The eighth UK Riichi Open attracted forty competitors, including players from Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Italy and even China (although the winner, Yihe Lu, is in practice, presently studying at Warwick University). In fact, one of the longest distance travellers to the tournament was Brigit Berkitt – all the way from the Shetland Islands, 800 miles… Read More »8th UK Open Riichi Championship – 2017
The 2nd World Championship of Riichi mahjong will be held from 4-8 October, 2017 in Las Vegas. https://worldriichi.org/ There are four places available for UK players and the following players have been selected: Michael Donaghy, Martin Lester, Christopher Rowe and Yixuan Liu, current holder of the UK Open title. In addition, based on his performance… Read More »2nd World Riichi Championship – Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Although relatively little competitive Mahjong Competition Rules style mahjong (MCR) is played in UK, a small group led by John Duckworth has been playing for the past 12 months or so, and he has blazed a trail in a number of events on the European mainland. Two representatives from UK attended the 6th European MCR… Read More »6th Open European Championship OEMC (MCR) – Povoa de Varzim. Portugal
The website is now open for registration for the eighth UK Riichi Open which will take place in Godalming, Surrey on August 12th – 13th. Following the successes of last year’s UK Open tournament in Cambridge, and the successful staging of the European event we hope that more of our home grown riichi players will be… Read More »8th UK Riichi Open 2017
An almost exclusively home based, yet most pleasing 32 competitors participated in the first UK tournament of the year in Oxford, a one day, five round competition organised by Martin and Cressida Lester, setting the scene for a successful year of tournament activity. The event was won by Chris Endicott, with tournament debutant Russel Chan… Read More »Great Scholars Riichi Mahjong Tournament – March 2017
Although the MCR mahjong code is still not as widely supported in the UK as Riichi, two places are available for this major championship which is to be held in Povoa do Varzim, Portugal from May 26nd – 28th. http://www.portugaloemc2017.pt/ Applications are invited from players seeking to represent the United Kingdom in this major event,… Read More »6th European MCR Championship 2017
The 2nd World Riichi Championship 2017 takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada October 4th to 8th. The UK has been allocated 5 seats. Here again, applications are invited from UK players wishing to be considered for these places by contacting UKMA.
The UKMA hosted the 4th running of this event at The Maltings in Farnham, Surrey over the 3 days of 7th – 9th October 2016. Farnham proved to be a very hospital and popular location with the visitors, and The Maltings proved itself to be an excellent venue for this major event. The UKMA benefitted from the… Read More »The Mahjong News European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2016
We are proud to have organised the biggest Riichi tournament staged in Europe to date, with no less than 21 countries providing 128 entrants. The Mayor of Farnham provided a welcoming reception for distinguished visitors from overseas, and kindly agreed to open the tournament officially. The leading places were taken by players from Russia, Netherlands,… Read More »European Riichi Championship 2016
Cambridge in July proved to be an excellent venue for the 7th UK Open tournament which was organised by Phillip Bielby of the Cambridge Riichi Mahjong Club, one of the UK’s most successful players and Cambridge graduate. St. Andrews Hall Chesterton was a fine location for the two day tournament, Cambridge itself provided many good… Read More »7th UK Open Riichi Tournament – 2016