Masterpoints explained

Most bridge sessions played at both club and tournament level of affiliated clubs, are played for Master Points. If you finish in approximately the top third of your field, you will receive Master Points.

Masterpoints are only awarded to events run by an affiliated Club, Region or NZBridge.
There are three categories of Master Point awards:

A POINTS

Awarded to players who finish in the top placings of approved A point tournaments along with winners of all session of Pairs Tournaments and fractional A points to the winners of each match in Match-Play (teams).

B POINTS

Awarded to players who finish in the top placings of approved B point tournaments along with winners of all session of Pairs Tournaments. B points cannot be converted into A points.

C POINTS

Awarded to players who finish in the top placings of approved one session C point events. C Points are converted to B Points in the ratio of 100 C Points to one B Point.

 

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GRADINGS

Open

• Local Master 0-4 stars and 100.01+ Rating Points* or
• Local Master with 5+ stars or 
• Provincial Master or higher Rank

Intermediate

• Certificate of Proficiency or Club Master with 5+ A Points or 30.01+ Rating Points* or
• Local Master 0-4 stars with 30.01-100 Rating Points*

Junior

• Club Master or lower Rank with 30 or less Rating Points or 4.99 or less A Points

*Rating points will show on the website as being rounded up eg 100.29 = 101

 

RANKINGS

A player with less than 5 A & B Points is classified as “Novice”. On reaching an aggregate of 100 Master Points, a Local Master who has not earned 50 A Points is accorded the status of Local Master - 1 Star. At 150 Master Points he becomes Local Master - 2 Star, with an additional Star for each additional 50 Master Points if they have not attained sufficient A Points. Similarly, stars are awarded to masters of other ranks who have not attained sufficient A points for promotion to a higher rank. e.g. A one-star National Master will have acquired 700 plus total Points but not yet attained 250 A Points to move to the rank of Life Master.

There are ten ranks accorded to holders of Master Points

Rank	Aggregate of A & B Points	When stars are added
Certificate of Proficiency	5	NA
Club Master	20	NA
Local Master	50	1* = 100 to 149, 2* = 150 to 199 etc
Provincial Master	100  (including at least 50 A Points)	1* = 200 to 299, 2* = 300 to 399 etc
Master	200  (including at least 100 A Points)	1* = 400 to 599, 2* = 600 to 799 etc
National Master	350  (including at least 175 A Points)	1* = 700 to 1049, 2* = 1050 to 1400 etc
Life Master	500  (including at least 250 A Points)	1* = 1000 to 1499, 2* = 1500 to 1999 etc
Grand Master	1000  (including at least 500 A Points)	1* = 2000 to 3999, 2* = 4000 to 5999 etc
Silver Grand Master	2500  (including at least 1250 A Points)	1* = 5000 to 7499, 2* = 7500 to 9999 etc
Gold Grand Master	4000  (including at least 2500 A Points)	1* = 8000 to 11999, 2* = 12000 to 15999 etc
Emerald Grand Master	8,000 (including at least 6,000 A Points)
Platinum Grand Master	10,000 (including at least 7,500 A Points)

 NB: Points for stars refer to B points