Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2017	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2021		2020		2019		2018		2017
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.788	130	492.5	12	56	118	436.5	117	384	99	250.95	64	144
Chris Rogers	0	2	3.486	121	421.8	4	21	50	205.2	67	195.6	68	196.35	64	133.8
Nick Barham	0	3	3.183	163	518.85	5	0	56	220.05	102	298.8	79	163.8	77	168.9
Stuart Mann	0	4	2.929	120	351.5	5	21	29	81	28	102.4	30	72.1	28	75
Simonetta Herrera	0	5	2.924	109	318.7	5	10	104	308.7	130	298.8	120	231.7	111	184.5
Simon Baker	0	6	2.836	122	346	2	0	56	177.3	25	44.8	39	123.9	20	45
Jon Barnes	0	7	2.802	23(+8)	86.85	.	.	23	86.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Adam Sinclair	0	8	2.765	178	492.25	1	7	71	198.45	106	286.8	98	250.25	74	131.7
Kev Peters	0	9	2.676	129	345.2	11	50	118	295.2	34	73.6	7	21.35	.	.
Cecilia Sparke	0	10	2.639	121	319.3	2	6	64	155.7	55	157.6	46	109.9	56	128.1
Andy Boysan	0	11	2.600	124	322.45	9	34	115	288.45	112	306.4	29	72.1	35	56.1
Roland Herrera	0	12	2.596	110	285.55	8	16	102	269.55	85	227.6	94	190.75	85	171.9
Neil Young	0	13	2.566	102	261.7	.	.	23	86.4	29	80	30	62.3	20	33
Tim Line	0	14	2.5336	134	339.5	11	56	123	283.5	113	277.2	107	236.25	94	170.7
Robin Gunney	0	15	2.5335	106	268.55	11	46	85	206.55	10	16	.	.	.	.
Chris Hughes	0	16	2.5332	101	255.85	6	16	95	239.85	30	48.8	45	77.7	47	62.1
Alex Hodge	0	17	2.524	131	330.65	.	.	.	.	12	38.4	119	292.25	104	229.2
James Newman	0	18	2.518	47(+6)	133.45	2	0	43	128.25	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Alan Joicey	0	19	2.517	112	281.85	12	33	100	248.85	19	36	.	.	.	.
Ian Anderson	1	20	2.478	49(+6)	136.3	5	4	38	122.85	.	.	6	9.45	.	.
Stephen Little	0	21	2.472	147	363.4	10	25	137	338.4	114	236	118	204.75	88	142.8
George Georgiou	1	22	2.440	125	304.95	1	0	74	184.95.	50	120	33	57.05	50	101.4
Jason Champion	1	23	2.438	107	260.9	.	.	.	.	10	24	41	110.6	56	126.3
Paul Watts	1	24	2.420	131	317.05	4	16	70	162.45	25	61.6	32	77	28	49.8
Phil Charlton	1	25	2.326	100	232.6	2	5	25	46.8	29	88.8	24	56	20	36
Warner Solomon	1	26	2.325	90(+1)	211.6	5	10	85	201.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ian Tarr	0	27	2.285	229	523.3	2	0	93	263.7	134	259.6	113	236.6	125	246.3
Jim Green	1	28	2.272	97(+1)	222.65	.	.	47	117	34	85.6	12	16.45	4	3.6
Daniel Eldridge	0	29	2.204	148	326.2	.	.	45	117	103	209.2	77	126	77	120.3
Ismail Yilmaz	1	30	2.139	98(+1)	211.8	10	36	37	89.1	6	19.2	23	31.5	22	36
Simon Hughes	0	31	2.138	154	329.2	.	.	23	36.45	65	177.6	66	115.15	81	115.8
Steffen Nowak	1	32	2.093	143	299.3	.	.	31	81	34	80	31	52.5	47	85.8
Adrian Farthing	1	33	2.069	158	326.95	2	0	89	213.75	67	113.2	6	4.9	.	.
