Archive for the ‘Regional News’ Category
Baden, Austria 2012
Dec 19th, 2011
by Gemma
It was my first success of last year and I came out of my trip to Austria with a really fabulous trophy. It was an amazing day thanks to Alexander Doppelhofer – who everyone should know in the riichi mahjong community, he is after all one of the game’s most passionate promoters.
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Mahjong Kombat at Kollision Kon
Oct 31st, 2011
by garthe
As part of their “East kollides with West” theme, the planners at Kollision Kon will be running a two day Japanese Mahjong tournament as part of the convention.
Part of the anime convention, the Mahjong Kombat tournament will give attendees a chance to participate in another part of Japanese culture.
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OEMC 2011
Jul 4th, 2011
by admin
While ReachMahjong.com deals mostly in the business and leisure of Riichi Mahjong, we do support our fellow players in events throughout the world and even play in a number of those events ourselves. The next big event in the world of mahjong is the Open European Mahjong Championship (OEMC), 2011 and will be held in Mestre, Italy from July 7-10, 2011, just outside of Venice.
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JPML Update – April, 2011
May 2nd, 2011
by admin
Every year April marks the new season for the Japan Professional Mahjong League and every year more and more tournaments and events are added. April is the month to start the Pro League, Champions League and for the prestigious Masters Tournament.
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The 2010 JPML Season Comes to an End
Mar 9th, 2011
by admin
January marks the home-stretch of the Japan Professional Mahjong League’s season. Each year begins in April and ends in February, so the last 2 months of the season is when all the participants are working towards winning their spot in the Grand Prix finals, which take place in March. Here’s a summary of the final event results and the line-up for the JPML Grand Prix for the 2010 season.
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French Riichi Open – 19-20 March 2011
Feb 12th, 2011
by admin
The following was taken from Shirluban’s post on the RM.com forums. Anyone in Europe should take a look. Registration is still open!
Paris 6th International Tournament – French Riichi Open
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Kaori Shimizu Wins Womens League!
Jan 25th, 2011
by admin
On January 22-23rd, 2011, the 5th annual Japan Professional Mahjong League’s (JPML) Womens League Final took place in Tokyo. The finalists were a group of well-accomplished and skilled ladies that battled in A-League for the entire year before meeting here at the final table. Rumi Nikaido, Kana Nakata, Chihiro Asaｇiri and Kaori Shimizu played 12 games over 2 days and this year’s champion was crowned. Kaori Shimizu is your new Cherry Blossom Champion.
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We will Washizu Again
Jan 21st, 2011
by admin
Last July, history was made with the first-ever Washizu Mahjong Tournament in The Netherlands. This year the 2nd Washizu tournament will take place on Sunday, April 17th, the day after the Cherry Blossom event in Nijmegen.
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JPML Calendars are Back!
Dec 9th, 2010
by admin
In 2007, 2009 and 2010 the Japan Professional Mahjong League issued calendars featuring their female pro’s. The first year only showed 6 pro’s, but more were added in each year thereafter. This year JPML has taken yet another new approach to the calendar project.
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Vienna Here I Come!
Nov 4th, 2010
by Gemma
So I missed the Red Fives tournament in the Netherlands. Unfortunately I couldn’t take time off work to attend… But luckily I’d booked in the Vienna tournament months in advance so I’ve been working myself up for this one.
I’m hoping for some good games. If I’m honest, I haven’t played a game I’ve been happy with for a long time. I guess I’m lucky that I can see the horrible mistakes I made, but I don’t seem to be able to correct myself…
Superstition is my biggest problem. So pre-tournament superstitions after the jump.
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