Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2022	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2026		2025		2024		2023		2022
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Nick Barham	0	1	3.687	107	394.5	107	394.5	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
Gaz Owen	0	2	3.420	248	848.25	57	207	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
James Newman	0	3	3.371	49(+6)	185.4	26	90	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	0	4	3.350	103	345	31	129	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Jim Green	0	5	3.245	122	395.9	16	61	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
Adam Sinclair	0	6	3.216	114	366.65	24	98	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
Chris Rogers	0	7	3.080	110	338.8	33	143.5	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Ann Pocknell	0	8	3.031	134	406.1	31	123.5	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Ian Tarr	0	9	2.967	275	816	77	249	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Steffen Nowak	0	10	2.934	134	393.1	38	146.5	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Alan Joicey	0	11	2.886	125	360.75	24	86	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
Kev Peters	0	12	2.8812	117	337.1	31	77	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Ian Anderson	0	13	2.8810	189	544.5	49	202.5	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Natalie Singh	0	14	2.872	106	304.4	25	89.5	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Tim Line	0	15	2.8588	324	926.25	95	298.5	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Dicky Biddle	0	16	2.8593	89(+2)	260.2	18	73	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Cecilia Rogers	0	17	2.838	123	349.1	17	51	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
Simon Baker	0	18	2.799	101	282.7	15	34	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Ian Hedges	0	19	2.786	160	445.8	38	129	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
Steve Pickard	0	20	2.617	104	272.2	25	67	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
Stuart Mann	0	21	2.614	123	321.55	13	33	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
Neil Young	0	22	2.547	102	259.8	39	105	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
Phil Charlton	0	23	2.540	103	261.6	15	33	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
George Georgiou	0	24	2.539	168	426.55	27	69	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Warner Solomon	0	25	2.504	139	348	16	56	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Andy Boysan	1	26	2.462	141	347.1	8	32	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Michael Petrakas	1	27	2.427	126	305.85	13	42	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Scott Wood	1	28	2.372	125	296.5	31	80.5	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Simonetta Herrera	0	29	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Jon Organ	1	30	2.339	154	360.15	23	42	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Hazel Harper	0	31	2.331	153	356.7	41	84	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Mark Dixon	1	32	2.326	99(+1)	232.6	22	44	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Chris Hughes	1	33	2.303	125	287.85	40	97.5	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Richard Owsley	0	34	2.282	111	253.3	17	62	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Elias Hamati	1	35	2.277	223	507.75	63	136.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Barry Vasili	1	36	2.273	137	311.35	46	116.5	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	1	37	2.198	104	228.6	16	47	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Savas Christodoulou	1	38	2.163	24(+8)	69.2	21	53	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steve Morris	1	39	2.140	112	239.65	30	52	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Dom Verrall	1	40	2.066	53(+5)	119.8	11	38	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Stephen Little	0	41	2.063	292	602.45	80	134	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Steve Cox	1	42	2.046	32(+7)	79.8	12	33	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Blinkhorn	1	43	2.041	122	249.05	13	28.5	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Derek Clew	1	44	2.035	14(+9)	46.8	11	36	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Reece Hodges	0	45	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Simon Tracy	1	46	2.016	197	397.2	9	14	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Ed Turner	2	47	1.996	103	205.6	16	42	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Mike Smith	2	48	1.992	100	199.15	12	16.5	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Robin Gunney	2	49	1.980	115	227.75	10	16.5	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Alp Ozbas	2	50	1.978	45(+6)	100.9	30	50.5	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gary Plant	2	51	1.878	104	195.3	10	33	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Matt Sharp	2	52	1.873	72(+3)	140.45	2	0	29	54.45	28	60.8	13	25.2	.	.
