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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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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.

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!

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BBO Sunday evening pairs tournament and the live Friday evening pairs at the Carlton!

Hazel runs the Carlton BBO Sunday pairs tournament. Its great fun 24 boards, eight three board matches. Meanwhile Neil does the 'live Friday evening event' at the Carlton. No need to be a member, everybody is welcome for both! Not to mention the superb catering on Friday. So please come along!

Relaxed and friendly Bridge
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.

The Live 6:45 Thursday No Fears!
The Live 6:45 Thursday No Fears!

The 'live' Thursday No Fears pairs is a relaxed 24 board tourney held in room 1, 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.

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.

A senior world record!
A senior world record!

The Thursday live No fears pairs may well have broken a world record in playing the oldest table ever in Tournament Bridge. The sum of the four players was well over 350 and if you added the fractions (months) came to an astonishing 355 years. 

From left to right...Helen Palmer, Sandra Kerr, Michael Palmer, Peter Sanders.  Great stuff guys!

Tuesday 17th June BBO results summary!

Five tables winners were Richard and Beryl, runners up Brydon and John with third spot going to Stephen and Colin! Well done them! 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. Not to mention the new titles Explorer, Tactician, Strategist, Virtuoso, Maestro and Supremosurprise.

 

Tuesday 17th June BBO results summary!
Cue bids Arthurs seat trophy week ending 19th June!

Well done this weeks joint winners J.P. and Tom with No fears pair Sandra and Mairin who achieved the highest overall score. Sandra also won the online and live No fears pairs in the same week with Brydon to take the 'hat trick'. Great stuff cool!

Board 10 split the field with some settling in part score while others drove onto game. The strong NT pairs got the best of it when after south opened 1NT the 2 overcall indicating a major did not put off the norths and they simply bid 4♠. Some of the 'weak no trumpers' were distracted when after the heart overcall partner rebid 1NT and the seeds of doubt set inindecision. Did partner have wasted values in hearts and how many spades? Even a singleton  is possible on this auction!

Me, i too was a scaredy cat and in the illustrated auction rebid 2♠ where we we played for a solitary starcrying

 

Meanwhile the winners were not so ''fearful'' wink and after Sandra took a positive view with the good six card spade suit and singleton   jumped to 3♠. No problems for Mairin and onto 4♠ for all three stars, nicely bid yes.

Board 13...unlucky for the robot.

Board thirteen was an excellent slam and in the illustrated auction Sheila opened the north hand 3♠  to which John S east, overcalled 4 . Brydon held the west hand and started to think, but before he could take an action lost his internet connectionsurprise. I then received a red warning notification that he had been offline for a while. Only thing to do was to bring on a temporary robot to make the decision for himdevil. Four aces and a queen to boot opposite a partner that has made a four level vulnerable overcall, the robot had no problem and found a not unreasonable 7NT response. This looks like a great spot with thirteen tricks seemingly bound in brass that is until the heart suit broke 4-0 off side...very unlucky!

Meanwhile only the third placed pair Stephen and Colin bid the small slam when Stephen raised Colins 4 overcall to 6. Well bid themyes

Cue Bids Arthurs seat trophy. Weak ending 12th June

Twenty five pairs with Michael and Mathew winning with 33 stars. A tie for the best No fears pairs, they were Karen and Mary along with Mairie and Nicola, a very well done all of them.

Deal 8 was this week's swing board when at favourable vulnerability the robot came in with a pre-emptive 3  over call in the 'sandwich position'. Many north's including my self put all their eggs in one basket and bid 3NT. Not really a ideal, you do have the diamond suit well stopped but there is a rigidity in the way you can play the no loser holding which may play better in a suit contract.indecision. Anyway it was a starless effort given there were two eight card major suit fits and no quick source of tricks.crying

Meanwhile the winners took a far more flexible action and doubled.  This indicates a really good hand, typically one too strong to open a strong NT as here. Although not certain to work out (3NT may still be the best spot) this looks like a long term winning action and the best chance of locating a major suit and now the good 4 played. Nicely bid those two  and the  others yes

 

Even so well judged to those that upgraded to open 2NT with the south hand and had no problem finding their eight card major suit fit wink

Calendar
24th Jun 2025
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
26th Jun 2025
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
1st Jul 2025
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
3rd Jul 2025
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders