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
I am pleased to tell you that there is an opportunity to play a Riichi tournament F2F in the UK on 18th-19th March 2023. The tournament is being run by the Twickenham Mahjong Club. There are limited places available, so get in early for an EMA-approved event at the prestigious Richmond Bridge Club. See the… Read More »Riichi Mahjong Tournament
The third edition of the World Riichi Championships took place in Vienna, in August 2022. There were 152 hopefuls from a record 34 countries. The event had been postponed from 2020 and 2021 due to the global health pandemic. Final numbers were a little lower than planned following the exclusion of Russian/Belarussian players due to… Read More »World Riichi Championships 2022
After a 2 year break we are pleased to announce that registration for the 11th UK Open Riichi Mahjong Championship, and the 3rd UK Open MCR Tournament is now open. Both tournaments will take place at a new venue in Godalming, Surrey. The MCR Tournament is on Friday 22nd July; the Riichi Championship on Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th July 2022. Full… Read More »11th UK Open Riichi Mahjong Championship & the 3rd UK Open MCR Tournament 2022
We are very pleased to announce following last year’s successful event that we have arranged a second UKMA online tournament to be held on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th December. This tournament will be hosted on the Mahjong Time platform which is popular among many European players. It is open to allcomers. There will be attractive prizes for… Read More »The Second UK Online Riichi Tournament
The 1st UK Online Tournament was held over the weekend of 12th and 13th December 2020 on the Mahjong Time platform. We had 88 players at the outset with the vast majority keeping to the agreement to play all 8 rounds; we received very good support and prizes from the Mahjong Time administrators, and the… Read More »1st UK Online Riichi Tournament – 2020
Just when you thought all hope was lost. Yes – there will be a UK Riichi Championship in 2020! It will necessarily be on-line, of course, but with a generous prize list, virtually free entry, the chance to compete in a tournament setting again at long last, not to mention national glory, and trophies for… Read More »2020 Online Tournament
The 2020 tournament season gets underway with the Cambridge Open Riichi Tournament on 25/26th April which will be held at the Trumpington Village Hall (just outside Cambridge). For full details please visit the tournament website here. Looking further ahead, the UK Riichi Open will take place on 11/12th July at the Guildford RFC. Following the success of previous years we will also be holding an… Read More »2020 Tournament News
Most tournament players will be aware that the 5th European Championship will be held in June 2019 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. All applications to participate, as in previous championships, are to be made via national associations. There is no facility for direct entry to this tournament. UK is fortunate to have many strong players capable of… Read More »5th European Riichi Championship 21-23 June 2019