Safi Tracy	2	53	1.867	172	321.2	.	.	5	16.2	7	12.8	53	96.6	107	195.6
Paul Watts	2	54	1.855	122	226.35	10	20	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Hemal Getalal	2	55	1.848	124	229.2	6	5.5	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Pete Boxer	2	56	1.824	35(+7)	76.6	10	28	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	57	1.788	108	193.1	35	62	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	58	1.778	107	190.2	9	8	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Ismail Yilmaz	2	59	1.748	92(+1)	162.6	13	36	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Fred North	2	60	1.694	78(+3)	137.2	10	26	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Ben Crowden	2	61	1.692	116	196.3	14	16	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Umut Bilge	0	62	1.687	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Dave Pym	2	63	1.666	112	186.6	10	16	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Charlie Hetherington	2	64	1.655	20(+9)	48	20	48	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michael Corbett	2	65	1.643	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Neil Edwards	2	66	1.629	79(+3)	133.6	9	28	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	67	1.624	100	162.35	11	10	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Andy Zographou	2	68	1.612	149	240.25	30	72.5	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
Flora von Michel	2	69	1.594	48(+6)	86.1	11	24	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
Marcel Bancroft	2	70	1.566	105	164.4	13	44	20	25.2	24	35.2	24	33.6	24	26.4
Roland Herrera	0	71	1.563	67(+4)	111	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	111
Cliff Blofield	2	72	1.545	128	197.8	20	55	21	50.4	26	27.2	28	28	33	37.2
Simon Hughes	0	73	1.531	118	180.6	8	12	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Rob Clarke	2	74	1.519	86(+2)	133.65	11	26	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	75	1.512	109	164.8	39	64	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
Titus Simen	2	76	1.456	36(+7)	62.6	11	11	18	46.8	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
John Rixon	2	77	1.423	19(+9)	39.85	7	16	12	23.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	78	1.410	122	172	15	34	28	59.4	30	46.4	49	32.2	38	35.4
Mathew Nicholls	2	79	1.399	85(+2)	121.7	9	20	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
Eamonn Reay	2	80	1.367	103	145.4	9	26	16	12.6	29	48.8	26	36.4	23	21.6
James Lintell-Smith	2	81	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Kev Lee	2	82	1.330	30(+7)	49.2	6	12	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Carwyn Jenkins	2	83	1.273	13(+9)	28	11	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Photis Gittoes	3	84	1.233	28(+8)	44.4	10	12	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jordan White	3	85	1.207	51(+5)	67.6	14	28	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
Tom Chapman	3	86	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
James Timoney	3	87	1.177	66(+4)	82.4	.	.	39	55.8	25	22.4	2	4.2	.	.
John Curran	3	88	1.1740	123	144.4	33	48	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
Simon Dicken	3	89	1.1739	39(+7)	54	12	12	22	32.4	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	90	1.165	89(+2)	106	.	.	18	28.8	21	19.2	26	28	24	30
Adrian Farthing	3	91	1.163	34(+7)	47.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	47.7
Ceri Pierce	3	92	1.131	27(+8)	39.6	.	.	27	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	3	93	1.022	107	109.4	7	4	27	30.6	28	27.2	45	47.6	52	53.4
Caroline Boulton	3	94	0.966	87(+2)	86	.	.	18	18	24	25.6	24	28	21	14.4
Mitch Tucker	3	95	0.964	32(+7)	37.6	11	16	21	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ben Crabb	3	96	0.865	29(+8)	32	.	.	2	0	27	32	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	97	0.794	58(+6)	50.8	11	8	19	21.6	21	12.8	7	8.4	.	.
Freddy Doubtfire	3	98	0.762	12(+9)	16	10	16	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martha Beal	3	99	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Aidan Kenny	3	100	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	101	0.476	26(+8)	16.2	12	12	4	0	.	.	10	4.2	.	.
Miles Farren	1		1.768	9(+10)	33.6	.	.	.	.	9	33.6	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	1		1.459	7(+10)	24.8	.	.	.	.	7	24.8	.	.	.	.
Dom Cybulski	2		1.080	5(+10)	16.2	.	.	3	16.2	.	.	2	0	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		1.050	3(+10)	13.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	13.65	.	.
Lulzim Alla	3		1.013	6(+10)	16.2	1	0	5	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		0.840	5(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	12.6	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		0.836	4(+10)	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	11.7
Martin Barkwill	0		0.831	3(+10)	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	10.8
Yuri Cherkasenko	2		0.825	6(+10)	13.2	.	.	.	.	6	13.2	.	.	.	.
Walter Busato	0		0.800	3(+10)	10.4	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	.	.	.	.
Fraser Mackenzie	3		0.741	7(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	12.6	.	.
Daniel Pedrecal	3		0.686	4(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Peter Wise	3		0.667	8(+10)	12	8	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mohammad Torkani	3		0.600	3(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Julian Tucker	3		0.565	7(+10)	9.6	.	.	1	0	6	9.6	.	.	.	.
Jules Smith	3		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	3	7.2	.	.	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Irem Azak	3		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Pollyanna Whitehouse	3		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	3		0.424	7(+10)	7.2	.	.	3	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	0
Steve Ferrer	2		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Tim Paulden	2		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.4
Chas Perry	3		0.369	3(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	3	4.8	.	.	.	.
Carmen van-der-l'Isle	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
John Hurst	0		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Thibaud Thompson	1		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Dan Buchanan	3		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.300	4(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.2	.	.
Ed Collinge	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jake Mochnacz	3		0.247	7(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	4.2	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Jysen Quah	1		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Vic Sprake	2		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Klajdi Deda	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Damon Dennis	2		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Olivier Evard	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Mustafa Mohammed	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Derek Nisbet	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Penny Walters	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yashar Habibi	4		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.
Aditya Narayanan	4		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 (2022-2026).
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.
2026: Played and Points, see 2026 player data
2025: Played and Points, see 2025 player data
2024: Played and Points, see 2024 player data
2023: Played and Points, see 2023 player data
2022: Played and Points, see 2022 player data

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