Gemma Collinge Beams At First Victory
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- Created on Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:00
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:00
- Written by Martin Rep
HANOVER (Germany) - One year ago, Gemma Collinge - she is from the UK, but she lives in Germany actually - was in Hanover for the first time, to participate in the European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2008. At the time, she could not fulfill the great expectations some people had of her as a staff columnist of ReachMahjong.Com: she was 71st in the field of 80 players.
But today, at the First German Riichi Open, a.k.a. the Phenix Tournament, Gemma ruled - or she just was plain lucky, but anyway: she was doing just great. She won two of her four tables; one with a baiman: a winning hand, worth 8~10 fan - and in the ones which she did not win, she scored enough points to make her the winner, with a total score of 87,500.
Behind Gemma, a German couple stood on the victory stand. Michael Zaradnik was the runner-up (with 78,400 points), while his girl-friend Nadine König ended on the third place with 70,000 points. Being the best German player, Michael was also honoured as the first German Riichi Mahjong Champion.
There were 48 competitors in the Hanover Jazz Club. Just like the players, Ilka Stummeyer was very satisfied about the tournament as well as the location. So she promised the players that the second European Riichi Championship, which will take place next year in Hanover, will also be held in the Jazz Club.
Read Gemma's blog on ReachMahjong.Com
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And the new faces were from Muenster and from Munster. That's all mistakes ;)
The tournament was great in my opinion, there should be some more like it^^
Congratulation Kirill !
Well done mate
Regards
Nicolas
I have corrected it now.
Martin Rep
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Well, you are quoting from reliable sources (~_^), so I suppose you must be right… I should read my own newspaper better.
Anyway - it’s the first MERS tournament with three Slovakians on the honorary stand, right?
Congratulations! Hope to meet you all during the European Riichi Championship at Bad Vöslau, later this year.
Martin Rep