State masterpoint issues
Masterpoints
Congress licence fees and masterpoints
The Congress Licence Fee (“CLF”) is payable to Bridge NSW and is calculated based on the total number of masterpoints issued at a congress. This amount will be invoiced by Bridge NSW to the host club of the congress once they have submitted their results and awards file to the State Masterpoint Secretary (SMPS), and those awards have been submitted to the ABF Masterpoint Centre (ABFMPC) for their processing. The actual masterpoint costs themselves are payable to the ABFMPC and clubs will receive invoices from the ABFMPC for those.
Warning: The ABF grant host clubs up to 1 month to submit their events to the ABFMPC, otherwise a late fee is applied by the ABFMPC at 4% per month late, or part thereof.
Clubs should therefore submit their results/masterpoint file within 2 weeks of the end of the event, allowing the SMPS 2 weeks to process the event and submit it to the ABFMPC within their allowed deadline.