[September 26]
Jaap Croeze is the winner of the Kinryu Majan Taikai. He gathered 87.700 points - Gerda van Oorschot finished 2nd (77.350) and Gemma Collinge 3rd (75.100).
L.t.r.: Gemma Collinge (3), Jaap Croeze (1) and Gerda van Oorschot (2)
We had to drop one table due to late cancellations, but riichi is still gaining popularity. In general that is, because poor Harry Kal did not make one single ron or tsumo, in which case we can imagine that you might feel differently about that...
The special 'Red Fives' price (donation of the newly formed Dutch club by that name) was given to Frauke Roos. She was the foreign player closest to zero points.
Results of the KMT
Désirée Heemskerk was crowned Dutch Champion 2009; she finished 6th today and gathered enough points to consolidate her first position after the KBT (Cherryblossom tournament) in Nijmegen last February.
Results of the Dutch Championship
[September 1]
We have decided to drop the 'Yakitori' and play with 'Red Fives'. EMA requested that all tournaments should be following the same rules. While we do follow the official rules, we have experimented with a different additional bonus element for both Red Fives and Yakitori are optional components.
But since the use of Red Fives is introduced in the rules as a 'de facto standard' and the Yakitori is not, we will now also use them.
[May 31]
Hans Wikström (Sweden) is the winner of the 5th Dutch Open. In a nerve wrecking final, he managed to stay ahead of the competition - Joël Ratsimandresy (France) took 2nd place and Eveline Broers (Netherlands) finished third. She was crowned 'Dutch Champion'.
The 2009 winners of the Tile Hog - Dutch Open
L.t.r.: Noël Ratsimandresy (2), Hans Wikström (1) and Eveline Broers (3)
© Picture Jaap Croeze
The 'surpise' team price was taken by Hans, Joël, Olivier Boivin and Laurent Mahé. Teams were formed randomly and not by choice of the players.
The special '5th anniversary Price', a mahjong XXL set sponsored by DAJA mahjong, was won by Olivier Boivin. He completed an 'All Fives' hand on the Pair within 21 minutes.
The results
Pictures
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