Dave Pym	1	34	2.068	126	260.6	8	16	65	149.4	24	33.6	29	61.6	30	56.4
Yuri Cherkasenko	1	35	2.055	29(+8)	76.05	.	.	29	76.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gary Plant	1	36	2.046	91(+1)	188.2	.	.	21	64.8	22	52	24	29.4	24	42
John Hedge	1	37	2.044	15(+9)	49.05	.	.	15	49.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fred North	1	38	2.028	97(+1)	198.7	3	0	20	50.4	24	57.6	28	44.8	22	45.9
Mark Dixon	0	39	1.996	19(+9)	55.9	.	.	15	35.1	4	20.8	.	.	.	.
Mike Rodwell	2	40	1.995	22(+8)	59.85	.	.	22	59.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ed Turner	2	41	1.981	111	219.9	.	.	12	22.5	25	62.4	40	77.7	34	57.3
Steve Morris	2	42	1.967	178	350.2	7	23	88	172.8	83	154.4	94	147.35	82	111.3
Ian Hedges	2	43	1.884	143	269.45	5	10	24	44.55	51	86.8	63	128.1	59	84
Safi Tracy	2	44	1.863	65(+4)	128.55	6	12	59	116.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chas Perry	2	45	1.854	39(+7)	85.3	.	.	21	40.5	18	44.8	.	.	.	.
Rufus Rozelaar	2	46	1.844	89(+2)	167.8	.	.	.	.	22	56	26	49.7	41	62.1
Peter Thistlewood	2	47	1.8433	88(+2)	165.9	.	.	22	50.4	22	56	24	38.5	20	21
Eamonn Reay	2	48	1.8431	45(+6)	94	.	.	25	68.4	20	25.6	.	.	.	.
David Tyrrell	2	49	1.8425	99(+1)	184.25	9	6	72	139.05	18	39.2	.	.	.	.
Tony Walters	2	50	1.766	104	183.7	.	.	2	5.4	60	99.2	42	79.1	21	35.4
Mike Smith	2	51	1.751	79(+3)	143.6	2	8	6	13.5	24	36.8	27	55.3	20	30
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	52	1.745	82(+2)	146.6	.	.	65	117	17	29.6	.	.	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	2	53	1.699	80(+2)	139.35	2	8	62	109.35	16	22	.	.	.	.
Matt Reekie-Black	2	54	1.690	28(+8)	60.85	8	28	20	32.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cliff Blofield	2	55	1.674	133	222.7	6	23	29	65.25	28	38.4	33	57.05	37	39
Richard Owsley	0	56	1.668	172	286.9	2	5	29	52.2	61	112.8	80	116.9	61	82.2
Jon Organ	2	57	1.651	58(+5)	104	.	.	20	36	22	40	16	28	.	.
Simon Tracy	2	58	1.616	69(+4)	118	5	10	64	108	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hazel Boucher	2	59	1.575	39(+7)	72.45	8	18	31	54.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	60	1.535	83(+2)	130.5	.	.	37	83.7	20	19.2	13	16.8	13	10.8
Frank Jones	2	61	1.525	65(+4)	105.25	10	12	37	77.4	13	12	5	3.85	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	2	62	1.457	115	167.6	6	6	67	100.8	42	60.8	37	35.7	33	22.8
Carwyn Jenkins	2	63	1.426	99(+1)	142.6	2	0	22	45	27	37.2	15	28	33	32.4
Cynthia Roberts	2	64	1.406	118	165.95	22	26	96	139.95	94	155.2	68	95.55	87	92.1
Pearl Foster	2	65	1.374	90(+1)	125	2	5	20	31.5	22	32	24	38.5	22	18
Pat Holly	2	66	1.373	11(+9)	27.45	.	.	11	27.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Curran	2	67	1.356	123	166.75	9	16	88	121.95	26	28.8	24	21.7	20	19.8
Miles Farren	2	68	1.321	19(+9)	37	.	.	5	10.8	6	19.2	6	7	2	0
Derek Clew	2	69	1.296	15(+9)	31.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	11.9	10	19.2
James Lintell-Smith	2	70	1.255	73(+3)	95.4	3	4	25	37.8	21	24	20	22.4	4	7.2
David Hoare	3	71	1.228	36(+7)	52.8	.	.	23	36	13	16.8	.	.	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3	72	1.222	36(+7)	52.55	4	8	24	39.15	.	.	.	.	8	5.4
Alan Parfitt	3	73	1.214	21(+8)	35.2	.	.	.	.	21	35.2	.	.	.	.
Ben Crowden	3	74	1.201	40(+6)	55.25	9	12	28	40.05	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	3	75	1.181	115	135.85	3	8	28	29.25	24	35.2	32	40.6	28	22.8
Andy Brown	3	76	1.142	28(+8)	41.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28	41.1
Rosey Bensley	3	77	1.128	44(+6)	56.4	.	.	41	48.6	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Marcus Evans	3	78	1.114	19(+9)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	14.7	9	16.5
Steve Cox	3	79	1.067	38(+7)	48	.	.	.	.	7	8	19	28	12	12
Drew Caudwell	3	80	1.024	80(+2)	84	.	.	.	.	20	20	30	40.6	30	23.4
Andrew Cobb	3	81	0.910	82(+2)	76.4	.	.	20	18	18	22.4	24	21	20	15
George Devlin	3	82	0.891	26(+8)	30.3	.	.	5	3.6	13	22.8	2	0	6	3.9
Jordan White	3	83	0.826	57(+5)	51.2	3	8	27	34.2	14	4.8	13	4.2	.	.
Mary French	3	84	0.800	22(+8)	24	.	.	2	0	5	9.6	.	.	15	14.4
James Timoney	3	85	0.793	18(+9)	21.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	19.6	1	1.8
Elias Hamati	3	86	0.747	10(+9)	14.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	4	6.3	4	2.7
Marcel Bancroft	3	87	0.636	13(+9)	14	.	.	10	10.8	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Andrew Gay	3	88	0.629	28(+8)	22.65	.	.	9	5.85	.	.	4	4.2	15	12.6
Simon Hopper	2	89	0.616	10(+9)	11.7	.	.	10	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bob Markham	3	90	0.459	7(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.8
John Chester	3	91	0.356	18(+9)	9.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18	9.6
Graham Smith	3	92	0.330	11(+9)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	6.6
Ann Pocknell	0		1.560	5(+10)	23.4	.	.	5	23.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anna Clarke	1		1.539	9(+10)	29.25	.	.	9	29.25	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		1.453	7(+10)	24.7	.	.	.	.	3	15.6	4	9.1	.	.
Garry Hutchinson	2		1.429	4(+10)	20	.	.	.	.	4	20	.	.	.	.
Neculai Axinte	1		1.254	4(+10)	17.55	.	.	4	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrew Selby	0		1.254	4(+10)	17.55	.	.	4	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Biddle	0		1.244	8(+10)	22.4	.	.	.	.	5	19.6	3	2.8	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		1.156	8(+10)	20.8	.	.	3	5.85	3	10.4	2	4.55	.	.
Gary Kallos	1		0.997	5(+10)	14.95	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	2	4.55	.	.
Seb Wilkinson	0		0.906	6(+10)	14.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	9.1	3	5.4
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.831	3(+10)	10.8	.	.	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jack Armorgie	3		0.750	6(+10)	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	12
John Plummer	2		0.607	5(+10)	9.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	9.1	.	.
Jerry Limb	1		0.600	4(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	8.4	.	.
Brendan Bensley	3		0.600	3(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Denby Pettitt	2		0.582	7(+10)	9.9	.	.	7	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	1		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yusuf Adenwala	3		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	8.1
Kat Cherkasenko	3		0.521	9(+10)	9.9	.	.	9	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Hassan Shenavar	3		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Dan Lowe	3		0.481	6(+10)	7.7	.	.	.	.	1	0	5	7.7	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		0.459	7(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.	3	7.8
Laurentiu Mihalcea	3		0.457	4(+10)	6.4	.	.	.	.	4	6.4	.	.	.	.
