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The Edinburgh No fears Bridge Club
The site where all the action happens and Scottish Acol kicked off!
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Results
Live No fears pairs
Carlton
Director: Derek Sanders
Online No fears pairs
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
Live No fears pairs
Carlton
Director: Derek Sanders
Online No fears pairs
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
How to register for the Tuesday online No Fears BBO tourney. 7:00 start.

1) Login to BBO with your partner.

2) Go to competitive.

3) Click all tournaments.

4) In search type stdomingo.

5) Enter you partners name and click invite.

6) Your partner will receive an invitation and accept

7) When the Tourney starts you will be automatically taken to a table.

8) Good luck and have fun!

Carlton live events for No fears players!

Hazel, a No fears veteranwink runs the Carlton Wednesday afternoon Bronze pairs event. Its a fun and exciting 21 boards. There is also a novice tourney on Tuesday afternoon between 14 and 18 boards run by Elizabeth, great for those new to tournament bridge. Everybody welcome to both of them! Not to mention the superb catering provided. So please come along!

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Relaxed and friendly Bridge
The 6:45 Thursday Carlton No Fears!
The 6:45 Thursday Carlton No Fears!

The Thursday No Fears pairs is a relaxed 24 board tourney held in room 1 at the Carlton Bridge club. Jane Mawdsley provides excellent catering. Please note its a 6:45 start time. If you are running late, just phone and i will reserve a table. Everybody welcome, parking is right outside the card rooms, so super easy access. Let me know if you need a partner its, great fun!! 

Meanwhile if you fancy some online bridge, please login, its on BBO every Tuesday 7.00! See below for more details.

Please contact  me to play the online BBO No Fears or Live tourney! Everybody welcome!

Edinburgh No Fears Bridge club help line.

Phone 07930144819 or use the form belowsmiley.

Guidelines and rules for the Edinburgh No Fears Bridge club Tuesday 7:00 BBO tourney.

This relaxed tourney is twenty-four boards of 8 three board matches with an estimated run time of about 2 hours and 30 minutes. Everybody who have attended council classes, private classes and all SBU Bronze players are welcome to join in the fun ($4:00 buy in). Please phone if you have trouble registering (i can fix itsmiley).

1) Please announce your system, for example '12-14 NT, five card spade suit, 3 weak 2's, rev attitude and standard count' is fine.

2) a) If you make a misclick in bidding or play no probs..its easily done and it is 'right and proper' to correct your bid or play. Just request an undo. Note: You are not allowed an undo if you change your mind about an action or lose concentration. When your opponents ask for an undo, you should generally accept. If you are not sure, please call mesmiley and i will give a ruling. It keeps everybody happy. 

b) If you feel an opponent is slow, please be patient. Should the clock start running down, just call me and request extra time.

3) Please alert and explain conventional bids. You explain your own bids, partner cannot see the explanation.  For example, transfers, the Landy convention and Stayman. 

4) Edinburgh No Fears bridge club system limitations: 

 a) The Multi 2D is not permitted.

 b) When you open 1C you must have at least 3 clubs. 

c) Apart from strong 2C and Benji Acol all two-level opening bids must be natural and single suited.

5) Please, as a courtesy to your opponents display your name on personal details. Its nice to know whom you are playing! 

6) The main thing is to have fun and be kind to your opponentssmiley

Note: Sometimes we get a half table so you will need to wait a minute or two. This allows me to substitute in No fears late comers, a player on standby or friends that fancy playing a few boards. Sorry if you start off against a pair of 'Pesky Robots' crying but it gives me flexibility to add players who would normally miss outsmiley

Also, if you get disconnected from BBO and can't get back for a while to keep things going i may ‘sub in a robot’. Anyway, if you are subbed by a robot, don't worry, just hang in there and on your return, you will be reseated to the table for the next dealwink.

This is not an SBU event, and Edinburgh No Fears bridge club rules apply.

BBO results summary Tuesday 17th February!

A good eight tables. Winners were Sian and Stephen P, Tom and Nick a fraction behind with Colin and Stephen G taking third spot. Very well done themyes

Meanwhile anybody who does the double cool that is... winning the Tuesday 'BBO' No Fears and then the Thursday 'live' No Fears in the same week will receive a No Fears winners crocodile 🐊 mug!

BBO master points are awarded to players who finish in top positions. A number appears beside your username, increasing as you accumulate more points.💥

 

 

Cue bids...Arthurs seat 18th February

Well done this weeks winners Troy and Ian with Sandra and Mairin  best No fears pairyes.

Board 11 was an interesting one. Annoyingly i was more concerned with the value of my hand opposite a potential strong NT opener and failed to notice the four card spade suit and responded 1NT (6-8 points) opposite the imagined strong NTcrying

Meanwhile the rest of the field spotted the four card spade suit so responded 1♠ and got raised to 3♠ . Some passed and others bid to 4♠, a flawed contract missing three top trumps and A.

Playing a weak NT a lot of the time the 3♠ action shows a hand that would have opened a strong NT with 4-4 in the majors. This means that the weak No trumpers have a free bid of 3NT. This sounds like offering a choice of contracts but to me is far too vague. The suggestion i offer is, that it indicates the strong balanced hand but more importantly a poor four card suit, typically Jack high. Surprisingly this situation is quite high frequency and as here can keep you out of dodgy 4-4 major suit fits where you are missing the top honours.enlightened

 

Pass blush I'm cautious.

4♠   laugh I'm positive.

3NT wink I have a dodgy spade suit.

Calendar
24th Feb 2026
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
26th Feb 2026
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
3rd Mar 2026
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
5th Mar 2026
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders