Bluebridge from an official’s side: search and apply, accept offers, request releases, and file match reports as the head referee.
Account
Getting started
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Set up your profile so the right events surface and assignors can reach you.
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Requesting release and blocking dates
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When life happens, how to drop an assignment, and how to prevent matches from offering on dates you can't work.
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Reading your dashboard
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The calendar, the upcoming list, and what each dot means.
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Accepting group invitations
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Joining an assignor's private group, from an email invite or a bulk-paste invite they tagged to the group.
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Schedule-conflict warnings
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Small amber chips flag dates where you already have another Bluebridge commitment. They never block you, they just make sure you notice.
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Adding your assignments to your calendar
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Each match on /my-assignments has a small calendar button next to the date. Tap it to download a one-line .ics that opens in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook, your default. There's also an event-wide bundle that grabs every date at once.
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Events
Finding an event
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Search, filter by sanctioning body and USTA section, and apply per-date or per-event.
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Tracking applications and assignments
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My Applications, My Assignments, and how the statuses move through them.
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Starring events to pin them
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Pin the seasons or tournaments you care about most to the top of every list.
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Reading an event page
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What every section tells you before you decide to apply.
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Match reports
Filing match reports (referees)
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Where the CTA appears, what fields to fill, and how edits behave.
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Coordinating with other officials
Inside a group: the home page
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What you can do on a group home, read announcements, browse resources, see attached events, and find the rest of the roster.
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Seeing the crew on each match
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Every match on My assignments shows the other officials working it. Status is color-coded, and tapping a name copies their email.
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Seeing the tournament schedule once you accept
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After you accept any day on a tournament, the event page shows every site, the full crew on each day, and each official's report time, read-only, but yours to plan around.
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Notifications
Reminders we send before your assignments
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Two automatic email reminders so a match never sneaks up on you: 48 hours before each college match, and 2 days before a tournament you accepted.
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Tax & finance
Tax info (W-9): submitting, sharing, and sending
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How Bluebridge stores your W-9, who can see what, and the three ways your filled W-9 can leave the platform.
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Payment methods: getting paid
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Add the ways you accept payment — Zelle, Venmo, ACH, or Check — and how Bluebridge keeps your bank info secure.
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Invoices: bill payors and track who paid
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Build invoices with line items, preview the PDF, send to any payor, and mark them paid — all from Profile → Tax & Finance → Invoices.
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Authorizing Bluebridge deposits
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The ACH opt-in checkbox — what it does, when Bluebridge actually deposits, and how to revoke. Off by default; you choose when to turn it on.