Iman Bayandorian	3		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Robson	3		0.442	9(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	8.4	.	.
Mate Feher	0		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Andre Larsen	0		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	2		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Hugh Swann	3		0.424	7(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	5	7.2
Martha Beal	3		0.420	5(+10)	6.3	.	.	5	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Bell	1		0.415	3(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	5.4
Mark Calderbank	0		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Andy Marshall	2		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Julian Minwalla	0		0.394	6(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	2	0	4	6.3	.	.
Sean Jones	1		0.388	7(+10)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	6.6
John Hurst	0		0.371	4(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	2	0	.	.
John Lewis	3		0.364	1(+10)	4	1	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Julia Hayward	1		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Ian Shaw	1		0.343	4(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.8
Allen Tish	1		0.325	4(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	2	0	2	4.55	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.321	2(+10)	3.85	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.85	.	.
Tim Parfitt	2		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Vic Sprake	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Rob Wills	2		0.289	4(+10)	4.05	.	.	4	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Thomas Preece	3		0.279	4(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2.1	2	1.8
Eamon Devlin	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Carter	1		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.
Peter Crispin	3		0.246	3(+10)	3.2	.	.	.	.	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
John Sprague	3		0.246	3(+10)	3.2	.	.	.	.	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Julian Fetterlein	0		0.242	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Eric McAlpine	0		0.242	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.240	5(+10)	3.6	.	.	5	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kim Topasna	3		0.200	2(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	2	2.4	.	.	.	.
Luke Owen	3		0.185	3(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	2	2.4	.	.	.	.
Garry Jones	3		0.180	5(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.7
Anna Price	2		0.180	5(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.7
Damian Thomson	3		0.150	4(+10)	2.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2.1	.	.
Dave Cank	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Stelios Choustoulakis	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Mike Kleinsteuber	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
David Wilson	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Assad Al-Doori	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Giles Ashton	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Kylie-Clair Bewley	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Michael Clarke	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	1	0
Andy Darby	1		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Max Devlin	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Wieland Eckler	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Anton Freidin	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Shaun Goode	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Roger Harding	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Andrea Hope	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Kristian Mills	2		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Philip Nicolas	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Sam Petherick	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Jules Smith	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Pete Wright	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Mike Ireland	2		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
	4		0	0(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

The handicapping system explained

Column by column:

PLAYER: A list of all players who have competed in contributing Bristol competitions during the current five year period (2017-2021).
HANDICAP: Based wherever possible on the Ranking Score in order to assign appropriate handicaps for our Handicap Knock-outs. Current dividing lines are: 0 handicap (2.500 and over); 1 (2.000 to 2.499); 2 (1.250 to 1.999); 3 (below 1.250). Where there is insufficient data, or the Director has evidence of gross anomalies in the calculated handicap, the Director will assign a more appropriate handicap at his own discretion.
"Bristol Ranking": All players in the table, ranked in order of Ranking Score, who have played in at least 10 matches in contributing events. This is not to be taken too seriously, but may be of interest to some!
Ranking score: Equal to the TOTAL Played divided by the TOTAL Points. Where there are fewer than 100 matches included in the calculation, additional "matches" are included to weigh against exceptional sequences of results, in order to counterbalance the effect of small samples of data distorting a player's record.
TOTAL: Played and Points: Derived from the five annual totals in the columns to the right. For a breakdown of how the annual totals are arrived at, look at the individual years as listed below. Only enough recent years are included to ensure that a sample of 100 matches are used in the calculation. Surplus years can be seen greyed out to the right hand side of the table, while those years which will become "redundant" after a player completes no more than five more matches are shown in pale blue.
2021: Played and Points, see 2021 player data
2020: Played and Points, see 2020 player data
2019: Played and Points, see 2019 player data
2018: Played and Points, see 2018 player data
2017: Played and Points, see 2017 player data

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