The Leeds Riichi Mahjong Club will be hosting this year’s third MERs-rated UK tournament. The two-day tournament, consisting of 8 hanchans (4+4), will be held at The Tetley, Hunslet Road, Leeds, on Saturday-Sunday, 24-25th October. The tournament website will be available in the EMA calendar in the coming weeks.
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
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/
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
The third online tournament sponsored by the Mahjongtime platform took place over the weekend of 14th/15th January 2023. Once again, a healthy cohort of international players joined the UK entrants to compete for the trophies and sponsored cash prizes generously donated by Mahjongtime.com Irina Spelincova, won four and took two second places from the eight… Read More »The Third UK Online Riichi Online Tournament