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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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Online No fears pairs Goulash deals
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
Live No fears pairs
Carlton
Director: Derek Sanders
Online No fears pairs
BBO
Director: Derek Sanders
Live No fears pairs
Carlton
Director: Derek Sanders
How to register for online No Fears BBO events

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
Thursday live No Fears Carlton

Well done Nick winning the Tuesday online and then the Thursday live No fears to win the jackpot prize, a Crocodile mugyes

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 1st April BBO results summary!

 Five tables. Winners Richard and Beryl, runners up Fiona and John S, 3rd spot going to Issy and Brydon. A 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.enlightened.

 

Brydon gambles and the robot crashes!

It was April 1st, so goulash hands were on the menu and all sorts of thrills and spills to be had! It was on board six Brydon was playing with a robot that there was a major accidentsurprise

Brydon was south and picked up the longest suit of the evening, the solid ten card diamond suitlaugh. Most of the field took the practical shot and opened 5 and this contract has three inescapable losers so generally went quietly one down for +50 to E/W. Not so for Brydon, he tested the software with a ''gambling 3NT'' action! This convention typically shows a solid seven or eight card minor with nothing outside. Partner is now expected to correct to 4♣ with not much in the other suits or pass with bits and bobs. The idea being that once declarer gets in they will be able to enjoy their long minor and land nine tricks.

In the illustrated auction disaster struck, the robot alerted Brydons 3NT opener as showing 25-27 pointsblush and with ten points itself calculated thirteen tricks were there for the taking. 7NT quickly appeared on the screen. Anne Maine was west and not tested. On lead with AK, she doubled and cashed them. A spade switch followed, John was there with ♠A to enjoy five more and a 1700 penaltydevil. Still there was a happy ending, Issy Hyman, an expert from Glasgow became available to replace the robot on the next deal and recovered the situation to finish thirdyes

 

Thirteen tricks and still counting!

Board 20 was one where N/S had thirty six points between them but sadly only Brydon bid the grand slamcool!

In the illustrated auction it was the third places pair Sandra and Mairine at the helm N/S and they were up against the joint winners Tom and Nick. Still not much to the auction. Sandra opened 1♠ and Mairine with 21 points not unreasonably responded 4NT, Key card Blackwood. Sandra’s 5♠ showed two key cards, specifically A ♣A and ♠Q. South now can actually count the tricks available. Five spades, AK, five diamonds and ♣A which come to thirteen and still north has only admitted to ten of her points..

Anyway the grand slam was not bid and the places not reversed so its Nick and Tom who have the opportunity to do the double on Thursday and win a Crocodile mugwink

7NT: Since 5♠  shows two key cards and queen of trumps, you can count five spade tricks, two heart tricks  ​​​AK, five diamonds and ♣A. This comes to thirteen tricks and north has only admitted to ten points!!!

Calendar
3rd Apr 2025
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
8th Apr 2025
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders
10th Apr 2025
Live No fears pairs
Carlton 6:45
Director: Derek Sanders
15th Apr 2025
Online No fears pairs
BBO 7:00
Director: Derek Sanders