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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
Parking
Parking

Please note the bowling club car spaces are no longer available until the end of the season.

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 27th May BBO results summary!

A quiet four tables. Winners were Colin and John with runners up Jim and Irene. 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 and Maestrosurprise.

 

Cue bids featured hand 29th May

Very well done this week to best No fears pair Kairen and Donald who tied with Melanie and Sian on a great score of 32 starsyes

Meanwhile board 4 was a solid 6 which almost everybody failed to reach. In the illustrated auction, Stephen opened 1NT and my 2S response is the classic Baron range ask convention. This traditional method is used in both invitational along with slam auctions opposite a 1NT opener. The responses are straight forward with a minimum you rebid 2NT, otherwise show your four card suits in ascending order. Stephens 2NT was as described (minimum) and my 3 rebid indicated the slam variety, because with the invitational raise would passenlightened. Anyway, no problems for Stephen with three key cards and four card support a 'snap raise' to 6wink

Sill how would you declare 6  on a club lead?.  Its not clear because unless spades break 3-3 you need six diamond tricks so probably need to take two ruffs in hand while setting up the heart suitindecision.

Arthurs seat Trophy featured deal 22nd May!

This weeks winners Fiona and Julia bid nicely to 6♠ on board 2.  Control showing bids are crucial on many auctions to suggest slam interest. So when south bid 4 in the illustrated auction, north with the compensating first round controls was good to bid the second round control in . Anytime partner cue bids after a strong limit raise and you have a 5♠ response to RKC slam is well onenlightened South had it and bid RKC and slam landed! Still only three of the twenty three pairs got theresurprise.

Meanwhile the top No fears pair were Karen R and Mary and they win a ''Gold plated'' no fears pensurprise A very well done themyes

A low level decision!

Often at pairs the low level decisions can be important and even the lowliest of contracts can be significant in the overall result. Here on board eight what action do you take as South?

Some souths passed out the hand and defended 1♣ to collect +50. Brydon tried a thin 1NT overcall with his fourteen points and tenuous club stop. Still this worked out Ok when Ben put down dummy with a good six points.  The defence took six tricks and Brydon made seven for +90.

Meanwhile in the illustrated auction, Maureen passed as south and it was Clare, a passed hand herself who bid as north, she found the very light ''protective double'' in the pass out seat. This had the effect of pushing E/W up to 2♣  and a two trick defeat for the best score on the board with +100 wink.

Calendar
3rd Jun 2025
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
5th Jun 2025
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
10th Jun 2025
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
12th Jun 2025
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders