27, mostly English, at Barmouth June 22-23.

It was a neck-and-neck finish, with Carter and two others, Richard Hunter 3d of Bristol and Toby Manning 2d of Leicester all entering the final round with a chance of winning - and each going on to win his game in that round. In the end the Welshman triumphed by just half a SOS point. Also distinguishing themselves with four wins were John Green 4k of Leamington and Colin Maclennan 10k of Twickenham. The tournament was a five-round MacMahon, with the bar at 1-dan. Click here for full results. Wales is one of the four main territories which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK) - the others being England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is a country with its own National Assembly, its own Celtic language* and its own Open Go Tournament. Scotland holds its own Open Tournament, too (see June 1 EJ report) and both are in addition to the British Open (see April 8 EJ report). We may commiserate with those defeated by adapting words from the famous Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas**: Though go games be lost, the game of go shall not. - Report by Tony Collman, British Correspondent for the E-Journal, based partly on a report on the British Go Association's website.