SpadeHeart 
The Edinburgh No fears Bridge Club
The site where all the action happens!
 DiamondClub
Results
Online No fears pairs
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
Online No fears pairs
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
Live No fears pairs
Carlton
Director: Derek Sanders
St Thomas of Aquins
How to register for online No Fears BBO events

1) Login to BBO with your partner.

2) Go to competetive

3) Click all tournament

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!

Release 2.19r
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
No Fears Xmas fun schedule.

 Tuesday 24th Christmas eve BBO pairs 7.00 if three tablessmiley.

 Thursday 26th Club closed

 Tuesday 31st Hogmonay Goulash BBO pairs 7.00surprise

Thursday 2nd January Club closed

After 5 rounds which started in May. The 64 board Scottish cup final was held at the Carlton Bridge club. Winners Gints, me, Brian and Alan.

No Fears Xmas fun schedule.
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!

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.

Tuesday 17th December BBO results summary!

Seven tables of Goulash mayhemdevil. Winners were Stephen and Colin, runners up Elena (Ukraine mixed teams) and guest player, with 3rd spot going to Clive and Diana. A very well done themyes.

The Live No fears is on every Thursday 6:45 at the Carlton. Jane provides excellent catering and there is easy access parking right outside the card rooms. So just a ten yard walk from your car to the playing area!

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.enlightened.

 

Goulash greetings!

The Xmas goulash tournament got off too an even more dynamic start than usual when on board 1 N/S ran into a thirteen card spade fitlaugh.

The bidding got high fast and all the souths overcalled easts opening 1 bid with a 4♠ overcall. However only in the illustrated auction  did norths John R and Brydon with a pair of aces and a singleton make the well judged decision and immediately raised their partner to 6♠cool. Fiona got ♣A lead which she ruffed and trumps drawn. The heart disappeared on the diamonds for all thirteen tricks. Great raise those twoyes.

Point of interest: 7 by east is a scary defensive prospect. Only a diamond lead by south defeats the grand slam ....would you have found itwink.

Goulash greetings ...continued

Thing improved for E/W on board 2. This time it was they who held lots of spades but a mere eleven card fit and had the opportunity ''to get their money back''.

This time in the illustrated auction east opened a weak 2♥. West with the solid ten card spade suit and useful A responded 6♠ . Well done Polly, John P and Melanie who all bid the excellent slam. Once again the lead was crucial in stopping the overtrick but no one found the club lead and that too was thirteen tricks for west. Well bid those threeyes

A glitch on board six!

Many declarers came unstuck on board six when after reaching the good 6NT did not count their tricks and went down in a slam there for the taking.

Only Ann M sitting south landed twelve tricks after getting to slam in the illustrated auction. Johns 4NT response was a classical quantitative bid suggesting 6NT if Ann was maximum or pass if minimum. Ann was not sure indecisionand passed the buck back to John with a 5NT rebidsurprise. Still no problem for John with the long heart suit, he drove onto the six level. Meanwhile Irene was in the east seat and lead ♠3. Declarer can count nine tricks on top, three spades, two hearts and four clubs so needs three more from the diamond suit. Seeing this Ann set about diamonds and when Irene grabbed her A and the suit broke that was three more for declarer taking the total to twelve and +990. Well played Annyes.

See how even if diamonds fail to break 3-3 a doubleton or even singleton 10 will allow declarer to prevail because the 9 in hand now becomes a trickenlightened.

Calendar
24th Dec 2024
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
31st Dec 2024
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
2nd Jan 2025
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
7th Jan 2025
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders