The 2026 UKMA AGM will be held at The Guildford Institute in Guildford, Surrey, on Saturday, June 20th. It will be held in the Judith Whitaker Studio, which is located on the second floor. The AGM will start at 4:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you cannot join in person, you can also join remotely via… Read More »UKMA 2026 AGM
Hello UK players! We hope your year has got off to a good start and that lots of you are planning a year full of mahjong. This is an announcement for anyone planning to attend an EMA tournament in the near future. Please be advised that results at EMA tournaments from 1st Jan 2026 onwards… Read More »Information on Selection Procedures
Following the production of recommendations from the UKMA Sub-Committee to improve the current UKMA Constitution, an Extraordinary General Meeting was held in Bristol on 26th October to consider those recommendations. I am pleased to say that all the members of the UKMA Council were present and the revised Constitution, as published in an earlier post on… Read More »EGM on Amendments to Constitution
Onwards and upwards! The biggest field ever assembled for the UK Riichi Open met on 2nd/3rd August to contest the fourteenth iteration of the event. With 72 players competing, it was also the largest field for any UK event, just pipping the Solihull event played in the Spring. The record won’t last long, though – it… Read More »UK Riichi Open XIV
Registration is now open for the 14th UK Riichi Open Championship. This year, the Guildford Mahjong Club will host the tournament, which will take place on the 2nd and 3rd August at the Guildford Masonic Centre. The venue is slightly larger than last year and can accommodate up to 20 tables. For full details, visit… Read More »UK Riichi Open Championship
In a keenly contested tournament at the West Midlands Bridge Club in Solihull, where the lead changed hands many times over the eight rounds, Hitoshi Kurata finally won the event from 67 other competitors. UKMA Chairman Peter Langford was in second place, both striking a blow for the older generation, and Shuan Liang, one of… Read More »Heart of England Tournament
The first MERS tournament of the year in UK, the Heart of England Tournament, will be held at the West Midlands Bridge Club in Solihull on 5th/6th of April. Testament to the growth of riichi, it has reached sign-up capacity of 68 players already. Don’t despair if you would like to play but are not… Read More »Heart of England Tournament – April 2025
We are pleased to announce that, following the success of previous tournaments in Richmond, Devina Steck has kindly organised a further event for Saturday, November 9th, and Sunday, November 10th, 2024. Registration is open for this tournament, and details can be found here.
The latest edition of the UK Riichi Open took place over the weekend of July 27th and 28th, 2024. Sixty players from nine countries competed over eight hanchans at the Masonic Hall in Godalming. Many players took advantage of early registration on Friday evening at The Star pub in Godalming town centre. Several practice games… Read More »13th UK Riichi Open
James Green is organizing a one-day Riichi tournament, the Peak District Green Dragons Tournament, with the support of the UKMA. It will be held on Saturday, 28 September, in the lovely town of Bakewell, Derbyshire. All the details, including the registration form, are on the tournament webpage here: https://jankenron.co.uk/