23-24 August 2025
Results
| Place | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jokubas Markevicius | 136.1 |
| 2 | Joey Zheng | 114.2 |
| 3 | Tramy Le | 110.3 |
| 4 | Sio I Liang | 104.7 |
| 5 | Sam Sleight | 97.7 |
| 6 | Dean McCaffrey | 89.4 |
| 7 | Benoit Dessort | 84.4 |
| 8 | Ronan White | 78.2 |
| 9 | Ming Ying | 67.5 |
| 10 | Bryan Manchez | 66 |
| 11 | Sveta Yaramenko | 55.2 |
| 12 | Martin Schleimer | 45 |
| 13 | Kathy Horton | 43.1 |
| 14 | Alex Wilde | 41.8 |
| 15 | Julia Soh | 34.1 |
| 16 | Mike Short | 14.5 |
| 17 | Simon Picard | 5.6 |
| 18 | Juraj Jergus | 4.8 |
| 19 | Maghnus Hartigan | 2.1 |
| 20 | Mark Wu | -11.7 |
| 21 | Meghann McKeague | -27.7 |
| 22 | Daniel Watts | -29.4 |
| 23 | Virginie Pierre | -29.5 |
| 24 | Devina Steck | -31.1 |
| 25 | William O’Brien | -33 |
| 26 | Livey Irwin | -38.1 |
| 27 | Duy Le | -54.1 |
| 28 | Kenta Utsunomiya | -54.3 |
| 29 | Yucheng Gao | -63.5 |
| 30 | Siobhan Chen | -75.4 |
| 31 | Robert Mason | -112.2 |
| 32 | Conor Mullin | -119.8 |
| 33 | Loraine Gray | -127.5 |
| 34 | Jonathan Matchett | -170.9 |
| 35 | Seth Camara | -174.1 |
| 36 | Kim Wright | -213.1 |
Venue
The Crow’s Nest, Cork, Ireland
Overview
This will be an eight-hanchan open tournament over two days, playing to standard EMA riichi rules.
In addition, the three Irish players (living on the island of Ireland or holding an Irish citizenship) who rank highest in this tournament, will qualify for the subsequent All-Ireland Riichi Mahjong Championship finals (date to be announced later) where they will face the current champion, Conor Mullin.
Being an EMA ranked tournament, players will need to be able to play without any external assistance. Guide sheets will be provided for scoring, which is the responsibility of all four players.
Getting to Cork
Cork Airport has flights from several British airports, as well as major hubs such as Amsterdam Schiphol and Paris CDG. It’s a short bus ride (~€3, you can buy a ticket from the bus driver with cash) or taxi ride (~€20) from the airport into the city. Otherwise, Dublin Airport is 3 hours away from Cork City centre using Aircoach or GoBus services (~€21).
Where to stay
We are offering to rent student accommodations that are empty for the summer as a group, in the same building as the tournament’s venue (“Crow’s Nest”) or in a building less than a 5 minutes walk away (“Victoria Lodge”). The price will be €55 per person per night, for a single bed in an individual bedroom in a unit with a shared kitchen and living space (Victoria Lodge), or €120 for a double room (Crow’s Nest, price per room and not per person). This is easily the cheapest for an individual room in Cork. If you are interested in this, instructions to book will be included in the registration confirmation email.
Beyond that, Hotel accommodation in Cork is challenging. Affordable options include Sheilas Hostel for a place in a dorm or some AirBNB hosts. We strongly recommend booking as early as possible, as your options will shrink quickly.
Tournament details
Entry fee: €70 (access to the tournament, catering and snacks on both days, to be paid by bank transfer/revolut). Some entry places for low-income players are available at €40 – please contact us to discuss. Please note that depending on budget constraints we might not be able to offer a refund in case of cancellation in the last two weeks before the event.
IMPORTANT: we will make every effort to accommodate registrations until the last moment, but might need to review on a per-case basis for late registrations.
Registration: closed
Rules: EMA RCR (pdf, standard European riichi tournament rules)
Format: round robin, 8 rounds
Referee: Maksym Ivanov
EMA observer: TBD
Location: Transportation in Cork is heavily based on car, so we suggest looking for accommodation in walking distance (we do provide an affordable option in the same building, see “Where to stay”). We will also try to accommodate needs for lifts if possible.
Schedule:
Saturday:
- 8:30-9:00 registration
- 9:00-10:30 first round
- 10:30-11:00 break
- 11:00-12:30 second round
- 12:30-13:30 lunch
- 13:30-15:00 third round
- 15:00-15:30 break
- 15:30-17:00 fourth round
- 17:00-17:30 break
- 17:30-19:00 fifth round
Sunday:
- 8:30-9:00 registration
- 9:00-10:30 sixth round
- 10:30-11:00 break
- 11:00-12:30 seventh round
- 12:30-13:30 lunch
- 13:30-15:00 eighth round
- 15:00-15:30 closing ceremony
Registered players:
- Sveta Yaremenko, Ukraine
- Livey Irwin, Ireland
- Sam Sleight, United Kingdom
- Martin Schleimer, Ireland
- Yucheng Gao, Ireland
- Jonathan Matchett, Ireland
- Katherine Horton, USA
- Dean McCaffrey, United Kingdom
- Duy Le, United Kingdom
- Julia Soh, Ireland
- Meghann McKeague, Ireland
- Simon Picard, Ireland
- Juraj Jergus, Slovakia
- Mike Short, United Kingdom
- Joaquín Padilla Rivero, Ireland
- Robert Mason, United Kingdom
- Ming Ying, United Kingdom
- Zhiyu Zheng, Ireland
- Siobhán Chen, Ireland
- Ronan White, United Kingdom
- Mark Wu, United Kingdom
- Loraine Gray, United Kingdom
- Bryan Manchez, France
- Jokubas Markevicius, United Kingdom
- Kenta Utsunomiya, Ireland
- Alex Wilde, Ireland
- Conor Mullin, Ireland
- Virginie Pierre, Ireland
- Tramy Le, Ireland
- Sio I Liang, United Kingdom
- Daniel Watts, Ireland
- Maghnus Hartigan, Ireland
- Benoit Dessort, France
- Seth Camara, Other
- Kim Wright, United Kingdom
- Devi Steck, Switzerland
- William O’Brien, Ireland