Gradings- effective from 1 January 2021

Open

• Provincial Master or higher Rank

Intermediate

• Club Master or lower Rank and 30 or less Rating Points but 5 or more A Points or
• Club Master or lower Rank with more than 30 Rating Points or
• Local Master

Junior

• Club Master or lower Rank and 30 or less Rating Points and less than 5 A Points

Rankings

There are twelve ranks accorded to holders of Master Points

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 he has 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 also competitions to find the top ten 'A' point earners within each Ranking, split into male and female categories, for a calendar year. These results are updated on a monthly basis and are found in the drop down menu under the Masterpoint heading.

The Baden Wilson trophy is for the top overall 'A' point earners in a calendar year based on points earned in New Zealand and split into male and female  categories.          

• NB: Australian competitions do not count for the Baden Wilson trophy, therefore any awards from Australian competitions will be subtracted from the total at the conclusion of the calendar year