BERLICUM/HERTOGENBOSCH, the Netherlands - The famous Dutch Cherry Blossom Tournament is moving to a new venue. The 2012 edition will be held at Berlicum/Hertogenbosch, in the same inn where the yearly Daja/Thirteen Orphans MCR Tournament takes place. Subscription to the competition, which is  scheduled for April, 14th, is opened.

(Update: clarification of the final results)

WARSAW - Twenty enthusiastic young players (all from Poland, plus a Japanese who studies in Warsaw) today participated in the third edition of the ‘Warsaw Mahjong Taikai’ (riichi mahjong). Szymon Lasota, vice-president of the Polish League of Mahjong, was quite happy with the smooth organisation. "We are now considering to organize the next tournament completely according to the EMA rules, so that the tournament may attract more players from outside Poland", he said. "Maybe in August or September 2012." The riichi rules in Poland differ slightly from the rules of the European Mahjong Association.