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
The World Riichi Championship takes place this year from 1st to 6th July in Tokyo. The UK has been allocated only three places this year. The UKMA has considered the merits of the players we originally selected for the recent European Championship in Valencia and added those whose most recent performances have been particularly strong.… Read More »WRC 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.
This Championship takes place in Valencia from 5-8th December 2024. Because of the UK Riichi community’s successes over recent years and the growing popularity of Riichi in the UK, we have been allocated 10 places in this major tournament. The UKMA has responsibility for nominating the UK’s representatives. We have sought interest from those UK… Read More »European Riichi Championship 2024
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/
The 12th UK Open Riichi Mahjong Championship held on the 12th and 13th August 2023 was generally accepted to be very successful and most enjoyable. Sixty players from 10 countries filled the Masonic Hall in Godalming, Surrey, hoping to play well and to benefit from good luck whilst comforting themselves with good food and drink… Read More »Endicott Walks It!
The 12th UK Riichi Open is taking place at the Masonic Hall in Godalming on the 12th and 13th August, 2023. This promises to be the most successful ever as it attracted a full complement of 60 players quickly after opening registration. You can see details of the event at https://ukrc2023.azurewebsites.net/. If you were unlucky… Read More »12th UK Riichi Open
We are pleased to announce the first ever Welsh Riichi Championship to be held on Saturday, 15th and Sunday 16th October in Cardiff. Aptly named the Welsh Red Dragon Tournament, we expect to witness many dragons – of all colours! Registration is now open at https://jankenron.co.uk/. It would be great to see as many of… Read More »Welsh Red Dragon Tournament